In the Edit sidebar of every software robot element you can find the section Developer Options.
Expand the section to display the button Edit Arguments. Click on this button.
The editor Robot Arguments is displayed in a separate window.
Configuring Robot Arguments
The dialog Softwarerobot - Robot Arguments allows PAS design users to configure the robot arguments during modeling.
Robot arguments are values the robot gets from BPaaS at startup.
The arguments themselves have to be created in UIPath Studio:
The arguments saved in the dialog Softwarerobot - Robot Arguments will be used during execution of the software robot element.
Available Settings
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Robot Argument
In column Robot Argument you have to insert the name of the argument as defined in UIPath Studio.
Fieldname in Container or Value
The column Fieldname in Container or Value allows you two input options:
Fieldname in Container: Use the Fieldname in Container of a form element to access data from your BPaaS process. The instance data is then read at runtime.
Value: You can also insert a fixed value. In this case, place the value in double quotes.
Examples: "21" "true" "MyString"
Type
Use the drop-down menu to set the type of the argument. The type has to match the arguement's type that is defined in UIPath Studio.
The available types are:
String: May contain strings of characters.
Number: May contain decimal numbers.
Integer: May contain whole numbers.
Object: Supports any data type.
Date: May contain integer values as well as date strings.