Trying to use Get Table so I can click a link in the resulting table, and while the recorder creates the Get Table action, there’s an error symbol at the Result property. The explanation is:
This works so far, via Recorder: Open web app via URL. Log in. Choose menu command “Reports” that opens new tab containing links that each open a list of reports by category. Click link (down arrow) for category “Animal”.
That expands down to a list of about 25 possible reports. The list is apparently designed as a table of one column, each row containing the link to run that report (each link opens a page with parameters for that report and a “submit” button). I assume that, because if I click on one of these report links in recorder it adds a Get Table action.
I’m stuck trying to figure out whether the recorder just doesn’t know how to handle this type of table, or I need to do something like declare the variable “dt” that is the default for the result property.
Thanks!
Helped but not solved. I did create the variable dt as type datatable, but when I run the robot I get an error where that step failed. Should the variable have a value (it’s value is now empty), if so, what? Also, when I deleted and recreated the get table action (via recorder) the browser property was empty so I entered “chrome” (with the quotes). Here is what the action’s properties look like:
Creating a variable dt with type datatable helped by removing the red error (compiler error?) icon allowing me to play the robot. The error flashes up a temporary message that says the flow failed at some numbers (is there a way to view a log of errors?) and the action is highlighted in yellow with a flag to the left.
I looked for manuals or help on things like how to use the properties of the various actions, and could not find any. In the spirit of “it’s better to be equipped to fish than given fish”, I’m wondering if there is stuff I should read or view on this beforee asking for help? Thanks!
UPDATE: The info in the log is:
[10:07:27.927][Output] Update Active Animals failed at 1.5 in 00:33.119
{}
[10:06:57.604][Output] pending chrome addon to connect
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But there is plenty of documentation and videos out there, talking about Microsoft Workflow Foundation. That is what the UI is based on. This is also what UiPath (a commercial RPA solution) is using, so searching for WF or UiPath as part of your Google searches will give you a ton of good hits.
For “getting started” videos, I can highly recommend watching Anders Jensen’s videos. Just look at the UiPath videos once you run out of OpenRPA stuff; most things will translate to OpenRPA as well.
