Adding a Blue Prism connector configuration


As an administrator, add a Blue Prism connector configuration to connect BMC Helix Innovation Studio and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) processes in Blue Prism. After you add the configuration, map the configuration to the Blue Prism elements in the Process designer.

Before you begin

Make sure you have completed the following tasks:

  • Downloaded and deployed the latest Cloud actions package from EPD. To download the package, visit link in EPD Direct Download.

  • Purchased a valid Blue Prism 6.10.1 or earlier version license and deployed Blue Prism in your environment.
  • Expose the RPA process that you want to use as a web service in Blue Prism.
    While exposing an RPA process in Blue Prism, do not use the Enforce Document/literal encoding option.
    For more information, see Blue Prism products.

  • Configured the webhook callback URL to receive real-time event notifications.
    For more information, see To configure the webhook callback URL.

To define Blue Prism connector settings

  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Administration tab.
  2. Select Connectors > Blue Prism, and click Add new setting.
  3. Enter the values for the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Connection ID

    ID for the connection.
    You can specify an alpha numeric ID such as BluePrismConnection-12.

    Name

    Name for the connection.

    Important - The value in the Name field must be Blueprism.

    URL

    Blue Prism server endpoint URL.

    For example, http://<host name>:8181/

    Important: To get the URL, you must expose a RPA process as a web service in Blue Prism, and use a digital worker or Resource Pool host name in the URL.

    User

    User name of user who has permissions to assign and run a process.

    Password

    Password for login.

    Trust All Certificates

    If you want to trust your certificates, specify the value as True, else do not specify any value.

  4. Click Save.
    A connection is enabled between BMC Helix Innovation Studio and Blue Prism. Use the Connection ID to map the configuration to the Blue Prism element in the Process designer.

To configure the webhook callback URL

  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
  1. Navigate to the Administration tab.
  2. Select Webhook Connection > Callback Configuration
  3. On the Webhook Callback Configuration page, click New Configuration
  4. On the Create New Callback Configuration page, enter the following details:

    Field

    Description

    Configuration Name

    Name for your callback configuration.

    Bundle Name

    Name of the application for which you want to use the Blue Prism webhook callback.
    For example, Digital Workplace Catalog.

    Processor

    Select RPA.

    X-AA-RPA-CLIENT-ID

    GUID or string for authorization such as AA-12345.

    Callback URL

    This URL is populated automatically.

  5. Click Save.

Where to go from here

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