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Does the "Extract from web page" action update when website updates

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Hi,

 

I'm wondering if the Extract from web page action, once set up, is set to get all items that meet a given criteria, or whether it is hardcoded based on what values it was given when first set up.

For example, say I want to extract information from a website with a list of five items. I want to get element A, B, and C from each item in the list. So I click on the elements for the first item in the list, and the action creates Value 1 for A, Value 2 for B, and Value 3 for C. When I select A for the second item, the action auto fills in all of the values for all five items.

 

So here is where my question comes in. If, in the future, the website updates the list to add or remove an item, will the action automatically update itself, or is it now hardcoded to be looking for five items?

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    Hello - the explanation leaves some open questions.  But I am assuming you have a table with at least 3 columns and multiple rows.  After handpicking some values, you did the same for column A in the second row and the extract data from webpage copied down to the bottom of the table for the selected columns.

    If this is true, then future runs should dynamically adjust to the web table you are extracting.  

  • IAQG Profile Picture
    96 on at

    Your analysis of my example is correct, sorry if it was unclear. Yes, I currently have an output of three columns with five rows. I am hoping if the data source adds/removes a row that my output will also adjust accordingly. So to confirm what you are saying, if the data source was changed, my table will update without me having to make changes to the step?

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    Thank you for clarifying.  Based on the explanation my assumption is that it should still work whether you have one row or many and provided what you are extracting data from is the same html table object (which can contain more or less data on a given day).

     

     

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