Selectors Overview for Business Analysts

About the Selectors Overview for Business Analysts course

UI Automation refers to the capability of the UiPath platform to interact with graphical user interface (GUI) elements of desktop, web, and virtual environments. This includes automating tasks such as clicking buttons, entering text into fields, selecting dropdown options, and navigating between different windows or tabs. 

This course starts with identifying and describing the key components of UI automation, and how they work in cohesion to automate user interface tasks. Next, we cover what selectors are in the context of automation development and finally, we provide an overview of different selectors/targeting methods along with the circumstances under which they can be used. 

It takes around 25 minutes to complete this course. At the end of it, you will receive a diploma of completion.  

Product alignment: This course is built using the UiPath Studio 2022.10 product version and is applicable to newer versions as well. 

Prerequisites  

To make the most of this learning experience, we recommend going through the following courses in advance: 

• Introduction to Automation 
• Explore automation development with UiPath Studio 

Course audience

This course is aimed at Business Analysts or Project Managers looking for an easy introduction to UI automation.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you should be able to: 

• Identify and describe the key components of UI automation, including their respective roles and how they work together to automate user interface tasks. 
• Explain what selectors are in the context of automation development. 
• Explain the different types of selectors and circumstances under which they are used. 

Course agenda 

• Overview of UI automation 
• Introduction to selectors 
• Type of selectors