Three parameterization controls are compared in the table below.


 

Parameterization Controls

Category

Feature

Parameterization Grid

Parameterization Editor

Free-format Request Editor

Toolbar button

 

Functionality

Supports name/value pair format

Yes

Yes

Yes

Preserves name/value pair structure

automatically

automatically

manually

Supports free-format (non-name/value

pair; e.g. JSON, XML)

No

No

Yes

Supports WCF binary

No

No

Yes

Scope of editing

one parameter at a time

one parameter at a time

entire request part

Edit short string values

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit long string values

No

Yes

Yes

Find parameters by name and

Replace their values

Yes

No

No

Find and Replace the value

No

Yes

Yes

Supports Variable Picker

left-click

right-click

right-click

In which request

part can be used

Request Header

Yes

Yes

No

Request URL and Query

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request Body

Yes

Yes

Yes



Tip: Which Parameterization Control to use:

Parameterization Grid: for configuring name/value pair parameters.
Parameterization Editor: for configuring name/value pair parameters with long values or when Find and Replace is needed.
Free-format Request Editor: for configuring free-format requests.

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