# Get Value

This action gets the text value associated with a control (checked / unchecked / name / text / property etc).

**Get Value** runs in the **background**, so it doesn't set focus on the selected control.

## **Properties**

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### **Input**

**Identifier**: indicate a new UI element, or select from the already defined list of selectors. TAP into our unique UI Browser).

### **Output**

**Output**: set an existing variable or define a new one that stores the captured value.

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### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Get the text associated with the answer to a request
* Get the text of an error/warning message
* Get a master data property

### **Examples of Using Get Value**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will capture the temperature in Bucharest and display it in the console.

Watch the robot in action:

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You can see how the **Get Value** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

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