Hi, I have been tasked with writing automated tests that need to use

michaelp611 over 9 years ago

Hi,

I have been tasked with writing automated tests that need to use (browse, enter texts, click buttons etc) objects on Appian pages. I’ve been looking at the DOM for a few of the early-release pages and have having difficulty identifying ways of performing object identification.

As an example, an Appian page I’m looking at has a number of inputs (text, dates, dropdows etc….). Picking two different textboxes at random I see:-

<input type="text" class="aui-TextInput" id="gwt-uid-245" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" style="text-align: left;">
and
<input type="text" class="aui-TextInput" id="gwt-uid-271" aria-required="true" aria-invalid="false" style="text-align: left;">

The wrapping/parent elements do not have anything that can be used and the id attributes change between page renderings. Is anyone else using Test Automation with Appian and if so, how are they doing robust object identification? Is there a way I can get the design...

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0 sridharu602 over 9 years ago

Hi Michael,
I hope you would got the solution by this time, how ever I am posting this response so that it might help you and others in case :-)

I used Selenium and UFT as part of automating appian based applications. I have been using the xpath based on the section and the field hierarchy to identify each item unique.
You can use the div in which the input resides, look at the below example:
//label[text()='UDF_DATA']/../following-sibling::div//input
The above xpath will take care the input which is there in the div along with a label for the input field.
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0 sridharu602 over 9 years ago

Hi Michael,
I hope you would got the solution by this time, how ever I am posting this response so that it might help you and others in case :-)

I used Selenium and UFT as part of automating appian based applications. I have been using the xpath based on the section and the field hierarchy to identify each item unique.
You can use the div in which the input resides, look at the below example:
//label[text()='UDF_DATA']/../following-sibling::div//input
The above xpath will take care the input which is there in the div along with a label for the input field.
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