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Web Set Value

Description

The Web Set Value step is used to set the text in the web element, example, text box, column in a table in Legacy Web GUI.

Configurations

Field NameDescription
Web Browser NameYou can select any one Web Browser Name from the given list. Basically, you must select the same Web Browser Name which was selected in Start Browser Step.
Criteria*Locate element on web page.
Criteria valueRelevant criteria value must be specified.
TextHere you can specify the text you want to enter the element you have located.
Clear text before set?Select Yes if you want to remove previously set value in the element you have located and No, if you want to append the text in the element.
Verify entered text?Select Yes if you want to validate that the set input text is applied to the element. Else, select No.
Notes:
- If Clear Text Before Set? is selected, then the already set text is cleared and will set the value provided in the Input Text field. The checkbox selection also checks if the set and provided values from the plugin step are the same. If the values are same, then the workflow execution is successful else an error is shown. - If Clear Text Before Set? is cleared the provided Input Text is appended to the already existing text, and the entire value, that is, already existing text and text provided from the plugin step is checked to see if they match. If the values are same, then the workflow execution is successful, else an error is shown.

*Criteria The table below contains the description of criteria.

No.Field NameDescription
1XpathXpath defines the hierarchy of the tags through which you can reach to a particular element. For example
/html/body/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span/span
2IdId attribute of a web element can be best way to identify an element if it is present and is going to constant and unique. There are cases however when it is either absent or its value changes every time you access the application in the browser
3NameName is another attribute of a web element which can be used to identify an element.
4Link TextIf a HTML page contains a hyperlink element <a href=www.google.com>Search On Google</a>, you can identify this href element by providing complete text ‘Search On Google’ as the Link value.
5Partial Link textThis criterion is same as Link, just that, in this case, you can give partial string for finding a match.
6Tag NameEvery HTML element has a tag associated with it. The element can be located using that tag name. For example, textbox has a tag <input>.
7Class NameClass name is the css class associated with an HTML element. If there is a div element <div class=’someclass’>MyDiv</div>, you can locate it by giving class name ‘someclass’.
8Css SelectorThis criterion is useful when an HTML element has multiple associated css classes. Consider an HTML element <div class="btn primary-btn submit"></div>. To identify this div element you can use Css selector as “.btn.primary-btn.submit”