# Unable to select option by value '7' of object 

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-select-option-by-value-7-of-object/79795>\
**Category:** Bug Report\
**Tags:** missing-info, bugs-report\
**Created:** [October 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-select-option-by-value-7-of-object/79795 "2022-10-20T14:08:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-select-option-by-value-7-of-object/79795/1 "2022-10-20T14:08:45Z")

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I was unable to execute the selectoptionbyvalue command while running my test case from the test suite. Please locate the following mistake. and in Excel, I entered a value, but the execution still fails… Thanks

=============== ROOT CAUSE =====================  
Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: No option matched.

# For trouble shooting, please visit: [https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/troubleshooting.html](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/docs/troubleshooting.html)

10-20-2022 01:24:38 PM selectOptionByValue(findTestObject(“Object Repository/Reception officer/Page\_PIMS - Botswana Prison System/select\_Select Religion. African Traditional\_4d1182”), Select\_Religion, true)

Elapsed time: 0.940s

Unable to select option by value ‘7’ of object ‘Object Repository/Reception officer/Page\_PIMS - Botswana Prison System/select\_Select Religion. African Traditional\_4d1182’ using regular expression (Root cause: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: Unable to select option by value ‘7’ of object ‘Object Repository/Reception officer/Page\_PIMS - Botswana Prison System/select\_Select Religion. African Traditional\_4d1182’ using regular expression  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.stepFailed(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:64)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:26)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword.selectOptionByValue(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy:99)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword.execute(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy:71)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.selectOptionByValue(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:1168)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$selectOptionByValue$6.call(Unknown Source)  
at Logon as Reception Officer\_Officer.run(Logon as Reception Officer\_Officer:58)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:448)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:439)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:418)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:410)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:285)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.common.CommonExecutor.accessTestCaseMainPhase(CommonExecutor.java:65)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor.accessTestSuiteMainPhase(TestSuiteExecutor.java:144)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestSuiteExecutor.execute(TestSuiteExecutor.java:106)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.startTestSuite(TestCaseMain.java:185)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$startTestSuite$0.call(Unknown Source)  
at TempTestSuite1666265031721.run(TempTestSuite1666265031721.groovy:36)  
Caused by: com.kms.katalon.core.exception.StepFailedException: No option matched.  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.stepFailed(KeywordMain.groovy:50)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.stepFailed(KeywordMain.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.stepFailed(KeywordMain.groovy:23)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword$\_selectOptionByValue\_closure1.doCall(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy:92)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword$\_selectOptionByValue\_closure1.call(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.internal.WebUIKeywordMain.runKeyword(WebUIKeywordMain.groovy:20)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword.selectOptionByValue(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy:99)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.builtin.SelectOptionByValueKeyword.execute(SelectOptionByValueKeyword.groovy:71)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:74)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords.selectOptionByValue(WebUiBuiltInKeywords.groovy:1168)  
at com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords$selectOptionByValue$6.call(Unknown Source)  
at Script1666248987113.run(Script1666248987113.groovy:58)  
… 13 more  
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/unable-to-select-option-by-value-7-of-object/79795/2 "2022-10-20T15:19:17Z")

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> [@muralimohansa69](#):
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> using regular expression

What happens when you change the “true” to “false”?

```auto
WebUI.selectOptionByValue(findTestObject('...'), "7", false)

```

Also, you are using “byValue”. That means you have looked at the HTML and seen the **value** attribute is 7? If the dropdown **displays** 7, then you want:

```auto
WebUI.selectOptionByLabel(findTestObject('...'), "7", false)

```