https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Blue-Prism-Desktop-File-Explorer-gt-Binary-Data-input-field/m-p/119912#M53084 <P>What is the reason for using desktop.&nbsp; Is there an immediate response/SLA required by the robot because a customer is on the phone or because this is in the middle of a business process.&nbsp; If this does not have an instant SLA and/or there is no response required to the individual user than this could be a normal unattended automation where users simply drop their files into a shared folder where the robot is scheduled to work from.</P> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:58:20 GMT Denis__Dennehy 2025-04-15T14:58:20Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Blue-Prism-Desktop-File-Explorer-gt-Binary-Data-input-field/m-p/119507#M52999 <P>We have a process we are planning to automate using Blue Prism Desktop 1.1.1 and part of the process is to import a file in excel.&nbsp; The path and file name is important meta-data used downstream in the process.&nbsp; Using BPD, we can add a Binary data type to an Input step which allows a user to browse and locate a file.&nbsp; The BPD interface shows the path and file name that is selected but when submitting the Input action, all of the meta-data of the path and file name are not retained when the Binary item is imported.&nbsp; To work around this, we plan on adding a simple text data item field that the user will provide the full path and file name that needs to be imported.&nbsp; A separate action will then handle the file using traditional File management utility for the name and file path information.&nbsp;</P><P>The user experience of this workaround isn't ideal and we are looking for a way to either obtain the meta-data from the Binary blob, if it is available in BP, or to allow a text data item to use File explorer in the same manner that a Binary data item does.</P><P>Any assistance would be appreciated.&nbsp; Screenshot below is showing the text field workaround we are planning on using and the Binary data field with a file selected in Blue Prism Desktop -debug</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Benjamin__Moore_0-1742477354739.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.blueprism.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40570iB12CE030464039ED/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Benjamin__Moore_0-1742477354739.png" alt="Benjamin__Moore_0-1742477354739.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:30:35 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Blue-Prism-Desktop-File-Explorer-gt-Binary-Data-input-field/m-p/119507#M52999 Benjamin__Moore 2025-03-20T13:30:35Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Blue-Prism-Desktop-File-Explorer-gt-Binary-Data-input-field/m-p/119912#M53084 <P>What is the reason for using desktop.&nbsp; Is there an immediate response/SLA required by the robot because a customer is on the phone or because this is in the middle of a business process.&nbsp; If this does not have an instant SLA and/or there is no response required to the individual user than this could be a normal unattended automation where users simply drop their files into a shared folder where the robot is scheduled to work from.</P> Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:58:20 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/Blue-Prism-Desktop-File-Explorer-gt-Binary-Data-input-field/m-p/119912#M53084 Denis__Dennehy 2025-04-15T14:58:20Z