- Overview
- Callout
- Complex Scenarios
- Credentials
- Data Service
- Form
- Release notes
- Project compatibility
- Real Time Forms
- Updating form data
- Running forms using JavaScript
- Customizing Forms Using CSS
- Conditional components
- Adding multiple components on the same row in Columns
- Using the Data Table component
- Get File/Folder path
- Reading cell values from a Data Grid component
- Displaying PDF files
- Displaying images in forms
- Scrolling through Data Grids
- Using Dev Tools with forms
- Calculate form component values
- Managing dates in forms
- Opening hyperlinks inside forms
- Displaying a default tab in forms
- Displaying the full label of a component
- Searching long strings in drop-down lists
- About the pre 23.4 Form experience
- Project Compatibility
- Real Time Forms
- Dynamic Checkboxes
- Conditional Dropdowns
- Displaying a Default Tab
- Displaying Images
- Displaying PDF Files
- Displaying the Full Label
- Dynamic HTML Elements
- Managing Dates
- Searching Long Strings in Drop-downs
- Customizing Forms Using Local CSS Files
- Executing Do Block On Checkbox Change
- Customizing Columns Width
- Updating Form Data
- Resetting Collection Data
- Advanced Logic
- Executing Do Block on Dropdown Option Change
- Reading Cell Values From a Data Grid Component
- Conditional Components
- Scrolling Through Data Grid Components
- Using the Grid Component
- Dev Tools
- Calculated Value
- Dynamic Dropdowns
- Switching Tabs With Button Click
- Opening Hyperlinks Inside Form
- FTP
- IPC
- Persistence
- Release notes
- Project compatibility
- About the Persistence activity package
- Bulk Form Designer
- Start Job And Get Reference
- Wait For Job And Resume
- Add Queue Item And Get Reference
- Wait For Queue Item And Resume
- 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
- Get App Tasks
- Add Task Comment
- Update Task Labels
- Create App Task
- Wait For App Task And Resume
- Configure task timer
- Working with App tasks
- Building Your First Form Action
- Advanced Controls for Drop-downs
- Embedding Objects in Form Actions
- Allowing Users to Upload Files to the Storage Bucket
- Adding Advanced Logic Using Java Script
- Setting a Default Tab
- Removing the Delete button from Edit Grid using custom CSS
- Customizing Edit Grid templates
- Using buttons to trigger custom logic
- Using an External Form Layout
- Dynamically expanding form components at runtime
- Aligning the content of a form component from left to right using JSON attributes
- Sample Workflows
- Automation Ops Pipelines
- System
- Release notes
- About the System activity package
- Project compatibility
- Supported character encoding
- RegEx Builder Wizard
- Add Data Column
- Add Data Row
- Add Log Fields
- Add or Subtract from Date
- Add Transaction Item
- Add Queue Item
- Append Item to Collection
- Append Item to List
- Append Line
- Beep
- Break / Exit Loop
- Browse for File
- Browse for Folder
- Build Collection
- Build Data Table
- Bulk Add Queue Items
- Change Case for Text
- Change Type
- Check False
- Check True
- Clear Data Table
- Collection to Data Table
- Comment
- Compress/Zip Files
- Copy File
- Copy Folder
- Combine text
- Comment Out / Disabled Activities
- Continue / Skip Current
- Create File
- Create Folder
- Create List
- Custom Input
- Delete
- Delete File
- Delete Folder
- Delete Storage File
- Delete Queue Items
- Disable Local Trigger
- Do While
- Download file from URL
- Download Storage File
- Enable Local Trigger
- Evaluate Business Rule
- Exists in Collection
- Extract/Unzip Files
- Extract Date and Time from Text
- Extract Text
- File Change Trigger
- File Exists
- Filter Collection
- Filter Data Table
- Folder Exists
- For Each
- For Each File in Folder
- File Change Trigger V3
- Find and Replace
- Find Matching Patterns
- For Each Folder in Folder
- For Each Row in Data Table
- Format Date as Text
- Format Value
- Generate Data Table From Text
- Get Asset
- Get Credential / Get Orchestrator Credential
- Get Current Job Info
- Get Environment Folder
- Get Environment Variable
- Get File Info
- Get Folder Info
- Get Jobs
- Get Processes
- Get Row Item
- Get Transaction Item
- Get Username/Password
- Get Queue Items
- Global Variable Changed Trigger
