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Release Notes
- 2024.10.1
- 2024.10.5
- 2024.10.6
- 2024.10.7
- 2024.10.8
Getting Started
- Introduction
- The User Interface
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Signing in to Your Account
- Configuring Studio Settings
- Project Templates
- Creating a Basic Process
- Creating a Basic Library
- Tutorials
Setup and Configuration
- Hardware and Software Requirements
- Install Studio
- Activate Studio
  - About Licensing
- Update Studio
- Command Line Parameters
- Supported Applications and Technologies
- Enabling Gmail for Email Activities
- Opting Out of Telemetry
- Studio Executables
Automation Projects
- About Automation Projects
  - About the Windows - Legacy Compatibility
  - About the Project.Json File
- About Publishing Automation Projects
- About Libraries
  - Loading Web Services in Libraries
  - Activities Generated from Web Services
- Designing Automations
- Managing activity packages
- Configuring Activity Project Settings
- Signing Packages
- Governance
- Importing Entities
- Modern Design Experience
- Linking a Project to an Idea in Automation Hub
- Using the Data Manager
Dependencies
- About Dependencies
- Managing Dependencies
- Project Dependencies Mass Update
  - Mass Update Command Line Parameters
- Missing or Invalid Activities
Types of Workflows
- Sequences
- Flowcharts
- State Machines
- Forms
- Workflow From a Template
- Coded Workflow
- Coded Test Case
- Code Source File
- Global Exception Handler
Control Flow
- About Control Flow
- Control Flow Activities
File Comparison
- About File Comparison
- Comparing Files
Automation Best Practices
- Workflow Design
- UI Automation
- Project Organization
- Automation Lifecycle
- Methodology for reusing UI components
Source Control Integration
- About Version Control
- Managing Projects With GIT
- Managing Projects With TFS
- Managing Projects With SVN
- Workflow Diff
Debugging
- About Debugging
Logging
- Studio Logs
- Setup Logs
- OCR Diagnostic Logs
- Logging Levels
- Types of Logs
- Protecting Sensitive Information
The Diagnostic Tool
- About The Diagnostic Tool
Workflow Analyzer
- About Workflow Analyzer
- Naming Rules
- Design Best Practices
- Project Anatomy Rules
- Maintainability and Readability Rules
- Usage Rules
- Performance and Reusability Rules
  - ST-PRR-004 - Hardcoded Delay Activity
- Reliability Rules
  - ST-REL-001 - Mismatched argument types
  - ST-REL-006 - Infinite Loop
- Security Rules
- Project Migration Rules
  - ST-PMG-001 - Identify Activities with Duplicate IDs
  - ST-PMG-002 - Identify Expressions that Are Incompatible with Windows Projects
Variables
- Managing Variables
  - Browsing for .Net Variable Types
- The Variables Panel
- Types of Variables
- UiPath Proprietary Variables
Arguments
- Managing Arguments
- The Arguments Panel
- Using Arguments
Imported Namespaces
- About Imported Namespaces
- Managing Namespaces
Coded automations
- Introduction
- Getting started
- Quickstart guide
  - Creating your first coded test case
- Registering custom services
- Before and After contexts
- Generating code
- Generating coded test case from manual test cases
- Tutorials
Trigger-based Attended Automation
- Trigger-based attended automation
- Overview
- Tutorials
Recording
- About Recording
- Recording Types
- Automatic Recording
- Example of Automatic Recording With Basic and Desktop
- Example of Automatic Recording With Web
- Manual Recording
UI Elements
- About UI Elements
- UI Activities Properties
- Input methods
  - Chromium API
- Example of Using Input Methods
- Output or Screen Scraping Methods
- Examples of Using Output or Screen Scraping Methods
- Generating Tables From Unstructured Data
- Relative Scraping
Selectors
- About Selectors
- UI Explorer
- Selectors With Wildcards
- Full versus partial selectors
- Dynamic Selectors
- Fuzzy Search
- RegEx Search
- Non-greedy search
- Case-sensitive selectors
Object Repository
- About Object Repository
- Creating an Object Repository
- Reusing objects and UI libraries
- Synchronize Object Repository tool
Data Scraping
- About Data Scraping
- Example of Using Data Scraping
Image and Text Automation
- About Image and Text Automation
- Mouse and Keyboard Activities
- Example of Using Mouse and Keyboard Automation
- Text Activities
- Example of Using Text Automation
- OCR Activities
- Installing OCR Languages
  - Installing an OCR Engine and Changing the Language
- Image Activities
- Example of Using OCR and Image Automation
Citrix Technologies Automation
- About Citrix technologies automation
- Configuration steps
- Example of automating a Citrix App
- Known issues and limitations
RDP Automation
- About Native RDP Automation
- Configuration Steps
- How Native RDP Automation Works
- Example of RDP Automation
- Known Issues and Limitations
VMware Horizon Automation
- About VMware Horizon Automation
- Configuration Steps
Salesforce Automation
- About Salesforce Automation
- Support for Salesforce Lightning Interface
SAP Automation
- SAP WinGUI
- SAP Fiori
- SAP WebGUI
macOS UI Automation
- About macOS UI Automation
- Configuration steps
The ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- About the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
- Argument Descriptions for the ScreenScrapeJavaSupport Tool
The WebDriver Protocol
- About the WebDriver Protocol
- Configuration Steps
- Known Issues and Limitations
Extensions
- About extensions
- SetupExtensions tool
- UiPath Remote Runtime
  - How to
    - Configure a multi-hop connection
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Chrome
- Extension for Edge
- Extension for Firefox
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Safari
- Extension for Java
  - Installing the extension on macOS
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Silverlight
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Citrix
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Apps
  - Troubleshooting
- Extension for VMware Horizon
- Extension for Amazon WorkSpaces
- SAP Solution Manager plugin
- Excel Add-in
Test Suite - Studio
- Introduction
- Application Testing
- Testing project templates
  - Test Automation Framework
- Test Cases
  - Working with manual test cases
- Data-Driven Testing
- RPA Testing
  - About the testCases.json file
- Execution Templates
- Test Case Templates
  - Built-in Templates
    - Local File Templates
    - Package-file Templates
- Test Explorer
- Mock Testing
- API Test Automation
Troubleshooting
- About troubleshooting
- Assembly compilation errors
- Microsoft App-V support and limitations
- Internet Explorer X64 troubleshooting
- Microsoft Office issues
- Identifying UI elements in PDF with Accessibility options
- Repairing Active Accessibility support
- JxBrowser applications troubleshooting
  - User Events Monitoring
- Application access errors
- Validation of large Windows-legacy projects takes longer than expected

Studio User Guide

Last updated Dec 17, 2024

ST-MRD-008 - Empty Sequence

Rule ID: ST-MRD-008

Scope: Workflow

Description

The rule finds empty sequences in the workflow.

Recommendation

Remove empty sequences because they can clutter the workflow.

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