Using the Export to data table action

Use the Export to data table action to retrieve records from the database and store the retrieved data in a table variable.

Procedure

To automate the task of selecting and saving a set of records, follow these steps:

Enter the name of the session you used to connect to the database server in the Connect action.
You do not have to provide the details of the database server here because you have already associated those details with the session name when using the Connect action.
Enter the SELECT statement to specify the column and table names.
This field supports SQL syntax. For example, SELECT CustomerName,City FROM Customers

Note: CTE (Common Table Expression) is supported using WITH keyword in the SQL compliant databases. For example, WITH customers_in_usa AS (SELECT CustomerName, state FROM customers WHERE country = 'USA') SELECT cName FROM customers_in_usa WHERE state = 'LA' ORDER BY CustomerName
Enter the maximum number of records to retrieve.
Optional: Enter a timeout value.
When the specified time expires, the statement execution stops even if the execution is not completed.
In the Assign to option, select the table variable to store the retrieved data.

Note:
If the data table has some existing values, the new table overrides the existing data table. For example, if you use Export to table action twice in a bot with different select queries, the last used Export to table action will override the existing table.
Click Save.