GetText
When to use GetText activity
This activity helps you extract data from a field/element/ region of the webpage and store it as a variable.
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Figure 1.1
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Gets auto-filled, once the element is indicated in the webpage, using the SmartSpy |
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Gets auto-filled, once the element is indicated in the webpage, using the SmartSpy |
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Gets auto-filled, once the element is indicated in the webpage, using the SmartSpy |
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SelectBy dropdown has multiple options such as: Value: Accepts the default assigned HTML value of a webpage Text: Accepts text input of the dropdown options Index: Accepts Index position of the data in a dropdown that needs to be extracted |
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Tag has two options to choose from such as: Field: It helps you extract the data from fields/text boxes Element: It helps you extract data from regular web content/text areas as indicated, using the corresponding element ID |
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Gets auto-filled, once the element is indicated in the webpage, using the SmartSpy |
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Specify the wait time for the activity to terminate (in milliseconds) |
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Displays the action that the activity performs in the workflow |
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Specify whether to continue executing the workflow even if the activity fails |
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Enter the declared variable name where the extracted data has been stored |
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Define the condition that you prefer to validate. It supports only Boolean value |
ElementType has multiple options to choose from. Once the ElementType is changed, the ElementValue changes automatically, corresponding to the element type.
Activity: The GetText activity helps you store the extracted data from a webpage.
Figure 1.2
Once we click on the appropriate URL on the spy windows it will navigate to the corresponding webpage to spy the element.
Figure 1.3
- Spy the element by long pressing CTRL and hovering the mouse pointer over the element that needs to be extracted
- Once the element value has been recorded, click on the Element export, ( Refer Figure 1.3)The value gets exported to the respective fields in the activity
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