About Automation Projects

An automation project is a sequence of activities that a Robot can execute to automate a series of tasks you perform on your computer. You create and view the automation project in the Designer tab of StudioX.

When you create a project in StudioX, the project files are saved in a folder with the project name to a location of your choice. By default, projects are saved in the %USERPROFILE%\Documents\UiPath directory.

The project folder includes:

• a Main.xaml file that contains your main workflow.
• a project.json file that contains information about your automation project.
• an Excel file, by default Project_Notebook.xlsx, if you did not configure your project to use a different Project Notebook.
• a .screenshots folder, with informative screenshots, if your project contains UI automation activities.
• a GlobalHandlerX.xaml file that contains a workflow designed to determine the project’s behavior when an execution error is encountered.
• a RuntimeExecutionError_Template.html file that contains a template for the error message to display when an execution error is encountered.

Publishing Automation Projects

Publishing an automation project means archiving the workflow and all the other files in the project folder so that it can be sent to Robots and then executed.

If the Robot is connected to Orchestrator, you can publish StudioX projects to Orchestrator and run them from UiPath Assistant. If the Robot is not connected to Orchestrator, you can publish your projects to the Robot Defaults and run them from UiPath Assistant.

The publishing process for StudioX is the same as the one for Studio. For more information, see About Publishing Automation Projects in the Studio guide.

Adjusting Project Settings

To configure the settings of each project, select Project > Project Settings in the StudioX ribbon.

Field Description for the Settings Window

Field	Description
Name	Change the name of the project. Such names may contain whitespace characters. When naming projects, keep in mind that whitespace characters are removed at publish time. This field accepts up to 128 characters.
Description	Change the project description. This field accepts up to 500 characters.
PiP Ready	Set to Yes to indicate that the project was tested using Picture in Picture. If set to No, the user will be warned every time they start from the Assistant that this project may not work correctly when run inside Picture in Picture.
Starts in PiP	Set to Yes to indicate that the process should be run by default using the Picture in Picture feature.

Managing Activities Packages

Information on managing activities packages is available in the UiPath Studio Guide.

Troubleshooting Microsoft Office issues

Information on Microsoft Office issues is available in the UiPath Studio Guide.