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StudioX User Guide

Last updated Aug 7, 2024

The User Interface

The UiPath StudioX interface contains multiple panels for easy access to specific functionalities. Panels can be docked, set to float so that they can be moved anywhere, or they can be set to auto-hide.

Home (Backstage View)

This is the view you see when you first open StudioX. You can also get here by clicking Home in the upper-left corner of the Design View. You can access your projects, configure StudioX settings, or access help and license information. The following buttons and tabs are available in this view:

Open - Browse to an automation project and open it.
Close - Close the automation project that is currently open.
Save as - Save the automation project and create a copy of it in a different location. You can use this option to copy local automation projects to source control by selecting a repository as the location or convert a project into a template.
Start - Create a new task automation project or open recently accessed projects.
Templates - Create a new project based on a template. In this tab, you can view all available project templates, search and filter them by source. For more information, see Project Templates.
Team - Manage source control integration for the automation project.
Tools - Install the Excel Add-in, extensions for web browsers and other applications that allow StudioX to capture actions you perform in them, and the Repair Tool for Microsoft Office. For more information on extensions, see Extensions in the Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Settings - Change the look and feel of StudioX, set global preferences, and manage activities packages sources. For more information, see Configuring StudioX Settings.
Help - Directs you to product documentation, release notes, online resources, the Community Forum and the RPA Academy.

Information regarding product version and installation, license availability, update channel and device ID is also found in the Help tab, together with a Copy Info button for quickly copying the details to the clipboard.

Design View

This is the view where you create, execute, and publish your automation project.

The Ribbon

The ribbon at the top of the window can be minimized or expanded by clicking the Minimize / Expand button . It contains the following buttons:

Save - Saves the automation project.
Cut / Copy / Paste - Use these buttons to cut, copy, or paste activities in the Designer panel.
Project - Select Project Settings if you want to edit the name and the description of the project, Workflow Analyzer rules, or global activities settings. Select Open Project Folder to open the project folder in the Windows file explorer.
Project Notebook - Opens the Excel file you defined as the Project Notebook for the automation project. To edit its settings, click the arrow next to this button, and then select Configure Project Notebook.
Manage Packages - Opens the Manage Packages window where you can configure the activities packages and sources for the project.
App/Web Recorder - Opens the UiPath Recorder that captures your actions on the screen and automatically generates a sequence of activities based on them. For more information, see App/Web Recorder.
Table Extraction - Opens the Extract wizard that enables you to extract structured data from an application or a web page. For more information, see Extract Table Data.
Analyze - Checks the project for validation errors and Workflow Analyzer rule violations. The results are displayed in the Error List panel. To edit Workflow Analyzer settings, click the arrow next to this button, and then select Workflow Analyzer Settings.
Export to Excel - Exports the automation project to an Excel file.
Publish - Archives the project and all the other files in the project folder so that it can be sent to Robots and then executed.
Run - Executes the automation project.

If you want to continue your work uninterrupted while the project is executed, click the arrow next to this button, and then select Run in PiP. The project is executed in a new session that is launched in a floating window.

Note: Files that are not created during the execution of the automation project become read-only when published to Orchestrator. If your business process requires you to write in a specific file at some point, be sure to create it while designing the project.

Add Activity Search Bar

In the Add Activities search bar you can quickly search through activities and add them to the automation project.

You can open the Add activity search bar by clicking the Add activity icon above or below any activity added to your project. or by using the Ctrl + Shift + T keyboard shortcut.

The bar is split into three sections:

A group of suggested activities that are predicted by an AI to be the most likely ones you need to add next. You can opt out of this feature by deselecting the Enable AI activity suggestions option in the Design tab of the Settings menu.
Common Scenarios lists different common activities and preconfigured pieces of automation based on where in the project workflow you clicked Add activity . This gives you quick access to the most relevant results in every context.
Activities lists all the activities in the installed packages.