- Input Dialog
- Invoke Code
- Invoke Com Method
- Invoke Power Shell
- Invoke Process
- Invoke VBScript
- Invoke Workflow File
- Is Text Matching
- Join Data Tables
- Kill Process
- Launch Workflow Interactive
- List Storage Files
- Log Message
- Lookup Data Table
- Manual Trigger
- Merge Collections
- Merge Data Table
- Message Box
- Modify Date
- Modify Text
- Move File
- Move Folder
- Multiple Assign
- New Item Added to Queue
- Notify Global Variable Changed
- Orchestrator HTTP Request
- Output Data Table
- Path Exists
- Postpone Transaction Item
- Process End Trigger
- Process Start Trigger
- Raise Alert
- Read List Item
- Read Text File
- Read Storage Text
- Remove Data Column
- Remove Data Row
- Remove Duplicate Rows
- Remove From Collection
- Remove Log Fields
- Replace Matching Patterns
- Repeat Number of Times
- Repeat Trigger
- Rename File
- Rename Folder
- Report Status
- Reset Timer
- Resume Timer
- Retry Scope
- Return
- Run Parallel Process
- Set Asset
- Set Credential
- Set Environment Variable
- Set Transaction Progress
- Set Transaction Status
- Should Stop
- Split Text
- Sort Data Table
- Run Local Triggers
- Start Timer
- Start Job
- Stop Job
- Stop Local Triggers
- Stop Timer
- Text to Left/Right
- Text to Upper/Lowercase
- Time Trigger
- Trigger Scope
- Timeout Scope
- Update Row Item
- Update List Item
- Upload Storage File
- Wait for Download
- Wait Queue Item
- While
- Workflow Placeholder
- Write Storage Text
- Write Text File
- AddDataRow
- AddQueueItem
- AddTransactionItem
- AppendLine
- BulkAddQueueItems
- ClearDataTable
- CompressZipFiles
- CopyFile
- CreateFile
- CreateFolder
- DeleteFileOrFolder
- DeleteQueueItems
- DeleteStorageFile
- DownloadStorageFile
- ExtractUnzipFiles
- FilterDataTable
- GetAsset
- GetCredential
- GetJobs
- GetQueueItem
- GetQueueItems
- GetResourceForLocalPath
- GetRowItem
- GetTransactionItem
- InvokeProcess
- JoinDataTables
- ListStorageFiles
- LookUpDataTable
- MergeDataTable
- MoveFile
- OrchestratorHTTPRequest
- OutputDataTable
- PathExists
- PostponeTransactionItem
- ReadStorageText
- ReadTextFile
- RemoveDataColumn
- RemoveDuplicateRows
- Replace
- SetAsset
- SetCredential
- SetTransactionProgress
- SetTransactionStatus
- SortDataTable
- StartJob
- StopJob
- UpdateRowItem
- UploadStorageFile
- WaitQueueItem
- WriteStorageText
- WriteTextFile
- Testing
- Release notes
- About the Testing activity package
- Project compatibility
- Project Settings
- Add Test Data Queue Item
- Address
- Attach Document
- Bulk Add Test Data Queue Items
- Create Comparison Rule
- Delete Test Data Queue Items
- Get Test Data Queue Item
- Get Test Data Queue Items
- Given Name
- Last Name
- Random Date
- Random Number
- Random String
- Random Value
- Verify Control Attribute
- Verify Documents Equivalence
- Verify Expression
- Verify Expression With Operator
- Verify Range
- Verify Text Equivalence
- Address
- AddTestDataQueueItem
- AttachDocument
- BulkAddTestDataQueueItems
- DeleteTestDataQueueItems
- GetTestDataQueueItem
- GetTestDataQueueItems
- GivenName
- LastName
- RandomDate
- RandomNumber
- RandomString
- RandomValue
- VerifyAreEqual
- VerifyAreNotEqual
- VerifyContains
- VerifyExpression
- VerifyExpressionWithOperator
- VerifyIsGreater
- VerifyIsGreaterOrEqual
- VerifyIsLess
- VerifyIsLessOrEqual
- VerifyIsRegexMatch
- VerifyRange
- Workflow Events
- Workflow Foundation
Invoke Process
UiPath.Core.Activities.InvokeProcess
Executes a UiPath process that is available for the local machine. Can be used to run local packages, as well as processes in Orchestrator, if a connection is available.
For more information on how to find the list of available processes on a machine, go here
The Invoke Process activity runs in Synchronous mode, meaning that the parent process waits for the child process to complete before resuming.
ProcessName
field in local logs and Process
column in Orchestrator.
When using the Invoke Process activity, even though the project contains multiple processes, a single job is created for running them as opposed to the Run Parallel Process activity which creates separate jobs for each process in the project.
If there are multiple processes added, the active version on the current folder is the one that will be used.
