What's New: Page Scripting Enhancements (2025 release wave 2)

Overview

The video covers what changed in the page scripting tool for version 27, based on user feedback about recording and editing scripts. It demos inserting steps at a chosen point, drag-and-drop reordering, deleting any step, and creating parameters and test suites in the UI instead of editing YAML.

It then shows iterating over repeater entries with “for each row”, conditional steps using “expression is true”, and running scripts headless on the server during pipeline execution with BC Replay. Server-side replay is in preview. The presenters also say the page scripting feature is still in preview but production quality.

Key points

• Recording now supports defining an insertion point (‘record from here’), rearranging steps by drag and drop, and deleting any step, not only the last. Changing steps out of order can affect later steps.
• From version 27, parameters can be created, edited and viewed in the UI instead of in YAML files. If no default value is set, you are prompted for one when the script runs.
• Test suites can be created in the UI with an ‘include a script’ step. The step can pass hard-coded values or forward parameters from the root script to the included scripts.
• Before including a script, the current recording must be saved to disk, because included scripts are relative to its path. Scripts in other directories need a manually specified relative path, and included scripts can’t be edited in the suite.
• Right-click a repeater and choose ‘for each row’ to run steps for every list entry. A conditional step using ‘expression is true’ evaluates a custom expression, for example based on the current user.
• Server-side headless replay uses the ‘use server replay’ parameter with BC Replay in pipelines. It is in preview, works on-premises or in containers only, and produces no video recordings.
• Page scripting as a whole is still in preview but described as production quality. Using it to create documentation or training material with screenshots is not in the immediate backlog.

Features

Every feature below: preview, demoed.

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.

• other “BC Replay” at 12:57

Quotes

• 0:26 “based on user feedback this release adds improvements to the experience of recording and editing scripts that makes user”
• 2:07 “But now you can define the insertion point for steps. You can rearrange the sequence of steps by using drag and drop to set”
• 5:35 “what is new for version 27 is that you can edit, view and create parameters through the UI.”
• 6:22 “From version 27, you can use Business Central and create suits right from the UI.”
• 8:01 “before you can include a script, your current recording must be persisted to the disk because all included scripts are relative to the path”
• 9:51 “with version 27 you can right click in any repeater and then uh you have the for each row option. What this would do”
• 11:24 “With version 27, you can add an additional step which is expression is true. Meaning that you can dynamically evaluate a certain expression and”
• 12:43 “That’s why we are now adding the option to run scripts headless on the server side. This is still in preview and it is”
• 14:37 “the page scripting feature is still in preview, but it is production quality and there should be no reason for you to not use”

Disclaimers in the video

• 12:43 preview: server-side headless script replay is still in preview
• 12:43 subject-to-change: server-side replay is on premise only or in containers only
• 14:37 preview: the page scripting feature is still in preview, but it is production quality
• 14:48 not-in-this-release: creating documentation or training material including screenshots is not in our immediate backlog

Presenters (as heard): Peter, Vasil.