Process Studio Artifacts: Workspace and Project
Workspace and Projects in Process Studio provide a structure to maintain related workflows and processes. Workspace is a collection of projects ideally for a particular customer/client. On opening Process Studio, the user has to create/select a workspace to start development. Select any existing folder in the workspace selection dialog to set the folder as a workspace. Process Studio will mark it as a workspace. A single project contains related workflows/process and all the necessary supporting files for the workflow. One main workflow/process can be specified for the project. For more details, see AutomationEdge Process Studio User’s Guide.
Run Process Studio
To run the Process Studio, ensure that license is assigned to the user.
Process Studio with bundled Java
Java is a prerequisite for running Process Studio. The downloaded Process Studio zip for Windows or Linux from Process Studio menu, is bundled with Java, and you can directly start Process Studio application as follows:
Windows platform
Run <PS_HOME>\bin\Process Studio.exe
Linux platform
Run <PS_HOME>/bin/process-studio.sh
If you are unable to start Process Studio through Process Studio.exe because of organization policies, then use process-studio.bat, which is available in the same directory.
Process Studio using system Java
System Java is the Java installed on the machine outside <PS_HOME> directory.
If you are unable to start Process Studio through Process Studio.exe because of organization policies, then use process-studio.bat, which is available in the same directory.
To use system Java for Process Studio (instead of bundled Java):
- Delete the Java folder in Process Studio.
- Run the Process Studio through the Command Prompt window.
Connect Process Studio to AutomationEdge server
When you start Process Studio, a Process Studio splash screen appears. It shows Process Studio Version, Framework Version, and Supporting Framework Versions. At the bottom is a progress bar which shows the background activity; such as Connecting to Server, Validating Process Studio, Downloading Plugin, Loading Plugin, Initializing Workspace, and so on. When you start Process Studio for the first time an AutomationEdge Connection details pop-up window also appears.
Provide the following AutomationEdge Server connection details:
- Enter the AutomationEdge Server cloud instance URL:
- URL for Production Instance: https://ondemand.automationedge.com
- URL for Trial/RPAaaS Instance: https://t4.automationedge.com
- URL for Training Instance: http://t3.automationedge.com
- In the User Name and Password fields, enter the user’s name and password.
- Click Connect. You get connected to the AutomationEdge server.
To save the password for the current session, select the Save password for current session checkbox. Saving the password ensures that you don’t need to enter password for every activity that needs to communicate with the server, such as plugin synchronization and publishing workflows. AutomationEdge SSO user can be used for Process Studio Single Sign-On. For more details, see AutomationEdge Process Studio User’s guide.
- When you start the Process Studio, the Open Workspace dialog appears with the default workspace. For example, ps-workspace.
When you register the Process Studio for the first time, the Open Workspace dialog displays the ps-home/ps-workspace directory, by default. If you select ps- workspace as your directory, then the Process Studio uses the directory as the workspace. Else, click Browse and select the directory of your choice. If the same workflow is open in any other Process Studio, then you will see an error message.
- When you sign in to the Process Studio, new or updated plugins from the AutomationEdge server are automatically synchronized. You can see the plugins in the Sync Plugins pane. You can also manually synchronize the plugins through Process Studio, Tools → Sync → Plugins. For more details, see AutomationEdge Process Studio User’s guide.