RPA Web Automation Flow...Press Button on Webpage

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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?

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GanCW 237 on at

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

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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
}

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ghdunn 409 on at

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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 409 on at

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

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GanCW 237 on at

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You should click and drag to select an area

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ghdunn 409 on at

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

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ghdunn 409 on at

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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?

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BTJC99 23 on at

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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
}

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GanCW 237 on at

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Oops wrong thread..

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GanCW 237 on at

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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?

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

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