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Tables: How to view, manage and export your scraped data

Tables are where you can manage robot runs and data including quick actions, bulk actions, and export options. For monitored data, tables become a live historical database of the data your robot has extracted.

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Written by Melissa Shires
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Tables are your operational command center for managing robot runs and your historical database. From Tables you can:

  • Run and trigger automations: re-run extractions, add new URLs, trigger bulk operations.

  • Export data: export your scraped data (CSV, JSON, AWS S3).

  • Monitor robot performance: track success rates and identify failures.

  • Maintain a historical database: all data extracted is preserved in tables.

To access Tables:

  1. Click on any approved robot in your dashboard.

  2. Select Tables from the menu at the top.

💡 Every robot has its own Table so you can view historical runs, export your data, and set up bulk operations.

⏰ If your robot has a monitor, every time your robot captures new data it will automatically be added to Tables creating a live historical database of your extracted data. This is great for audit trails, analyzing historical trends, and more.

Viewing your data

Every Table includes a Main tab where you can trigger runs, bulk operations, and view status details.

The Main tab

The Main tab provides a summary of each time your robot has run. You will see:

  • Extract date - when the data was extracted

  • Status - status of the extraction (successful, failed, or in-progress)

  • Extraction details including Original URL, and/or input parameter(s).

Additional tabs

Some tables include additional tabs of data. This depends on the data you've scraped and how it's structured. You can navigate through the table to view your data and its structure.

💡 You can only view extracted text, links or HTML in tables. To view screenshots you need to click on the History tab.

Add a Filter

You can add a filer to view your data based on:

  • Input parameter(s), and/or Original URL

  • Status

  • Extract date

  • Bulk run name

Show Historical Data

View the latest data your robot has extracted or view all historical data.

  • Show Historical Data - see only latest captures

  • Show Historical Data - view complete archive

Run and trigger automations in tables

Quick actions

From the Main tab you can:

  • Update Row - triggers the robot to 'run' and capture data.

  • View robot status details - click on the status to view your robot's history.

  • View data - navigate to view the data your robot has extracted.

Add a row to scrape more data

Adding a row will train your robot to extract the same data based on a:

  • Origin URL - scrapes the same data on a different URL.

  • Input parameter - extracts the same data based on a different input parameter.

Import CSV to automatically extract data from up to 50,000 pages

You can add up to 50,000 rows at once by uploading a CSV, this will automatically scrape or extract data based on a list of input parameters or Origin URLs.

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How to export extracted data

You can export any tab in your Table as CSV or JSON format:

  1. Select the tab you want to export.

  2. Filter the data based on what you'd like to export (filters are being covered in the next section).

  3. Click the Export button above your Table.

  4. Choose the export format (CSV or JSON).

  5. Click Export to export the data.

The file will be available for immediate download, and you'll also receive an email with a download link.

Did you know? Exports will respect filters that have been added

Exporting from the Main tab vs list tabs

You will get different data exports depending which tab you do it from.

From the Main tab

When you're on the Main tab of your Table and export data, you will get a zipped file that contains one CSV for the Main tab and one CSV file per captured list.

In the example above, that would be 3 CSV files in total:

  • Main

  • Products

  • Discussion Threads

From a captured list tab

If you want only a specific captured list, like the Products list above, you can click into it and export that CSV. It will not be a zipped file. Just the one CSV for that list.

How to filter the data you see in your Table

In order to have control of the data you’re viewing in Tables, you’re able to filter your tab(s) by the following:

  • Origin URL

  • [List Name] Limit

  • Extract Date

  • Status

  • Created by

  • Bulk Run name (only enabled when the data comes from a bulk run)

How to show or hide historical data

When your robot captures the same data multiple times (using identical input parameters), you can choose whether to view all historical versions or only the most recent:

  • Show historical data (checked): displays all runs of your robot, including duplicates with the same parameters.

  • Show historical data (unchecked): shows only the most recent data for each unique set of parameters.

If you only want to export the most up to date data, leave Show historical data unchecked, and then click Export.

Notice in this example that checking the box changes the number of rows from 4 to 8. Since that's the exact same items captured twice, you can choose whether to show/hide the duplicates.

Customizing your view

While column order cannot be changed, you can resize columns to better view your data:

  • Click and drag the column divider to adjust width.

  • Double-click any cell to view its complete contents in a popup if it's too large to display fully.

You can double-click into a column that has more data than can be displayed, in order to see the entire contents.

Common questions about Tables

Can I delete data from a Table?
No, all historical data is preserved for reference.

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