Verify an installation
This section provides a simple automation scenario to test that the basic components of the Blue Prism installation are operating as expected.
The verification steps include:
- Creating a new process using the Microsoft Word object.
- Test the process.
These instructions assume that the Blue Prism database is empty and that Microsoft Word has been installed on the device. If that is not the case, process names which conflict with existing processes must be changed.
If problems are experienced whilst verifying the installation, see Troubleshooting an installation.
Steps
A Microsoft Word automation object is included with the release package and is required for the verification process.
- Launch Blue Prism and sign in using the admin username.
- Select File > Import.
- Select the BPA Object – MS Word.xml file. For the default install location, this is in C:\Program Files\Blue Prism Limited\Blue Prism Automate\VBO.
- Complete the wizard to import the object.
Optionally the above steps can be repeated to import the Microsoft Excel object – BPA Object – MS Excel.xml.
- Select the Studio tab.
- Right-click in the navigation pane and click Create Process to display the New Process wizard.
- Enter Letter Writing Test as the process name and click Next.
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Enter Evaluation test as the process description and click Finish.
The new process is listed under Processes in the navigation tree.
- Double-click the process to open it in Process Studio.
- Add four actions to the process. To add an action, select Action and from the toolbar and click in the process diagram.
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Place the action stages between the Start and End stages.
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Double click the first action stage to open the Action Properties dialog.
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Enter Create Document as the action name and select MS Word VBO and Create Document as the Business Object and Action.
Leave the input blank.
- Click OK to save the changes.
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Repeat these steps for each for the remaining three stages using the following details.
Original name
New name
Business object
Action
action2
Show Document
MS Word VBO
Show
action3
Type some text
MS Word VBO
Type Text
action4
Exit
MS Word VBO
Exit
- Double click Type some text stage.
- Select the Inputs tab.
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For the text input parameter, enter some text into the Value field. The text must be enclosed in quotation marks. It will be added to a Word document when the process runs.
- Click OK to return to Process Studio.
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From the toolbar select the Link tool and connect each of the stages in turn by dragging from one stage to the next.
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Save the process. A confirmation message should be displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the window.
The following buttons are required to test the process in Process Studio.
- Step – Highlighted on the left
- Reset – Highlighted on the right
- Once the process has been saved, click the reset button.
- Click the step button. This highlights the first stage in the process diagram and indicates that this is the next stage to be run. Next time the step button is clicked, the actions within that stage are performed.
- Click step again perform the actions in the first stage. A new Microsoft Word document is created but it will not yet be visible.
- Continue to click step to move from the stage to stage.
- Verify that the expected action takes place with each step – the new Microsoft Word document is shown, the correct text is typed into the document, and the document closes on Exit.
- If you wish to run the process again, click the reset button and repeat.