The pages of the demo application consist of various elements, such as text boxes, buttons, or drop-down menus.
These elements are called controls. Ultimately, you want the Bot to steer these controls, i.e. interact with them: enter text, click buttons, use the menu, etc.
So you need to get the controls' technical information into RPA Studio. You do that by scanning all pages that you want to steer.
Scanning collects the technical information that the Bot needs; RPA Studio saves the information as a Module. You will later use this Module to tell your Bot what to do.
To learn more about Modules and their role in Bots, see "Use Modules".
Page elements, i.e. controls, on the first page
Create a new folder
First, create a new folder where RPA Studio should save the Modules:
Right-click the folder Tutorial and select Create Folder from the mini toolbar.
The following video takes you through the scanning process. A step-by-step description is below.
Right-click the folder Modules and select Scan UI from the context menu. This opens the Select Application dialog, which displays all open applications on your desktop.
Double-click the tile that shows the demo application, or click on the tile and then on Scan.
Select the application you want to scan
This opens the scan interface. Since the demo application is simple, we'll use the Basic scan view. In more complex environments, Tricentis recommends using the Advanced view.
Select the controls you want to steer. To do so, click on the respective page elements in the demo application. It doesn't matter if the control is currently active or not.