Limitation of "Extract data from Web page"

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Posted on by HM-05061005-0

This activity could extract visible data rows from a web page, but I'm not able to extract a table which has scrollable rows, I don't find any documentation that explains this limitation. Can anyone help explaining me this? Or is there any documentation on this limitation? I do know we have a workaround using loop and counter, but i just want to know the fact.

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eetuRobo 3,499 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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As Chetan suggested earlier share the site if you can so we can try to replicate the issue and figure out a solution. Or if its not public but you are able to find site that has a scrollable data table that gives you the same issue then share that site.

What version of PAD do you have? If its older than 2.50.125 then try to update it. There was an update last November that improved the action to work better with tables that require scrolling.

Patch notes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/released-versions/power-automate-desktop/2411

Documentations:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/webautomation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/automation-web#extract-data-from-webpages
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Riyaz_riz11 2,818 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Hi
Use a loop + scroll mechanism:
Set up a counter to determine how many scrolls or pages are needed.

Scroll the container that holds the rows using JavaScript or keyboard input (e.g., Page Down, Arrow Down).

On each scroll:

Wait a short delay (e.g., 500ms)

Use Extract data from web page to extract visible rows

Append data to a list or CSV

Continue until no more rows are loaded or counter ends.

You can use the JavaScript injection method (if allowed by the page) to scroll containers:

javascript
document.querySelector('.table-container').scrollBy(0, 500);

Or simulate scrolling with:

Send keys → [PgDn], [ArrowDown]

UI Automation → Scroll UI element

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Riyaz
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CU31080729-3 447 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Hi,HM-05061005-0

Can you shared the link of website where you extract data from web page if its publical available

because i am trying to one of scrollable table its work fine .....

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Chetan Ninghot