Learn how to perform different actions with jump steps when a value is present or not present. This design template will teach you how to fetch a value using the web scraper, then check for it using a 'Conditional Jump' step. The bot will then perform a different action depending on the outcome.
This template is a design pattern. Additional steps will be required to make it a functional bot.
# Advantages to following this design pattern
- Quickly extend, adding additional steps to suit your use case.
# Install the Conditional jump step
Just click 'Install template'. If you are a new user you will be required to create an Axiom.ai account before you can edit the template.
# Set up the first 'Interact with a page's interface' step
In this Interact Step, use the 'Get data from a webpage' to scrape the value to check.
- Go to page, Enter URL - Add a URL
- Select - The value to scrape from the web page. Leave 'Max Results' on one.
# Set up the 'Conditionally jump to another step' step
This Conditional step will check for the value and jump steps if found.
- Data to check - Click 'Select Data' and set to 'all-interaction-data'.
- Words to check (comma separated) - Type in the value you are looking to find.
- Word matching mode - Leave set to 'Any'.
- Match on word boundary - Leave unticked.
- Jump to step - The number of the step your jump should end on.
- Reverse condition - Leave unticked.
Top Tip - Adding steps changes change change the step ordering in the Axiom.
# Set up the 2nd 'Interact with a page's interface' step
This step performs actions your bot would do if the value is missing.
- Click 'Add a sub step' and customise this template.
# Set up 'Jump to another step'
This step jumps back to the top to repeat the test.
- Jump to step - To loop the conditional check, jump back to step one.
- Maximum cycles - Set the amount of loops the bot must perform.
# Set up the 3rd 'Interact with a page's interface' step
When the condition is true, the bot will jump here. Add the sub steps you require to complete this bot.
- Click 'Add a sub step' and customise this template.
# Set up 'Jump to another step'
Jump back to the top to loop or remove to make the bot stop.
- Jump to step - To loop the conditional check, jump back to step one.
- Maximum cycles - set the amount of loops the bot must perform.
# Troubleshooting the data entry bot
Looping can be tricky. Check your Jump steps if you have issues.
- But always Jumps back, check word matching is set to any.
- Check the settings in the 'Jump to another step'