UiPath Select Item not working on dropdown in attendance form (dynamic selector issue)

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I’m working on a school RPA project in UiPath Studio. In Task B, I need to automate an attendance form:

  • Mark students as Absent if Status = 0 and Reason = “-” (that part works using a dynamic selector for radio buttons).
  • Mark students as Late and then select the number of hours from a dropdown in column 8.

Here’s what I tried for the dropdown selector inside my While loop (with rowID incrementing each row): String.Format(“”, rowID)

The UiPath does not help me select my Late for to 2
How can I make UiPath’s Select Item work for this dropdown, row by row?

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Hey @MrZNG,

To make UiPath’s Select Item work for row-wise dropdowns, set the dropdown’s selector dynamically using the rowID variable in your loop. If Select Item doesn’t interact with the dropdown, use Click to open it, Type Into to enter the value, then Send Hotkey “Enter”. This combination works for custom dropdowns and dynamic forms.

Let me know the update

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i used String.Format(“”, rowID) for it and it still did not work, i am only able to use select item as my teacher said so

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Hey @MrZNG,

If your teacher requires using Select Item, ensure the dropdown is a standard HTML select element and not a custom dropdown. Use Ui Explorer to identify the selector properties and add the rowID as a variable in the selector (e.g., idx or aaname). If Select Item still fails, it means the dropdown isn’t compatible—UiPath’s official documentation confirms Select Item only works on native select elements. Check with your teacher if this technical limit allows using alternative activities.

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are you able to call on discord to help me on my issue

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@MrZNG
Check the dropdown to confirm if the input values exist. If the option is not present in the list, an error will occur.

Attached is the screenshot for reference.

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Hi @MrZNG

Before attempting to work on these items in a loop, lets first confirm if you are able to select item from that drop down for 1 row.

Pick 1 row, explore its selector using ui explorer, and use select item activity to select the value “2”

if it works, then issue may be in rowId thats been selected.

Also, i would request you to share the full selector from your select item activity here so we can help you better.

Plus, confirm that your if condition is being met and control is entering the then block?

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use anchor base selector for clicking on radio button as well as for dropdown, this might be the case of multiple match found error for target element, that’s why it might be failing .