4.3. etlTest User Properties Settings

This section describes the settings file used for the user’s environment settings.

4.3.1. Default Settings

Here is the default sample for properties.cfg. This file can be found in the application settings directory, as described in Settings

[Locations]
tests: ${ETL_TEST_ROOT}/Documents/etlTest/tests
data: ${ETL_TEST_ROOT}/Documents/etlTest/data
output: ${ETL_TEST_ROOT}/Documents/etlTest/output
[Results]
Verbose: True
FailureRate: 10
ReportType: Normal

While the sample is written with example paths, any valid directory path can be used. If the directory does not exist, it will be created.

  • [Locations] - This section of the properties configuration file contains locations for the various inputs and outputs of etlTest.
  • tests: - The location where the YAML test files are stored.
  • data: - The location where the YAML data files are stored.
  • output: - The location where the generated test scripts are created.
  • [Results] - This section is currently not in use. The intent is to create user/environment based parameters

for how tests are run and the results shown. The parameters underneath are just examples and are ignored by etlTest.