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To edit a test clip, go to Central > Test Clips.
Find the test clip you wish to edit and double click its name to open it.
Alternately, right-click the selected test clip and select Open in the context menu.
For long lists, use filtering to locate the test clip. Click the Filter icon on the top right of the Clips list and then apply criteria to narrow the list. When you do so, the Filtering rows appear at the top of the list. Click the drop-down to select criteria and to select from operators for the given field.
Click the Plus (+) button to add criteria, click the Minus (-) button to remove criteria. Click Apply to filter the list by the criteria.
A Test Clip can have one or more of the following clip elements: Message Messages are the raw text or XML that is sent to a web service or web application, but they occur within the context of the rules and syntax that envelope them. See Message, Playing Messages, and Setting and Using Message Scope. Browser Action Browser actions are those actions a user performs using a web browser, including keystrokes, mouse actions, text entry, and system actions such as close or submit. See Browser Action. Script A script specifies a set of actions to be taken at a specific point in the execution of a Test Composition (via the test clip in which the script has been placed). SOASTA CloudTest Scripts are written in JavaScript. See Script. Delay A Time Delay is a test clip component that specifies an interval to wait, in milliseconds, before sending the following message or browser action. See Delay. Checkpoint A checkpoint is a Test Clip component that indicates that no further action take place until a response has been received from the prior message. See Checkpoint and Renaming Checkpoints. Property SOASTA CloudTest provides three property sets for use in tests. Properties can be defined for test clip components such as messages and browser actions, as well as for test clips, and test compositions. See Property. Further Steps See Changing Order of Clip Elements for information about ordering and reordering clip elements in a test clip. To edit an individual message or browser action, select and double-click it to open its detail in the sub-pane below. For more information, see Editing the Inputs of a Message and Editing a Browser Action Test.