Using multiple ? wildcards in id selector does not work for SAP

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Using UiPath Studio 20.10.3 with SAP GUI 7.60, recently, when moving from one SAP environment to another (test to QA), I discovered, the hard way, that the selector IDs for my integrated UI controls, unfortunately, are not quite the same.

I found that in most cases, I just need to replace 1-2 characters, which works for the first case, using “?”, but not for multiple placeholders (re-wired, checked difference, validated in edit selector dialog).

E.g. in a selector like:

sap/bc/control-0815-A304P

I cannot get this to work (but using a single “?” and hard-wiring the other finds the element!)

sap/bc/control-081?-A?04P

I suppose it’s a UiPath Studio bug, or is there anything I missed?

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HI @GregorRosenauer

Can you show me the SAP WinGUI screenshot and UiPath Selector screenshot? Use UiExplorer

This will help a lot to understand your challanges

Thanks, Lev

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sorry I didn’t catch the notification so I missed your reply, @LevKushnir
I can do the screenshots only end of week, since our environment is currently being upgraded, but I was hoping my error description above would shed enough detail on the matter?

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@GregorRosenauer I am doing SAP automation for the last 10 years and the description above is not enough. The issue may have thousands reasons.

I have my first idea, but want to see the screenshots to be able to see it also in my system

Best regards, Lev

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this is great but also sad to hear @LevKushnir ;=) in any case, thanks for quickly getting back to me.
I’ve now managed to capture screenshots of a simple screen capture with 1 wildcard (OK case) and two wildcards (fails), please find them attached:

selector-1-ok
selector-1-ok1754×844 177 KB

and the 1-up case, replacing another single char with a wildcard “?”:

selector-2-error
selector-2-error1746×860 174 KB

I need this to work in a flexible but stable way, so only replacing these 2 characters, else the integration breaks when moving to another environment.

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HI @GregorRosenauer

Try this solution, replace / with ? exactly in the place as I am showing on the screenshot

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Please provide me also with the transaction and SAP screen, SAP element (screenshot), that I can reproduce it.

Best regards, Lev