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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Implementing End-to-End Automation with Selenium in Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/39871/implementing-end-to-end-automation-with-selenium-in-appian</link><description>We&amp;#39;re planning to implement end-to-end automation using Selenium and are facing challenges due to missing IDs on DOM elements for each control. Typically, web applications have unique IDs assigned to each control, which facilitates automation by allowing</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Implementing End-to-End Automation with Selenium in Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/153721?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:44:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b75cc6f7-d54f-4f5b-b925-4fcf747c6eb4</guid><dc:creator>otniel.abarca</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can not use IDs, but you can create a generic xpath, identify a label first, then navigate to the element(Input, TextBox, Radio button, Dropdowns and others). We use xpaths in our C# Framework wtih Selenium WebDriver.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Implementing End-to-End Automation with Selenium in Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/152148?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 05:36:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:f9a0648d-c06e-4193-8f53-edef51d7c606</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;If this is for testing purposes, use one of the test framework plugins Appian provides.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Implementing End-to-End Automation with Selenium in Appian</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/152147?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:49:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:4632cc46-a6dd-4e44-a6bc-faeec22380aa</guid><dc:creator>Shubham Aware</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You cannot assign unique DOM Ids in interfaces. For stable UI automation, use FitNesse for Appian, Cucumber for Appian, or Appian Selenium API, instead of raw Selenium identifiers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>