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Automation Studio reference

Actions, waits, logic and recovery in one place.

Use this as the quick reference after you know the basics. It describes the major action categories and reliability rules without making you work through the full course.

Reference

Action categories

Use this page as the fast lookup reference; use the full Automation Studio course when you need the learning path.

Navigation

  • Open URL
  • Reload / navigation settling
  • Wait for page or Smart wait
  • Switch/follow target when unambiguous

Interaction

  • Click
  • Type
  • Fill
  • Select
  • Upload files
  • Keyboard / mouse interaction

Logic

  • IF / ELSE
  • AND / OR
  • Variables
  • Assertions
  • Verification

Wait & recovery

  • Wait for element/state
  • Wait for download
  • Retry
  • Timeout handling
  • Checkpoints
  • Recovery

Execution

  • Selected/new tab
  • New window
  • Multi-Profile targets
  • Concurrency
  • Hidden/visible execution

Operations

  • Tasks
  • Schedules
  • Enable/disable
  • Overlap policy
  • Review Center
  • Execution Inspector

Execution semantics

Reliability behavior

The current Automation Studio is designed to handle common browser instability instead of forcing users to tune every low-level wait.

Smart waits

Prefer a condition or Smart wait over arbitrary fixed delays when the next step depends on page state.

Navigation settling

Redirect chains and a single clear target replacement can settle before the next step.

Downloads

A download can be treated as complete only when the file operation actually finishes.

Modern forms

Rerendered inputs can be reattached when the replacement is unambiguous.

Frames & popups

Recovery is allowed when the target context has one clear match; ambiguous cases should not be guessed.

Verification

Important actions should check the expected effect instead of treating input delivery alone as success.

Core model

Workflow → Automation → Task

Keep the three objects separate so a workflow stays reusable.

1

Workflow

The ordered browser logic and Actions.

2

Automation

Targets, windows, concurrency, timeouts and execution policy.

3

Task

Binds one Workflow and one Automation for manual or scheduled execution.