Extract Data

Description

Extracts the data from the selected element

note

This activity requires an active display and an unlocked user session to simulate interactions with UI components successfully. For more detailed information, please refer to the relevant section in the Desktop Automation Notes.

Properties

Input

• Search Parameters – Specify the list of conditions to hold the information of the UI element identified through Element Selector.

• Window Instance - Specify the window instance identified through Window Selector. You can also type in the window instance for automation.

Misc

• DisplayName – The display name of the Activity.

• Private – By default, Activity will log the values of your properties inside your workflow. If private is selected, then it stops logging.

• Result Type – Choose the result type from the dropdown matching the kind of value extracted based on the control type of the selected element. If the control type mismatches the result type, the Activity will throw a type conversion error. Suppose the user selects the control not listed in the following table. In that case, the Activity will return the Name of that element.

Control Type	Result Type	Result
Window	String	Title of the window
Text	String	Selected text
Button	String	Name of the button
Split Button	String	Name of the button
Edit	String	Text of the edit control. E.g., Text of text box
Document	String	Text of the document
Hyperlink	String	Text of the hyperlink
Menu Item	String	Content of the menu item
Menu Bar	List<String>	Content of the selected menu items in the menu bar
Menu	List<String>	Content of the selected menu items in the menu
List Item	String	Content of the list item
List	List<String>	Content of the selected list items in the list
Tree Item	String	Name of the tree item
Tree	List<String>	Name of the tree items in the tree
Tab Item	String	Name of the tab item
Tab	String	Name of the selected tab item in the tab
Header Item	String	Name of the header item
Header	List<String>	Name of the header items in the header
Data Item	List<String>	Contents of the data item
Combo Box	List<String>	Selected items in the combo box. Returns all items if no item is selected.
Slider	Double	Value of the slider
Progress Bar	Double	Value of the progress bar
Scroll Bar	Double	Value of the scroll bar
Spinner	Double	Value of the spinner
Radio Button	Boolean	State of the radio button
Check Box	String	State of the check box. True - If the state is checked. False - If the state is unchecked. Indeterminate - If state is indeterminate.
Calendar	List<DateTime>	Selected dates in the calendar
Custom	String or DataTable	Contents of the custom contol
Pane	String or DataTable	Contents of the pane
App Bar	String or DataTable	Contents of the app bar
Title Bar	String or DataTable	Contents of the title bar
Group	String or DataTable	Contents of the group
Table	DataTable	Contents of Table
Datagrid	DataTable	Contents of data grid

Optional

• Continue On Error – Specifies if the automation should continue even when the Activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False.

note

Catches no error if this Activity is present inside the Try-Catch block and the value of this property is True.

Output

• Result - Returns the data extracted from the selected element as specified in Result Type.

Example

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