# Nested test cases (shared test cases/steps)

## Nested Test Cases

This topic is important for testers who want to reuse test cases/test steps. A simple scenario might be that you want to reuse test steps for a login in various test cases so that those tests steps only have to be updated once in case of changes. As an example, let us create a scenario in which a browser is opened in a first step, an URL is entered as a second test step, and the browser is closed as a third test step.

 

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Save that test case and create a new one called `Open andagon Page`. This one has two more test steps.

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In order to insert our test steps of the test case Open Browser into the actual test case Open andagon Page, click on ![](http://aquawiki.andagon.com/pictures/drex_nested_test_cases_custom_4.png) and select the test case and its place in the step sequence. &#x20;

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Here, you can define under which condition the test case should be executed. In this case, define Chrome and the inner variables. &#x20;

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By executing the test case, the parameters and test steps are resolved automatically. &#x20;

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A nested test case will be shown as a [dependency](/documentation/items/general-item-capabilities/dependencies.md).

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