# selectOptionByValue is not working for drop down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous\ **Created:** [May 15, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selectoptionbyvalue-is-not-working-for-drop-down/10938 "2018-05-15T14:24:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uday\_Sankar\_Saha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5ac83/32.png) [@Uday\_Sankar\_Saha](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Uday_Sankar_Saha)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selectoptionbyvalue-is-not-working-for-drop-down/10938/1 "2018-05-15T14:24:38Z")
My code is not working for a drop down value. WebUI.selectOptionByValue(findTestObject(‘Migration REQ Creation/Page\_SID detail (1)/select\_-- None --ISM Code Migr’), ‘ISM Code Migration Request’, ``` true) ``` This value “ISM Code Migration Request” exists in the drop down field. same code is working for other field though with different object name and value. **I am getting this message** 05-15-2018 07:52:25 PM - [FAILED] - Unable to select option by value ‘ISM Code Migration Request’ of object ‘Object Repository/Migration REQ Creation/Page\_SID detail (1)/select\_-- None --ISM Code Migr’ using regular expression (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.webui.exception.WebElementNotFoundException: Web element with id: ‘Object Repository/Migration REQ Creation/Page\_SID detail (1)/iframe\_gsft\_main’ located by ‘By.xpath: //iframe[@src = ‘com.glideapp.servicecatalog\_cat\_item\_view.do?sysparm\_catalog=e0d08b13c3330100c8b837659bba8fb4&v=1&sysparm\_clear\_stack=yes&sysparm\_id=955920d1f9ead144cddb5c767d805bb8&sysparm\_nameofstack=fddd78564fc2d3c0255b2f6d0210c7c0&sysparm\_link\_parent=5aff385f1d7ff100b7633835df15e261’ and @name = ‘gsft\_main’ and @id = ‘gsft\_main’]’ not found) 05-15-2018 07:52:25 PM - [END] - End action : selectOptionByValue 05-15-2018 07:52:25 PM - [END] - End Test Case : Test Cases/ISM L2 catalog item REQ creation 05-15-2018 07:52:25 PM - [FAILED] - Test Cases/ISM L2 catalog item REQ creation FAILED because (of) Unable to select option by value ‘ISM Code Migration Request’ of object ‘Object Repository/Migration REQ Creation/Page\_SID detail (1)/select\_-- None --ISM Code Migr’ using regular expression (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.webui.exception.WebElementNotFoundException: Web element with id: ‘Object Repository/Migration REQ Creation/Page\_SID detail (1)/iframe\_gsft\_main’ located by ‘By.xpath: //iframe[@src = ‘com.glideapp.servicecatalog\_cat\_item\_view.do?sysparm\_catalog=e0d08b13c3330100c8b837659bba8fb4&v=1&sysparm\_clear\_stack=yes&sysparm\_id=955920d1f9ead144cddb5c767d805bb8&sysparm\_nameofstack=fddd78564fc2d3c0255b2f6d0210c7c0&sysparm\_link\_parent=5aff385f1d7ff100b7633835df15e261’ and @name = ‘gsft\_main’ and @id = ‘gsft\_main’]’ not found) ---
**Author:** ![Russ\_Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/russ_thomas/32/11884_2.png) [@Russ\_Thomas](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Russ_Thomas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selectoptionbyvalue-is-not-working-for-drop-down/10938/2 "2018-05-15T22:55:45Z")
It would help if I could see some of the HTML you are using. The error is quite clear: that element as specified by your TestObject, is not present on the page. Check: Spelling (watch for UPPERCASE and lowercase errors) Spaces Is the element VISIBLE at the time the test step is executing? Are you sure it’s a SELECT element with OPTION elements inside it? If not, you’re using the wrong WebUI API. ---
**Author:** ![crokatalontest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@crokatalontest](https://forum.katalon.com/u/crokatalontest)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selectoptionbyvalue-is-not-working-for-drop-down/10938/3 "2018-05-16T06:10:01Z")
Is your object inside iframe? (iframe\_gsft\_main) If it is, check if your iframe is dynamic and it’s id is changing every time you open it. That means your xpath is not valid and you need to adapt/change it ---
**Author:** ![Uday\_Sankar\_Saha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5ac83/32.png) [@Uday\_Sankar\_Saha](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Uday_Sankar_Saha)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/selectoptionbyvalue-is-not-working-for-drop-down/10938/4 "2018-05-20T13:33:44Z")
Hi [crokatalontest](http://forum.katalon.com/profile/5173/crokatalontest), thank you so much. you are correct. It worked by changing the correct iframe path 🙂