SAP Login

UiPath.Core.Activities.SAP.Login

Description

Use the activity to log into an SAP system.

Project compatibility

Windows - Legacy | Windows

Configuration

Designer panel

• Indicate on screen - Indicate the UI element to use as target.

  After you indicate the target, select the Menu button to access the following options:

  • Indicate on screen - Indicate the target again.
  • Edit Selector - Opens the Selector Editor wizard where you can configure the selector.
  • Open in UiExplorer - Opens UI Explorer with the UI element selected in the visual tree.
  • Change Informative Screenshot - Change the screenshot of the target application or web page.
  • Remove Informative Screenshot - Remove the screenshot of the target application or web page.
  • Show Informative Screenshot (double click) - Display the full the screenshot of the target application or web page.
  • Add to Object Repository - Add the current UI element to a library project, from where it can be reused throughout your automation process.
• Client - The SAP client number you want to log into.
• Username - The username you want to use for logging in.
• Password - The password you want to use to log in. If you select the Secure radio button, the value of the password field is stored as SecureString.
• Language - Decide which language you want to use to display screens, menus, and fields.
• Multiple Logon Option - License information for Multiple Logon opens if a user attempts to log onto the system several times. Choose one option from the drop-down menu:
  • Continue with this logon and end any other logons
  • Continue with this logon, without ending any other logons
  • Terminate this logon

Properties panel

Common

• ContinueOnError - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False. As a result, if the field is blank and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to True, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.

  Note: If this activity is included in Try Catch and the value of the ContinueOnError property is set to True, no error is caught when the project is executed.
• DisplayName - The display name of the activity.

Input

• Target - The target element. Target element must be set. Before indicating on screen, this field is set to (null). Once the target is indicated, all properties regarding the element that was indicated are displayed.
  • ClippingRegion - Defines the clipping rectangle, in pixels, relative to the UiElement, in the following directions: left, top, right, bottom. It supports both positive and negative numbers.
  • Element - Use the UiElement variable returned by another activity. This property cannot be used alongside the Selector property. This field supports only UiElement variables.
  • Selector - Text property used to find a particular UI element when the activity is executed. It is actually a XML fragment specifying attributes of the GUI element you are looking for and of some of its parents.
  • Timeout (milliseconds) - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before the SelectorNotFoundException error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).
  • WaitForReady - Before performing the actions, wait for the target to become ready. The following options are available:
    • None - Does not wait for anything except the target UI element to exist before executing the action. For example, you can use this option if you want to retrieve just text from a web page or click a particular button, without having to wait for all UI elements to load. Note that this may have unwanted consequences if the button relies on elements which are not yet loaded, such as scripts.

    • Interactive/Complete - Waits all of the UI elements in the target app to exist before actually executing the action.

      To assess if an application is in the Interactive or Complete state, the following tags are verified:

      • Desktop applications - A wm_null message is sent to check the existence of the <wnd>, <ctrl>, <java>, or <uia> tags. If they exist, the activity is executed.
      • Web applications:
        • Internet Explorer - The <webctrl> tag is used to check if the Ready state of the HTML document is set to Complete. Additionally, the Busy state has to be set to False.
        • Others - The <webctrl> tag is used to check if the Ready state of the HTML document is Complete.
      • SAP applications - First the presence of the <wnd> tag verified, after which a SAP specific API is used to detect if the session is busy or not.

Misc

• Is Secure - If selected, the value of the Password field is stored as SecureString. This field supports only Boolean (True, False) values. The default value is True.
• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level. This field supports only Boolean (True, False) values. The default value is False.
• Timeout (milliseconds) - Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the successful login before an error is thrown. The default value is 5000 milliseconds.

Options

• Client - The SAP client number you want to log into. Text must be quoted.
• Language - Decide which language you want to use to display screens, menus, and fields. Text must be quoted.

• Multiple Logon Options - License information for Multiple Logon opens if a user attempts to log onto the system several times. Choose one option from the drop-down menu:

  • Continue with this logon and end any other logons
  • Continue with this logon, without ending any other logons
  • Terminate this logon
• Password - The password you want to use to log in. Text must be quoted.

• Secure Password - The secure text to be written in the Password field. This field supports only SecureString variables.

• Username - The username you want to use for logging in. Text must be quoted.

Output

• SAP Session Window - Output a UI element to use in other activities as an input UI element.