Advanced Tree and Table Control Selection

In 2.30 / 2.40 we introduced advanced row selection for ALV grids and ABAP lists. In v2.50 this has been extended to support table controls and ALV tree controls which are the final remaining gap in SAP technology for selecting rows/nodes in the most advanced manner.

In earlier versions of Testimony, just the “index” of the row (or node) was recorded and used for the playback. For example, if row 10 of an ALV grid had been selected by a user in the recording, then during the playback the bot would simply select row 10 (regardless of whether the data within the grid is the same during the playback). Advanced row selection changes all of this by selecting the row that contains the same data as what was in the recording. This functionality has been extended to table controls and tree controls in v2.50.

There are two new enhancements that must be enabled during the recording:

1. Table Controls – GRSC, GRSR and OUTP enhancements must be activated
2. Tree Controls – TRRS, TRSS and TRSU enhancements must be activated

*Row record linkage types are also generated for these controls in the same way this is done for ALV grids and ABAP lists. You can view the row record (and the data contained within it) via the linkage type of the same name.

Failure reasons are the same as ALV grids and ABAP lists when the row or tree node cannot be found.