Adding an Open step

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You can add a step to open a URL that is required for any test step by using the Open step from the UI catalog.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Click the Edit button displayed on the Test Editor page.

    The Edit button appears only when no active edit branch is selected.

    Alternatively, right-click the test in the test navigator panel and select Edit.

    The Edit branch dialog is displayed.
    If the Edit branch dialog is not displayed, then go to step 2.
  2. Drag and drop the Open element under any test step as required from the UI catalog in the Catalog tab.
  3. Click the Open step.
    The step details pane is displayed.
  4. Perform the following steps in the Details tab of the step details pane:
    1. Enter the URL of the page to be opened in the URL text box.
    2. Select Attach to open the URL in a new tab or window.
    3. Enter a title to identify the container in the Context text box.
    4. Enter a description about the container in the Note text box.
  5. Click the Advanced tab.
  6. Optional: Select the Disable checkbox if you want to disable the step.
    The selected step is greyed out.
  7. Optional: Perform the following steps to set the timeout value:
    1. Select the Override Timeout checkbox.
    2. Specify the duration of time that Test Hub must wait for the step to be completed in Duration.
    3. Select the unit of time for the timeout in Unit.

      Alternatively, you can select the Code checkbox and enter the timeout and unit in Duration.

  8. Close the step details pane.
  9. Click the Save icon to save the modifications.

Results

You have added an Open step from the UI catalog to add user actions in a Web UI test.

What to do next

You can run the test and view the results. See Running a Web UI test.