Configuring the activity metadata

You can define key activity metadata such as category, name, description, or icon in the file ActivitiesMetadata.json located in the Resources folder. This metadata is used by UiPath Studio and Studio Web to discover the activities defined in the activity DLL.

See the following table for a description of available properties. The same requirements that apply to custom libraries metadata also apply to custom activity metadata.

Property	Description
resourceManagerName	The resource manager used to get the resource keys. The key for the resource manager is defined in the file Resources.Designer.cs. You can find it in `public static global::System.Resources.ResourceManager ResourceManager`. For example: `UiPath.Activities.Template.Resources.Resources`
fullName	The full name of the activity.
shortName	The short name of the activity.
displayNameKey	The display name of the activity.
descriptionKey	The activity description.
categoryKey	The name of the category under which to place the activity in the Activities panel in Studio.
iconKey	The icon of the activity. The file must be located in the Resources/Icon folder.
viewModelType	The class to use as the ViewModel (UI definition) for this activity. It follows the pattern: `{namespace}.{className}`. For example: `UiPath.Activities.Template.ViewModels.ActivityTemplateViewModel`

For example, for the Calculator activity, the file looks as follows:

{
  "resourceManagerName": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.Resources.Resources",
  "activities": [
    {
      "fullName": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.Calculator",
      "shortName": "Calculator",
      "displayNameKey": "Calculator_DisplayName",
      "descriptionKey": "Calculator_Description",
      "categoryKey": "Examples",
      "iconKey": "calculator.svg",
      "viewModelType": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.ViewModels.CalculatorViewModel"
    }
  ]
}{
  "resourceManagerName": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.Resources.Resources",
  "activities": [
    {
      "fullName": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.Calculator",
      "shortName": "Calculator",
      "displayNameKey": "Calculator_DisplayName",
      "descriptionKey": "Calculator_Description",
      "categoryKey": "Examples",
      "iconKey": "calculator.svg",
      "viewModelType": "UiPath.Examples.Activities.ViewModels.CalculatorViewModel"
    }
  ]
}

The displayNameKey and descriptionKey ID's are defined in the file Resources.Designer.cs and the values are defined in the file Resources.resx.

In Studio, the configuration results in the following: