Robotic Process Automation \(RPA\) Spoke

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With Robotic Process Automation, your flow designers can use actions to assign and unassign users to and from an attended automation process, add work items to a queue, update work items, fetch process jobs, get the status of a process job, and trigger a bot process.

Action

Description

Action inputs

Action outputs

Add WorkItem to Queue Action

Adds WorkItem in a specified queue in the RPA Hub application and returns the WorkItem ID.

  • Queue Name: Record
  • Name: String
  • Content: String
  • Type: String
  • Priority: String.Choice
  • Stage: String
  • SLA: Date/Time

The maximum limit for Content field (Request Content and Response Content) is 8000 characters.

If the Is Work Item Name Sensitive check box on the associated work queue form is selected, the data in the Request Content field is encrypted. Sensitive data with encryption is stored in the work item, so that it can be passed to the RPA Desktop Design Studio or robots.

  • Action Status: Object
  • WorkItemID: GUID
  • IsNameExists: Boolean
  • status: String
  • message: String

Assign User to Attended Automation Process Action

Assigns a user to the attended automation process.

  • Process Name: Record
  • Username: Record
  • Action Status: Object
  • status: String
  • Message: String

Assign User to Attended Robot Action

Assigns a user to the attended robot.

Username: Record

  • Action Status: Object
  • status: String
  • Message: String

Change Life Cycle Stage Status of a Bot Process Action

Changes the life cycle stage status of a bot process that is not retired.If a bot process is in Build life cycle stage status, if you have the required role, you can update it to Published state, but you cannot update it to In Maintenance.

If a bot process is in Published life cycle stage status, if you have the required role, you can update it to In Maintenance state, and vice versa.

  • Process name: Record
  • Life cycle stage status: Choice
  • result: String
  • message: String
  • Action Status: Object

Fetch Created Jobs Action

Fetches the process jobs in RPA Hub.

  • Process Number: String
  • Robots: Array[String]
  • Action Status: Object
  • Result: String
  • Jobs: Array[String]
  • startedRobots: Array[String]
  • pendingRobots: Array[String]

Fetch Execution Status Action

Fetches the execution status of a specific process job in RPA Hub.

Process Job Number: String

  • Action Status: Object
  • ProcessJob: Object
    • Process Name: String
    • Robot Name: String
    • State: String
    • Started At: Date/Time
    • Completed At: Date/Time
    • Message: String
  • status: String
  • message: String

Fetch Work Item Status Action

Fetches the status of specific work queue items, asynchronously.

Work Queue Item ID: GUID

  • Action Status: Object
    • Code: Integer
    • Message: String
  • WorkItem: Object
    • sysId: String
    • name: String
    • type: String
    • priority: String
    • status: String
    • lockedBy: String
    • additionalComments: String
    • requestContent: String
    • responseContent: String
    • deferredTill: Date/Time
    • sla: Date/Time
    • created: Date/Time
    • startedOn: Date/Time
    • completedOn: Date/Time
    • lastStartedTime: Date/Time
  • status: String
  • message: String

Start Process Action

Triggers a specific bot process in RPA Hub and returns the status.

  • Process Name: Record
  • Robots: Array[String]

Ignore an entry in this field if a robot pool is assigned to the bot process.

When invoking the Start Process Workflow Studio action, the robots that are in the In Maintenance life-cycle stage status are treated as failed robots.

  • Action Status: Object
  • Result: String
  • Robots: Array[String]
  • Process: String
  • Failed Robots: Array[Object]

Stop Process Action

Stops a bot process. If Graceful Stop is enabled, this action gracefully stops the bot process.

  • Process Name: Record
  • Robots: Array[String]
  • Wait For Graceful Stop: True/False

If this check box is selected, then bot process must stop gracefully.

For more information about stopping a bot process, see Stop an unattended bot process in RPA Hub.

For more information about Graceful stop, see Using Graceful Stop functionality in RPA Hub.

For more information about Robot Pool, see Robot pool in RPA Hub.

  • Result: String
  • Action Status: Object
  • Robots: Array[String]
  • Process: String
  • Failed Robots: Array[Object]

Unassign User from Attended Automation Process Action

Unassigns the user from the attended automation process.

  • Process Name: Record
  • Username: Record
  • status: String
  • message: String
  • Action Status: Object

Unassign User from Attended Robot Action

Unassigns the user from the attended robot and retires the attended robot.

Username: Record

  • Action Status: Object
  • Status: String
  • Message: String

Update Process Parameter Action

Updates the Value field for the process parameter.

  • Process: Record
  • Parameter Name: String
  • Value: String
  • status: String
  • Action Status: Object
  • message: String

Update WorkItem Action

Updates work queue items.

  • Queue Name: Record
  • WorkItemID: String
  • Stage: String
  • DefferedTill: Date/Time
  • Name: String
  • Priority: Choice
  • Status: Choice
  • Request Content: String
  • Type: String
  • Remarks: String
  • SLA: Date/Time
  • Response Content: String

The maximum limit for Request Content and Response Content fields is 8000 characters.

If the Is Work Item Name Sensitive check box on the associated work queue form is selected, the data in the Request Content field is encrypted. Sensitive data with encryption is stored in the work item, so that it can be passed to the RPA Desktop Design Studio or robots.

  • IsNameExist: True/False
  • Status: String
  • Message: String
  • Action Status: Object

Verify HashCode of a Package Version

Verifies the HashCode of a package version in RPA Hub to validate the HashCode of the manually uploaded automation zip file with the associated package version record.For more information about verifying the HashCode of a package version, see Verify the HashCode of a package version in RPA Hub.

Package Version: Record

  • Action Status: Object
  • Message: String
  • isAttachmentValid: True/False

Subflow

Description

Subflow inputs

Subflow outputs

Import Package Version Attachment Subflow

Imports the package version attachments automatically for a package version. To automatically migrate the package attachment (automation zip file) from a lower (non-production) to a higher (production) environment.For more information about importing a package version attachment in RPA Hub, see Import a package version attachment in RPA Hub.

  • Email: Email
  • Package Version: Record

After the attachment is uploaded successfully or if an error occurs while uploading the attachment, an email notification (if email is provided as an input) is sent to the user who performs this import attachment action.

Start Process Subflow

Triggers a specific bot process in RPA Hub. Returns process job details.

  • Process Name: Record
  • Robots: Array[String]

Ignore an entry in this field if a robot pool is assigned to the bot process.

If a process job is not in the Running status, the robot that is associated with the process job is treated as Failed in the Start Process subflow output.

  • Failed Robots: Array[Object]
  • Stopped Robots: Array[String]
  • Pending Robots: Array[String]
  • Process Jobs: Array[String]
  • Result: String
  • Message: String

Stop Process Subflow

Triggers a specific bot process to stop in RPA Hub. Returns robots details and process job status. If Graceful Stop is enabled, this subflow gracefully stops the bot process.

  • Graceful Stop: True/False
  • Process Name: Record
  • Robots: Array[String]
  • Failed Robots: Array[Object]
  • Stopped Robots: Array[String]
  • Pending Robots: Array[String]
  • Process Jobs: Array[String]
  • Message: String
  • Result: String
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