Sign in to Your Account

If you installed Studio with the Robot in user mode or you are using the Community Edition of Studio, you can connect Studio and the Assistant to Orchestrator by signing in to your UiPath account. This gives you access to Orchestrator resources, activates your product, and enables you to publish projects to Orchestrator.

Click on the upper-right side of the Studio window, and then click Sign in. To find out more information about signing in, click Learn more.
- To use a custom URL instead of the default https://cloud.uipath.com, enter the URL in the Service URL field.
- To connect to Orchestrator with your machine key, click Use Machine Key.
A new page opens in your web browser. Complete the sign in procedure and, when prompted by your web browser, click Open UiPath to return to Studio.

When you are signed in, an icon with your initials is displayed on the upper-right side of the Studio window. To sign out and disconnect from Orchestrator from both Studio and the Assistant, click the icon, and then select Sign Out.

Connecting to Orchestrator with Your Machine Key

If you installed Studio with the Robot registered as a Windows service, you can only connect to Orchestrator with your machine key:

Click , and then click Connect.
Enter the Orchestrator URL and Machine Key, and then click Continue.
- If you want to activate a local license key, click Use License Code.

After Studio is connected to Orchestrator using the machine key, you can sign in to your account:

Click on the upper-right side of the Studio window, and then click *Sign in.
A new page opens in your web browser. Complete the sign in procedure and, when prompted by your web browser, click Open UiPath to return to Studio.

Note: If you close the tab before the authentication is complete, it may take up to 10 seconds for the Sign in button in Studio to be enabled again.

Send Feedback

There are two types of feedback that you can send directly from within StudioX: Submit an idea or Report a bug. Both are accessible by clicking on the title bar.

In the Help us to improve window, provide the following information, and then click Send:

From the I want to drop-down menu, select either Submit an idea for the product or Report a Bug.
From the For drop-down menu, select the product for which to send feedback. StudioX is selected by default.
From the How important is this to you field, select Nice to have, Important, or Critical.
In the Subject field, enter a subject for the message.
In the Steps to Reproduce / Description field, enter a detailed description.
Click Add if you want to attach files. You can attach up to 6 images, videos, or text files, each with a size smaller than 10MB.

Please note that you cannot send more than 3 posts in a time frame of 5 minutes.

Note: The Activities panel and the Add Activity search bar support fuzzy search, which means that a list of results is returned even if the search terms don't match exactly. The search terms could be slightly incomplete, misspelled or include only the first letter of each word.

The Designer Panel

The Designer panel is the canvas on which you create your automation. This is where you add the activities you want to automate, view and edit their properties, and define the workflow by ordering activities. Your automation project is represented by a diagram that gives you a visual representation of the sequence of activities it contains.

You can add activities from the Activities panel by double-clicking or dragging and dropping them, or by clicking the Add activity button above and below an already added activity and then selecting them from the Add Activity search bar. For every activity added to the panel you can see details such as the name, key activity properties, buttons and links that help you configure it, or an informative screenshot. To help you identify different types of activities, the left border of each activity has the color of the application it applies to. For example, Excel activities have a green left border, while mail activities have a blue left border.

Activate Pan Mode by clicking the icon, holding the Space key or pressing the middle mouse button. Use the zoom drop-down to change the zoom level and click the icon to reset it back to 100%.

The Fit to Screen icon changes the zoom in such a way that the whole workflow fits in the Designer panel. Click the icon to get an overview of the whole project and navigate through sections by adjusting the focus.

The Context Menu

The context menu enables you to perform several operations on the activities in your project. You can display it by right-clicking any activity inside your project.

