Workflow Activities

Last updated Dec 20, 2024

GetAsset

Gets a specified Orchestrator asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved. The activity uses the same authentication context as the Robot under which it runs. For more information about global assets, you can access About Assets.

Definition

Namespace: UiPath.Activities.System.API

Assembly: UiPath.System.Activities.Api (in UiPath.System.Activities.Api.dll)

Overloads


`GetAsset(String)`	Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved.
`GetAsset(String, String)`	Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved, at a specified folder path.
`GetAsset(String, String, CacheStrategyEnum, Int32)`	Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved, along with other configurations.

`GetAsset(String)`

Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved.

Object GetAsset(
	string assetName
)Object GetAsset(
	string assetName
)

assetName String: The name of the asset to be retrieved.

`GetAsset(String, String)`

Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved, at a specified folder path.

Object GetAsset(
	string assetName,
	string folderPath
)Object GetAsset(
	string assetName,
	string folderPath
)

assetName String: The name of the asset to be retrieved.
folderPath String: The path of the folder where the asset is located and must be retrieved from, if different from the folder where the process is running.

`GetAsset(String, String, CacheStrategyEnum, Int32)`

Gets a specified asset by using a provided AssetName. If the asset is not global, it must be assigned to the local robot in order to be retrieved, along with other configurations.

Object GetAsset(
	string assetName,
	string folderPath,
	CacheStrategyEnum cacheStrategy,
	int timeoutMS
)Object GetAsset(
	string assetName,
	string folderPath,
	CacheStrategyEnum cacheStrategy,
	int timeoutMS
)

assetName String: The name of the asset to be retrieved.
folderPath String: The path of the folder where the asset is located and must be retrieved from, if different from the folder where the process is running.
cacheStrategy CacheStrategyEnum: The values retrieved will be cached for the selected period. By default, all the requests will be forwarded to Orchestrator.
timeoutMS Int32: Specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).