diff --git a/grade/tests/behat/grade_view.feature b/grade/tests/behat/grade_view.feature
index 1520026dbfa..59bb3b8fa15 100644
--- a/grade/tests/behat/grade_view.feature
+++ b/grade/tests/behat/grade_view.feature
@@ -21,16 +21,27 @@ Feature: We can enter in grades and view reports from the gradebook
     And I follow "Course 1"
     And I turn editing mode on
     And I add a "Assignment" to section "1" and I fill the form with:
-      | Assignment name | Test assignment name |
+      | Assignment name | Test assignment name 1 |
+      | Description | Submit your online text |
+      | assignsubmission_onlinetext_enabled | 1 |
+    And I add a "Assignment" to section "1" and I fill the form with:
+      | Assignment name | Test assignment name 2 |
       | Description | Submit your online text |
       | assignsubmission_onlinetext_enabled | 1 |
     And I log out
     And I log in as "student1"
     And I follow "Course 1"
-    And I follow "Test assignment name"
+    And I follow "Test assignment name 1"
     When I press "Add submission"
     And I set the following fields to these values:
-      | Online text | This is a submission |
+      | Online text | This is a submission for assignment 1 |
+    And I press "Save changes"
+    Then I should see "Submitted for grading"
+    And I follow "Course 1"
+    And I follow "Test assignment name 2"
+    When I press "Add submission"
+    And I set the following fields to these values:
+      | Online text | This is a submission for assignment 2 |
     And I press "Save changes"
     Then I should see "Submitted for grading"
     And I log out
@@ -38,7 +49,8 @@ Feature: We can enter in grades and view reports from the gradebook
     And I follow "Course 1"
     And I follow "Grades"
     And I turn editing mode on
-    And I give the grade "80.00" to the user "Student 1" for the grade item "Test assignment name"
+    And I give the grade "80.00" to the user "Student 1" for the grade item "Test assignment name 1"
+    And I give the grade "90.00" to the user "Student 1" for the grade item "Test assignment name 2"
     And I press "Update"
 
   @javascript
@@ -52,9 +64,17 @@ Feature: We can enter in grades and view reports from the gradebook
     And I log in as "student1"
     And I follow "Course 1"
     And I follow "Grades"
-    And I should see "80.00" in the "Test assignment name" "table_row"
+    Then the following should exist in the "user-grade" table:
+      | Grade item | Grade | Range | Percentage |
+      | Test assignment name 1 | 80.00 | 0–100 | 80.00 % |
+      | Test assignment name 2 | 90.00 | 0–100 | 90.00 % |
+      | Course total | 85.00 | 0–100 | 85.00 % |
+    And the following should not exist in the "user-grade" table:
+      | Grade item | Grade | Range | Percentage |
+      | Course total | 90.00 | 0–110 | 90.00 % |
     And I set the field "Grade report" to "Overview report"
-    And I should see "80.00" in the "overview-grade" "table"
+    And "C1" row "Grade" column of "overview-grade" table should contain "85.00"
+    And "C1" row "Grade" column of "overview-grade" table should not contain "90.00"
 
   @javascript
   Scenario: We can add a weighting to a grade item and it is displayed properly in the user report
@@ -72,5 +92,13 @@ Feature: We can enter in grades and view reports from the gradebook
     And I log in as "student1"
     And I follow "Course 1"
     And I follow "Grades"
-    Then I should see "0.72" in the "Test assignment name" "table_row"
-    And I should not see "0.72%" in the "Test assignment name" "table_row"
+    Then the following should exist in the "user-grade" table:
+      | Grade item | Weight | Grade | Range | Percentage |
+      | Test assignment name 1 | 0.72 | 80.00 | 0–100 | 80.00 % |
+      | Test assignment name 2 | 1.00 | 90.00 | 0–100 | 90.00 % |
+      | Course total | - | 85.81 | 0–100 | 85.81 % |
+    And the following should not exist in the "user-grade" table:
+      | Grade item | Weight | Percentage |
+      | Test assignment name 1 | 0.72% | 0.72% |
+      | Test assignment name 2 | 1.00% | 1.00% |
+      | Course total | 1.00% | 1.00% |
diff --git a/lib/behat/classes/behat_selectors.php b/lib/behat/classes/behat_selectors.php
index 85dde956af4..e38b2dbb225 100644
--- a/lib/behat/classes/behat_selectors.php
+++ b/lib/behat/classes/behat_selectors.php
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ XPATH
         , 'filemanager' => <<<XPATH
 //div[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' ffilemanager ')]
     /descendant::input[@id = //label[contains(normalize-space(string(.)), %locator%)]/@for]
+XPATH
+        , 'table' => <<<XPATH
+.//table[(./@id = %locator% or contains(.//caption, %locator%) or contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), %locator% ))]
 XPATH
     );
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
index 26561426741..4c60fc653ec 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_general.php
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ use Behat\Mink\Exception\ExpectationException as ExpectationException,
     Behat\Mink\Exception\ElementNotFoundException as ElementNotFoundException,
     Behat\Mink\Exception\DriverException as DriverException,
     WebDriver\Exception\NoSuchElement as NoSuchElement,
-    WebDriver\Exception\StaleElementReference as StaleElementReference;
+    WebDriver\Exception\StaleElementReference as StaleElementReference,
+    Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode as TableNode;
 
