Automation Anywhere - Loop Command

Automation Anywhere - Loop Command

Automation Anywhere

Loop Command

This command is use to create automate repetitive logic in your TaskBot/MetaBot

Sub-commands

• Times - This command is use to loop for a number of timers. For Example, if you want to repeat the action 10 times, place the actions between Start Loop and End Loop commands and specify 10.

  

  Times

• List - This command is use to work with List value.
  
  

  

  List

• Condition - This command is use to run actions based on conditions that are available in Condition's List.
  Note - You cannot include both 'Match Any' and 'Match All'. you are required to specify them separately.

  

  Condition

• Each Row in an Excel Dataset - This command is use in conjunction with the Get Multiple Cells sub-command of the Excel command. The rows and columns of the range are stored in the system variable '$Excel Column$'.

  

  Each row in an Excel dataset
• Each Row in an Internet Explorer Table - This command is use in conjunction with the Extract Table sub-command of the Web Recorder command. The rows and columns of the table are stored in the system variable '$Table Column$'.

  

  Each row in an Internet Explorer Table

• Each Row in an SQL Query Dataset - This command is use in conjunction with the Dataset commands. The result set of the query is stored in the system variable '$Dataset Column$'.

  

  Each row in a SQL query dataset

• Each File in a Folder - This command is use to perform an action on all files in a folder.
  System variable associated with this commands are:
  • $FileName$ - Use this variable to obtain the name of the file.
  • $Extension - Use this variable to obtain the file extension of the file.
  • $CurrentDirectory$ - Use this variable to obtain the path of the folder in which the files are stored.

    

    Each file in a folder
• Each Folder in a Folder - This command is use to perform an action on one or more folders. To access the folder name within the loop, use the system variable '$FolderName$'.

  

  Each folder in a folder

• Each Row in a CSV/Text File - This is command is use to loop through each row in a CSV or text file. To get the value from CSV/Text, use system variable '$Filedata Column$'.

  

  Each row in a CSV/Text file

• Each Email Message on Server - This command is use to perform an action on each message that resides on your mail server.

  

  Each email message on server

• Each Node in an XML Dataset - This command is use to loop through each node of an XML data set.

  

  Each node in an XML dataset

• End Loop - This command is use to end the loop.
• Exit Loop - This command is use to break out from a loop when a particular action or condition occurs.
• Continue - This command is use to continue the next iteration of a loop when a particular action or condition occurs. When a Continue Loop command is reached, the commands up to End Loop are skipped and the next iteration of the loop is run.

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