Data driven Framework with .xls on Linux server

Posted on 30/10/2015

My Job requires automated tests to be written and pushed to a git repo from where the tests are executed the Jenkins. I am on a new project, and will like to build a data driven framework where the data is read from an excel file when the tests are run. My question is ' Will this work when the test is executed by Jenkins as the build will be on a Linux based environment and Microsoft Excel is not install'.

What will be the recommended way of running such a test?

Replied on 31/10/2015

[quote:25mn95f5]when the test is executed by Jenkins as the build will be on a Linux based environment and Microsoft Excel is not install[/quote:25mn95f5]

you don't need Microsoft Excel but you will need [color=#FF0000:25mn95f5]poi api jars[/color:25mn95f5] which are platform independent.