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Extracting Tables That Aren’t Tables: A Smarter Approach
If you’ve been following my previous posts, you would have realized that although the process delivers results, it delivers them after a considerable amount of time. Not only is the execution time lengthy, there is a level of complexity which is unavoidable, since we have to study the HTML structure first, then test out various…
What RPA is NOT
There are folks out there who think RPA is child’s play, and there are those loitering about on the other end of the spectrum who think RPA is super complicated. We will address Five common misconceptions today starting with, #1 “RPA Is Just Click and Drag – Watch Me Do It With My Eyes Closed!”…
AA: Extracting Tables That Aren’t Tables(Part-II)
In our last post, we were able to successfully extract data from each column. Today we will outline the logic for looping through each line item in the web table, extracting its contents, and storing it in proper format. Simply put, we will extract the table as it is, even though the HTML structure isn’t…
Browser Migration Using Regex. Yes You Read That Correctly(Part-II)
In the previous post, we had a brief introduction to the concepts we will rely on to perform our browser migration. Yes, I am well aware that UiPath has a Browser Migration tool, but this isn’t being written to replace anything UiPath already has. This is to show you how reliable regex can be, once…
AA: Extracting Tables That Aren’t Tables(Part-I)
In the vast uncharted waters of the Internet, there exists a special breed of web tables which possess all characteristics of a table, except that it stem from different ancestral HTML roots. Automation Anywhere recognizes them, but records them under a CLIENT control, and it pisses the living daylights out of me whenever that happens….
Browser Migration Using Regex. Yes, You Read That Correctly(Part-I)
Regular Expressions are a life saver, especially when dealing with complex pattern recognition. Once you become proficient at crafting regex patterns (or proficient enough to google the right patterns), you can slowly become creative with it. It happens naturally, as you start looking for patterns outside of regex – areas where you may apply regex…
Windows Can Be Variables Too?
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: This article. Variables, and Why We Need Them When manipulating data, it makes sense to organize that data into individual containers with labels. This makes it easier to identify the data while also speeding things up as memory allocation happens according to the “container” it is assigned to. Data isn’t…
UiPath: LINQ Is Not Everything
After learning LINQ, I started using it everywhere, even in situations that didn’t necessarily require it. Developing and testing LINQ is time consuming (I’m still a rookie), so I ended up wasting precious time that could have been better utilized on other projects (or articles). Don’t Get Me Wrong LINQ can achieve most outcomes, but…
AA: Scraping Data Off The Bot Store (Part-III)
Congratulations, you have made it to the last installation of our data scraping series! In this installation, we will add in a couple of enhancements that will convert our data scraper into a user friendly automation. Attended Automation is What It’s Called Although most businesses prefer to have their automations unattended, there are times however,…
Believe Me When I Say This LINQ is “Complex”(Part-II)
If last week’s article didn’t send chills down your spine, then you clearly aren’t human. It took me approximately 4 days to wrap my head around that query, before forgetting who I was, where I was, and what I was doing. Bad jokes aside, it did take me a while to understand this, and it…