OBJECT REPOSITORY

Object Repository:

It is a storage place of QTP where objects information can be stored and it also acts as interface between the Test script and the AUT in order to identify the objects during execution.

Local Repository:

QTP creates a Local Repository for every Action automatically during Recording. That cannot be shared among tests.

User can add some more objects to Local repository

User can perform rename, delete operations on local repository. As it is QTP internal file user no need to save modifications.

Shared Repository:

User (Test Engineer) creates the Shared Repository by adding objects. That can be shared among number of tests.

Using this method user can perform modifications on objects easily.

Overview:

Generally for every object 20-25 properties information available, qtp recognizes object using 2 0r 3 important properties.

Qtp has default object identification configuration for every environment, if we feel that config is not sufficient for recognizing objects in our application, we can configure some more