Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Hi All, FYI, This is my first POC to develop the bot tasks in the Appian RPA. And I have other experiences in the RPA tools also Appian BPM.  I need to know some details about to pick the particular element via windows automation or browser automation. Questions: How to identify the element via windows application(example:Calculator) or web application? I tried via recording and save it. But after open the calculator application, click 8 in the calculator getting element not found exception If we are not using recording to do each node of process there is any ways in the custom. Like one click drag and used in middle of process in this how to pick the particular element as like as recording. Thanks, Pradeep Sridharan

I'm trying to create Image Recognition Bot using Low Code module but it is unable to search the image. I have tried with multiple images and with different configurations. Has anyone successfully searched the image?

Hello, in the Pres keyboard Shortcurs method now to configure CTRL+SPACE+N for screen maximization of google chrome ? is there a way for 3 buttons shortcut ? I have tried with the option to hold and not release but it generates error:  [WARN] 2022-03-23 15:36:05 04s (0h) - Method manageException invoked[ERROR] 2022-03-23 15:36:05 05s (0h) - java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Hi Champ, I need to upload a file from my local system and process the same in Appian. For the time being I am hardcoding my local system folder dierctory where I am picking my file ; but in real time that will by dynamic for instance user download file directory. Is there any way which is check the user download file location and pull it from there instead of hardcoding it. For giving more context. suppose when I am saving a file in PDF, it ask me for the download location which by dafault select it from the user download location. I want to get that location in RPA task from the user download loaction which is saved in their environment variable or somewhere else. Regards, Shyam

Hi, Appian licensing model state that Appian RPA cost is included in base price, but in all the documentation it states that 'This content applies solely to Appian RPA, which must be purchased separately from the Appian base platform.' What does this mean? Regards, Neha

hello team it is a pleasure to greet you I have the following problem:What can I do if when executing a robotic task that contains a recording to a web portal, it gives us the following message: Community someone who had this problem, could you help me with your ideas for a possible solution. greetings friends.

Hi Appian folks, We have a use case in Appian RPA where I am taking a small part from an image. I am using "Locate Image" module, changed the Search parameter to "Screen Region". But I am getting the error that says "Unable to find image within the given timeout interval". I have added the image in Support files as well. Does anyone know how to resolve this? Config:

I watched RPA Tutorial: Parse Excel Files Please guide me what kind of code on  Evaluate Expression Drag and drop an Evaluate Expression action below the previous one. a. In CONFIGURATION, click Edit. Facing issue in RPA Any one have solution 

Hello! This question arose from working through the course "Tutorial: Automate Windows Applications (RPA)", which involves copying and pasting text between Calculator and Notepad.  Unfortunately the instructions assume an older version of Calculator, since mine doesn't have an Edit menu. My workaround is to have the robotic task right-click into the display screen in order to be able to grab the text. Since RPA is new to me, I am currently having to brute-force the coordinates of where the mouse should go to click. I downloaded Mouse Point Viewer and got the following values: Relative (Calculator) Coords: X=130, Y=132 Screen Coords: X=324, Y=179 However, in the Move Mouse function in the task, after much trial and error, it finally worked after I configured the location to (800, 800). Can anyone explain where (800, 800) comes from?

Hi, Requirement: Operations would like to be prompted when any robot resource is offline, so that recovery action can take place to put the robot back online. Possible solutions: 1. In the first instance this may be a Operations  interface within appian which looks like the RPA resource page. Future would be to prompt Operations that action is required by raising a task or send an email.  Is there a way to capture the information shown on the RPA Resources page specifically the resource name and status? 2. have a robot process regularly scheduled as a "ping" to check a resource is online and report the results of the robot process and assume if robot process failed then prompt Operations. Thoughts? Thanks

Hi       I have created a robotic task, in that I want to configure an action for sending mail. I didn't find any action for sending mail. Do we have any action for that in Appian RPA robotic task. If their is no particular action for this then how can i achieve my requirement. Thanks in advance

Hi,     I have a complete flow of RPA process and I need the progress of the flow to be showcased in the interface created automatically. How can I achieve this?

