UI Automation in Power Automate for Desktop (Full Tutorial)

This video tutorial shows how to do UI Automation in Power Automate for Desktop. Using drag-n-drop and no code, it's easy to click buttons, fill in text, and extract data from the applications. The advanced part of the tutorial demonstrates how to create dynamic selectors.
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0:00 Intro
1:37 Open Application in Power Automate for Desktop
The Run application action needs to be used to open an application in Power Automate for desktop. First, fill in the Application path.
2:17 Close Application
Use the Terminate process action to close all instances of an application.
5:25 Click UI element in window
To click a button in an application the Click UI element in window action is used. Find the button in your application and press Ctrl + the left mouse button. It's best practice to rename the UI elements to make the process easier to maintain and update.
6:26 Create a Dynamic Selector
Dynamic selectors are very powerful, as they allow us to move away from a static solution. We use a variable in the selector.
10:58 Extract data from window
The Extract data from a window is used to extract data from a window. Create a UI element, and the result will be stored in a variable.
12:48 Get subtext
Use the Get subtext action to manipulate text and get a part of the text. Remember that the character position is zero-indexed.
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Quick and easy! Really enjoyed this one.

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You are very professional as an educator, Very well explained. It's sad that the module (UI Automation) isn't free for home users. But I can use these same functions with an AutoHotkey script. It's just a little more complex, but much more powerful. Allows you to navigate and control the functions of third-party applications by switching from one to another.

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Thank You! this video help consolidating basis of UI

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Very useful. Explained very well.

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Hey Ayush. Thanks a lot - there will be more videos this week 😊 I can recommend going through them step-by-step and doing all the actions with me instead of just passively watching. You can just rewind or pause the video. It's designed for that. You're welcome at my Discord; the link is in the video's description. Here we're more than 2700 RPA developers helping each other and networking (and it's entirely free). Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

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Thanks Anders. This is something i wanted to try . Quick ask, can I ope. Word file and update data from excel? With this command

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Thanks a lot, Sudhansu 🙌🙂 Just to get it right do you want to fill in different word docx with excel data? Can you elaborate please. Have a great day. Kind regards, Anders

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@@andersjensenorg thanks for so quick responding was watching another videos of urd to convert CSV to XLS files. Yes i want to write excel data to word file placed in a folder on desktop or SharePoint

[@SrdjanS_Automations]

Hi Andres, Is there an option to use "Simulate Click" in Power Automate? (I don't want to lose control of the mouse in the automation)

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Nice teaching

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[@KeinNiemand]

Is there anything else that can automate GUI like this (as in without relying on exact pixel coordinate or image recocnition to know where to click)? Power Automate can't be automated in the free version.

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What do you mean it can't be automated? 🙂

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Hi I have stucked one of the project using power automation desktop if its possible you can explain one to one

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Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 11,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

[@anantchirmade600]

I am trying to add an UI element from an app but in that app the element chooser just shows Full Pane as element instead of small element inside the Pane. Due to this I am unable to click on that item specifically. Do you have any idea how to solve this

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Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 6000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

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Hi Anders, I’ve got a problem and I don’t know how to fix it. The element ID is different everytime I open my page. So now the ID is “370”, but if I restart the page the values are different. So how could I make this work, so that the ID updates all the time, so it clicks the right button on the page.

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Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 11,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

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Hey I have a question. Is there a way to do this in the background so people can do something else on the computer at the same time?

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Hey friend. It depends, if you want to work in the UI (that is, do clicks etc.), then no. You would have to set up a secondary PC, virtual machine etc. You're more than welcome on the I Love Automation Discord for more help on this topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roipq2CJbpuLfdE Kind regards, Anders

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I am not able to close the calculator using the Terminator process

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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:25 *🎯 Handling Static UI Elements* - Understanding UI elements with static attributes, - Importance of static attribute values in automation. 01:01 *🔄 Transition to Dynamic UI Elements* - Introduction to dynamic UI elements, - Challenges posed by dynamically changing attribute values, - Need for handling dynamic UI elements effectively. 02:04 *🛠️ Strategies for Dynamic UI Element Handling* - Recognizing dynamic web or UI elements, - Adapting CSS/UI selectors for dynamic attributes, - Customizing Controls Repository for dynamic element management. Made with HARPA AI

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My pleasure. Do you think the volume level is too low? Kind regards, Anders

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