Field Descriptions for the Context Menu

Option	Description
Rename	Edit the name of the activity.
Open	Opens the selected activity in the Designer panel.
Collapse	Collapses the activity thus reducing the displayed details to "Double-click to view". You can achieve the same result by clicking the Collapse button .
Expand in Place	Expands the content of the activity, displaying its detailed content. You can achieve the same result by clicking the Expand button .
Cut	Removes the selected activity and places it onto the Clipboard.
Copy	Copies the selected activity and places it onto the Clipboard.
Paste	Inserts the content of the Clipboard at the current location.
Delete	Deletes the target activity. Note: Since the Context menu is only displayed for a one-activity selection, you can use this command for more activities with the corresponding keyboard shortcut, Delete.
Annotations	Add, edit, delete, show and hide annotations added to activities in the workflow.
Copy as Image	Makes a screenshot of the content displayed in the Designer panel. Note: If you want to make a screenshot of a child activity, make sure to firstly open it in the Designer panel.
Save as Image	Makes a screenshot of the content displayed in the Designer panel and prompts the user to set the details for saving it (Name, Type, Destination). Supported formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, XPS.
Enable Activity	Enables a previously disabled activity.
Disable Activity	Disables an activity, which is then grayed out and placed inside a Comment out activity.
Zoom to here	Navigate within the diagram to view only this activity. The path is displayed as breadcrumbs in the header of the Designer panel.
Zoom out	View the entire diagram of the project in the Designer panel.
Run to this Activity	Executes the project from the start and stops after this activity is executed.
Run from this Activity	Executes the project starting with this activity.
Help	Opens the help page about the activity type in the Activities guide.

The Activities Panel

The Activities panel shows available activities that can be added to the current project. You can search for activities by name or description using the search box at the top of the panel. To add an activity to your automation, double-click it or drag and drop it to the desired place in the Designer panel.

Hovering over an activity in the panel displays the package it belongs to and its description. To add an activity to the list of favorites, right-click it and select Add to favorites.

Customizing the Activities Panel

Click the View Options button at the top of the panel to open a menu that allows you to customize the panel. See the following table for a list of available options.

Option	Description
Show Favorites	Show a section with favorite activities. This option is selected by default.
Show Recent	Show a section with the ten most recently used activities. This option is not selected by default.
Show Categories	Group activities by the category they belong to. This option is selected by default.
Group by Packages	Group activities by the package they belong to. This option is not selected by default.
Pin Favorites	When searching in the panel, keep favorite activities always visible. Available if Show Favorites is selected. This option is not selected by default.
Show Developer	Show activities designed for the Studio profile. This option is not selected by default. These activities may not function as expected in the StudioX profile.

For example, if you are trying to view all Excel activities, you can select Group by Packages and deselect Show Categories.

The Data Manager Panel

The Data Manager panel displays data currently added to your automation project. This data includes:

Resources added to the project: Excel files (including the Project Notebook), Mail accounts, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, applications, and browsers.
- To go to the activity where a resource is defined, double-click the entry in the Data Manager.
- To open a file added to the automation or the folder containing the file, right-click an Excel or Word file resource, and then select Open or Open file location. This option is not available when working with remote files (e. g. SharePoint).
- For information about managing Excel resources from the Data Manager, see Excel Automation.
Output values that you saved for later use in the project.
- To rename a saved value, right-click it and select Rename Saved Value.
- To go to the activity where a value was saved, double-click the saved value.
Value mappings created for use in App/Web activity selectors.
- To edit a variable, right-click it and select Open Value Mappings.
- To go to the activity where a variable was created, double-click the variable.
File arguments used in the automation. To create and manage arguments, click the Arguments button. Read more about Arguments in the Automation Basics guide.

The Properties Panel

The Properties panel is contextual and enables you to view and edit advanced properties for a selected activity. When selecting multiple activities, only their common properties can be modified from the Properties panel.

The Properties panel is hidden by default. In most situations, you can configure activities using the options available in the Designer panel.

The Output Panel

The Output panel enables you to display the output of the Write Line activity, displays status information regarding the execution of your projects, and errors generated by activities packages.

From the Output panel, you can show or hide messages that have different log levels (errors, warnings), or export the contents of the panel to a text file by clicking the buttons in the panel’s header. Double-clicking a message displays further details about it, with the option to copy information.

