Web Table
Description
The Web Table step is used to traverse through HTML table in Legacy Web GUI. Either entire table or specific columns can be the output.
Configurations
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Web Browser Name | You can select any one Web Browser Name from the given list. Basically, you must select the same Web Browser Name which was selected in Start Browser Step. |
| Selection Options* | There are three options to iterate through entire table or specific row with specific columns. |
| Swift mode | Select the checkbox if you want the table records to be read quickly.The checkbox is selected by default. Note: The field is available only if you select Entire Table With Specific Columns in Selection Options. **Important:**If an existing workflow already contains the step, then you will need to manually select the checkbox. |
| Criteria** | Locate element on web page. |
| Criteria value | Relevant criteria value to be specified. |
| Multiple elements with same criteria | Check this option if there are multiple web elements in the web page having same criteria value you have specified. By default, it will be unchecked. |
| Element index | If you have checked Multiple elements with same criteria specify index of the element you want to locate. Select option FIRST if you want first element from the located element and select LAST if you want last element. |
| Table Column Index | Specify column index to be retrieved. For multiple columns, mention column index on different rows. |
| Output Field Name | Field to store the retrieved value of the respective column. |
*Criteria The table below contains the description of criteria.
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xpath | Xpath defines the hierarchy of the tags through which you can reach to a particular element. For example /html/body/div[1]/div/div[3]/div[2]/div/div[2]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span/span |
| 2 | Id | Id attribute of a web element can be best way to identify an element if it is present and is going to constant and unique. There are cases however when it is either absent or its value changes every time you access the application in the browser |
| 3 | Name | Name is another attribute of a web element which can be used to identify an element. |
| 4 | Link Text | If a HTML page contains a hyperlink element <a href=www.google.com>Search On Google</a>, you can identify this href element by providing complete text ‘Search On Google’ as the Link value. |
| 5 | Partial Link text | This criterion is same as Link, just that, in this case, you can give partial string for finding a match. |
| 6 | Tag Name | Every HTML element has a tag associated with it. The element can be located using that tag name. For example, textbox has a tag <input>. |
| 7 | Class Name | Class name is the css class associated with an HTML element. If there is a div element <div class=’someclass’>MyDiv</div>, you can locate it by giving class name ‘someclass’. |
| 8 | Css Selector | This criterion is useful when an HTML element has multiple associated css classes. Consider an HTML element <div class="btn primary-btn submit"></div>. To identify this div element you can use Css selector as “.btn.primary-btn.submit” |