Why can't Katalon click on my TestObject?

Web Testing
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I have the following code:

def xpath = '//*[matches(@id,\'MessageList_DXDataRow[0-9]+\')]/td[2][text()=\'' + 
GlobalVariable.SearchData + '\']'
TestObject testObject = new TestObject()
testObject.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, xpath)

WebUI.delay(2)

WebUI.click(testObject)

For some reason it can’t click on the testObject. I have tested my xpath with an xpath validator online and it was working with static data. ( I just copied the variable-substitued xpath expression and pasted it into the validator. )

Edit:

I have also added the following line of codes after the above mentioned codes:

WebElement element = WebUiCommonHelper.findWebElement(testObject, 30)
WebDriver driver = DriverFactory.getWebDriver()
JavascriptExecutor jsExecutor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver
jsExecutor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element)

I get the following error message:

com.kms.katalon.core.webui.exception.WebElementNotFoundException:
Web element with id: '' located by 'By.xpath:
//*[matches(@id,'MessageList_DXDataRow[0-9]+')]/td[2][text()='F-03836/2020']'
not found at

Is there anything that i’m missing here?

2

matches() in XPath never works in Katalon Studio.

See the following issue:

4

Is there any alternative that would do the job?

5

hi,

try with words contains or starts-with

6

Yes, you can write a XPath expression using 3 functions start-with(), string-length() and substring() in combination. The following post shows an example:

The following article describes how to live without regular expression in XPath 1.0.

Is the URL of your application-under-test public on the Internet? Could you share it to us? If the URL is available to us, I could write a working sample code. Without the URL shared, I am afraid, it is difficult to discuss hands-on.