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How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

HannahM — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:09:07 GMT

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Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

ChadTurner — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:53:06 GMT

Great Write up thanks @HannahM

Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

daniel_severino — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 15:34:13 GMT

I know that the post is very old but Could you tell me how to implement a condition if the by chance the object (dropdown) has not been load on the page to throw an exception, please?

Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

HannahM — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:13:11 GMT

Could you add a javascript event and check if the resource loaded as expected?

performance.getEntriesByName("https://domain.com/fonts/bernina/BerninaSans-Web-Light.woff")[0].responseStatus

response would be 0 if it hasn't loaded.

Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

daniel_severino — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:42:04 GMT

Thanks a lot!

You not only solved my question but also gave me ideas for other questions.

Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

mborra2 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:33:20 GMT

Hi team,

It looks like the design of the ticketing page has changed slightly which is causing an alert in Dynatrace. We have a synthetic script is flagging an issue with not being able to click on "XXX" but in the new design just shows "YYY" in a circle instead. How Can we adjust the test script for this?

Thanks,

B.Mahathi

Re: How to add an XPath locator in a Browser Clickpath Monitor script

HannahM — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:11:46 GMT

You'll need to update the script. If it's just the locator that has changed, you can find it using the steps above and then update the relevant event. If the flow of the pages has changed, it may be easier to re-record the script.