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browser automation failed when agent tried to export the duplicate report from salesforce

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Replaces fragile browser automation for Salesforce duplicate-report exports with the API: query duplicates via API instead of driving the UI. Use when UI export automation breaks. Not for API query issues.

TL;DR

Driving the Salesforce UI to export a duplicate report is brittle (layout changes, lazy loading, session quirks). Get the same data via API: query the duplicate record sets or run the report via the analytics API. UI automation is the last resort, not the first tool.

Error

Browser automation failed: export button not clickable; the duplicate report page never finished loading.

Steps

  1. Identify what the report shows: duplicate record sets for an object. Expected: the underlying data definition.
  2. Reproduce it via API: query DuplicateRecordSet and DuplicateRecordItem, or run the report through the analytics API. Expected: the same rows, programmatically.
  3. Export the API results to your file format. Expected: the deliverable without a browser.
  4. Delete the browser automation path. Expected: one fewer brittle dependency.
  5. If some data is truly UI-only, scope the browser automation to that slice and guard it with retries. Expected: minimal, hardened UI use.

When to use

  • UI export automation breaks on Salesforce pages.
  • An agent drives the browser for data available via API.
  • After Salesforce UI updates break selectors.

When not to use

  • Data genuinely unavailable via API (rare; verify first).
  • API query problems (fix the query).

Tool compatibility

  • Salesforce analytics API and duplicate management objects.
  • Playwright or Selenium as the fallback only.

Variant phrasings

export button not clickable

Use the API instead of the UI.

ui export automation broke

Same migration; API first.

Why it happens

Salesforce's UI changes constantly (Lightning updates, lazy loading), while the API is versioned and stable. UI automation inherits all the UI's volatility.

Edge cases

  • Some report types have no direct API equivalent; the analytics API covers most.
  • API row limits differ from UI exports; page or use Bulk API for large sets.
  • Permissions for API access may differ from UI; verify the integration user's access.

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pstCSaCYnFFZsFMjeNbDs9hw

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Technical Details
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Skill ID
skl_3fqKBVS98y6NA06852pPaQ
Version ID
skv_SlgngYh6P_SHSmFVcofp1A
Version History & Decisions

Version History & Decisions

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Published recentlyPublished Oct 11, 2026. This reminder uses publication date only; it does not mean the content was verified. Review again after Apr 9, 2027.

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