Working with the ScriptBuilder

To open the Script Builder, navigate to an automated test and select the script tab. Then click on Open ScriptBuilder.

Begin Recording

To begin recording your script, click on Record. A new browser window opens so you can begin performing the activities in the application under test.

Good to Know!

When capturing and playing scripts, the browser tab includes a prompt. You can close the prompt by clicking ×.

After the recording is complete, click Stop Recording in the ScriptBuilder.

Click Save to save the recording and upload the script to Panaya.

Instructions

Complex operations are made easy - capture and validate on-screen values to add assertions in a click. Build a reusable flow by leveraging parameters combined with advanced expressions and all date, string, and numerical functions. Panaya provides many instructions on how to interact with your application and even the option to add JavaScript code for extended capabilities.
When recording with ScriptBuilder, instructions are created automatically based on the actions recorded.

Click on the Add button to view available instructions and add them manually.
Click here to learn how to view and edit existing instructions.

Play Script

Play / Play all

After the recording has been completed, you can click on Play to play and debug the script from beginning to end.

Play from Here

If you wish to Play from a certain location in the script, click on an instruction in the ScriptBuilder and then select the Play from here option.

Play instruction

To execute one specific instruction, select it in the script builder and then use the Play instruction option.

When playing the script, you can click on Stop Playing at any point to make changes and add instructions and validations.

Sections

Use sections to group script instructions. Sections can be executed separately or enabled and disabled when debugging.
To add a section, hover over an instruction in the script and click theAdd buttonto add sections to a script. 

Click here to learn more about Sections.

Breakpoints

Adding breakpoints at specific points in the script can help debug the script for ad-hoc script validation. The debug run will stop at the breakpoint.

To add a breakpoint, hover over an instruction in the script and click the Add button.

Click here to learn more about Breakpoints.

Comments

Add comments in-between instructions so other stakeholder such as script designers are able to view them. Comments are not automated instructions and are ignored during execution.

Viewer

Select an instruction in the script and click on the Viewer button to view the recorded instruction screenshot.

Select View

The viewer allows to select from these available views -

• Script
  The script view is selected by default and displays all recorded instructions as they were captured in the original recording.
  

• Debug Run
  The debug run displays the screenshots and instructions as they were captured in the current ScriptBuilder session. To be able to view the Debug Run results, you’ll need to Play the script in the current session. The most common use-case for is for validating the end-to-end quality of the automated script without affecting the test status in Panaya.
  Click here to learn more about Debugging in ScriptBuilder

  

• Last run

  Displays the results and screenshots from the last automated execution.
  

• Last passed run

  Displays the results and screenshots from the last passed run.
  

• Specific run

  Select from the list of previous executions.

Comparison Mode

You can use comparison mode to compare screenshots and instructions from two different views such as the script vs. debug run.
This option works well when you need to analyze a run and compare it with a previous run.

Use the Switch views option if you want the compared run to set the navigation.

Main Menu Options

• Collapse and Expand Sections
  You can use the menu to collapse or expand all sections in the script.
  

• Parameters
  Review all parameters used in the script with their runtime values.
  

• Show application
  Use this option to bring the application under test to the front.
  

• Remove all breakpoints
  This option will remove all breakpoints from the script. Removed breakpoints cannot be restored.
  

• Clear Script
  Use this option to clear all script sections and instructions.
  

• Start troubleshooting mode
  Turn troubleshooting mode on when you need to troubleshoot for issues with Panaya’s Script Builder or when requested to do so by the Panaya Support team. At the end of capturing or executing with troubleshooting mode, you can report errors and share the data with Panaya Support.
  

  

• Clear execution state

  This action will revert the script to its state before the current execution.

  This option will clear the execution status of all instructions, including error messages, reset the locator results, delete all internal parameters data, and debug-run screenshots.