# Get Key By Index

This is a pre-built action available under the **Captured Dropdown Element** from the **SAP GUI Application**. The functionality of this action in Avo Assure to fetch the Key value of an item present on the dropdown list within the SAP application based on its index number and save the result in dynamic variable. 

### **Syntax**

**Input Value:**`<Index>`&#x20;

| Argument                      | Description                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>\<Index><br>(Required)</p> | <p>Specify the index of the item in the dropdown  whose key value is to be retrieved. <br>( Indexing starts from 0)</p> |

**Output Value:**

| Argument                                 | Description                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>\<Dynamic Variable><br>(Required)</p> | This dynamic variable holds the key value retrieved from the dropdown. |
| <p>\<Dynamic Variable><br>(optional)</p> | This dynamic variable holds the result as **Ture** or **False**        |

**Example**

**Retrieves the key value of an item from a dropdown list based on the specified index**

The **GetKeyByIndex** action takes the index value from the Input Value column (e.g., **2**) and retrieves the key value of the item at that index in the dropdown. The result of the retrieval operation is stored in the **{key Value}** variable as (**3000**)

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