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# Step configurations

# Step configurations {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Step configuration records define how each type of step behaves.
* **[Automated Test Framework Step Config record](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/Enb4WMIV~LOLM_MCnlZZQg)**   
  The step config record controls how a test step of this type behaves.
* **[Examples of step config field values](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/HKCqtN0NMbLQqbOmSyxzIQ)**   
  Examples of where the system displays values assigned to some of the step config fields.
* **[Step execution scripts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/RNXRhIS8a~iuwl~OVdVL4Q)**   
  In a step configuration record, the step execution script field determines what a step with this configuration does when it runs.
* **[Step description generation script](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/BDAXMdpHw6N7k4m2b7loog)**   
  In a step configuration record, the step description generation script field determines the step description that the system generates when a step of this type is added to a test.
* **[Add output variables to scripted steps](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/HjN_DUfRzxG~Txp3YbklEQ#scripting_atf)**   
  Execute the following steps to add additional outputs in Run Server Side Script and Custom Scripted StepConfig test steps.

