Automation Guide Action-based testing language Built-in actions User Interface actions List, Table, Grid

 check table cell value

check table cell value

Description

Check the text content of a table cell against an expected value. Result is Passed ifthe values match; otherwise Failed.

Arguments

• window

  TA name of the window.

• table

  TA name of the table.

• row

  Row number of the cell. (Row numbers start at 1, exclusive of any header row.)

• column

  Allowable values:

  • Column number of the cell (Column numbers start at 1).
  • Column header name of the cell (supported for SAP only).

• expected

  The expected cell content.

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Notes

• The expected argument can accept regular expressions. Note that argument values that include regular expressions must be entirely enclosed in curly braces {}. As an example, {[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}} specifies the pattern for an acceptable email address. More simply, .* represents the general wildcard for regular expressions, so that {.*arch.*} matches starch, marching, testarchitect, etc.
• This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: case sensitive, remove double quotes from cells, standard ASCII only, item wait, page wait, object wait, value changed wait, window wait, load invisible controls.

Applicable Controls

This action is applicable to the following controls: table, list view.

Example

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Result

Related information

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