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03-09-21
05:29 PM
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Hello,
So I've been using the Graph API integrations from the DX ( https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/search?keyword=graph%20api&page=1 ) and some of them work exactly as expected, out of the box - such as Get Manager for example. From this you get a collection with manager details (names, email, etc.)
However some items from the APIs are much more complex. For example to manipulate a spreadsheet you need to start a session, submit a JSON payload with the content, and then end the session.
It would be really useful if there were actions that tied this stuff together. So for example if you passed along file location type (user,drive,site), the ID of the file location, and the file ID and then a collection with items you want to add to the table. The action could then start the session, converts the collection into an appropriate JSON package, and then closes the session in one action.
Similarly with SharePoint if you wanted to get a collection of list items by field. You could pass along the site, and list ID and then the action would output a collection of the actual list items at the end. Otherwise you must build something manually to extract the collection as the output is a series of nested collections and make it difficult to use the data from the list easily.
I'm sure there's many other examples that require a mix of VBOs in order to achieve something.
The Graph API integration is great but I'm not sure it's appropriate for many users as it's very complex and if you expect people to use Blue Prism who are not very technical as part of centre of excellence teams I would expect it would be difficult for people to really take advantage of these actions.
So I've been using the Graph API integrations from the DX ( https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/search?keyword=graph%20api&page=1 ) and some of them work exactly as expected, out of the box - such as Get Manager for example. From this you get a collection with manager details (names, email, etc.)
However some items from the APIs are much more complex. For example to manipulate a spreadsheet you need to start a session, submit a JSON payload with the content, and then end the session.
It would be really useful if there were actions that tied this stuff together. So for example if you passed along file location type (user,drive,site), the ID of the file location, and the file ID and then a collection with items you want to add to the table. The action could then start the session, converts the collection into an appropriate JSON package, and then closes the session in one action.
Similarly with SharePoint if you wanted to get a collection of list items by field. You could pass along the site, and list ID and then the action would output a collection of the actual list items at the end. Otherwise you must build something manually to extract the collection as the output is a series of nested collections and make it difficult to use the data from the list easily.
I'm sure there's many other examples that require a mix of VBOs in order to achieve something.
The Graph API integration is great but I'm not sure it's appropriate for many users as it's very complex and if you expect people to use Blue Prism who are not very technical as part of centre of excellence teams I would expect it would be difficult for people to really take advantage of these actions.
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