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Category: User guide
Calling Keywords in Plans
How to properly use keywords from within a plan.
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Keywords
Keywords are the fundamental building blocks of Plans. This section groups the documentation related to the declaration and use of Keywords.
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Measurements and Metrics
Understanding measurements and metrics in Step analytics
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Notifications
Be notified when various events occur.
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Deployment of Keywords
Register, deploy, and configure Keywords so they can be used in Step Plans.
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Controls
Controls help you design and structure your execution plans.
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Alerting rules
Define custom rules for alerting, notifications, and integrations with external systems
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Dashboards
Managing and using analytics dashboards in Step
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Reporting
The Execution Report provides comprehensive insights into both running and concluded plan executions.
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Reporting (legacy)
Use the legacy execution report to inspect execution steps, errors, and performance data.
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Keyword Configuration
Define Keyword input schemas, required properties, and validation rules.
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Using variables in Plans
Declare and use Plan variables to pass values between controls and Keyword calls.
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Execution Subscriptions
Subscribe to various execution events.
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Plan modularity
How to build modular plans.
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Plans
Build automation logic by combining controls, Keywords, variables, and reusable Plans.
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Prebuilt Keyword Libraries
Where Step’s officially-maintained keyword libraries (system, http, db, xml, selenium) are published and how to import them.
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Archiving
Manually mark specific executions to be skipped by automatic execution housekeeping.
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Executions
Run Plans, review execution results, filter execution history, and schedule recurring runs.
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Visual Plan editor
Build Plans with Step’s visual editor, component libraries, and drag-and-drop tree editing.
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Automation Packages View
Deploy, inspect, execute, and manage Automation Packages and libraries from the Step UI.
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Advanced executions
Limit reporting volume for load tests and override execution threads independently from the Plan definition.
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Plain text plans
Create and maintain Plans with Step’s plain-text syntax for code-like workflows.
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Agent provisioning
Configure automatic Agent provisioning for Plans running on Kubernetes.
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Alerting and notifications
Define alerting rules and notifications for selected Step events and conditions.
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Schedules
Schedule Plans to run once at a future time or repeatedly at defined intervals.
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Incidents
View and analyse created incidents based on your alerting rules
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Java Plan API
Design, execute, and maintain Step Plans programmatically with the Java Plan API.
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Monitoring
Track the status of scheduled Plans and build monitoring views for support teams.
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Parameters
Define reusable values that can be scoped, protected, and used by Plans and Keywords.
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Plan reporting
Analyze status trends and performance across repeated executions of a Plan.
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Event Broker Monitor
Monitor EventBroker statistics, browse events, and test broker configuration in real time.
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Import/Export entities
Export and import Plans, Keywords, and Parameters between Step instances.
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Analytics
Performance dashboards and analytics data in Step
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Scheduled execution reporting
Analyze status trends and performance across repeated executions of a schedule.
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User account
Manage user credentials, API keys, and personal Step preferences.
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Versioning
Restore previous versions of entities
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Live Reporting
Stream measurements and log file attachments in real time during keyword execution.
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Bookmarks
Create bookmarks to easily reach frequently used pages
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Libraries
Contains documentation for Step libraries.
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