How can I call the xpath from another file? - robotframework

Question

There are 2 files
Testcase/feature1.robot
POM/feature2.robot
feature1.robot
*** Settings ***
Library SeleniumLibrary
Resource ../POM/feature2.robot
*** Variables ***
${username} xxxxxxxx
${password} xxxxxxxx
*** Keywords ***
Login in DataRPM
#[Arguments] ${username} ${password}
Input Text ${email_id} ${username}
feature2.robot
*** Settings ***
Documentation This contains all the locaters of Login Page
*** Variables ***
${email_id} xxxxxxxx
But here I don't want to use the email_id locator to be mentioned in the variable section. If I am mentioning the ${email_id} in this feature file I am able to go ahead without any error. I want to use the locator in the feature2.robot file which is under my POM directory. Then I want to call the variable from feature2.robot.
I have mentioned the path in the feature1.robot but still I am getting error.
[ ERROR ] Error in file feature1.robot': Resource file 'path' contains
a test case table which is not allowed.

Answer 1

The error is pretty descreptive, while you not showing use you probably have test cases implemented in feature2.robot and in that case it is a suite file.
But you are trying to use feature2.robot as a resource file, and as the error message states, resource files are not allowed to have test case table.
You should create a third file like POM/locators.robot:
*** Settings ***
Documentation This contains all the locaters of Login Page
*** Variables ***
${email_id} xxxxxxxx
and use this in both feature1.robot and feature2.robot like:
Resource ../POM/locators.robot
Resource locators.robot
From Robot Framework 3.1 *.resource file extension is supported, so if you have version 3.1, you should use locators.resource to be more explicit about that this file is a resource file and not a test suite.

Answer 2

your question is not clear, However , i would try to show an error free example using your code only, with slight modification.
feature1.robot
*** Settings ***
Resource ../Data/Feature2.robot
*** Variables ***
${username} pankaj
${password} xxxxxxxx
*** Test Cases ***
Login
Login in DataRPM
*** Keywords ***
Login in DataRPM
#[Arguments] ${username} ${password}
log to console ${email_id}
log to console ${username}
Feature2.robot
*** Settings ***
Documentation This contains all the locaters of Login Page
*** Variables ***
${email_id} pankajigec26#gmail.com
if you run feature1.robot you will not get into any error .
In your case , please check if you are running the same code which you have pasted here.