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Category: User guide

Calling Keywords in Plans

How to properly use keywords from within a plan. Read more

Keywords

Keywords are the fundamental building blocks of Plans. This section groups the documentation related to the declaration and use of Keywords. Read more

Measurements and Metrics

Understanding measurements and metrics in Step analytics Read more

Notifications

Be notified when various events occur. Read more

Deployment of Keywords

Register, deploy, and configure Keywords so they can be used in Step Plans. Read more

Controls

Controls help you design and structure your execution plans. Read more

Alerting rules

Define custom rules for alerting, notifications, and integrations with external systems Read more

Dashboards

Managing and using analytics dashboards in Step Read more

Reporting

The Execution Report provides comprehensive insights into both running and concluded plan executions. Read more

Reporting (legacy)

Use the legacy execution report to inspect execution steps, errors, and performance data. Read more

Keyword Configuration

Define Keyword input schemas, required properties, and validation rules. Read more

Using variables in Plans

Declare and use Plan variables to pass values between controls and Keyword calls. Read more

Execution Subscriptions

Subscribe to various execution events. Read more

Plan modularity

How to build modular plans. Read more

Plans

Build automation logic by combining controls, Keywords, variables, and reusable Plans. Read more

Prebuilt Keyword Libraries

Where Step’s officially-maintained keyword libraries (system, http, db, xml, selenium) are published and how to import them. Read more

Archiving

Manually mark specific executions to be skipped by automatic execution housekeeping. Read more

Executions

Run Plans, review execution results, filter execution history, and schedule recurring runs. Read more

Visual Plan editor

Build Plans with Step’s visual editor, component libraries, and drag-and-drop tree editing. Read more

Automation Packages View

Deploy, inspect, execute, and manage Automation Packages and libraries from the Step UI. Read more

Advanced executions

Limit reporting volume for load tests and override execution threads independently from the Plan definition. Read more

Plain text plans

Create and maintain Plans with Step’s plain-text syntax for code-like workflows. Read more

Agent provisioning

Configure automatic Agent provisioning for Plans running on Kubernetes. Read more

Alerting and notifications

Define alerting rules and notifications for selected Step events and conditions. Read more

Schedules

Schedule Plans to run once at a future time or repeatedly at defined intervals. Read more

Incidents

View and analyse created incidents based on your alerting rules Read more

Java Plan API

Design, execute, and maintain Step Plans programmatically with the Java Plan API. Read more

Monitoring

Track the status of scheduled Plans and build monitoring views for support teams. Read more

Parameters

Define reusable values that can be scoped, protected, and used by Plans and Keywords. Read more

Plan reporting

Analyze status trends and performance across repeated executions of a Plan. Read more

Event Broker Monitor

Monitor EventBroker statistics, browse events, and test broker configuration in real time. Read more

Import/Export entities

Export and import Plans, Keywords, and Parameters between Step instances. Read more

Analytics

Performance dashboards and analytics data in Step Read more

Scheduled execution reporting

Analyze status trends and performance across repeated executions of a schedule. Read more

User account

Manage user credentials, API keys, and personal Step preferences. Read more

Versioning

Restore previous versions of entities Read more

Live Reporting

Stream measurements and log file attachments in real time during keyword execution. Read more

Bookmarks

Create bookmarks to easily reach frequently used pages Read more

Libraries

Contains documentation for Step libraries. Read more
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