RPA Web Automation Flow...Press Button on Webpage

[ghdunn]

I am just getting started with RPA flows to interact with web apps..in this case Dynamics 365.

It seems the Button I am trying to press in a loop changes its reference...sometimes says 'a...d10-button' and then 'a...d12-button'...so it fails after the first loop.

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

[GanCW · Accepted solution]

How about using 'Move Mouse to Image' action to move the mouse to the button and click on the button instead.

[BTJC99 · Accepted solution]

Try inspecting the button in your browser through developer tools. Find the unique ID for the button and then you could run a javascript action to click the button:

function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("insertButtonIDHere").click(); // Click on the button
}

[ghdunn · Accepted solution]

thanks @BTJC99 

i think i have matched your instructions, and it runs successfully, but it doesn't seem to click the button. am i missing something?

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[ghdunn]

thanks @GanCW   I am not sure if i am using the wrong setting, but the 'capture image' seems to select only a single pixel?

[GanCW]

You should click and drag to select an area

[ghdunn]

@GanCW Great...thanks... Tell me, is this covered in any documentation or do you know perhaps because of Selenium knowledge?

[ghdunn]

Hi @BTJC99.    @GanCW has given me one fix for this, but i am keen on understanding the function solution as well.  Have you any idea why my config isn't working?

[BTJC99]

Looks like the id specified for the button is incorrect. As an example, go to https://www.w3schools.com/

Then, inspect the "Log In" button on the top right (F12 in google chrome or Edge)

Then, look for the attribute called "id" as seen in screenshot below: 

So in this case the corresponding javascript would be:

function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("w3loginbtn").click(); // Click on the Sign In button
}

[GanCW]

Oops wrong thread..

[GanCW]

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@ghdunn wrote:

@GanCW Great...thanks... Tell me, is this covered in any documentation or do you know perhaps because of Selenium knowledge?

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Please read the PAD documentation, specifically the Actions reference.

Mouse and keyboard - Power Automate | Microsoft Docs

There are lots of useful information on the documentation

[ghdunn]

Thanks @GanCW I did review that documentation but I am not sure it covered your tip to 'click and drag'.  🙂  But thanks!