Creating a new process that adds items to a queue

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I want to create a process that runs hourly that checks a folder to see if a file is present and then sends an API call if the file is present and then does nothing if the file is not present.

I am able to set a time trigger to have the bot run hourly, the issue is I would like to add items to a queue if the file is present and then once the API call is sent, gets the added item in the queue would be marked as a success. So if the bot runs and there are 10 files in the folder it will add 10 items into the queue and then work these 10 items and mark them as successful/faulted etc.

what would be the best way to go about doing this with a Robotic Enterprise Framework

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You shouldn’t just assume you need to use REF. If you’re new to UiPath I suggest the transactional process template as a better place to start.

In general you need a dispatcher automation that loops through the files in the folder, moves each file to a new folder and then creates the queue item. The reason you move them out of the original folder is so the dispatcher doesn’t create a queue item for the same file more than once.

Then you have a separate performer automation that grabs a queue item, processes the file with whatever the relevant steps are, then sets the queue item to success or fail.

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Do all the queue loading in the Initialization portion of the REframework.

Grab all files from X file location

For each file
- Use “Add queue item” activity and add the file/item information

Move files from folder.

Something to note, if you have access to Microsoft power automate, I would use that. It has triggers that you are looking for, “When a file is added to a folder”. Rather than checking the folder every hour, you can just use Power Automate and then API call orchestrator to start the UiPath job.

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Hello!
I recommend using the integration service. Set up a trigger associated with a shared folder, such as One Drive. Every time a file is placed in the folder, the orchestrator will trigger the process automatically. You need to have an unattended license. I recommend you read this documentation:

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