# Get Col Num by Col Headers

This is a pre-built action available under the **Captured Grid Element** from the **SAP GUI Application**. The functionality of this action in Avo Assure is to fetch the column indexes (numbers) that correspond to specific column header names in a Grid object and save the result int he dynamic variable.

### Syntax 

**Input Value:** `<Input Column Header>`&#x20;

| Argument                                       | Description                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| <p>\<Input Column Header></p><p>(Required)</p> | Provide one or more column headers separated by semicolon (e.g., Flight Date;Airline) or (e.g., Flight Date) |

**Output Value**&#x20;

| Argument                                  | Description                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p>Dynamic Variable</p><p>(Required) </p> | This variable holds the column indexes by header name            |
| <p>Dynamic Variable</p><p>(Optional) </p> | This dynamic variable holds the result as **True** or **False**. |

**Example**&#x20;

**Retrieves the column index based on the column header name**&#x20;

The **GetColNumByColHeaders** action takes the value from the Input Value column **(e.g., Flight Date)** and returns the index position **(e.g., 4)** of the corresponding column in the SAP grid. The result is stored in the **{Col Number}** variable

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