Replacement Values for Functions

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Introduction: You can find a description of this phase in section Phase 3 (Introduction).

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If functions use external data sources like databases or configuration files on shares, it is possible to supply those functions with replacement values (1) for a mapping test. If, for example, a database were not reachable, a test would otherwise run into an error if a select statement was run on that database.

As a prerequisite, however, you must have set the option Use replacement values for functions in (2).