Activities index
This page lists all UI Automation activities in a table, specifying their compatibility with Studio profiles, project types, and UI Automation experiences (Classic or Modern).
| Activity | Studio | StudioX | Studio Web | Notes | |||
| Windows | Cross-platform | Windows | Cross-platform | ||||
| Classic | Modern | ||||||
| Activate | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the optional Activate property can be used for the Click , Keyboard Shortcuts , and Type Into activities. |
| Anchor Base | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by indicating an anchor for the selector. |
| Application Event Trigger | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Attach Browser | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Attach Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Block User Input | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Browser Dialog Scope |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Browser File Picker Scope | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Call Transaction | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Callout | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Check/Uncheck | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Check | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check/Uncheck activity. |
| Check App State | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Check Element | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Click | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Click Event Trigger | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Click Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Click Image Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Click OCR Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Click Picture on Screen | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Click Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method. |
| Click Toolbar Button | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Click Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click Event Trigger activity. |
| Close Application | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Close Popup | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Close Tab | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity. |
| Close Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity with the Close property set to Always. |
| Context Aware Anchor | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by indicating an anchor for the target element within the unified target. |
| Copy Selected Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| CV Check | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check/Uncheck activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Click | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Dropdown Select | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Select Item activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Element Exists | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Extract Table | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Extract Table Data activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Get Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Text activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Highlight | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Highlight activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Hover | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Refresh | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| CV Screen Scope | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| CV Type Into | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Type Into activity with the Computer Vision targeting method enabled. |
| Drag and Drop | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Double Click | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click Type property (set to Double) of the Click activity. |
| Double Click Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Double Click OCR Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Double Click Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Click activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method. |
| Element Attribute Change Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Element Exists | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| Element Scope | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Element State Change Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Expand ALV Hierarchical Table | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Expand ALV Tree | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Expand Tree | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Export UI Tree | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Extract Form Data | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Extract Structured Data | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Extract Table Data activity. |
| Extract Table Data | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Fill Form | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Find Children | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Find Element | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Output element property of the Check App State activity. |
| Find Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Output element property of the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Find Image Matches | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Find OCR Text Position | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Find Relative Element | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Find Text Position | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| For Each UI Element | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get Active Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Get Ancestor | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get Attribute | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Get Browser Data | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get Clipboard |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Get Event Info | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get From Clipboard | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Clipboard activity. |
| Get Full Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Scraping method property (set to Fulltext) of the Get Text activity. |
| Get OCR Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get Password | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Get Position | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Get Attribute activity with position attribute. |
| Get Source Element | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Get Text | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Get URL | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Get Visible Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Scraping method property (set to Native) of the Get Text activity. |
| Go Back | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity. |
| Go Forward | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity. |
| Go Home | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity. |
| Go to URL | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Google Cloud Vision OCR | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Hide Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Highlight | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Hotkey Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keypress Event Trigger activity. |
| Hover | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Hover Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Hover OCR Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Hover Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Hover activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method. |
| Image Exists | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Indicate On Screen | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Inject .NET Code | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Inject Js Script | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Invoke ActiveX Method | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Key Press Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Keypress Event Trigger | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keypress Event Trigger activity. |
| Load Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Maximize Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Microsoft Azure Computer Vision OCR | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Microsoft OCR | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Microsoft Project Oxford Online OCR | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Minimize Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Monitor Events | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Mouse Scroll | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Mouse Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Move Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Navigate Browser | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Navigate To | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Go to URL activity. |
| OCR Text Exists | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| On Element Appear | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| On Element Vanish | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| On Image Appear | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| On Image Vanish | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| Open Application | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Open Browser | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| Read Status Bar | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Refresh Browser | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Navigate Browser activity. |
| Replay User Event | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Restore Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Resize Window property of the Use Application/Browser activity. |
| SAP Login | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| SAP Logon | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| SAP Session Attributes Change Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Save Image | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Select Dates in Calendar | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Select Item | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Select Menu Item | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Select Multiple Items | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using multiple Select Item activities. |
| Send Hotkey | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Keyboard Shortcuts activity. |
| Set Browser Data | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Set Clipboard |
❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Set Clipping Region | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Set Focus | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Set Runtime Browser | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Set Text | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Set To Clipboard | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Set Clipboard activity. |
| Set Web Attribute | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Show Window | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Start Process | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| System Trigger | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Table Cell Scope | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Take Screenshot | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Tesseract OCR | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Text Exists | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with 'InnerText is' option selected for the Fuzzy selector targeting method. |
| Tooltip | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A |
| Type Into | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Type Secure Text | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Type Into activity. |
| Unblock User Input | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Update UI Element (former Set Value) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Use Application/Browser | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |
| Use Foreground | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | No target element is associated with this activity. |
| Wait Attribute | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the activity and a looping mechanism. |
| Wait Element Vanish | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity. |
| Wait Image Vanish | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | In Modern experience, the same functionality can be achieved by using the Check App State activity with Image as a targeting method. |
| Window Operation | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A |