6.9.1. Introduction to the object mapping
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### 6.9.1. Introduction to the object mapping

Object mapping is the process which joins your component names from your Test Steps to the actual technical names for the components in the AUT. Because object mapping can be the last step before execution, you can start specifying tests before the software is even available.

Object mapping consists of two steps:

1. Collecting the technical names for the components from the AUT.

2. Assigning these technical names to the component names you used in your Test Steps.

| Object mapping is bound to the AUT, not to a Test Suite. All Test Suites which use the same AUT share an object map.