https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Surface-Automation-Element-Verification-Best-Practice/m-p/46312#M2337 It's best practice to check the label of an element before interacting with an element. (e.g. check that "Username" appears at a specific X, Y coordinate before entering the username into an input field) Which method is preferred, assuming latency has already been handled? 1. Zero second wait stage 2. Non-Zero Wait Stage (Pointless, confuses intent) 3. Read Stage + Decision (Less concise. Pollutes namespace) Thanks. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:46:00 GMT keri_z_volans 2016-06-14T21:46:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Surface-Automation-Element-Verification-Best-Practice/m-p/46312#M2337 It's best practice to check the label of an element before interacting with an element. (e.g. check that "Username" appears at a specific X, Y coordinate before entering the username into an input field) Which method is preferred, assuming latency has already been handled? 1. Zero second wait stage 2. Non-Zero Wait Stage (Pointless, confuses intent) 3. Read Stage + Decision (Less concise. Pollutes namespace) Thanks. Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:46:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Surface-Automation-Element-Verification-Best-Practice/m-p/46312#M2337 keri_z_volans 2016-06-14T21:46:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Surface-Automation-Element-Verification-Best-Practice/m-p/46313#M2338 Keri, I generally always use a wait stage. This may be waiting for check exists, or waiting for a region to contain image. Dependent on the application and expected latency the length of time differs. Should the wait stage timeout, then I go onto alternative method (such as read stage) - Tom Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:25:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Surface-Automation-Element-Verification-Best-Practice/m-p/46313#M2338 TomBlackburn1 2016-06-15T13:25:00Z