Is there a way to untag multiple tags at one go from an item instead of doing a loop to untag one-by-one ?

[Tejaskumar_Darji]

Hello guys,

Is there a way to untag multiple tags at one go from an item instead of doing a loop to untag one-by-one ?

I'm looking for a single call to clear all tags in one shot.

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Thanks & Regards,
Tejaskumar Darji
Sr. RPA Consultant-Automation Developer
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[ewilson]

Hi @Tejaskumar_Darji,

As far as I now the only option to remove multiple tags from an item is to do so in a loop, one at a time. Sounds like a great idea for an enhancement though. 😉

Having said that, there is a table in the database called dbo.BPAWorkQueueItemTag. That's where your tags should reside. Hypothetically, you could perform a SQL DELETE on that table if you know the work queue item id, but you know the typical disclaimer applies here. Blue Prism does NOT recommend direct interactions on the database.

Cheers,
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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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[PvD_SE]

Hi Eric,

Great to have a question from the community see directly and spontaneously translated to an suitable BP enhancement. Me like!

However, your second remark earns you a place on the naughty bench in the corner for at least five minutes. While I by now probably have a bad reputation for my views on using code stages for things that can be easily done natively in BP, any advice to directly access and modify the internal BP database is a definite no-no in all of my books. This should be strictly illegal to use in processes by us developers, and avoided by the folks managing BP products, processes and servers.
(...there goes the rest of my bad rep out the window now..) 🙂

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Happy coding!
Paul
Sweden
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[ewilson]

@PvD_SE

I agree that direct database integration is not the recommended approach. However, I also believe it's important to understand all your options. 🤷‍♂️

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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[Tejaskumar_Darji]

Thanks for reponses.

This can be a really good enhancement because most of the moderate to complex process uses multiple tags and I feel like everyone is doing a loop to untag.

Now I'm curious to know what this action does in backend? Is it a DB query that is being run? Or some .NET code?

Because we cant go inside the default actions provided by blue prism.

Just trying to estimate if this is a easy enhancement for BP team or a major one so we can further discuss on this with team.

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Thanks & Regards,
Tejaskumar Darji
Sr. RPA Consultant-Automation Developer
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[Tejaskumar_Darji]

There is an idea submitted on ideation portal for the same by Devendra Kumar Prajapati.

https://community.blueprism.com/innovate/ideas/viewidea?IdeationKey=19e2f3f6-079c-4a26-b959-d6513ae599e0#ItemCommentPanel

Lets see when we get this new action added.

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Thanks & Regards,
Tejaskumar Darji
Sr. RPA Consultant-Automation Developer
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[PvD_SE]

Hi T,

Only 9 votes to date...

I can recommend anyone to at least once a week visit the Ideation pages and look for interesting things to vote for. Not only the stuff you think you need now or will need in the future, but anything that looks like it will enrich the product and make life easier for us.

Another new idea was launched to bring new ideas to y'alls attention. It only has gathered 3 votes so far...

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Happy coding!
Paul
Sweden
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