Hi team, I am Exploring Excel RPA , docs.appian.com/.../actions-excel-license-required.html I want to get values into Excel cell as columns  which are stored in DB, i have a CDT name resources with fields EMP-ID and Name, i Added some values in DB creating record actions. then Using Write into Excel Action in the value Array I  tried using both record type and CDT  recordtype!resources.name / 'type!{urn:com:appian:types:ERP}ERP_Resources'(), But when i use CDT I am getting the fields in the CDT like EMP-ID and name ,but not the values in the DB. as shown below i came to know that we have to give the List of CDT's  in value array , but I don't know how to do it to get the values under Name column . Help me in Finding more resource to know more about the Excel RPA configurations. Thank you  J Vinay

What does the outputs represents? How to get a process model variable into the RPA's local variable? Is there any way to send process model variables into same RPA from where it was triggered?

Hello,  It seems the documentation for the RPA Actions is limited and I would like to know which Action should be used when the need is the robot to update Excel File,  For example I guess one of the following two will be:  Initialization with URL or Initialization with File Parameter Let's assume the file is located on disk C:\Exce\ what parameter should be passed to any of these two actions in order the robot to open the excel and start filling in data after that ?

when I am trying using task recorder,  it is coming like.  " you are trying to sign in using unsupported browser" like google is finding it is a robotic process and not letting the sign in to take place

I am taking the Appian Automation (Senior Developers) course and I am on the step Tutorial: Automate Windows Applications (RPA). The task recorder doesn't recognize the calculator app even though the shortcut is listed in the start menu. What can I do to get the task recorder to recognize the calculator so I can use that app?

Hi, I have run the rpa installer successfully on my system but still the status of Robot is Offline in RPA and the appian icon in the toolbar is coming grey. Can anyone tell why this is happening and how can I change the status to Online. Thanks

Hello, The documentation says I should be able to execute and return the results of a robotic task in an interface, but I'm having trouble figuring this out. My task is working correctly in the RPA, and I'm also able to run it in a process model, but I can't figure out the SAIL recipe to get the results in an interface. The farthest I've gotten is that I know I need to use a!testRunResultForId(), but it says I need to input the "Test run ID," and I don't know where to find that. Can someone help me out? Thank you, Jason

I'm trying to connect the UIpath orchestrator in Appian connected system. Eventhough my credentials are correct, its showing invalid credetial URL I tried- platform.uipath.com/[organization name]/[[Logical name]/orchestrator_ https://cloud.uipath.com/[organization name]/[[Logical name]/orchestrator_ https://platform.uipath.com/ https://cloud.uipath.com/ I got the below error for all the URL's i tried

I need get a document from the external cloud source and need to do data extraction using IDP process model and convert the data into the CSV file and source the file in another external cloud folder can it be done in IDP  or RPA ? if yes how to do that. 

Hello,I'm trying to create an RPA that fetches data from a table from a system and then do operations on that data.I'm able to fetch the table data, and I have a section with a expression rule that does the correct parsing on that data, but I'm not able to use them in junction.I'm trying to pass the data like this (the value is not empty), but the value being passed is always empty, according to logs.Anyone can help me with what I'm doing wrong?

Hi, I'm new to Appian RPA and trying to use task recorder feature to record browser interactions and convert them into robotic task action. However when I click on start Recording, my page is stuck at this   and there is no recording started. Can anyone help me with this and tell what I'm doing wrong?

While configuring Execute Robotic Process Smart Service I am getting the Error "Node 2 contains a notification escalation with no recipients.". Any idea how to fix it ? 

Hi, Whenever I'm trying to use any actions under File system for Appian RPA ,simple actions like "Copy file/folder" ,"Get Properties of file" there's always an error being thrown .Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.