A web table definition defines a table that a robot interacts with.

1. Verify that the table in the application is coded as a table element in the page's HTML.

   For help understanding the HTML of a page, see View the HTML Code for a Page.

   If the table was coded using div elements and the page's CSS transforms the content into a table, you can't identify it using a web table definition. Instead, use the get text action and save the individual values as a variable collection. See Add a Get Text Action.

2. Open a robot.
   1. In the navigation pane, select Projects.
   2. Select the project name.
   3. In the left toolbar, select Robot .
   4. In the Robots box, select the robot to open.

      The canvas appears.

3. In the toolbar, select Web table definitions .

   The Web table definitions panel appears.

4. Select Create.
5. In the panel, enter a Name and Description.

   The name appears when you add a web table action to a robot. The name should help you and others identify:

   • The application where the table appears.

   • The page where the table appears.

   • If necessary, the table's location on the page.

6. Identify the first column of data that the robot must interact with.

   You don't need to identify every column in the table. Instead, just identify the columns that the robot interacts with.

   1. In another browser window or tab, open the application where the robot works.
   2. In the web table definition, click within the Header field, and select 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 header of the first column that the robot interacts 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.

      

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

      

      For more tips, see Quick Start for Building Robots.

      The recorder enters a value in the Header 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.
   6. Click within the Row 1 field, and repeat the previous steps to target the first row in the column to target.
   7. Click within the Row 2 field, and repeat the previous steps to target the second row in the column to target.
7. If the robot must interact with one or more additional columns in the table, identify the additional columns.
   1. Next to Columns, select Add .
   2. Repeat the previous steps to identify the header and first two rows of the column that the robot interacts with.
   3. Add more columns as needed until you've identified all the columns that the robot interacts with.
8. Click OK.

You can update a web table definition at any time from the canvas, without opening the actions that use the web table definition.

1. Open the robot whose web table definition needs to change.
   1. In the navigation pane, select Projects.
   2. Select the project name.
   3. In the left toolbar, select Robot .
   4. In the Robots box, select the robot to open.

      The canvas appears.

2. In the toolbar, select Web table definitions .

   The Web table definitions panel appears.

3. Select the web table definition to edit, and select Edit .
4. Update the web table definition as necessary, and select OK.
5. Above the canvas, select Save.