A Scenario outline is a way of parameterization of scenarios. This is ideally used when the same scenario needs to be executed for multiple sets of data, however, the test steps remain the same. Scenario Outline must be followed by the keyword ‘Examples’, which specify the set of values for each parameter.
A scenario outline replaces an identifier with the actual value from the table. Each row can be considered as a scenario. A feature file is more time taking a task and is more error-prone in testing. The same feature file can be reduced to less number of lines for execution in the scenario outline feature to increase the efficiency and decreases the runtime.
How to declare Scenario Outline inside feature file
Feature: Registration, Login and MyAccount
@login
Scenario Outline: Verify Login Functionality
Given I am on the homepage
And I follow "Sign in"
And I fill "email address textbox" with "<email>"
And I fill "password textbox" with "<password>"
And I click "sign in button"
Then I should see "<heading>" heading
Examples:
| email | password | heading |
| goswami.tarun77@gmail.com | test1234 | MY ACCOUNT |
| wrongusername | test | AUTHENTICATION |
Here email, password and heading will be replaced with values in example section during execution.