# Unable to find an element using parameter in attributes (worked in the past)

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**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** web-testing\
**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-find-an-element-using-parameter-in-attributes-worked-in-the-past/103995 "2023-11-08T15:23:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-find-an-element-using-parameter-in-attributes-worked-in-the-past/103995/3 "2023-11-08T17:10:46Z")

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Here is another idea that creates a Test Object in code at run time. Instead of the bulky parameterization statement, this to me is much “simpler” to look at.

> [@Creation of Test Object in Object Repository in Runtime](http://forum.katalon.com/t/creation-of-test-object-in-object-repository-in-runtime/10333/17):
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> A sample Test Case that creates a TestObject runtime import com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ConditionType import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI def createTestObjectByXPath(id, xpath) { TestObject tObj = new TestObject(id) tObj.addProperty('xpath', ConditionType.EQUALS, xpath) return tObj } WebUI.openBrowser('') WebUI.navigateToUrl("http://demoaut.katalon.co…

Create a **Keyword** like @kazurayam or @Russ_Thomas have of the “makeTO” method and then pass the pathway (either CSS or XPath) to create a Test Object, like:

```auto
myAssistant = com.Tools.makeTO("//*[@name='minor-child2-dob' and @id='minor-child2-dob']")
WebUI.click(myAssistant)

```

Edit: Do NOT create two methods **exactly** alike to do CSS **and** XPath because you will get an error. You must have two different names; one to do CSS and another to do XPath, like “makeTO” which could do XPath and “createTO” which could do CSS (because the method starts with “C” ). 🙂

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