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Access Power BI desktop element obtained from RPA to perform required automation

sheetals — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:05:45 GMT

I am using rpaframework library(RPA.Desktop.Windows) in python to perform Power BI automation .

I have obtained Power BI window elements using this library as shown below:

([<uia_controls.StaticWrapper - 'Get data', Static, 8881667776078132027>,<uia_controls.ButtonWrapper - 'Close', Button, -4781744411977329195>], [{'automation_id': '', 'class_name': '', 'control_id': 'None', 'control_type': 'Text', 'enabled': 'True', 'handle': 'None', 'name': 'Get data', 'parent': 'Button', 'process_id': '10844', 'rectangle': '(L195, T241, R255, B261)', 'rich_text': 'Get data', 'runtime_id': '(42, 133602, 4, 842, 61453, 1)', 'visible': 'True', 'legacy': {'ChildId': 1, 'DefaultAction': '', 'Description': '', 'Help': '', 'KeyboardShortcut': '', 'Name': 'Get data', 'Role': 42, 'State': 64, 'Value': ''}, 'object': <uia_controls.StaticWrapper - 'Get data', Static, 8881667776078132027>}, {'automation_id': '', 'class_name': '', 'control_id': 'None', 'control_type': 'Button', 'enabled': 'True', 'handle': 'None', 'name': 'Close', 'parent': 'Pane', 'process_id': '10844', 'rectangle': '(L1200, T73, R1232, B99)', 'rich_text': 'Close', 'runtime_id': '(42, 133602, 4, 855)', 'visible': 'True', 'legacy': {'ChildId': 0, 'DefaultAction': 'Toggle', 'Description': '', 'Help': '', 'KeyboardShortcut': '', 'Name': 'Close', 'Role': 43, 'State': 1048576, 'Value': ''}, 'object': <uia_controls.ButtonWrapper - 'Close', Button, -4781744411977329195>}])

In above structure I have a close button element , How can I access that element to perform close operation event(mouse_click event on close button) on Power BI window by automation?

Re: Access Power BI desktop element obtained from RPA to perform required automation

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:59:58 GMT

HI @sheetals,

According to your description, I think power bi automation is not suitable for these operations.
For the click event, it should require the web page initialization then you can invoke corresponding elements.
In my opinion, I'd like to suggest you manually trace the HTTP requests when you click on the button sent.
Then you can use power bi automate to send requests with all requirement keys/tokens and corresponding contents to that URL to simulation these 'click button' operations.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Re: Access Power BI desktop element obtained from RPA to perform required automation

sheetals — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:58:19 GMT

To add more understanding of my question have attached a screenshot below of close icon (highlighted in img) that I want to access in powerbi to automate close process of that dialog.

The ultimate end goal is to automate the data source connection process from Getdata selection in powerbi MainWindow by providing source details as input.

@Anonymous Is it not possible to do these automation process without webpage initialization?

Re: Access Power BI desktop element obtained from RPA to perform required automation

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 06:03:36 GMT

HI @sheetals,

For the close dialog part, I think it should be more related to hard/software simulation which is not suitable to process by power bi automation.

What can I do with the Power BI API - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

For this ultimate goal, I think you can create a teams app with parameterized query parameters with different data connectors with conditions to achieve use parameters to generate different types of datasources.

Change the Source of Power BI Datasets Dynamically Using Power Query Parameters - RADACAD

Change the Data Source TYPE of the Power BI Dynamically using Power Query Parameters - RADACAD

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng