How to extract text from images? [Extract table data]

[thdrbgh12 (송규호 ­)]

Hello All,

I’m using “extract table data” activity in my work, and I notice that this activity could not get text from images.

As you can see below, “Pickup date” text is image file, so UI path can not import this data to table.

If I can solve this problem, everything will be good, but this one is the biggest problem on my work. Does anyone know this solution?

I attach my UiPath workflow as below. thank you.

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website info is as below :

maersk.com

Shipment & Container Tracking | Maersk

Track your ocean containers or cargo shipments effortlessly by simply entering the Bill of Lading or container number.

Please enter this link and type “237709282”, “237649900” into the search bar respectively.

Once you advise me how to make activities, Detailed screenshot would be very appreciated considering my level of UiPath… Thank you.

[Yoichi]

Hi,

Can you share which page you want to extract and how to access? It seems different page even though i enter your number from the linked page.

Regards,

[thdrbgh12 (송규호 ­)]

Hello Yoichi,

Thanks for assist. Unfortunately, this website is only available to authorized user who has a ID in this website.

I think the text in the white box is certainly form of text, but I think somewhat the website master forbidded to click the text in the white box. I dragged the table like below picture, and the text in the white box is also appeared to be dragged.

So I think instead of using “Extract table data” activity, it could be worked to use “drag and drop” activity to copy the data. how do you think?

[Yoichi]

Hi,

I think there are some approaches to achieve it as the following, for example. Can you try these?

1. Tune ExtractMetaData of ExtractTableactivity.
   We may be able to get it by tuning meta data.(for example change attribute etc)

[HowTo] Data Scraping - Advanced Configuration - Text Field, Image Source, Url, CSS Classname, Hover text

This HowTo introduces on how Data scraping can be configured to retrieve also on non standard information from a web table. After indicating the different data columns with the wizard the extract data definition was post edited and changed to the relevant attributes e.g. value (Text field), src ( Image Source), class (CSS Class Name), tite (Hover Text), href (Url). Introduction Following web table is to use for data scraping and also the non text information should be retrieved. [grafik] We…

2. Use ForEachUiElement then use GetText or GetAttirbute etc for the element.

3. Obtain whole the text using GetText etc. then extract data using string manipulation.

4. Obtain innnerHtml using GetAttibute then extract data from html

If drag and drop you suggested works, it’s one of good idea.

Regards,