# 2.3 Assertions

## Assertions <a href="#test-case-creation" id="test-case-creation"></a>

## What Is An Assertion?

* Assertion means act of affirming or stating something. It can also be interpreted as check point or a validation point.
* Once a request is sent to a web server a response is received. We need to validate if the response contains the data that we expect. In order to validate the response, we need to use assertions.

## Types Of Assertion

There are various ways of asserting a response; however we will focus on the commonly used Assertions types while validating a response. Below are the ones that are available in Open Source version of SoapUI.

1. Property Content
2. Compliance Status Standard
3. Script
4. SLA
5. JMS
6. Security