What is keyword view and Expert view in QTP?

In quick test professional you get two types of views namely the key word view and the expert view which we are going to discuss in this article. 

Keyword View in Quick Test Professional

- The key word view is more like a table like view which consists of a finite number of rows and columns. 

- Each row in the key word view represents a separate step. 

-On the other side, different parts of the steps are marked by the corresponding columns. 

- There is a separate column called the item column which holds the item on which the user wants the step to be carried out. 

- Also, in this column the hierarchy of the GUI object on which the operations are to be carried out. 

- There is another column by the name operation column consisting of the operations to be performed on the item as required. 

- One more column called value column holds the values of the arguments for the operation selected by the user. 

- Each step is documented by the quick test professional under the column titled documentation by the quick test professional for the ease of understanding. 

- The above mentioned 4 columns are the default columns provided by the quick test professional however comment and assignment columns in key word view can be used. 

- With the aid of key word view you can create as well as view the steps of the operation in a tabular, modular and key word driven format. 

- Full access is granted to the test automation experts via some debugging environment and integrated scripting that has round trip synchronizing with the key word view. 

Expert View and Differences between expert and keyword view in Quick Test Professional

- The expert view also displays the same object hierarchy all mapped to the same arguments value and same operation. 

- The basic difference lies between the formats in which the same data is arranged in the two. 

- Both have a distinct way of representing the data though the data displayed is same. 

- All the operations like creation of a step, modifying it and so on can be carried out in the key word view. 

- Expert view as the name suggests is a more advanced way of dealing with the data and requires mastery over the tool. 

- After all of the operations are recorded, they are displayed as steps in the quick test professional in key word view whereas these steps are generated as scripts in the expert view. 

- Expert view is for the advanced testers, using which they can view as well as edit their tests as and when required. 

- This also reveals the underlying standard of the VBscript that is used by the quick test professional. 

- Any changes that are made to the scripts in the expert view are automatically reflected in the key word view also.  

- However, in key word view the exact recording of the applications can be viewed. 

- In key word view, the steps can be created as well as viewed and can be modified by making a selection of the operations as well as items in the key word view and putting in the information as and where required. 

- In the expert view each of the operations that are performed in the form of VB script statements are displayed. 

- There exists a row in the key word view for every method and object. 

- To put it simply, it can be said that the VBscript format is used by the expert view whereas the scripts are represented using graphical user interface which is divided in to 4 default columns as mentioned earlier in the article in key word view. 

- Also, in the expert view all the test statements are displayed.