- Release notes
- Overview
- Getting started
- Marketplace Vendors
- Marketplace Customers
- Publishing Guidelines
- Publishing Guidelines for Ready-to-go Automations
- Publishing Guidelines for Solution Accelerators
- Publishing Guidelines for Integration Service Connectors
- Publishing Guidelines for Process Mining app templates
- Security & IP Protection
- Other UiPath Listings
- Node-RED
- Setup
- Teams
- Microsoft Teams scope
- Create team
- Create team from group
- Get team
- Get teams
- Channels
- Create channel
- Delete channel
- Get channel
- Get channels
- Update channel
- Chats
- Get chat
- Get chats
- Get chat members
- Messages
- Get message
- Get messages
- Get message replies
- Reply to message
- Send message
- Events
- Create event
- Delete event
- Get event
- Get events
- Users
- Get user presence
- How it works
- Technical references
- Get started
- About
- Setup
- Technical references
- Azure Form Recognizer scope
- Activities
- Analyze form
- Analyze form async
- Get analyze form result
- Analyze receipt
- Analyze receipt async
- Get analyze receipt result
- Analyze layout
- Analyze layout async
- Get analyze layout result
- Train model
- Get models
- Get model keys
- Get model info
- Delete model
- Connectors
- How to create activities
- Build Your Integration
Marketplace user guide
How to create activities
Intro
Activities are the building blocks of process automation. Each contains an atomic action which, stacked together with other activities, composes a workflow.
UiPath Studio includes a number of premade activities that you can install through the Package Manager.
The steps below will give you the foundation to build custom activities in 5 minutes flat. In this section, we'll create an activity package and in the next, populate it with functional activities.
What you'll need
- Visual Studio Community/Professional/Enterprise (2019 required)
- UiPath Studio
Steps
- Add the UiPath Activity Creator Extension to Visual Studio
Open Visual Studio and click Extensions > Manage Extensions.
In the wizard that appears, click Online and then Search (Ctrl+E) for UiPath. Download the UiPath Activity Creator extension.
Close Visual Studio and, once the VSIX Installer appears, complete the installation.
- Create a UiPath Project
Reopen Visual Studio and double-click Create a new project on the home screen.
On the Create a new project screen, type "uipath" in the search bar, select UiPath Standard Activity Project, and click Next.
Give your project a name. The UiPath convention is <Your company's name>.<Your product's name> (e.g. UiPath.Orchestrator). Then click Create.
Navigate to the Solution Explorer and notice that 3 projects, a Shared folder, and many files have now been added to solution. This is the foundation of every activity package. Continue to the next section to add your first activity.
