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General actions help make your processes more organized and flexible.
General actions are listed in the General area of the palette.
Action groups help you organize actions that work together to achieve a desired outcome. For example, you may want to organize your workflow so that login actions are contained in an action group.
To add an action group to the workflow, click and drag Action Group from the Palette to a section.
Loops repeat actions until a condition is satisfied. Use the Loop action to process items in a list such as files in a directory or line items on an invoice. RPA supports the following loop types:
false
.Tip: Loops can't repeat more than 1000 times.
In the following example, the loop will execute the Create a folder and Copy a file or folder actions until the Loop Expression returns false
.
To add and configure a Loop action:
Action expressions in loops can reference function variables. Supported function variables in loops include:
Function Variable | Description | While | Repeat | For Each |
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fv!index |
The current iteration of the loop, starting at 1. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
fv!isFirst |
true for the first iteration of a loop, otherwise false . |
No | Yes | Yes |
fv!isLast |
true for the last iteration of a loop, otherwise false . |
No | Yes | Yes |
fv!itemCount |
The total number of loop iterations. | No | Yes | Yes |
fv!item |
The current item. | No | No | Yes |
General Actions