Import a release

The Import Release Wizard allows releases, skills files, and legacy processes/objects to be imported into the current environment.

Compatible files can be imported by anyone who has the 'Release Manager – Import Release' permission, they then subsequently require the appropriate permissions to import or modify the associated components. For example, if a release contains a process, a credential, and a work queue, the user who is running the wizard must have the following permissions in order to successfully import the release:

  • Import Release
  • Import Process
  • Security – Manage Credentials
  • Workflow – Work Queue Configuration

The permissions are those that are required to create and/or modify the individual components directly within the product, without the use of a release file.

The full list of permissions required to import each type of component in a release are as follows :

Component Type

Required Permission

Process

Import Process

Visual Business Object

Import Business Object

Process group

Processes – Grouping

Credential

Security – Manage Credentials

Work queue

Workflow – Work Queue Configuration

Environment variable

 Processes – Configure Environment Variables or Business Objects – Configure Environment Variables

Web service

Business Objects – Web Services

Schedule

Edit Schedule

Calendar

System – Calendars

Font

System – Fonts

Web API

System Manager – Business Objects – Web API Services

SOAP Web services

System Manager – Business Objects – SOAP Web Services

Tiles

Analytics – Import tile

If the tile being imported contains custom stored procedures, the user performing the import must have permission to create stored procedures on the database.

Public and global dashboards

Analytics – Import Global Dashboard

Analytics – Import Published Dashboard

Import a file

The following procedure describes how to import a file and action any conflicts that arise.

  1. In the Blue Prism client, select File > Import and select the required import:
    •  Process/Object – Import individual processes (.bpprocess) and/or business object (.bpobject) files, or process/business object XML files.
    •  Release/Skill – Import a release (.bprelease) or skill package (.bpskill).

      Releases can also be imported from the Releases tab.

    The Import Release wizard opens and the Choose the input file(s) page displays.

  2. Click Browse and locate the required file.

  3. Click Next.

    The selected file is analyzed to validate the contents. If no issues are found with the release, the import successfully completes. If there are any conflicts between the components in the file and the corresponding components in the current environment, the Resolve Import Conflicts page of the wizard displays.

    Any issues with the import are listed together with the available resolutions.

  4. In the Resolution column, select the required action for each component. Where further configuration is required, a dialog displays for the input of new data.

    The import can only progress if all conflicts have been resolved and valid data has been entered for components that require configuration.

    There are a number of rules that determine the available options for importing files. For a list of all rules and options, see Release Manager.

  5. Click Finish to save the components of the release to the database and complete the import.

If the imported release contains a schedule that does exist in the target environment and the Execute missed schedules from the past option has been enabled inSystem > System - Scheduler on the target environment where the release is imported, the imported schedule will run immediately if the start date and time of the schedule fall within the setting range on the target environment. However, the imported schedule will have no tasks assigned for runtime resources on the target environment and only the recent activity reports will display the schedule failure logs. To avoid this, it is recommended to set the start date and time of the schedule in the future before importing the release.

This video shows you have to clone, export, and import Blue Prism processes.

Command line import

Releases, skills, objects, and processes can also be imported via the command line. For further information, see Command Line Options.