Use the OpenRPA module of PowerShell to import workflows

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Hello, may I ask how to use the OpenRPA module of PowerShell to import workflows

[Allan_Zimmermann]

export

Before you can import, you need to know how to export.
You can export workflows with something like this:

Should I implement a development environment for OpenRPA and OpenFlow?

When you install OpenRPA, using default setting it adds a powershell module called openrpa Get-Command -Module openrpa with this you can query and manipulate any data in openflow for instance Get-Entity -Collection openrpa -Query '{"_type":"workflow"}' will get all openrpa workflows, problem is, this will not have all images inside the workflows, so just for openrpa workflows there is a special Export-OpenRPAWorkflow you can pipe the result into, this will download all images for each workf…

You need to use Export-OpenRPAWorkflow to ensure all images get embedded into the activities. This way, when you open the workflow in OpenRPA, it can extract and save it as a file inside OpenFlow again.

import

So once you have your workflows, you can loop over the JSON files and import them using Set-Entity.

UNTESTED I don’t have something to test on right now, so I asked ChatGPT to write something, and at a glance, this looks correct to me.

# Set the path where the exported workflows are stored
$exportedWorkflowsPath = "C:\Path\To\ExportedWorkflows"

# Loop through each project folder
foreach ($projectFolder in Get-ChildItem -Path $exportedWorkflowsPath -Directory) {
    $projectName = $projectFolder.Name

    # Optionally, find the matching project entity or create one if it doesn't exist
    $projectEntity = Get-Entity -Collection openrpa -Query "{`"_type`":`"project`", `"name`":`"$projectName`"}"
    if (-not $projectEntity) {
        Write-Host "Project '$projectName' does not exist, creating it..."
        $projectEntity = @{
            _type = "project"
            name = $projectName
        } | Set-Entity -Collection openrpa
    }

    # Get the project ID
    $projectId = $projectEntity._id

    # Loop through each workflow file in the project folder
    foreach ($workflowFile in Get-ChildItem -Path $projectFolder.FullName -Filter "*.json") {
        # Read the workflow content
        $workflowContent = Get-Content -Path $workflowFile.FullName -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json

        # Update the project ID and type in the workflow content
        $workflowContent._type = "workflow"
        $workflowContent.projectid = $projectId

        # Import the workflow using Set-Entity
        $workflowContent | Set-Entity -Collection openrpa -Force

        Write-Host "Imported workflow: $($workflowContent.name) into project: $projectName"
    }
}