- Unserializable data types cannot be passed between workflows (e.g. UIBrowser, UIElement, etc).
WindowsIdentity
and machineName
.
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Orchestrator folder path - The path of the Orchestrator folder where the specified process is located, if different from the folder where the process is running. This field only supports String values, with
/
as the separator to indicate subfolders. For example "Finance/Accounts Payable". - Invoke by - Specify whether to invoke the process by the Process name as configured in Orchestrator, or by the Package name. Please note that using the package name is supported, but deprecated.
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Process name/ Package name - The name of the process or package you want to invoke. The dropdown displays the processes or packagges available in the connected Orchestrator folder. This field supports only String or String variables. To manage the list of available processes, select Manage processes at the right side of the field.
Note:Switching between Process name and Package name options does not automatically update the name. If the name of your process differs from the package name, make sure to update it accordingly.
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Entry point - If your process has multiple entry points, specify the path of the workflow file to run once the process starts. This path should be relative to the root package. By default, this field is left empty and uses the entry point configured in the Orchestrator.
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Arguments - Default option. Opens the arguments dictionary, where you can see the arguments of the invoked process. You can also define a variable to hold a dictionary of arguments by selecting Use an expression at the right side of the field. This converts the Arguments field to Arguments variable. To retrieve the latest list of process arguments, select Refresh arguments at the right side of the field. To open the arguments list and edit their attributes, select the Arguments field box.
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Arguments variable - Activated by the Use an expression option from the Arguments field. You can use a predefined variable, or you can create a new one either by using VB expressions or prompting the Autopilot to generate one for you. Use this variable to hold the dictionary of arguments for the invoked workflow. Switch back to the Arguments option by selecting Use Static Names at the right side of the field.
Additional properties
Common
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Timeout - Specifies the amount of time to wait for the invoked workflow to run before an error is thrown and the workflow is aborted. This field supports only
TimeSpan
variables. By default, this field is empty. -
Continue On Error - 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.
Execution
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Target Session - Specifies the session in which the child process is started:
- Current- The child process opens in the same session as the parent one.
- Process Default - The child process uses the Process Settings.
- Main - The child process starts in the main session regardless to where the parent process runs.
- Picture in Picture - The child process starts in the Picture in Picture session regardless to where the parent process runs.
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Log Entry - Specify the type of information to automatically log when entering the invoked resource.
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Log Exit - Specify the type of information to automatically log when exiting the invoked resource.
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LogLevel - Specify the logging level applied to the messages generated by Log Entry and Log Exit.
Designer panel
You can find the following properties in the body of the activity:
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Package name - The name of the package used to create the process you want to invoke. In Windows - Legacy projects, the robot identifies the process to invoke by its package name.
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Entry point - If your process has multiple entry points, specify the path of the workflow file to run once the process starts. This path should be relative to the root package. By default, this field is left empty and uses the Main.xaml as entry point.
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Edit arguments - Opens the arguments list, where you can see and manage the arguments of the invoked process.
Properties panel
Common
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Continue On Error - 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.
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Timeout - Specifies the amount of time to wait for the invoked workflow to run before an error is thrown and the workflow is aborted. This field supports only
TimeSpan
variables. By default, this field is empty.
Input
- Arguments - A collection of IN arguments that you can pass to the process you want to run from Orchestrator. If an argument has an unknown type, it is converted to JSON.
- Arguments variable - The argument variables passed to the invoked process.
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Process Name - The name of the process you wantr to invoke. This field accepts String values.
Log
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Log Entry - Specify the type of information to automatically log when entering the invoked resource.
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Log Exit - Specify the type of information to automatically log when exiting the invoked resource.
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LogLevel - Specify the logging level applied to the messages generated by Log Entry and Log Exit.
Misc
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Entry point - If your process has multiple entry points, specify the path of the workflow file to run once the process starts. This path should be relative to the root package. By default, this field is left empty and uses the Main.xaml as entry point.
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Folder Path - The path of the Orchestrator folder where the specified process is located, if different from the folder where the process is running. This field only supports string values, with
/
as the separator to indicate subfolders. For example "Finance/Accounts Payable". - Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
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Target Session - Specifies the session in which the child process is started:
- Current- The child process opens in the same session as the parent one.
- Process Default - The child process uses the Process Settings.
- Main - The child process starts in the main session regardless to where the parent process runs.
- Picture in Picture - The child process starts in the Picture in Picture session regardless to where the parent process runs.
- Use Package - Indicates whether the process should be identified by its package name (selected) or process name (not selected). By default this option is not selected.