# Passing non global variable into element xPath does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Report\ **Tags:** bugs-report, katalon-studio\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323 "2021-04-30T09:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpokvytyte](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mpokvytyte/32/18752_2.png) [@mpokvytyte](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mpokvytyte)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/1 "2021-04-30T09:00:50Z")
#### Please let us know what you are using Katalon Studio for? I have currently applied Katalon Studio in my project #### How would your work be affected if this issue has not been resolved? 1. I cannot continue my job and have to work on something else while awaiting your response #### Operating System Windows 10 #### Katalon Studio Version 7.9.0 #### Katalon Studio logs I have a test object named ‘button\_instanceInfo’ and am trying to perform a simple click action onto that object, which is supposed to be a dynamic object: My function is : > WebUI.click(findTestObject(‘Page\_Self provisioning/button\_instanceInfo’)) My object is defined by Xpath, as follows (this is a working example with global variable): > //td[@class=‘ng-binding’ and text()=‘${GlobalVariable.T1InstanceName}’//..//td[@class=‘text-right’]//div[@class=‘btn-group btn-group-sm pull-right-flex dropdown’]//button[@ng-click=‘vm.showEditDialog(installation.ID)’] If I run this line with object defined as above, the object is found and clicked on successfully. However if I redefine my object as this: > //td[@class=‘ng-binding’ and text()=‘${InstanceName}’//..//td[@class=‘text-right’]//div[@class=‘btn-group btn-group-sm pull-right-flex dropdown’]//button[@ng-click=‘vm.showEditDialog(installation.ID)’] Even though I do have a variable for this test case named ‘InstanceName’ Katalon throws out the following error: **=============== ROOT CAUSE =====================** **Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.webui.exception.WebElementNotFoundException: Web element with id: ‘Object Repository/Page\_Self provisioning/button\_instanceInfo’ located by ‘//td[@class=‘ng-binding’ and text()=’${InstanceName}'//..//td[@class=‘text-right’]//div[@class=‘btn-group btn-group-sm pull-right-flex dropdown’]//button[@ng-click=‘vm.showEditDialog(installation.ID)’]** I have tried multiple options by changing qoute marks, etc, nothing works. Unless I am going to be defining a different object just to cover every single global variable, I do not have a workaround and this is an irritating issue. ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/2 "2021-04-30T09:24:08Z")
You need to change your test case code as follows: ```auto WebUI.click(findTestObject(‘Page_Self provisioning/button_instanceInfo’, ["instanceName": instanceName])) ``` As the 2nd argument, you need to pass a list of name:value pairs. The name stands for the placeholder in the locator expression. The placeholder will be interpolated with the given value. * * * 2nd Dec 2021 I edited the code to fix my mistake ---
**Author:** ![mpokvytyte](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mpokvytyte/32/18752_2.png) [@mpokvytyte](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mpokvytyte)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/3 "2021-12-02T11:11:48Z")
Hi kazurayam, thanks for the response, sorry it has taken me a while, but your suggested solution does not appear to do the trick, I changed my code to pass in a variable as you suggested: > WebUI.click(findTestObject(‘Page\_Self provisioning/button\_instanceInfo’), [“InstanceName”: InstanceName]) error message: =============== ROOT CAUSE ===================== # For trouble shooting, please visit: [https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/troubleshooting.html](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/troubleshooting.html) 12-02-2021 01:10:08 PM Test Cases/Working tests - do not change/All env -used with variables/Regression test 01 - 02. installation validation in customers NAV Elapsed time: 39,545s Test Cases/Working tests - do not change/All env -used with variables/Regression test 01 - 02. installation validation in customers NAV FAILED. Reason: groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: static com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.click() is applicable for argument types: (com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject, java.util.LinkedHashMap) values: [TestObject - ‘Object Repository/Page\_Self provisioning/button\_instanceInfo’, …] Possible solutions: click(com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject), click(com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject, com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling), check(com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject), check(com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject, com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling), back(), wait() at Regression test 01 - 02. installation validation in customers NAV.run(Regression test 01 - 02. installation validation in customers NAV:41) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:442) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:433) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:412) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:404) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:281) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:138) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:129) at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source) at TempTestCase1638443400974.run(TempTestCase1638443400974.groovy:25) ---
**Author:** ![kazurayam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kazurayam/32/333_2.png) [@kazurayam](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kazurayam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/4 "2021-12-02T11:21:10Z")
You have this now: > [@mpokvytyte](#): > > WebUI.click(findTestObject(‘Page\_Self provisioning/button\_instanceInfo’),[“InstanceName”: InstanceName]) this is wrong. You want: ```auto WebUI.click(findTestObject('Page_Self provisioning/button_instanceInfo', ["InstanceName": InstanceName] ) ) ``` … ah, I found I wrote a wrong example. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![mpokvytyte](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/mpokvytyte/32/18752_2.png) [@mpokvytyte](https://forum.katalon.com/u/mpokvytyte)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/5 "2021-12-02T13:18:34Z")
> [@kazurayam](#): > > [“InstanceName”: InstanceName] big thumbs up, thanks. problem solved 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/original/3X/d/5/d55596ab02785a255798e87ede769734747b30c4.svg) [@system](https://forum.katalon.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/passing-non-global-variable-into-element-xpath-does-not-work/54323/6 "2022-12-02T13:18:59Z")
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