--- id: video/B8cWQGwajwQ type: video title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" summary: "Page Scripting Tool in Business Central, in preview in 2024 release wave 1: recording and playing back user acceptance tests in the web client, with validation steps, YAML scripts, parameters and suites. Covers permissions, sharing, conditional steps and known limitations such as no pipeline execution." tier: official language: en tags: - user acceptance testing - page scripting tool - script recording and playback - validation steps - test automation - permissions - devops integration - conditional logic - yaml format - parameters - script suites - pipeline support system: development review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T23:11:09.251Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T23:11:09.301Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 30823b7146a9d37a61f42b749eef134b7a30f154d59fef3b71858c90187b2e30 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s title: "Page Scripting Tool: preview" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 104 quote: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s title: "Validation Steps: preview" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 104 quote: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s title: "Script Persistence in YAML Format: preview" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 104 quote: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s title: "Single-Step Playback Controls: preview" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 104 quote: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s title: "Pipeline Execution for Scripts: announced" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1871 quote: that we're working on but uh we and um it's not yet supported to run - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=73s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 73 quote: we are introducing a new tool allowing customers and consultant buttons to exactly do that easily record and play user acceptance tests - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 104 quote: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=301s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 301 quote: testing is to verify an expected outcome of performing a given set of steps - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=592s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 592 quote: it's important to understand that when you go back or the previous action there's no undo in that you're just basically redoing it - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=813s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 813 quote: you can actually decide only to run to a certain step right so if you go to the context menu on the step you - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=875s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 875 quote: there is an opportunity to to share copy a link um and that link is self-contained it basically includes um the full recording - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=934s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 934 quote: the page scripting tool has its own uh clipboard and uh this can be used to store results that you get back during recording - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1037s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1037 quote: sometimes a set of Step s only apply on a given uh condition right so imagine that you open a list uh page uh - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1290s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1290 quote: you can actually also write an expression for very simple calculations and we're using power effect as the expression language - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1422s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1422 quote: the scripts are really stored in the yaml format um and that's like um you know metad driven format for for clients here and - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1522s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1522 quote: you can actually parameterize scripts so that's basically the equivalent of setting some variables that you can then use throughout the script to to - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1637s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1637 quote: you can bundle multiple scripts uh there and the way it works is that um you use a the include command in the script - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1790s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1790 quote: the tool is in preview now um please give us feedback on yamama and uh on ideas on this - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1810s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1810 quote: a lot of support for during recording to to change the steps right that hey i want to delete these two and - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1871 quote: it's not yet supported to run that you can only run them in the client at this point - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1952s title: "In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1)" date: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" commit: null t: 1952 quote: this is not an HTML automation tool right so we cannot automate uh control edings like charts or any embedded uh content like powerbi links: learn: [] objects: - object/page/48 features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: B8cWQGwajwQ channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ published_at: "2024-04-04T13:30:07.000Z" duration_s: 2045 captions: full audience: - functional consultant - developer - administrator chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction and Problem Statement - t: 116 title: Accessing and Permissions - t: 173 title: Recording Basics and Interface - t: 301 title: Validation Steps and Script Saving - t: 453 title: Live Demo - Recording a Script - t: 572 title: Playback Controls and Execution - t: 690 title: Live Demo - Playing Back Scripts and Sharing - t: 854 title: Sharing, Clipboard, and Session Information - t: 1015 title: Conditional Step Branches - t: 1150 title: Optional Pages and Nested Structures - t: 1290 title: Expressions, Parameters, and Wait Steps - t: 1422 title: YAML Format and Script Composition - t: 1697 title: Best Practices and Preview Status - t: 1871 title: Known Issues, Limitations, and Resources features: - name: Page Scripting Tool status: preview t: 15 verified: true status_source: video - name: Validation Steps status: preview t: 301 verified: true status_source: video - name: Script Persistence in YAML Format status: preview t: 399 verified: true status_source: video - name: Single-Step Playback Controls status: preview t: 572 verified: true status_source: video - name: Run To Step Feature status: unclear t: 813 verified: false status_source: video - name: Playback Link Sharing status: unclear t: 854 verified: false status_source: video - name: Page Scripting Clipboard status: unclear t: 934 verified: false status_source: video - name: Session Information Pasting status: unclear t: 1015 verified: false status_source: video - name: Conditional Step Branches status: