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Selecting UI Elements on dynamic web browser instances

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Creating automation for an in-house web app.

 

The web browser instance is dynamic...ie, it shows identical UI elements, but the URL changes for each customer.  The web UI element selected is only tied to that one specific browser instance, ie, that one specific customer.   For example, the url for one customer is https://xxxx.com/username/queue/work-screen/d028e190-688e-46ac-8569-ef4afb780a4b,  and the next in the queue might be https://xxxx.com/username/queue/work-screen/4d8322d4-181e-40cc-bd61-e94b98d28d44, etc.,  but the UI element will only work on the URL used to create the flow.  There's got to be a way to assign the web browser instance as a variable, but I can't find it.

 

Below is a screen shot of the elements.  We need it to select assign to me, then submit & next, and repeat that until the end of the queue.  When it chooses submit & next, the URL changes, and the flow crashes.  

 

Any help appreciated.

 

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    This is usually solved by (i) attaching your last URL to a existing browser instance and (ii) simplifying the selector. Could you please show how your selectors are defined? 

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    I'm not sure it's the selectors...it finds them just fine.  The problem is the selector is only used on that single URL, which changes each time.  Hopefully that better explains it.  See below:

     

    RobG1_0-1627943039534.png

     

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    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

    I meant the buttons' selectors...The 'Assign to me' for instance.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    @Anonymous Hi, Rob,

    PAD allows you to attach to a web page with only providing part of the url, you may use this feature as a solution.

    After you finished processing one page, just close it and assign the browser again. The following demo makes a more flexible solution. Hope it can help.

    WaleyWang_0-1628245912167.png

     

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