getting the most from Web Recorder

[jgogle]

This is probably a silly question, but I'm new at this. Two questions:

1.
I'm trying to harvest data from a website that has data filled into a form.
this data is NOT organized into a table that I can simply 'capture'.

using web recorder, Automation anywhere successfully identifies each box that I click on on the website.
However, I want to then COPY this data, and PASTE it on another website or application. All that I can figure out how to do with Web Recorder is to TYPE OVER the data that exists.

How do I copy each section from one website with forms filled out - and paste into another.

2. When using web recorder- the first thing we do is enter a website to open. However, I want my macro to run on a window that is already opened. Specifically, we use a software that keeps our client demographics. If I used the "base website" - I can record opening the home page, and then gong to a specific client's data. However, what I really want to do is to capture what ever client I have opened at the time.

Thoughts?
Thanks so much!

[Mihir Shukla]

We have just released a new version of Automation Anywhere, version 4.0. I suggest you download the latest version. It has many new features that will make data extraction even easier.

You can get more information and download from http://www.tethyssolutions.com/forum...uncements.html

With 4.0, there are 2 ways.

1. Use Web Recorder OR
2. Use record (main record button)

If you use web recorder, currently it only works if you launch a new website. So that is a requirement for web recorder. You can use new action "Copy data/extract data". It will copy data from any form element. This you can just PASTE it to another website.

If you use record, you can work with browser that is already open. In this method, you can go from one form element to next using tab key. Which ever form element you want to copy, press CTRL+C to copy and go to another website and use CTRL+V to paste.

Hope this helps.

[jgogle]

Thank you.
The new ver 4 does have the ability to capture the data I need...
but I'm not sure how to make the location of the website dynamic.

That is to say... when I record my actions, I choose one set of data (ie: customer ID 454524) to record my data.
I start at the home page
Go to manage customers
Choose customer Id 454524
Then I choose each box to copy - and assign to a variable to use later.
THis is all wonderful.

But I want to be able to grab the data that is on the screen at the time.
For example, next time, I will have in front of me
custmer ID 100010

I want to hit one button, and capture the data for this new customer.

how do I do this? When I run the recorded actions - it goes back to opening my original customer ID that I recorded the demo with.
I do not see where to put a wildcard so that it chooses a window similar to the original.

here is the end of the html that is referencing a specific customer:
?Tab=P&PageAction=edit&PID=10490594&From=ViewAppoi ntments

Thank you again!

[forumsupport]

Hello,

If we are assuming correctly then PID in URL is the customer id. In that case, what you can do is, copy the customer id to some variable say $CustId$ and use this variable in URL where you place customer id.

For e.g. in place of
Tab=P&PageAction=edit&PID=10490594&From=ViewAppoin tments,
write this,
?Tab=P&PageAction=edit&PID=$CustId$ &From=ViewAppointments


Hope that helps.