Create business objects

You can link each application in a process to an automatically generated business object. Win32 and UIA are spied for each element that the user interacts with. When you create a business object for an application, it contains information about the application elements that you have interacted with in the recorded process.

If enabled, when you export the BPRELEASE file and import it into SS&C | Blue Prism® Enterprise for BP Enterprise , all the information contained in each business object is used to automatically populate the Application Modeller to save you time when spying elements. For more information see Application Modeller spying.

The Show business objects setting must be enabled to create business objects.

To enable the business object function:

  1. Click Settings.

  2. Click Business objects and select the Show business objects check box.

Once enabled in the User settings, the Object name fields, Action name fields, and Create object check boxes required to create business objects display in the Step actions panel.

To create a new business object:

  1. Open a step in edit mode by either clicking on the step thumbnail, or by right-clicking the thumbnail and selecting Edit.

  2. Enter a name in the Object name field on the Step actions panel. This is typically an application or element to attach to the new business object. When you start to type, any pre-existing objects display in the drop-down list for quick selection.

    Create object fields

  3. Enter a name in the Action name field on the Step actions panel, such as click or double-click.

  4. Click the Create object check box in the Step actions panel. The Create object check box is disabled until you define the object and action names.

    You cannot attach more than one application to a business object. If a business object already exists with the same object name, the object name field displays in red.

    Duplicate object name warning

  5. To create additional business objects for the step, click the plus symbol in the Step actions panel.

    Create another business object

  6. When you have finished creating business objects for the step, click Close and then Save.

    If Auto-generate business object fields has been enabled in the User settings, the business object fields will be automatically populated for any new SS&C | Blue Prism® Capture processes.

Add step actions to an existing business object

To add additional step actions to an existing business object:

  1. Click the Object name field in the Step actions panel to define the object name and type an application or element name that has already been created. When you start to type, any pre‑existing objects display in the drop-down list for quick selection.

  2. Type an action name into the Action name field in the Step actions panel, such as click or double-click.

  3. Leave the Create object check box unselected. If a business object already exists that matches the object name you have defined, the step action is added to the existing business object.