# Adding journey to synthetic monitor and running steps and not skipping when failure
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-journey-to-synthetic-monitor-and-running-steps-and-not-skipping-when-failure/316826
**Category:** Elastic Observability
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-journey-to-synthetic-monitor-and-running-steps-and-not-skipping-when-failure/316826 "2022-10-17T20:32:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Kris\_MacKay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kris_MacKay)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-journey-to-synthetic-monitor-and-running-steps-and-not-skipping-when-failure/316826/1 "2022-10-17T20:32:48Z")
**Problem:**
Our automation scripts were originally written in Playwright for Windows and Linux. They used "test" instead of "step" for each section.
I'm using the following environment:
- Elastic using a synthetic monitor
- Browser monitor type
- Inserting steps using "Inline Script"
With Playwright, if 1 test fails, the others can run
With Elastic inline scripting, if 1 step fails, the others are skipped.
Note: I've tried using journeys within the inline script, but I'm having problems with the proper syntax.
I look forward to your feedback and advice.
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**Example 1 - Using Playwright and "test".**
_It runs 4 times. If the first test fails, the other 7 will still run._
```auto
for (let user in userProfiles)
{
test('Enter Educator site'+user,async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto(urlLocation);
await page.locator('[placeholder="School/District"]').fill(userProfiles[user].domain);
await page.locator('[placeholder="Username"]').fill(userProfiles[user].user);
await page.locator('[placeholder="Password"]').fill(userProfiles[user].password);
await page.locator('button:has-text("Login")').click();
await expect(page.locator(userProfiles[user].location)).toContainText(userProfiles[user].schoolArea);
});
test('Logout'+user, async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto(urlLocation + "/Account/LogOff");
await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
expect(page.url().includes(urlLocationExit)).not.toEqual(false);
});
}
```
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**Example 2 - Using Elastic inline with synthetic monitor and “step”.**
_This will run 8 steps. If the 1 step fails, the other 7 are skipped._
```auto
for (let user in userProfiles)
{
step('Launch Educator site'+user,async () => {
await page.goto(urlLocation);
});
step('Login - '+userProfiles[user].lastName,async () => {
await page.locator('[placeholder="School/District"]').fill(userProfiles[user].domain);
await page.locator('[placeholder="Username"]').fill(userProfiles[user].user);
await page.locator('[placeholder="Password"]').fill(userProfiles[user].password);
await page.locator('button:has-text("Login")').click();
element = await page.innerText(userProfiles[user].location);
expect(element.includes(userProfiles[user].schoolArea)).not.toEqual(false);
});
step('Logout - '+userProfiles[user].lastName, async () => {
await page.goto(urlLocation + "/Account/LogOff");
await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
expect(page.url().includes(urlLocationExit)).not.toEqual(false);
});
}
```
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### Author:  [@Kris\_MacKay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kris_MacKay)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-journey-to-synthetic-monitor-and-running-steps-and-not-skipping-when-failure/316826/2 "2022-10-27T16:15:28Z")
Case ID #01034972
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### Author:  [@JoelDuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JoelDuff)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-journey-to-synthetic-monitor-and-running-steps-and-not-skipping-when-failure/316826/3 "2025-11-05T01:35:35Z")
Hi Kris, did you ever get an update on this topic? This functionality would be extremely useful for my work and as far as I can find it was never implemented.