Encrypted Values appearing as plain text when used as Stored Variable

Problem

If we wish to pass the encrypted value as a stored variable, the encrypted value is not displayed as encrypted while execution.

Suppose you have created a workflow that re-uses a component & you pass the values as stored variable before calling that particular component.

Ex.

When you execute such test, the encrypted value is not displayed as encrypted while execution.

Solutions

Solution A : Using copyStringValueTo & setValue keywords

Steps :

1. Use copyStringValueTo as expected
   For param 1 (String to store), select the data-type as Fixed Encrypted & enter the string to store.
   For param 2 (In Variable), enter the variable name ( Ex. var )
   

   

2. Use setValue
   For param 1 (Value), select Fixed Encrypted as the data-type and enter variable name within curly braces ( Ex. {{var}} )
   

   

3. Save and Execute the test.

Result :

The encrypted values are displayed as encrypted.

Solution B :

1. Break the workflow into multiple tests so that the particular component is used only once in the test.

2. Then pass the value of the component as Data Table Encrypted.
   

   

   
   

   

3. Save the test & execute them.
   To execute the tests locally, in order to debug, do not forget to add launchApp keyword in the beginning (if not already added).

Result :

The encrypted values are displayed as encrypted.