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- Release Notes
- Before you begin
- Getting started
- Activities
- Designing long-running workflows
- Start Job And Get Reference
- Wait For Job And Resume
- Add Queue Item And Get Reference
- Wait For Queue Item And Resume
- Create Form Task
- Wait For Form Task And Resume
- Resume After Delay
- Assign Tasks
- Create External Task
- Wait For External Task And Resume
- Complete Task
- Forward Task
- Get Form Tasks
- Get Task Data
- Add Task Comment
- Update Task Labels
- Actions
- Processes
- Notifications
Action Center
Last updated Nov 11, 2024
Wait For External Task And Resume
UiPath.Persistence.Activites.ExternalTask.WaitForExternalTaskAndResume
Suspends the execution of the current workflow until a specified Action is completed. To designate an Action, a
ExternalTaskData object retrieved from the Create External Task activity must be supplied. When the Action is completed, the execution of the workflow is resumed.
Designer panel
- TaskObject(Input) - The Action you want to suspend, stored in a
ExternalTaskDatavariable. This variable can be obtained from a Create External Task activity, This field supportsExternalTaskDatavariables only. - TaskAction - The type of action taken by the user to complete the Action. For example, a type of action that can be taken by a user
is
"submit". - TaskObject(Output) - The updated Task object obtained from Orchestrator after the execution of this activity.
Properties panel
Common
- 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.
Note: If this activity is included in Try Catch and the value of the ContinueOnError property is True, no error is caught when the project is executed.
- DisplayName - The display name of the activity.
- StatusMessage - The message specified in this property field is displayed in Orchestrator alongside the workflow that is suspended by this
activity. This field supports strings and
Stringvariables only. - 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).
Input
- TaskObject(Input) - The Action you want to suspend, stored in a
ExternalTaskDatavariable. This variable can be obtained from a Create External Task activity, This field supportsExternalTaskDatavariables only.
Misc
- Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
Output
- TaskAction - The type of action taken by the user to complete the Action. For example, a type of action that can be taken by a user
is
"submit". - TaskObject(Output) - The updated Task object obtained from Orchestrator after the execution of this activity.
- TaskObject(Input) - The Action you want to suspend, stored in a
ExternalTaskDatavariable. This variable can be obtained from a Create External Task activity, This field supportsExternalTaskDatavariables only. - TaskAction - The type of action taken by the user to complete the Action. For example, a type of action that can be taken by a user
is
"submit". - TaskObject(Output) - The updated Task object obtained from Orchestrator after the execution of this activity.
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.
Note: If this activity is included in Try Catch and the value of the ContinueOnError property is True, no error is caught when the project is executed.
- StatusMessage - The message specified in this property field is displayed in Orchestrator alongside the workflow that is suspended by this
activity. This field supports strings and
Stringvariables only. - 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).
