Tutorials

The following tutorials and examples are found in dedicated chapters throughout this guide. This page serves as a central point for accessing these examples.

Processes and Libraries

• Creating a Basic Process
  A step-by-step tutorial for creating a simple automation process leveraging UI elements.
• Creating a Basic Library
  Learn to create, publish, and use a library in other automation projects.
• Working with Sequences
  Learn to use sequences for linear automation processes.
• Creating a Flowchart Follow this example to learn how to use multiple branching logical operators in flowcharts.
• Using State Machines
  Use state machines with their transitions and a finite number of states in their execution.
• Loading Web Services in Libraries Generate activities from SOAP or REST web services, or Postman collections.
• Using the Global Exception Handler
  Learn how to determine the project’s behavior when encountering an execution error.
• Managing Dependencies
  Add, update, remove and repair dependencies to your project.
• Test Activities and Create Test Benches
  Learn to use the Test Activity feature, to create test benches, and to debug your workflow from and to a certain activity.

Variables

• Using Text Variables
  Follow this example and learn how to use text variables in automations.
• Using Boolean Variables
  Find out how to use boolean variables in automations.
• Using Number Variables
  Follow this simple example on using number variables in automations.
• Using Array Variables
  Check out this example on how to use array variables in automations.
• Using Date and Time Variables
  Learn how to use date and time variables in automations.
• Using Data Table Variables
  Follow this example on how to use data table variables in automations.
• Using GenericValue Variables
  Learn to use this proprietary type of variable.
• Using QueueItem Variables
  Learn to use this proprietary type of variable in queues and transactions.

Automating UI Elements

• Follow an example of how you can use the automatic recording.
• Learn to use the web recording and understand how it works.
• Check out this example on how to extract data using data scraping.
• Follow this tutorial on input actions for interacting directly with an opened application or web page.
• Check out this example of how to use the several screen scraping methods and the practical differences between them.
• Check out this tutorial on how to use relative scraping.
• Automate a process by using activities that simulate mouse and keyboard input.
• Automate a process by using text recognition activities.
• Learn how to use OCR and Image automation in your projects.
• Learn how to generate tables from unstructured data and store the information in DataTable variables.
• Learn how to generate selectors with wildcards.
• Learn to use a dynamic selector to identify a target element based on the value of a variable or argument.
• Use the selector’s fuzzy search capabilities to locate strings based on a pattern.
• Learn to identify the target element from a pool of similar applications using non-greedy search capabilities.
• Use RegEx search in selectors to identify multiple target elements with a single search execution.

Control Flow

• Using the Delay Activity
  Learn to use this activity that enables you to pause the automation for a custom period of time.
• Using a Do While Activity
  Check out an example of the activity that can be used to step through all the elements of an array.
• Using an If Activity
  Follow an example of the activity that contains a statement and two conditions.
• Using a Switch Activity
  Learn to use this activity that enables you to select one choice out of multiple, based on the value of a specified expression.
• Using a While Activity
  Check out an example on the While activity that enables you to execute a specific process repeatedly, while a specific condition is met.
• Using a For Each Activity
  Learn to use this activity for stepping through arrays, lists, data tables or other types of collections.
• Using a Break Activity
  Check out an example of this activity that enables you to stop the loop at a chosen point, and then continues with the next activity.

Source Control

• Working with Git
  Learn to authenticate to GIT, clone a repository, commit and push to GIT, create and manage branches, and more.
• Set up and Work with TFS
  Follow the steps to set up TFS, open and add a project, edit and checking changes to your TFS repository.
• Working with SVN
  Learn to open and add a project to SVN, edit and check changes to your SVN repository.

Technologies

• Follow this example of a process executing through a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
• Check out this process showcasing how automating Citrix technologies works.

Developer

• Building Custom Workflow Analyzer Rules
  Check out the samples and learn to build and integrate your own Workflow Analyzer rules.
• Building Activities Project Settings
  Learn to build and integrate project-level settings for your own custom activities.
• Creating Custom Wizards
  Create custom wizards and integrate them into Studio through custom activities packages.
• Governance
  Use this sample to enforce a governance model at the organization level.