topic Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ? in Synthetic Monitoring

Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

Anupam_Kumar — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 08:36:23 GMT

If validation on a certain step fails I can choose an alternate path ?

For example - if validation on step 5 fails goto step 17 else goto step 23 or something equivalent to that

Re: Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

justin_hogue — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:36:36 GMT

Hello,

I haven't tried this myself but you may be able to achieve this by using JavaScript events. Through the use of the JavaScript API you should have the ability to skip execution of events to create a dynamic workflow. I'll provide a link with documentation on this below.

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/shortlink/id_brower-clickpath-events#javascript-

Hope this helps!

Re: Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

Anupam_Kumar — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:17:47 GMT

So I can only skip steps.... and 'skip them forward' ... Any clever way to 'jump back' a few steps ? Are negative numbers allowed as parameters to skip step function ?

Re: Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

HannahM — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 13:24:39 GMT

Correct, there is no option to jump back to a previous step.

Re: Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

AntonioSousa — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 14:31:15 GMT

@HannahM,

I have not tried this myself, but might need it in the following weeks. In my case, it's like an IF THEN/ELSE needed to be involved. In each case, 3 steps. So I was imagining to test the result from the site at the end of step 2, and if it's condition A, it would execute steps 3-5, and skip 3 events at the end of step 5. If it's condition B, it would skip 3 events at the end of step 2, executing steps 6-8.

Does this seem feasible in your opinion? If so, it would also solve issues like the one portrayed above, right?

Re: Can I do conditional branching in a Synthetics Test ?

HannahM — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:09:11 GMT

Yes, this scenario is exactly what the skip clickpath events in the javascript event are perfect for.