Selectors working randomly and sometimes

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Hi

I have this problem in my workflow where sometimes, the element/selector is found and the process continues, and sometimes, the element/selector is not found and the process throws an exception.

Is there any way to make the workflow/process more stable? Thanks!

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@iceicecreme You can make selectors dynamic use ui explorer and check

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I meant for example, the workflow can identify element A in the 1st run and 2nd run, then 3rd run it throws an exception because it couldn’t find the selector. And when I run it the 4th time, it can identify again. That’s what I meant that it can sometimes identify element A and sometimes it cannot identify element A.

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@iceicecreme Selectors are changing for 2 Elements so use incremented variable in selectors follow below link

How to pass variables in selectors - #2 by Lucas.Pimenta

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But I don’t have 2 elements. I only have 1 element and resetting then running the process again and again. In some runs, process continues, but in some runs, process throws exception. That’s my confusion…

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Hi iceicecreme
i have exactly the same issue, the Robot can work fine for a few times and suddenly throw an exception that it can not find the element !!
did you mange to find a work around ??

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Hi Amr_Amer

Previously, I saved the file in a OneDrive and processed it. So I moved the file to a local drive and processed it, and the error didn’t appear anymore. I think it’s probably an issue with permissions on OneDrive, or that OneDrive caused the instability. This was the issue I faced, not sure whether it will help you.

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Try Parallel Processing with two different selectors using try catch … Hope this works

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thanks
i was building a data scrapping from a website based on user inputs , apparently if there are two chrome instants opened for the same site , the selector goes crazy , when i ensured that all instants are closed , it become stable again :slight_smile:

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Instead of attach browser using Selectors use Browser variables…Even if you have more tabs on the same title name it will properly identify the browser.

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thanks Karthick_Settu
, but can you elaborate more on how using browser available ( i am still a newbie on RPA :slight_smile: )

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Hi,
I am new to UiPath. I am doing a project and when I am selecting(clicking) the button so it is running fine first and again second time when I am clicking the same button it is throwing error so again I have to change the selector and again it will run. So, I can’t change the selectors again and again. Anyone can help me

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@Ejaz44

Using dynamic variable. Create one variable and assign selectors value to it (which is working fine) and in properties pane update selector with that variable name. This works fine.

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Thank you, but it is not working any other way which I can perform.

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Check this video - this might help you
How to pass variables to selectors dynamically

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See if your selector has idx values and remove them. Idx’s are not stable at all.