Test scripts are executed and verified based on the data values stored in one or more central data sources or databases. These databases can range from datapools, odbc sources, csv files, excel files, dao objects, ado objects, etc.
The establishment of several interacting test scripts together with their related data results in a Framework used for the methodology. In this Framework, variables are used for both input values and output verification values: navigation through the program, reading of the data sources, and logging of test status and information are all coded in the test script.
Thus, the logic executed in the script is also dependant on the data values.
