Create External Task

Designer panel

• TaskTitle - The title of the action you want to create. This field supports strings and String variables only.
• TaskPriority - Enables you to select the priority level of the action. By default, this property is set to TaskPriority.Medium The following options are available: TaskPriority.Low, TaskPriority.Medium, TaskPriority.High, TaskPriority.Critical.
• TaskCatalog - An optional business classification of task items. This field supports strings and String variables only.
• TaskData - A collection of business data, in the form Dictionary<String,Argument>, that you want to store in a given action. Modifying Out and In/Out arguments maps them back to the workflow after the action is completed. This field supports Dictionary<String,Argument> objects only.
• TaskObject(Output) - The task object that is returned from Orchestrator as an ExternalTaskData object after the action is created. This object can be passed to the Wait for External Task and Resume activity in order to suspend the execution of the workflow until the action is completed.

Properties panel

• ContinueOnError - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False. As a result, if the field is blank and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to True, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity.
• TimeoutMS - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

• External Tag - A tag that can be used to identify the external system which is the source for the data in the given action. This field supports strings and String variables only.
• Labels - The robot adds the inputted labels to the action, allowing future filtering. This field supports string values only and has naming restrictions.

• Orchestrator Folder Path - The path to an Orchestrator Folder different to the one the current process operates in, where you want to create the task. To read more on Orchestrator Folders, go here. For Classic folders, this property can only be used with Floating Robots and only if the current user has the correct task privileges in the target folder. For Modern folders, folder path overriding is not supported. This field supports strings and String variables only.

• TaskCatalog - An optional business classification of task items. This field supports strings and String variables only.

• TaskData - A collection of business data, in the form Dictionary<String,Argument>, that you want to store in a given action. Modifying Out and In/Out arguments maps them back to the workflow after the action is completed. This field supports Dictionary<String,Argument> objects only.
• TaskPriority - Enables you to select the priority level of the action. By default, this property is set to TaskPriority.Medium The following options are available: TaskPriority.Low, TaskPriority.Medium, TaskPriority.High, TaskPriority.Critical.
• TaskTitle - The title of the action you want to create. This field supports strings and String variables only.

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

• TaskObject(Output) - The task object that is returned from Orchestrator as an ExternalTaskData object after the action is created. This object can be passed to the Wait for External Task and Resume activity in order to suspend the execution of the workflow until the action is completed.

• TaskTitle - The title of the action you want to create. This field supports strings and String variables only.
• TaskPriority - Enables you to select the priority level of the action. By default, this property is set to TaskPriority.Medium The following options are available: TaskPriority.Low, TaskPriority.Medium, TaskPriority.High, TaskPriority.Critical.
• TaskCatalog - An optional business classification of task items. This field supports strings and String variables only.

• TaskData - A collection of business data, in the form Dictionary<String,Argument>, that you want to store in a given action. Modifying Out and In/Out arguments maps them back to the workflow after the action is completed. This field supports Dictionary<String,Argument> objects only.
• TaskObject(Output) - The task object that is returned from Orchestrator as an ExternalTaskData object after the action is created. This object can be passed to the Wait for External Task and Resume activity in order to suspend the execution of the workflow until the action is completed.

Advanced options

• ContinueOnError - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False. As a result, if the field is blank and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to True, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.

• TimeoutMS - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

• Labels - The robot adds the inputted labels to the action, allowing future filtering. This field supports string values only and has naming restrictions.

• Orchestrator Folder Path - The path to an Orchestrator Folder different to the one the current process operates in, where you want to create the task. To read more on Orchestrator Folders, go here. For Classic folders, this property can only be used with Floating Robots and only if the current user has the correct task privileges in the target folder. For Modern folders, folder path overriding is not supported. This field supports strings and String variables only.

• Reference - A tag that you can use to identify the external system which is the source for the data in the given action. This field supports strings and String variables only.

1. Add a Create External Task activity into your workflow and provide information for the following property fields:

   • Task Title
   • Task Priority
   • Task Data (Collection)
   • External Tag - Specify a tag to uniquely identify batches of external tasks that you want to retrieve from a third-party system. You can use this tag to sync External Tasks with an external system. Also, you can use this tag to complete tasks based on the actions a user takes in the third party system.
2. Create External Action using APIs.

1. Create an object inside an external system, such as:

   • Create an issue in Jira.
   • Create a contact in Salesforce.
2. Call the following API in Swagger: GET /odata/Tasks/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.GetTasksAcrossFolders.
   For example: GET <ORCH_URL>/odata/Tasks/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.GetTasksAcrossFolders?$filter=(Type eq 'ExternalTask') and (IsDeleted eq false) and (ExternalTag eq 'JiraTasks') and (Status ne 'Completed')&$count=true.