Object Identification Mechanism

Object Identification Mechanism

1. Mandatory Property
 -Description Property in QTP- combination of Mandatory and Assistive Property
2. Assistive Property
3. Ordinal dentifier- if qtp not able to identify object using mandatory and assistive property then it goes for ordinal property
1.Location
2.Index- when properties of two objects are same then it goes for index(starts with zero)
3.Creation Time- used for brwoser- if 3 browsers are opened, it will perform action on 1st
browser("CreationTime:=1").Close
4. Smart Identification- It is technique to identify object with combination of two filter properties:
base filter property
optional filter property

local setting-individual-
tools-object identification-web-select button-Global Setting
file -setting-run-disable smart identification during run session

Object Identification Mechanism:

·         Mandatory property:

·                     Frame	·                     Name
·                     Browser, page	·                     None
·                     Web Table	·                     HTML Tag
·                     WebList, WebRadioGroup	·                     HTML tag ,Name
·                     WebButton WebFile WebEdit WebCheckbox	·                     HTML tag ,Name,Type
·                     ViewLInk WebElement	·                     HTML tag ,Inner Text
·                     Web Area	·                     HTML tag ,Alt(tool tip)
·                     Image	·                     HTML tag ,Alt, Image Type

·         Assistive: e.g Name in WebEdit

·         Ordinary identifier:
Location X,Y
 Creation time: used for browser
Indexing- t overcome Location drawbacks

·         Smart Identification: inbuilt feature to recognize object
Base filter properties(Mandatory & Assistive)
Optional Filter properties(Ordinary identifier)