Creating an automation step in a process definition
- Go to a definition record.
- Click the New Step button.
- Change the Step Type picklist field value to Automation.
- Select your action.
- To start a job:
- Change the Action picklist field value to Start Job.
- Change the Process picklist field value to the process you want to run.
- Highlight the robots to use for the job and move them from the Available column to the Chosen column.
- Click the Edit Input Arguments link to add input parameters (name/value pairs to send to UiPath.
Note: Use static values or include merge fields for the input parameters. Example merge field syntax (assuming the process object is an opportunity)
{!Opportunity.Name}
. Drilling up also works:{!Opportunity.Account.Name}
. - Enter values for the Key and Value fields.
- To queue data (add data to a queue in UiPath):
- Change the Action picklist field value to Queue Data.
- Change the Queue picklist field value to the queue you want to add an item to.
- Change the Queue Priority picklist field value to reflect the processing priority of your item.
- Click the Edit Queue Datalink to add input parameters (name/value pairs to send to UiPath).
- To start a job:
- Enter a value in the Step Name field.
- Click Save.