Ability to store information at execution time.

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I am playing more and more with the manual testing features (which are great and very powerful by the way). In some cases, manual testers need to record information that is generated at execution time (for instance an order ID) which they would need to use later. This information could also be populated by automated fixtures.

It would be good to be able to store that information as part of a run. When a problem is encountered, a link to the failing test could be provided, which in turn could provide direct access to say a problematic order.

I was thinking of perhaps declaring variables in the front matter section for which the UI would provide an input field used to store values. something like

---
testspace: 
testspace_vars: 
      order_id : Order ID obtained once an order is created 
---

Then if a test case needs access to the order ID they could do something like

## This is a test

* Login to ...
* Click the search icon
* Enter order ID {{ testspace_vars.order_id }}

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Going through some existing test cases and again, the same thought occurred to me and I just realized I had created a request for this.

There are cases where the system under test generates information that needs to be re-used at other places.
For instance, if an order is created, that order id may be needed in a subsequent test case.