Extend data correlation

Data correlation is the process of extracting data that is returned from a server, and then sending it back to the server in a subsequent request.

There are two main parts to data correlation...

• Test generation and script editing
• Script execution

Automatic data correlation is performed during test generation. Manual correlation can be performed during script editing.

With manual correlation you can substitute values into a site from...

• data pool
• built-in data source
• reference

For more details about test generation extensibility, see the "Extending the test generator" topic. For details about the Script class, see the "Extending code generation" topic.

For examples of data correlation extensions, see these plug-ins:

• com.ibm.rational.test.lt.sdksamples.datacorrelation.testgen.socket
• com.ibm.rational.test.lt.sdksamples.datacorrelation.execution.socket

Related information

• Implement data correlation for test generation
• Implement data correlation for execution
• API references