The Clear All button erases all info displayed in the Output panel. Logs and other data stored in this panel are erased when a workflow is run. The Output panel displays up to 2,000 lines at a time.

The Error List panel next to the Output panel displays errors found in the project during validation and workflow analysis. For more information, see About Workflow Analyzer.

The Resources Panel

The Resources panel can load assets, queues and processes, provided that the Robot is connected to Orchestrator. Read the Connecting Robots to Orchestrator page to find the steps.

If the Robot connected to Orchestrator is of type Standard, then the Resources panel can display only the Classic folder which has this Robot provisioned.

If the Robot is of type Floating, then the panel displays all Classic and Modern folders that this Robot has access to. Read more about creating Robots in Orchestrator here.

The panel displays resources such as assets, queues, and processes found in Classic or Modern Folders in Orchestrator. Read more about folders.

Note:

When using a classic, manually provisioned robot, it must be granted View permissions for the corresponding resources (i.e. Assets, Queues, and Processes) to appear in the panel. Read more about setting up Roles and permissions in Orchestrator.
If there are both classic and modern folders in Orchestrator and you are connected to Orchestrator using a robot from a modern folder (you signed in to your account or connected using a machine template key), the processes in the classic folders are not available in the Resources panel. To have access to the processes from a classic folder, connect to Orchestrator using a classic robot with a standard machine key connection.

To load resources into the panel, click the Refresh button at the top of the Resources panel. Right-click any item in the Resources panel to copy its name and use it in activities that interact with such resources.

Hover over the folder name in the status bar to see the Orchestrator URL, and click the folder name in the status bar to switch to another folder.

The Status Bar

In the status bar, you can view status information and access options related to Orchestrator. This is where you can also view which language is used for expressions in the project (VB or C#).

Orchestrator/Cloud Connection - Click to access Orchestrator options: sign in to your cloud account, disconnect from Orchestrator (if connected with a machine key), and refresh resources.
Orchestrator Status - Displays the Orchestrator connection status. When connected to Orchestrator, the currently selected folder is displayed. You can click the name of the current folder to view a list of available folders and select another folder from which to sync resources.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The complete list of keyboard shortcuts for UiPath StudioX:

File Management

Ctrl + Shift + N - Creates a new Blank Task.

Ctrl + C - Copies an activity from the Designer panel into clipboard. Use Ctrl + V to paste it anywhere in the Designer panel.

Ctrl + O - Enables you to open a previously created task, either the .xaml or project.json file.

Ctrl + L - Opens the folder where the Log files are stored.

Ctrl + S - Saves the currently opened project.

Ctrl + V - Pastes a previously copied activity from clipboard into the Designer panel.

Ctrl + Tab / Alt + F7 - Moves focus between workflow files / panels. When you hold the modifier key (Ctrl or Alt respectively), the following window appears, allowing you to switch between active files and panels.

Search

F3 or Ctrl + Shift + P - Opens the Command Palette.

Ctrl + Shift + T - Opens the Common scenarios and activities search bar.

Ctrl + J - Opens the Jump to activity search bar.

Ctrl + Alt + A - Opens and focuses the Properties panel.

Ctrl + Alt + F - Sets the focus to the search box in the Activities panel.

Tab - Navigates to the next item in the panel or the next element in the activity.

Comment

Ctrl + D - Ignores the activity that is currently selected by placing it into a Comment Out container.

Ctrl + E - Removes the activity from the Comment Out container it was placed in.

Debugging

Ctrl + Alt + E - Opens the Error List panel.

Recording

F2 - Adds delay during a recording activity.

Workflow Analysis and Execution

F5 - Runs the current project.

F6 - Runs the current project in Picture in Picture mode.

F7 - Checks the file for validation errors and Workflow Analyzer violations.

Shift + F7 - Checks the whole project for validation errors and Workflow Analyzer violations.

F8 - Checks the file for validation errors.

Shift + F8 - Checks all project files for validation errors.