unclear t: 1037 verified: false status_source: video - name: Optional Pages status: unclear t: 1191 verified: false status_source: video - name: Nested Structure Collapsing status: unclear t: 1272 verified: false status_source: video - name: Power FX Expressions status: unclear t: 1290 verified: false status_source: video - name: Wait Steps status: unclear t: 1382 verified: false status_source: video - name: Script Parameters status: unclear t: 1522 verified: false status_source: video - name: Script Suites with Include Command status: unclear t: 1616 verified: false status_source: video - name: Filter-based List Selection status: unclear t: 1717 verified: false status_source: video - name: Pipeline Execution for Scripts status: announced t: 1851 verified: true status_source: video - name: Designer and Embedded Content Limitations status: unclear t: 1871 verified: false status_source: video - name: Control Identification and Notifications status: unclear t: 1891 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: - page Page Inspector - page Sales Orders - page Customer - page Page Scripting pane - other properties pane quotes: - t: 73 text: we are introducing a new tool allowing customers and consultant buttons to exactly do that easily record and play user acceptance tests check: exact - t: 104 text: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one check: exact - t: 301 text: testing is to verify an expected outcome of performing a given set of steps check: fuzzy - t: 592 text: it's important to understand that when you go back or the previous action there's no undo in that you're just basically redoing it check: snapped - t: 813 text: you can actually decide only to run to a certain step right so if you go to the context menu on the step you check: exact - t: 875 text: there is an opportunity to to share copy a link um and that link is self-contained it basically includes um the full recording check: exact - t: 934 text: the page scripting tool has its own uh clipboard and uh this can be used to store results that you get back during recording check: exact - t: 1037 text: sometimes a set of Step s only apply on a given uh condition right so imagine that you open a list uh page uh check: exact - t: 1290 text: you can actually also write an expression for very simple calculations and we're using power effect as the expression language check: exact - t: 1422 text: the scripts are really stored in the yaml format um and that's like um you know metad driven format for for clients here and check: exact - t: 1522 text: you can actually parameterize scripts so that's basically the equivalent of setting some variables that you can then use throughout the script to to check: exact - t: 1637 text: you can bundle multiple scripts uh there and the way it works is that um you use a the include command in the script check: snapped - t: 1790 text: the tool is in preview now um please give us feedback on yamama and uh on ideas on this check: exact - t: 1810 text: a lot of support for during recording to to change the steps right that hey i want to delete these two and check: fuzzy - t: 1871 text: it's not yet supported to run that you can only run them in the client at this point check: snapped - t: 1952 text: this is not an HTML automation tool right so we cannot automate uh control edings like charts or any embedded uh content like powerbi check: exact --- # In Preview: User Acceptance Testing with the Page Scripting Tool (2024 release wave 1) > Page Scripting Tool in Business Central, in preview in 2024 release wave 1: recording and playing back user acceptance tests in the web client, with validation steps, YAML scripts, parameters and suites. Covers permissions, sharing, conditional steps and known limitations such as no pipeline execution. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2024-04-04 · 34:05 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video introduces the Page Scripting Tool, which lets customers and consultants record user acceptance tests in the Business Central web client and play them back. It walks through permissions, the recording interface, validation steps, saving scripts, playback controls, and sharing through a self-contained link. It then covers conditional step branches, optional pages, collapsing nested structures, the page scripting clipboard, session information, Power FX expressions and wait steps. Scripts are stored in YAML, where parameters and script suites with the include command can be edited. The video closes with best practices, preview status and known limitations. ## Key points - The tool is in preview in 2024 release wave 1. A warning appears if you play recorded scripts in a production environment. - Recording and playback need separate permissions. Playback can insert or change data in the environment. - Scripts must be played in an environment similar to the one where they were recorded, with similar pages, objects and functionality. - Right-click a control during recording to add a validation step, with operators such as equal to, greater than or less than. - Single-step playback has next and previous buttons. Previous redoes steps and does not undo them. Run to step is available from a step's context menu. - Parameters and script suites (the include command) can only be edited in YAML. Included scripts must use parameters, and script order matters. - Scripts can only run in the client for now. Pipeline execution is under development. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=0s) Introduction and Problem Statement - [1:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=116s) Accessing and Permissions - [2:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=173s) Recording Basics and Interface - [5:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=301s) Validation Steps and Script Saving - [7:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=453s) Live Demo - Recording a Script - [9:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=572s) Playback Controls and Execution - [11:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=690s) Live Demo - Playing Back Scripts and Sharing - [14:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=854s) Sharing, Clipboard, and Session Information - [16:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1015s) Conditional Step Branches - [19:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1150s) Optional Pages and Nested Structures - [21:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1290s) Expressions, Parameters, and Wait Steps - [23:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1422s) YAML Format and Script Composition - [28:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1697s) Best Practices and Preview Status - [31:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s) Known Issues, Limitations, and Resources ## Features | Feature | Status | At | Evidence | |---|---|---|---| | Page Scripting Tool | preview, demoed | [0:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=15s) | "we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one" ([1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s)) | | Validation Steps | preview, demoed | [5:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=301s) | "we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one" ([1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s)) | | Script