RPA action

Add an RPA (Robotic Process Automation) action to a form to execute an RPA robot from within a form.

1. On the form modeling bar, click Actions and click New.

   The New action dialog box is displayed.

2. On the Type list, select RPA.
3. Change the default Name (RPA1) to something meaningful.
4. Optional. Enter a Description for the action.
5. Optional. Select Multilingual to configure a unique action for each language separately. See Configure multilingual actions.
6. To map values to the parameters, click Configure.

   The Configure RPA action dialog box is displayed.

7. In the RPA details panel, do the following:
   1. On the Server list, select the RPA Server to use.

      The projects associated with the selected server appear on the Project list.

   2. On the Project list, select a project. A project is a library containing a collection of robots and the files required by these robots.

      The robots from the selected project appear on the Robot list.

   3. On the Robot list, select a robot. A robot is an automated workflow designed to accomplish a task involving a data source, such as a website, an Excel document, or a database.

      The input and return parameters from the selected robot appear in the Parameters panel.

8. To map the input and return values to the parameters, do the following on the Value column of the input, and return parameters:
   1. Select a dynamic value (form control, form variable, or global variable), or click  to provide an inline value as input.
   2. Select a dynamic value (form control, form variable, or global variable) for the return parameter.
   3. Click OK to return to the New action dialog box.
9. The Server, Project, and Robot fields are displayed as read-only.
10. Click Add.

    The newly created action appears in the Actions table.

    • When you export or import the form, the RPA action configuration and the reference to the RPA server used in the action are included in the form definition.

    • When you import the form on another system and an RPA server with the same name already exists, that server is used when executing the form action.

    • When you import the form on another system and the RPA server does not exist, the server's name is displayed as "Unknown", and execution fails because the RPA server is not defined.

11. Associate the action with the control to trigger this action. See Configure actions for form control events. Alternatively, to call this action for a form event, associate the action with the form. See Associate an action with a form.

    At runtime, when the action is triggered, the RPA robot is executed.