Introduction

To be able to upload the data to Automation Cloud you need the credentials for the Azure Blob Storage to which the extracted data needs to be uploaded. These credentials are located in the url of the Azure blob storage to which the extracted data needs to be uploaded.

The url includes all the information in its query parameters needed to authenticate access to the Azure blob storage location. See the illustration below for an example.

Obtaining the authentication credentials for a new app

Follow these steps to obtain the authentication credentials for a new app.

1. Open the Process Mining Portal. See Process Mining portal.

2. Create a new process app.
   Note: Select the applicable app template in the Process apps - Create new app step.

3. In the Upload data using extractor step, click on to copy the upload uri to the clipboard.

4. Finish the steps to create the app.

Obtaining the authentication credentials for an existing process app.

Follow these steps to obtain the authentication credentials for an existing process app.

1. On the Process Apps tab, locate the app for which you want to obtain the authentication credentials in the list of process apps.

2. Click on and select Upload data from the context menu.

3. Enable the Upload data using extractor option in the Data source step and click on Ingest data and publish app button.

4. In the Upload data using extractor step, click on to copy the upload uri to the clipboard.

5. Click on Finish.