Image Automation - Get Text

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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GetText

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Technical Reference

Figure 1.1

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Description

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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

t  ElementType has multiple options to choose from. Once the ElementType is changed, the ElementValue changes automatically, corresponding to the element type.

a Activity: The GetText activity helps you store the extracted data from a webpage.

Figure 1.2

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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

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  • 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

Figure 1.4

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Release date
Version
V4.0.6