how do I Impersonate using script in ATF? Service-Now Orlando release

[Chandan7]

Why do the step config  'Impersonate' not work in ATF in Orlando release. I tried in some of the test, but the Client Test Runner's page become unresponsive during the run. Also, I have noticed when I use the step config 'Impersonate', there is a warning saying- Impersonating an existing user may cause unexpected behavior for this test. Avoid potential issues by adding a 'Create a User' step instead. If someone is not supposed to use this step config, then why do it exist in the list.
'Create a user' is not so flexible, while working on a instance where there are lot of customizations. 

Can somebody help me please. Its urgent. 

Also, how do I Impersonate using script in ATF?

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Chandan,

Got it; Yes you are correct you can only set first name, last name, roles, groups for that user

so you can do this:

1) open the newly created user record using Open an Existing Record step and pass the sys_id of the previous step i.e. create user

2) set whatever fields you want as part of testing and then continue the testing

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Ankur

[Ankur Bawiskar]

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Ankur

[Prateek kumar]

can you try?

if (gr1.next()) {
var user_sysid = gr1.getUniqueValue();
outputs.u_user = user_sysid;

//Impersonate
gs.getSession().impersonate(user_sysid);
// gs.getSession().impersonate(outputs.u_user);

[Chandan7]

Hi Prateek, 

    Just now, I tried that. But it did not impersonate the newly created user. The execution moved to next step with already logged in user, and after that progress bar didnot move.

[Prateek kumar]

Can you try to split them into two steps.

1. User creation
2. Impersonation

See if that helps.