Introduction
Hello, Readers!!
Have you guys heard about Katalon Studio?
No? Don't worry. we got you covered. Katalon Studio is a robust automation tool with a Selenium-based engine. It is designed to create and reuse automated test scripts for UI without needing to code.
In this blog, we will discuss about how to configure custom capabilities in Katalon Studio.
So let us begin!

Set Custom Desired Capabilities
Desired capabilities are key-value pairs. They tell the browser about different properties, such as the browser's name, version, etc. They are used to configure additional driver instances such as FirefoxDriver, ChromeDriver, etc.
Users can use the Custom settings in the desired capabilities to make a list of custom desired capabilities for any environment.
Custom Desired Capabilities
Follow the below-mentioned steps to create a custom execution with the desired capabilities:
- Navigate to Project > Settings > Desired Capabilities > Custom. To add a custom profile, click Add on the command toolbar.

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- If required, change the name. Then click on More (...) under the Value column.
- The Custom Execution Configuration Builder dialog box will open. Click on Add. The user then needs to provide the Driver name for their custom execution.

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- Under the Preferences column, click on More(...).
- The Driver Builder dialog box will open.
- Specify the desired capabilities for the selected driver.
- After selecting the capabilities, click on OK.

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Location of Custom Desired Capabilities Files
The user can find the settings files for their custom desired capabilities using the below-mentioned file path:
<location_of_the_test_project>\settings\external\execution






