[9.2] [scout][discover] adjust locator for data view link (#244670) (#244707)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `9.2`:
- [[scout][discover] adjust locator for data view link
(#244670)](#244670)

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Co-authored-by: Dzmitry Lemechko <dzmitry.lemechko@elastic.co>

Author: kibanamachine

src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-scout/src/playwright/page_objects/discover_app.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export class DiscoverApp {
     await this.page.waitForLoadingIndicatorHidden();
   }
 
+  getSelectedDataView(): Locator {
+    return this.page.testSubj.locator('discover-dataView-switch-link');
+  }
+
   async clickNewSearch() {
     await this.page.testSubj.hover('discoverNewButton');
     await this.page.testSubj.click('discoverNewButton');

x-pack/platform/plugins/private/discover_enhanced/test/scout/ui/parallel_tests/saved_searches.spec.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ const assertNoFilterAndEmptyQuery = async (
   ).toHaveText('');
 };
 
-const assertDataViewIsSelected = async (page: ExtParallelRunTestFixtures['page'], name: string) =>
-  await expect(
-    page.testSubj.locator('*dataView-switch-link'),
-    'Incorrect data view is selected'
-  ).toHaveText(name);
-
 spaceTest.describe(
   'Discover app - saved searches',
   { tag: ['@ess', '@svlSearch', '@svlOblt'] },
@@ -85,7 +79,9 @@ spaceTest.describe(
       `should unselect saved search when navigating to a 'new'`,
       async ({ pageObjects, page }) => {
         await pageObjects.discover.goto();
-        await assertDataViewIsSelected(page, testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE);
+        await expect(pageObjects.discover.getSelectedDataView()).toHaveText(
+          testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE
+        );
         await pageObjects.filterBar.addFilter({
           ...filterFieldAndValue,
           operator: 'is',
@@ -113,7 +109,9 @@ spaceTest.describe(
 
         // create new search
         await pageObjects.discover.clickNewSearch();
-        await assertDataViewIsSelected(page, testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE);
+        await expect(pageObjects.discover.getSelectedDataView()).toHaveText(
+          testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE
+        );
         await assertNoFilterAndEmptyQuery(filterFieldAndValue, pageObjects, page);
 
         // change data view
@@ -126,7 +124,9 @@ spaceTest.describe(
 
         // create new search again
         await pageObjects.discover.clickNewSearch();
-        await assertDataViewIsSelected(page, testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE);
+        await expect(pageObjects.discover.getSelectedDataView()).toHaveText(
+          testData.DATA_VIEW_NAME.ECOMMERCE
+        );
       }
     );
   }