Persistence in YAML Format | preview, demoed | [6:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=399s) | "we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one" ([1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s)) | | Single-Step Playback Controls | preview, demoed | [9:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=572s) | "we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one" ([1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s)) | | Run To Step Feature | status not stated, demoed | [13:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=813s) | | | Playback Link Sharing | status not stated, demoed | [14:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=854s) | | | Page Scripting Clipboard | status not stated, demoed | [15:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=934s) | | | Session Information Pasting | status not stated, demoed | [16:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1015s) | | | Conditional Step Branches | status not stated, demoed | [17:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1037s) | | | Optional Pages | status not stated, demoed | [19:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1191s) | | | Nested Structure Collapsing | status not stated, demoed | [21:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1272s) | | | Power FX Expressions | status not stated, demoed | [21:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1290s) | | | Wait Steps | status not stated, demoed | [23:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1382s) | | | Script Parameters | status not stated, demoed | [25:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1522s) | | | Script Suites with Include Command | status not stated, demoed | [26:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1616s) | | | Filter-based List Selection | status not stated | [28:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1717s) | | | Pipeline Execution for Scripts | announced | [30:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1851s) | "that we're working on but uh we and um it's not yet supported to run" ([31:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s)) | | Designer and Embedded Content Limitations | status not stated | [31:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s) | | | Control Identification and Notifications | status not stated | [31:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1891s) | | ## AL objects mentioned As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - page "Page Inspector" at [2:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=173s) - [page 48 "Sales Orders"](../objects/page/48.md) at [8:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=494s) - page "Customer" at [4:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=250s) - page "Page Scripting pane" at [18:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1098s) - other "properties pane" at [19:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1170s) Not found in BC28-30: page "Page Inspector", page "Customer", page "Page Scripting pane". ## Quotes - [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=73s) "we are introducing a new tool allowing customers and consultant buttons to exactly do that easily record and play user acceptance tests" - [1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s) "we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one" - [5:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=301s) "testing is to verify an expected outcome of performing a given set of steps" - [9:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=592s) "it's important to understand that when you go back or the previous action there's no undo in that you're just basically redoing it" - [13:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=813s) "you can actually decide only to run to a certain step right so if you go to the context menu on the step you" - [14:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=875s) "there is an opportunity to to share copy a link um and that link is self-contained it basically includes um the full recording" - [15:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=934s) "the page scripting tool has its own uh clipboard and uh this can be used to store results that you get back during recording" - [17:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1037s) "sometimes a set of Step s only apply on a given uh condition right so imagine that you open a list uh page uh" - [21:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1290s) "you can actually also write an expression for very simple calculations and we're using power effect as the expression language" - [23:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1422s) "the scripts are really stored in the yaml format um and that's like um you know metad driven format for for clients here and" - [25:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1522s) "you can actually parameterize scripts so that's basically the equivalent of setting some variables that you can then use throughout the script to to" - [27:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1637s) "you can bundle multiple scripts uh there and the way it works is that um you use a the include command in the script" - [29:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1790s) "the tool is in preview now um please give us feedback on yamama and uh on ideas on this" - [30:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1810s) "a lot of support for during recording to to change the steps right that hey i want to delete these two and" - [31:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1871s) "it's not yet supported to run that you can only run them in the client at this point" - [32:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1952s) "this is not an HTML automation tool right so we cannot automate uh control edings like charts or any embedded uh content like powerbi" ## Disclaimers in the video - [1:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=104s) preview: we released this tool as a preview in 2024 release way one - [2:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=156s) preview: we will warn if you're trying to play scripts recorded scripts in a production environment - [25:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1502s) subject-to-change: there are a couple of scenarios powerful scenarios that we currently only support in yaml so you have to go to edit them in the yaml H they are supported when you then play them in the client but there isn't a uh page in uh s page is scripting user experience in the client - [29:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1790s) preview: the tool is in preview now um please give us feedback - [30:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1810s) not-in-this-release: there isn't a lot of support for during recording to to change the steps - [30:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1830s) not-in-this-release: you can only build Suites in yaml not in the client - [30:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWQGwajwQ&t=1851s) coming-later: we're working on but uh we and um it's not yet supported to run that you can only run them in the client at this point Presenters (as heard): H Peter Boring.