Opens and saves a list of records in an Aura DataTable, such as students in the Students module, report cards in the Report Cards module, transcripts, etc. Fork as necessary for specific locales.

SaveRecords.js

// 
//  OpenAndSaveRecords.js
//  Rick Nagy
//  2014-03-26
// 

// run via js console

function init() {
    stopAsap = false;
    $(window).keypress(function(e) {
        if (e.which === 3) {
            stopAsap = true;
        }
    });

    openRecord($( ".dataTableContentRow" ).eq(getStart() - 1));
}

function getStart() {
    var startRow = prompt('Starting row?', '1');
    if (startRow === null) quit();
    return parseInt(startRow);
}

function nextRecord(row) {
    openRecord(row.next());
}

function openRecord(row) {
    if (validRow(row)) {
        row.children( ":last" ).click();
        afterLoad(interactWithRecord, row);
    } else {
        nextRecord(row);
    }
}

function validRow(row) {
    return true;
}

function interactWithRecord(row) {
    // interact with record

    saveAndClose(row);
}

function saveAndClose(row) {
    $( "button:contains('Save & Close')" ).click();
    afterLoad(nextRecord, row);
}

function close(row) {
    $( ".demotedButtonWidget:contains(Close)" ).click();
    afterLoad(nextRecord, row);
}

function quit() {
    while ($( "*:contains('Close')" ).length > 0) {
        $( "*:contains('Close'):last" ).click();
    }
    throw new Error('Aborted JS');
}


function afterLoad(callback, param) {
    if (stopAsap) quit();
    else {
        var loading = setInterval(function() {
            if ($( "*[class^='load']:not('.ribbonSelectorWidget *'):visible" ).length === 0) {
                clearInterval(loading);
                callback(param);
            }
        }, 10, param);
    }
}

init();