MS Excel VBO option missing in Blue Prism

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user2118799 picture user2118799 · Feb 9, 2018 · Viewed 6.9k times · Source

I am trying to learn Blue Prism in order to complete a proof of concept.

I added an action for the purpose of reading an MS Excel. As I understand, first I need to add a "Create Instance" action, but in the drop down the "MS Excel VBO" option itself is missing. The "help" page indicates the VBO may not be properly installed. What to do now? enter image description here

Answer

esqew picture esqew · Feb 9, 2018

You have to import the VBO itself first. Once logged into Blue Prism, choose File > Import...:

Blue Prism File Menu

From the resulting dialog, browse to the VBO folder within the directory in which Blue Prism was installed and open the file called BPA Object - MS Excel.xml. In most cases, the directory in question should be located at a path similar to C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Prism Limited\Blue Prism Automate\VBO.

After you've successfully imported the object, close and re-open whatever processes/objects you have open to see the MS Excel VBO option in your Action Stage configuration:

Blue Prism action stage configuration with MS Excel VBO in object list

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