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TRAINING GUIDE
Version 6.2
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There are additional Blue Prism VBOs available on the Blue Prism portal at;
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Blue Prism VBOs are also available on the Digital exchange, along with VBOs developed by our partners and
customers. These can be accessed through the link below;
https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/
Note
• Click ‘Browse’
• Navigate to the folder containing the VBO you want to import and select the .xml file.
• Click through the Blue Prism dialogs to complete the simple install.
Once installed, the features of VBO will be available through a standard Blue Prism Action stage.
Calendars Functions for working with • Get Working Days in Range Install folder
calendars and dates. • Count Working Days in Range
• Is Working Day
• Add Working Days
• Is Weekend
• Is Public Holiday
• Get Public Holidays in Range
• Get Other Holidays in Range
Data – OLEDB A SQL interface for interacting • Set Connection Install folder
with OLEDB data sources. • Open
• Close
• Get Collection
• Execute
Data – SQL Server SQL Server interaction object. • Configure Install folder
• Set Connection
• Begin Transaction
• Commit Transaction
• Rollback Transaction
• Execute
• Get Records Affected
• Get Number
• Get Text
• Get Collection
• Get CSV File
Email - POP3/SMTP Retrieve email via POP3 protocol • Get Message Install folder
and send using SMTP protocol • Send Message
• Delete Message
• Configure
• List Messages
• Save Attachments
MS Excel VBO VBO for interacting with Microsoft • Create Instance Install folder
Excel. • Open Instance
• Attach
• Remove Blank Rows
• Attach to Workbook
• Close Instance
• Release Instance
• Exit
• Close All Instances
• Set Events Enabled
MS Outlook Email VBO for interacting with Microsoft • Send Email Install folder
Outlook email functions. • Reply All to Email
• Reply to Email
• Forward Email
• Save Email As File
• Delete Email
• Mark Email As Read
• Mark Email As Unread
• Move Email to Inbox Sub Folder
• Save Attachments
• Save Attachment
• Get Sent Items (Basic)
• Get Sent Items (Advanced)
• Get Sent Items (Expert)
• Get Received Items (Basic)
• Get Received Items (Advanced)
• Get Received Items (Expert)
MS Word VBO VBO for interacting with Microsoft • Create Instance Install folder
Word. • Attach Instance
• Delete Instance
• Add Table Row
• Set Table Cell Value
• Get Table Cell Value
• Get Highlighted Text
• Replace Highlighted Text
• Select All
• Copy to Clipboard
• Paste from Clipboard
• Find Text
• Select Next Cell
• Set Selected Cell Text
• Select Next Field
• Set Selected Combobox
• Get Footer Text
• Set Current Instance
• Open
• Close
• Show
System – Active Business Object for interacting • Create User Install folder
Directory with Active Directory using the • User Exists (Displayename)
LDAP based API in .NET. • User Exists (UserPrincipalName)
• Object Exists (Dynamic)
• Add User to Group
Utility - Collection Utility functions for manipulating • Sort Collection Install folder
Manipulation collections. • Reverse Collection
• Merge Collection
• Split Collection
• Transpose Collection
• Filter Collection
• Get Collection Fields
• Field Exists
• Rename Collection Field
• Set Collection Field
• Collection Contains Field
• Collection Contains Value
• Copy Rows
• Append Rows to Collection
• Append Field (Text)
• Append Field (Number)
• Rename Field
• Delete Field
• Delete Column
• Remove Null Rows
• Set Column Names from First Row
• Set Column Names From Expected
Collection
• Fill Blanks
• Remove dots from headers
• Remove Empty Rows
Utility - Date and Utility functions for manipulating • Format Date Install folder
Time Manipulation dates and times. • DateAdd
• Get Time of Day
• Get Last Working Day
• Get Maximum Timespan
• UTC To Local
Utility - Image Utility methods for analysing and • Image is White Install folder
Manipulation manipulating images. • Image Contains Colour
• Image is Uniform Colour
• Get Sub Image Position
• Find First Pixel From Left
• Find First Pixel From Bottom
Utility - JSON An object for parsing JSON into a • Collection to JSON Install folder
collection and turning a collection • JSON to Collection
into JSON. • JSON to Collection (skipping
JArray)
Utility – Locking Manages locks on items. • Set Up Queue Item Install folder
• Lock Item
• Release Lock
Utility - Strings Utility functions for manipulating • Remove Non-word Characters Install folder
text. • Generate New GUID
• Delete Characters
• Split Lines by Length
• Split Lines
• Join Text
• Join Lines
• Get Newline Character
• Extract Regex Values
• Test Regex Match
• Format Number
• PadLeft
Utility - XML Utility functions for manipulating • Read File Blue Prism Portal
XML • Get Attribute
• Get Element
• Get Elements
• Get Elements by XPath
• Get Child Elements
• Strip Tags
Blue Prism MAPIEx VBO wrapper around the Blue • Configure Blue Prism Portal
Prism MAPIEx library. Note that • Send Mail
this will not work on a particular • Get Mail
resource if it does not have the • Reply To Email
MAPIEx library installed. • Move Mail
• Delete Mail
• List Mails Within DateTimes
• Get Contacts
Utility - Image Methods for finding an image • Find Image Blue Prism Portal
Search within a larger image. • Find Image (all instances)
• Find Image (by one color)
• Find Image (all instances, by one
color)
Login Agent VBO which enables access to the • Get Credential Name Blue Prism Portal
login / password management • Logged In Users
functionality of Windows Vista / 7 • Change Password
/ 10 • Log In
• Log Out