Datadriver not picking up test case name from CSV

[hbirkdale]

I thought I saw in tutorials that DataDriver would pick up test case names from the CSV file, but that doesn't seem to be happening for me. The tests are definitely running, and the [Documentation] data is being picked up. Here is my setup:
DATA

*** Test Cases ***,${username},${password},${email},${url_complete},[Tags],[Documentation]
Register New User,hgb55,xxxyyy,hb+tester@somecompany.com,${success_url},,Manually confirm this user does not exist already
Try and register existing user,hgb55,xxxzzz,hb+tester@somecompany.com,${registration_url},,
Try a password that is too simple,hb999,what,hb+tester@somecompany.com,${registration_url},,
Try another password that is too simple,hb999,whatever,hb+tester@somecompany.com,${registration_url},,

TASKS.ROBOT

*** Settings ***
Documentation     Main test suite for registering deals users.
Library           RPA.Browser.Selenium
Library           OperatingSystem
Library           DataDriver    Deals.csv    dialect=userdefined    delimiter=,    encoding='utf-8'
Resource          ../.env.robot
Test Template     Register as a deals user
Suite Teardown    Close all browsers

*** Variables ***
${registration_url}    ${HOST}/deals/registerusers/    # Don't change variable name - in CSV file too.
${success_url}    ${HOST}/accounts/register/complete/    # Don't change variable name - in CSV file too.

*** Test Cases ***
Register with user '${username}' and password '${password}'
    Default    UserData

followed by the "Register as a deals user" keyword - which does execute.

Am I missing something?

[Snooz82]

Hi @hbirkdale,

can you put you console output here?
What are the names you get?

[hbirkdale]

Sorry @Snooz82 - just realized i had posted some pws....here is the update

As you can see, the test cases are being named from my one and only test case in robot.task - "Register with user {something}, password {somethingelse} and outcome {someurl}"

This is what was in robot.task
*** Test Cases *** Register with user '${username}', password '${password}' and outcome '${url_complete}' Default UserData

[hbirkdale]

FYI - when I debug the robot, I took a look at &Datadriver_DATA_DICT, and here is what it shows.
{"Register with user ...": {'arguments': {...}, 'documentation': '', 'tags': [...], 'test_case_name': "Register with user ..."}, "Register with user ...": {'arguments': {...}, 'documentation': '', 'tags': [...], 'test_case_name': "Register with user ..."}, "Register with user ...": {'arguments': {...}, 'documentation': 'Manually confirm thi...st already', 'tags': [...], 'test_case_name': "Register with user ..."}, "Register with user ...": {'arguments': {...}, 'documentation': '', 'tags': [...], 'test_case_name': "Register with user ..."}}

I am not seeing any of the data that I put in the first column.

[Snooz82]

That is interesting and not as designed/intended.

i will check that

[hbirkdale]

That is interesting and not as designed/intended.

i will check that

FYI -- I am using RPA Framework in VS Code for running and debugging.

[Snooz82]

@hbirkdale

Can it be, that your CSV file is not really UTF-8, but UTF-8 with BOM (Byte Order Mark)?

Because in that case i can reproduce your behaviour.
You can fix that by selecting the correct encoding.

Library           DataDriver    Deals.csv    dialect=userdefined    delimiter=,    encoding=utf_8_sig

Cheers

[hbirkdale]

Hi @Snooz82 - I guess its possible. All I did was create the file in Excel and Save As with

However, there is an option to save with :

So let me try that and see if it works.
and I will also try changing the encoding too....:)

[hbirkdale]

@Snooz82 You were right - that was it. As soon as I changed the encoding it the test case names came from the CSV. Thanks!