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Power Automate Desktop and Airtable

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I can't figure out how to fill out an Airtable form using PAD. Adding the UI elements doesn't work. Neither does recording web or desktop. It's not a normal HTML form. I want to take data from PAD and make an Airtable entry.

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi @onewattamp 

    For airtable, i had created a small airtable form, for that it seems to be tricky one , but we can make it possible by use of appropriate css selector 

     

    here is an example of Airtable form

    Nived_Nambiar_0-1627150679210.png

     

    Now to type the Name, for the ui element which refers the textinput of Name, i will use the following CSS selector

    input[type="text"]:nth-child(1)  .   

    Since input[type="text"] returns three elements of text fields, to select the first one, i had used the concept of nth-child used in css selector to select the Name text filed, 

     

    Simmilary u can use this way to select other as well

     

    if it is dropdown u again had to check its structure and then construct a css selector along with the nth-child concept.

     

    [Why the normal way of selecting ui element doest not identify the UI Elements is as some values like value_id is always changing around]

     

    Mark as solution if this logic help you

     

    Regards,

    Nived N

  • onewattamp Profile Picture
    22 on at

    Thanks I will check it out!

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