 /**
  * Cross component steps definitions.
@@ -984,4 +985,130 @@ class behat_general extends behat_base {
                     $this->getSession());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the provided value exists in specific row/column of table.
+     *
+     * @Then /^"(?P<row_string>[^"]*)" row "(?P<column_string>[^"]*)" column of "(?P<table_string>[^"]*)" table should contain "(?P<value_string>[^"]*)"$/
+     * @throws ElementNotFoundException
+     * @param string $row row text which will be looked in.
+     * @param string $column column text to search
+     * @param string $table table id/class/caption
+     * @param string $value text to check.
+     */
+    public function row_column_of_table_should_contain($row, $column, $table, $value) {
+        $tablenode = $this->get_selected_node('table', $table);
+        $tablexpath = $tablenode->getXpath();
+
+        // Check if column exists, it can be in thead or tbody first row.
+        $columnheaderxpath = $tablexpath . "[thead/tr/th[normalize-space(.)='$column'] | "
+                . "tbody/tr[1]/th[normalize-space(.)='" . $column . "']]";
+        $columnheader = $this->getSession()->getDriver()->find($columnheaderxpath);
+        if (empty($columnheader)) {
+            $columnexceptionmsg = $column . '" in table "' . $table . '"';
+            throw new ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), 'Column', null, $columnexceptionmsg);
+        }
+
+        // Check if value exists in specific row/column.
+        // Get row xpath.
+        $rowxpath = $tablexpath."/tbody/tr[th[normalize-space(.)='" . $row . "'] | td[normalize-space(.)='" . $row . "']]";
+
+        // Following conditions were considered before finding column count.
+        // 1. Table header can be in thead/tr/th or tbody/tr/td[1].
+        // 2. First column can have th (Gradebook -> user report), so having lenient sibling check.
+        $columnpositionxpath = "/child::*[position() = count(" . $tablexpath . "/thead/tr[1]/th[normalize-space(.)='" .
+            $column . "']/preceding-sibling::*) + 1]";
+        $columnvaluexpath = $rowxpath . $columnpositionxpath . "[text()[contains(normalize-space(.),'" . $value . "')]]";
+
+        // Looks for the requested node inside the container node.
+        $coumnnode = $this->getSession()->getDriver()->find($columnvaluexpath);
+        if (empty($coumnnode)) {
+            // Check if tbody/tr[1] contains header selector.
+            $columnpositionxpath = "/child::*[position() = count(" . $tablexpath . "/tbody/tr[1]/td[normalize-space(.)='" .
+                $column . "']/preceding-sibling::*) + 1]";
+            $columnvaluexpath = $rowxpath . $columnpositionxpath . "[text()[contains(normalize-space(.),'" . $value . "')]]";
+            $coumnnode = $this->getSession()->getDriver()->find($columnvaluexpath);
+            if (empty($coumnnode)) {
+                $locatorexceptionmsg = $value . '" in "' . $row . '" row with column "' . $column;
+                throw new ElementNotFoundException($this->getSession(), 'Column value', null, $locatorexceptionmsg);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the provided value should not exist in specific row/column of table.
+     *
+     * @Then /^"(?P<row_string>[^"]*)" row "(?P<column_string>[^"]*)" column of "(?P<table_string>[^"]*)" table should not contain "(?P<value_string>[^"]*)"$/
+     * @throws ElementNotFoundException
+     * @param string $row row text which will be looked in.
+     * @param string $column column text to search
+     * @param string $table table id/class/caption
+     * @param string $value text to check.
+     */
+    public function row_column_of_table_should_not_contain($row, $column, $table, $value) {
+        try {
+            $this->row_column_of_table_should_contain($row, $column, $table, $value);
+            // Throw exception if found.
+            throw new ExpectationException(
+                '"' . $column . '" with value "' . $value . '" is present in "' . $row . '"  row for table "' . $table . '"',
+                $this->getSession()
+            );
+        } catch (ElementNotFoundException $e) {
+            // Table row/column doesn't contain this value. Nothing to do.
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the provided value exist in table.
+     * More info in http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Acceptance_testing#Providing_values_to_steps.
+     *
+     * @Then /^the following should exist in the "(?P<table_string>[^"]*)" table:$/
+     * @throws ExpectationException
+     * @param string $table name of table
+     * @param TableNode $data table with first row as header and following values
+     *        | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
+     *        | Value 1 | Value 2 | Value 3|
+     */
+    public function following_should_exit_in_the_table($table, TableNode $data) {
+        $datahash = $data->getHash();
+
+        foreach ($datahash as $value) {
+            $row = array_shift($value);
+            foreach ($value as $column => $value) {
+                $this->row_column_of_table_should_contain($row, $column, $table, $value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the provided value exist in table.
+     * More info in http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Acceptance_testing#Providing_values_to_steps.
+     *
+     * @Then /^the following should not exist in the "(?P<table_string>[^"]*)" table:$/
+     * @throws ExpectationException
+     * @param string $table name of table
+     * @param TableNode $data table with first row as header and following values
+     *        | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
+     *        | Value 1 | Value 2 | Value 3|
+     */
+    public function following_should_not_exit_in_the_table($table, TableNode $data) {
+        $datahash = $data->getHash();
+
+        foreach ($datahash as $value) {
+            $row = array_shift($value);
+            foreach ($value as $column => $value) {
+                try {
+                    $this->row_column_of_table_should_contain($row, $column, $table, $value);
+                    // Throw exception if found.
+                    throw new ExpectationException('"' . $column . '" with value "' . $value . '" is present in "' .
+                        $row . '"  row for table "' . $table . '"', $this->getSession()
+                    );
+                } catch (ElementNotFoundException $e) {
+                    // Table row/column doesn't contain this value. Nothing to do.
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }