https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/More-details-about-External-Option-under-Objects/m-p/72333#M24938 Hey Harshit,<BR /><BR />Great question! Before we get to what External Objects are, here's a quick tip; you can click the "?" button on the Blue Prism title bar. It sits to the left of the Minimize button. Doing so will take you to the online help for the BP screen you are on =]<BR /><BR />On to External Objects, you can find information on it at <A href="https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/helpBusinessObjects.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/helpBusinessObjects.htm</A>. Below is an excerpt from the link.<BR /><BR /><EM>External business objects are a legacy mechanism representing a wrapper for locally deployed COM objects. Superseded by visual business objects, external business objects must be explicitly registered on each device where they will be used. Typically, this will be each runtime resource and interactive client used for development. Registration is carried out within System Manager<A href="https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/frmSystemManager.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: #ffffff;"></A>.</EM> <P class="bold"><BR /><EM>To add an external business object in System Manager, select&nbsp;Objects &gt; External&nbsp;from the navigation tree. In the&nbsp;Add a new object&nbsp;field, input the name of the object and click Go.</EM></P> <P class="note"><EM><STRONG>External business objects should not be considered for new developments. It is recommended that you use visual business objects.</STRONG></EM></P> Hope this helps!<BR /><BR />Regards.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Madhur Chopra<BR />Sr. Product Consultant<BR />Blue Prism - Professional Services<BR />America/Los_Angeles<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:28:00 GMT MadhurChopra 2020-08-29T01:28:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/More-details-about-External-Option-under-Objects/m-p/72332#M24937 Hi all,<BR />I wanted to post this message to know more about the "External " option under Objects as shown in screenshot<BR />I didn't find any doc having details for that and curious to know more details about it<BR /><BR />If someone has used this setting/Option can they please share more details about it<BR /><BR />Regards,<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Harshit Rawat<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:16:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/More-details-about-External-Option-under-Objects/m-p/72332#M24937 HarshitRawat 2020-08-28T15:16:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/More-details-about-External-Option-under-Objects/m-p/72333#M24938 Hey Harshit,<BR /><BR />Great question! Before we get to what External Objects are, here's a quick tip; you can click the "?" button on the Blue Prism title bar. It sits to the left of the Minimize button. Doing so will take you to the online help for the BP screen you are on =]<BR /><BR />On to External Objects, you can find information on it at <A href="https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/helpBusinessObjects.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/helpBusinessObjects.htm</A>. Below is an excerpt from the link.<BR /><BR /><EM>External business objects are a legacy mechanism representing a wrapper for locally deployed COM objects. Superseded by visual business objects, external business objects must be explicitly registered on each device where they will be used. Typically, this will be each runtime resource and interactive client used for development. Registration is carried out within System Manager<A href="https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-8/en-us/frmSystemManager.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="background-color: #ffffff;"></A>.</EM> <P class="bold"><BR /><EM>To add an external business object in System Manager, select&nbsp;Objects &gt; External&nbsp;from the navigation tree. In the&nbsp;Add a new object&nbsp;field, input the name of the object and click Go.</EM></P> <P class="note"><EM><STRONG>External business objects should not be considered for new developments. It is recommended that you use visual business objects.</STRONG></EM></P> Hope this helps!<BR /><BR />Regards.<BR /><BR />------------------------------<BR />Madhur Chopra<BR />Sr. Product Consultant<BR />Blue Prism - Professional Services<BR />America/Los_Angeles<BR />------------------------------<BR /> Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:28:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/More-details-about-External-Option-under-Objects/m-p/72333#M24938 MadhurChopra 2020-08-29T01:28:00Z