F12 - Stops the execution of the current workflow, in both normal and debug mode.

Selected Activity

Ctrl + C - Copies the selected activity or activities to the clipboard.

Ctrl + V - Pastes the copied activity or activities inside the selected item.

Ctrl + Space - Opens the IntelliPrompt window in the Expression Editor.

Ctrl + 1 ... Ctrl + 6 - When the IntelliPrompt window is open, enables/disables displaying each item type in the code completion window, the same as using the buttons at the bottom of the window: Ctrl + 1 Methods, Ctrl + 2 Properties, Ctrl + 3 Classes, Ctrl + 4 Namespaces, Ctrl + 5 Constants, Ctrl + 6 Keywords.

F2 - Allows for renaming the selected activity.

Shift + F2 - Adds an annotation to a selected activity.

Shift + Tab - Navigates to the previous activity or node in the Activities panel.

Status Bar

Alt + D - Access the Source Control, Orchestrator folders, and Orchestrator/Cloud Connection menus in the status bar, and then use Shift + Tab to cycle through the menus. Once a menu is selected, press Enter to open it.

Miscellaneous

F1 - Enables you to access a help topic associated with the currently selected element.

Ctrl + P - Opens the Manage Packages window.

Esc - Closes the Publish, Manage Packages, File Diff windows.

Ctrl + F1 - Minimizes or expands the ribbon.

Ctrl + Alt + D - Switches focus to the Save button from the Design tab.

Alt + - - Opens the Options context menu in the title bar of the currently selected panel. Please note that this works with the hyphen key above the character keys, not with the minus key in the numpad.

Ribbon and Home Tab Shortcut Keys

You can quickly get to most of the options in the Home tab (StudioX Backstage View) and the ribbons in the Design tabs by pressing and releasing the Alt key, and then pressing one or more keys.

When you press and release the Alt key, one or more letters or digits appear over the options in the current view. To use an option, press the corresponding key or keys. For some options, additional keys are available after you press the initial key combination.

For a list of shortcuts, see the following sections.

Design Tab Ribbon Keys

If you are in the Design tab, press Alt+D to access the shortcut keys for the Design tab ribbon.

Key(s)	Action Performed	Additional Keys and Actions
S	Saves the project.	–
R	Opens the Run drop-down	F5 - Run F6 - Run in PiP
C	Copy the selected activities	–
X	Cut the selected activities
V	Paste the copied activities	–
MP	Open the Manage Packages window	–
A	Open the Analyze File drop-down	A - Analyze D - Validate S - Workflow Analyzer Settings
EX	Open the Export to Excel window	–
P	Open the Publish window	–

Home Tab Keys

If you are in the Design tab or Debug tab, press Alt+H to open the Home tab (Studio Backstage View) and access the shortcut keys for the Home tab. If you are already in the Home tab, all you need to do is press the Alt key.

Key(s)	Action Performed	Additional Keys and Actions
Z	Go back to the previous tab, if a project is open	–
O	Open a project	–
C	Close the currently open project	–
S	Open the Start tab	O - Open a Local Project B - Create a Blank Task T - Create a Template 1...9 - Open one of the nine most recent projects
T	Open the Templates tab	–
L	Open the Tools tab	U - Open the UI Explorer R - Open the Repair Tool for Microsoft Office C - Install the Chrome extension F - Install the Firefox extension E - Install the Edge extension J - Install the Java extension S - Install the Silverlight extension T - Install the Citrix extension W - Install the Windows Remote Desktop extension V - Install the VMware Horizon extension X - Install the Excel Add-in extension.
E	Open the Settings tab	G - Open the General tab D - Open the Design tab L - Open the Locations tab M - Open the Manage Sources tab P - Open the License and Profile tab
H	Open the Help tab	D - Open the Product Documentation link F - Open the Community Forum link H - Open the Help Center link A - Open the Academy link R - Open the Release Notes link S - Open the Take a short survey link C - Copy the license information

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