Katalon counting the conditional statements that goes into else block, into failure

Question

I recently started using the Katalon Studio, for automation. While writing the scripts I checked if an object is present or not on the DOM by using:

if(findTestObject('{Object ID}')){
  //do some work
} else{
  //do another work
}

if the object is found it's all good, but if it isn't, it continues executing in the else block, but in failure log it shows it as a failure. I've tried implementing some of the solutions to fix it that were on the Katalon discussion page, but none of them worked.

Is there any way to stop counting the else block code into failure?

Answer 1

Recommended way is using Verify Element Present. Try changing your script to:

if(WebUI.verifyElementPresent(findTestObject('{Object ID}'), 5)){
  //do some work
} else{
  //do another work
}

(in this example, '5' is the timeout you expect to find the element in, lower it if needed).

I believe this happens because findTestObject only returns reference to object in Object Repository but does not guarantee the element is really loaded in DOM.