Common Scenario Editor Troubleshooting Tips

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• Start with the challengeexact tofailure approachmessage, step, browser, and environment.
• Check locator stability, waits, test data, permissions, and browser compatibility.
• Avoid duplicating fixes that already exist in more specific KB articles.

Validation workflow

1. Reproduce the automation from a scripting angle.

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   Solutions to Common Test Designer IDE Challenges

   Numbers: convert parts of a string value to a floating number

   // Suppose you have a span with the value $19.99 but you need validate the number is greated than 15.
   Store                |  $stringValue    |  getText(span("carttotal"))     // "$19.99"Store                |  $floatingValue  |  parseFloat($stringValue.substring(1))   // removes the $ then convertes "19.99" to a floating number 
   Assert Greater Than  |  $floatingValue  |  15

   Numbers: convert a string value to an integer number

   // When needing to perform math operation so often you need to convert a number in string format to an actual integer 
   Store   |   $integerValue   |   parseInt(span("item-quantity"))

   
   Tables: getting the number of rowsissue in a tablesmall using ds$

   // Assuming the table has an id myTable you can get the number of rows in the IDE using: 
   Store  |  $rowsQuantity  |  _eval("ds$('#myTable tbody > tr').length")
   or
   Store  |  $rowsQuantity  |  getLength("ds$('#myTable tbody > tr')")

   An alternate way is to use the getLength function:

   // Assuming the table has an id myTable you can get the number of rows in the IDE using: 
   Store  |  $rowsQuantity  |  getLength("#myTable tbody > tr")

   Tables: getting the column index with a given header using ds$

   // You can use the jQuery index() function to find the column index of a table that contains certain text "MyHeader". REF: https://api.jquery.com/index/
   Store  |  $columnIndex  |  _eval("ds$('thead th:contains(MyHeader)').index()")+1

   Tables: Iterate over a table to process all the cells values of a given column using ds$

   // If you need to iterate over a table column to process the contents of a certain column you can use above functions to get the total number of 
   // rows in the tablerun and thecapture column that has the appropiate heade and then:
   Store   |  $rowIndex                  | 1
   While   |  $rowIndex < $rowsQuantity
     Store |  $cellValue                 |  _eval("ds$('tbody tr:nth-child("+$rowIndex+") td:nth-child("+$columnIndex+")').text()")
     [ do something with $cellValue ]
     Store |  $rowIndex                  |  $rowIndex + 1
   End While

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2. Confirm the application doesis reachable and test data is valid.
3. Review recent scenario changes, shared helpers, and environment changes.
4. Apply the most specific troubleshooting article when available.
5. Update this overview only with general patterns, not provideone-off afixes.

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General: get an attribute value of an element

Store     |   $url   |  getAttribute(link("id"),"href")

General: confirm an element is disabled

Set FindOnlyEnabled  |  false      | 
Store                |  submitdis  |  getAttribute(button("cancellation-submit"),"disabled")
Set FindOnlyEnabled  |  true       | 
Assert Equal         |  submitdis  |  "disabled"

General: get a dynamic value and use it elsewhere

Get from Whiteboard |  $caseNum                 | "CaseNumber"Click               |  link("Case Search")      |
Set Value           |  textbox("form-control")  | $caseNum
Click               |  submit("Search")         |  
Store               |  caseName                 | getText(cell(1,_near(span(["caseNameLabel"]))))
Click               |  link($caseNum)           |
Select Window       |  caseName                 |

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