[Sticky] DesktopAutomation UIA3

Yes, you can significantly improve performance by using the “Children” scope instead of “Descendants.” Here's how:

1. Set the scope to “Children” in the Find Children activity to retrieve only the first level of folders, not the entire hierarchy.
2. Use Item.AutomationName to identify the folder containing the policy number.
3. To fetch subfolders and files inside the identified folder, use another Find Children activity with the scope still set to “Children.”
4. In the ExecuteBy property, append the following:
5. <uia name='Item.AutomationName'/>

This ensures only the contents of the matching policy folder are fetched.

1. Continue this step-wise approach to go deeper into the folder structure. You can add more elements as needed:
2. <uia name='Item.AutomationName'/> <uia name='Item1.AutomationName'/>

This will help locate a specific subfolder within the identified policy folder.

Yes, users have reported that this optimized method processes a large number of folders in under a minute, compared to the significantly longer time taken using the “Descendants” scope