Terminal steps

These are the Terminal steps. Add one from the Add step tab in the process designer.

• Check text at position – Check if specific text exists at a screen position.
• Choose list option – Type an option next to the list row whose column holds a value (e.g. 5 next to Number 10442), then Enter.
• Choose menu option – Choose a menu option by its text (e.g. 'Work with spooled files'): type its number and press Enter.
• Close terminal – Close the terminal session.
• Execute transaction – Execute a transaction code (type + Enter + wait).
• Fill form – Fill several fields at once, each found by its name on the screen or by its number.
• Find text on screen – Find text anywhere on screen and return its position.
• Get session properties – Get session properties.
• Identify screen – Identify the current screen: by its title, or by your own text patterns.
• Interact with AI – Do one thing on the screen that an instruction describes, with AI choosing how.
• Move cursor – Move the cursor to a specific position.
• Navigate screens – Execute a multi-screen navigation sequence.
• Open terminal – Open a terminal session (TN3270, TN5250, or SSH/VT).
• Read all fields – Return all fields on the current screen.
• Read field – Read a field's value, found by its name on the screen or by its number.
• Read screen – Read the full terminal screen as a list of strings (one per row).
• Read screen area – Read a rectangular area of the screen.
• Read screen with AI – Read things off the screen with AI (e.g. 'customer name, balance'), wherever the screen shows them.
• Read text at position – Read text at a specific screen position.
• Read value by label – Read the value shown next to a label on the screen (e.g. 'PUB400' after 'System:').
• Read whole list – Read a whole list, page by page, into a table (an AS400 list with "More..." under it).
• Run command – Type a command on the command line (the "===>" line) and press Enter (e.g. 'WRKSPLF').
• Scrape table – Parse tabular data from screen region into a list of dicts.
• Send keys – Send special keys to the terminal session.
• Sign off – Sign off the host, then close the session.
• Sign on – Sign on with a saved credential: type the user name and password, press Enter, check the answer.
• Wait for field value – Wait until a field contains expected text.
• Wait for ready – Wait until the terminal is ready for input.
• Wait for screen – Wait until the screen with this title is showing.
• Wait for text – Wait until specific text appears anywhere on screen.
• Wait for text at position – Wait until specific text appears at a specific screen position.
• Write text at position – Write text at a specific screen position.
• Write to field – Write a value into a field, found by its name on the screen or by its number.