Read HTML Table Actions

Read HTML Table actions read the contents of an HTML table obtained from a web page, and store the results in a Table dataset.

Action Property Description

HTML Table Index

An Integer parameter or dataset specifying an index number for the HTML table to read. The first HTML table in a web page has the index 0.

Result

A Table dataset which stores the contents of the HTML table.

URL

A String parameter which stores the URL for the web page from which to read the HTML table.

The input parameters for a Read HTML Table action may be set using the Configure Table To Read Wizard, which allows you to specify a web page URL and then browse for the appropriate table. To start the Wizard, select ‘Configure Table To Read’ from the action’s context menu. When the Wizard has finished, use the Property Editor to create a Result dataset which will store the contents of the HTML table.

Example:

Read HTML Table action example.