Helping Hand Questions for UiPath-ADAv1

During debugging, when the execution is paused, the "Locals" panel in UiPath Studio is the place to go to alter the characteristics of the ongoing flow and change the values of variables within the existing scope. The Locals panel shows the current state of all variables and arguments in the current scope and allows their values to be changed on-the-fly.

References:

UiPath Studio Guide: Debugging

Based on best practice, the set of features that are used before debugging a workflow in UiPath Studio are Analyze Project and Validate File. Analyze Project is a feature that allows the developer to run the Workflow Analyzer on the entire project or a specific workflow file. The Workflow Analyzer checks the project or the file for potential errors, performance issues, best practices violations, and compliance risks, and generates a report with the analysis results and recommendations1. Validate File is a feature that allows the developer to check the current workflow file for any syntax or semantic errors, such as missing or invalid activities, arguments, variables, or expressions. The Validate File feature also displays the error list and the location of the errors in the workflow file2. By using these features before debugging, the developer can ensure that the workflow is free of any errors or issues that might affect the execution or the quality of the automation. References: Analyze Project and Validate File from UiPath documentation.

A BusinessRuleException occurs when a business rule is violated or a business requirement is not met during the execution of a process. In this case, the data is not accessible and the created table displays only the header row, which means that the expected output for the client is not generated. Therefore, processing for that client must be halted and a BusinessRuleException must be thrown. (UiPath Studio - Exception Handling - UiPath Academy)

References:

• Studio - Exception Handling - UiPath Documentation Portal
• UiPath Studio - Exception Handling - UiPath Academy
• REFramework in UiPath | Robotic Enterprise Framework - SOAIS

To calculate the total number of boxes in all shipment containers, the expression that should be used is:

Convert.ToInt32(ShipmentContainers) * Convert.ToInt32(BoxesPerContainer)

This expression converts the two strings, “ShipmentContainers” and “BoxesPerContainer”, into integer values using the Convert.ToInt32 method. This method converts the specified string representation of a 32-bit signed integer to an equivalent integer value1. Then, the expression multiplies the two integer values to obtain the total number of boxes. For example, if “ShipmentContainers” is “5” and “BoxesPerContainer” is “10”, then the expression will return 50 as the total number of boxes.

References: Convert.ToInt32 Method from UiPath documentation.