How to use exclude a category attribute in Nunit command line Execution

Question

I Want to exclude only 1 test case parameter from the below during comman line execution

nunit3-console.exe Excel.Test.dll --where="cat!=IgnoreForNow"

but this excludes all the parameters(A, B, C, D)

 [TestCase("A"), Category("IgnoreForNow")]
 [TestCase("B")]
 [TestCase("C")]
 [TestCase("D")]
 public void TestReports(string fileName)
     {
         Test("foo", fileName);
     }

I don't want to use ignore attribute as I want to skip this test case execution in the build system but want to execute them locally.

Is there any way in NUnit while executing from command line

Answer 1

Your approach and command line are correct, but the way you are currently using the category attribute is incorrect.

What you currently have, is equivalent to the below in C# terms:

 [TestCase("A")]
 [TestCase("B")]
 [TestCase("C")]
 [TestCase("D")]
 [Category("IgnoreForNow")]
 public void TestReports(string fileName)
     {
         Test("foo", fileName);
     }

By doing this, you're applying the category to the entire TestReports test suite - which is why all the individual cases are excluded.

What you need to do instead, is use the Category property on TestCaseAttribute, as below:

 [TestCase("A", Category="IgnoreForNow")]
 [TestCase("B")]
 [TestCase("C")]
 [TestCase("D")]
 public void TestReports(string fileName)
     {
         Test("foo", fileName);
     }