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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.
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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.
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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:
- While: Executes the loop until the loop expression returns
false
. - Repeat: Executes the loop a fixed number of times, equal to the integer in the Iterations field.
- For Each: Executes the loop for each item in a list.
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:
- Click and hold the Loop action in the Palette.
- Drag and drop the action to a section or action group.
- Select a loop type from the Configuration Pane.
- Configure additional properties from the Configuration Pane depending on the loop type.
- While loops must have a loop expression.
- Repeat loops must have a number specified in the Iterations field.
- Drag and drop additional actions from the Palette into the loop action. Actions will only repeat when inside the 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 |