1. Using Robots in Oracle Integration 3
  2. Build a Robot
  3. Add an Action to a Robot
  4. Add a Click Element

Add a Click Element

The click element action selects an element in a user interface, such as a button or link.

Several other actions allow a robot to click and can offer more control for specific interactions. See the checkbox and list actions.

Add a Click Element Using the Recorder

Before you add the action, consider creating the robot resources that the robot action requires, such as a variable or a trigger's input and output. Otherwise, just pause the recorder and create the resources when you need them.
  1. Open the robot to edit.
  2. Start the recorder.
    1. On the canvas, select the action to record after.
    2. On the toolbar, select Record after the selected action Record after the selected action.
    3. In the panel, from the Select browser tab to target drop-down, select the application where the robot works. You might need to scroll to find it.

      If the application doesn't appear, close the panel, open the application in another tab, and start the recorder again.

      A splash screen appears, and the RPA Smart Recording panel appears.

    4. Select Begin Recording.

      The Smart Recording window appears in the lower-left corner of your browser. Additionally, your mouse cursor can now target elements in the user interface.

      The Smart Recording window says Targeting. The window contains two buttons: Pause and Stop

  3. Identify the element in the user interface that the robot needs to interact with.
    1. Point to the field that the robot needs to interact with, but don't select it yet.

      For example, if the field is shaded purple and the magnifying lens icon appears, don't click yet. The recorder is still collecting information.

      A Create Report button is shaded purple, and a magnifying lens icon appears above it

    2. After the shading turns green, the icon changes to a target, and the mouse icon changes to a hand, select the UI element.

      A Create Report button is shaded green, and a target icon appears above it

      For more tips, see Quick Start for Building Robots.

      A panel appears with details about the element you selected.

    3. Review and update the fields as needed.

      • Name: Enter the name of the target. This text appears on the robot action in the canvas and in the list of targets in the robot.

        Your settings determine whether Oracle Integration reuses targets for previously selected UI controls. You can override these settings, if needed. Reusing a target offers benefits. For example, you can update a target one time, and all actions that use the target get the update.

      • Target name: Review the XML Path Language, or XPath, for the element that you selected. Underscores (_) appear in place of invalid characters. You can update the value, if you want.

      • Element: Review the HTML element that you selected. If you selected the wrong element type, select Discard in the panel, and select a different element.

      • Action: Select Click Element.

      • Execute action on save: Select this option if you want to complete the action that you just recorded. For example, if you just clicked a button and you want the click to occur in the application after you save these changes, select this option.

    4. Select Save.
  4. Choose the appropriate next step:

    • Add another action using the recorder.

      See Add an Action to a Robot.

    • Pause the recorder so you can figure out your next steps. Select Pause Pause in the Smart Recording window in the lower-left corner of the browser.

    • Stop the recorder and return to the canvas. Select Stop Stop in the Smart Recording window in the lower-left corner of the browser.

      If you close the application that you're recording in, you can still stop the recorder. Select Stop Stop in the toolbar of the canvas.

    • Customize the action you just added, such as by creating validation or identifying the screenshots to capture. Stop the recording, double-click the action on the canvas, and update the action as needed.

      All actions are read-only until you stop the recorder.

  5. Above the canvas, select Save.

Add a Click Element Using the Low-Code Tools

  1. Open the robot to edit.
  2. Add the action to the robot.
    1. On the canvas, point to an action, and click +.
      A mouse cursor points to an action in the canvas and hovers over the plus sign button, which appears at the bottom of the rectangle that represents the action. A plus sign button also appears at the top of the rectangle, for adding an action after the current action.

      A menu of available actions appears.

    2. Select Click Element.

      A Click Element action appears on the canvas, and the Click Element panel appears.

  3. In the panel, enter a Name and Description for the action.

    The Name appears on the action in the canvas and should help you and others understand the goal of the action.

  4. On the Input tab, specify input details for the action.
    1. In another browser window or tab, open the application where the robot works.
    2. In the robot, click within the Locator field, and select Target a page element Target a page element.

      The Target a page element panel appears.

    3. In the panel, from the Select browser tab to target drop-down, select the application where the robot works, and select Go. You might need to scroll down to find the application.

      The application opens.

    4. In the application where the robot works, point to the field that the robot must click, but don't select it yet.

      For example, if the field is shaded purple and the magnifying lens icon appears, don't click yet. The recorder is still collecting information.

      A Create Report button is shaded purple, and a magnifying lens icon appears above it

    5. After the shading turns green, the icon changes to a target, and the mouse icon changes to a hand, select the UI element.

      A Create Report button is shaded green, and a target icon appears above it

      For more tips, see Quick Start for Building Robots.

      The recorder enters a value in the Locator field in the robot.

      Tip:

      Your settings determine whether Oracle Integration reuses targets for previously selected UI controls. You can override these settings, if needed. Reusing a target offers benefits. For example, you can update a target one time, and all actions that use the target get the update.
  5. On the Input tab, specify whether to capture any screenshots as part of the action.
  6. On the Pre Validate and Post Validate tabs, specify whether to complete any validation before and after the action.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Above the canvas, select Save.