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Bot and Human working on same file

Neel1
MVP

‎19-09-22 05:51 PM

Hello - What are the best practice for bot working on a file which human is also updating  and of course human can open the file at any time of day.

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Neeraj Kumar
Technical Architect
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ewilson
Staff
Staff

‎19-09-22 10:02 PM

Hi @Neeraj Kumar,

I would say the general rule of thumb is don't do this. 🙂 However, it comes down to your use case and the software/platform that's involved. Many software packages will not allow more than one person to edit a file at one time because they're not designed for concurrency. Are you talking about something like Excel or something else?

Cheers,​

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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Neel1
MVP
In response to ewilson

‎20-09-22 07:57 AM

Hello @ewilson - Max time i tried to follow general rule of thumb to avoid chaos 🙂

Yes, i am talking about Excel File.​​

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Neeraj Kumar
Technical Architect
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ManpreetKaur1
MVP
In response to Neel1

‎20-09-22 08:24 PM

Hi @Neeraj Kumar,

Are you talking about a shared excel file which is available on the sharepoint​​ or a local version of it since you 2 people can't work on same file at the same time.

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Manpreet Kaur
Manager
Deloitte
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Neel1
MVP
In response to ManpreetKaur1

‎27-09-22 08:01 AM

Hello @ManpreetKaur1 - Yes. i am talking about Excel file placed in a share drive where BOT and Human can update the excel.​

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Neeraj Kumar
Technical Architect
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Satish1414
Level 4

‎27-09-22 09:24 AM

Hi Neeraj ,

You can try below scenarios .
1)Lets say the Human can update the document before the scheduler kicks in there by when the BOT starts the schedulers no issues .
2)If the Human is updating the file during the scheduler time-- try to Defer the queue item which has the dependency on the File and try after Defer time .

Hope this helps .
  
Best,
Satish Gunturi

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Satish Gunturi
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Neel1
MVP
In response to Satish1414

‎27-09-22 11:18 AM

Hello Satish - thanks for your reply.

i am considering these workaround only. Once Human is done updating the file then i am running the bot again to pick the value.

My question was more around solution to problem.

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Neeraj Kumar
Technical Architect
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