Recently I faced these Interview questions. Please reply if you know the answers::
1.An unattended process should fetch the weather of the city which we give as the input. what are the ways to give inputs from Orchestrator everytime? (apart from Config file and assets)
2. You want to drag and drop a file in a page through automation. But there is no upload button or any other kind of button for that. how will you do it?
An unattended process should fetch the weather of the city which we give as the input. What are the ways to give inputs from Orchestrator every time? (apart from Config file and assets)
Answer: Apart from using the Config file and assets, you can provide inputs from Orchestrator to an unattended process using the following methods:
Queue Items: You can create a queue in Orchestrator and add items to the queue with the city names as input data. The unattended robot can then fetch the queue items one by one and process the weather for each city.
Input Arguments: When triggering the unattended process from Orchestrator, you can provide input arguments that include the city names. These arguments can be accessed within the process and used to fetch the weather information.
Web Services: You can create a custom web service that receives the city name as input and returns the weather information. The unattended robot can then call this web service to get the weather details.
Orchestrator Assets with Queues: You can create an Orchestrator asset that contains a list of city names, and then use a queue item to fetch the list of cities. The unattended robot can process the cities one by one.
You want to drag and drop a file on a page through automation. But there is no upload button or any other kind of button for that. How will you do it?
Answer: When there is no direct upload button available, you can use the following approach to simulate drag and drop through automation:
Use Click and Hold: Use the “Click” activity to click and hold on the file or item that needs to be dragged. You can specify a target element, a specific coordinate, or an anchor to click on.
Use Hover and Drop: While holding the click, use the “Hover” activity to move the mouse to the location where the file needs to be dropped.
Use Click and Release: Once the mouse is at the drop location, use another “Click” activity to release the mouse click. This will simulate the drag and drop action.
Ways to give inputs from Orchestrator every time, apart from Config file and assets: When dealing with an unattended process that needs dynamic inputs from Orchestrator, apart from using the Config file and assets, you can consider the following methods:
a. Queues: You can utilize Orchestrator Queues to pass inputs to the unattended process. The inputs can be added to the queue using the Orchestrator API or through manual entry in Orchestrator. The unattended process can then fetch the inputs from the queue during its execution.
b. Arguments: Orchestrator allows you to define input arguments for the process. These arguments can be passed when triggering the process from Orchestrator, allowing you to provide dynamic inputs every time.
c. API Calls: You can create a custom API that accepts input parameters and triggers the unattended process with those inputs. Orchestrator’s API can be used to start a job with specific inputs.
d. Email: You can configure the unattended process to monitor a designated email account, where it reads incoming emails containing specific instructions or parameters. The process can then extract the required inputs from the email and proceed accordingly.
Dragging and dropping a file in a page through automation without an upload button: If there is no explicit upload button or any other interactive element for file upload, you can achieve file upload through automation using the following steps:a. Identify Drop Zone: First, you need to identify the drop zone area on the web page where the file needs to be dropped. This is the area where the file upload action is intended to happen.
b. Simulate Drag-and-Drop: Using automation tools like Selenium or other RPA (Robotic Process Automation) software, you can simulate a drag-and-drop action programmatically. This is done by using the automation tool’s API to create the necessary events.
c. Use JavaScript: Some websites implement drag-and-drop functionality using JavaScript. In this case, you can execute custom JavaScript code through automation to trigger the file upload functionality.
d. Clipboard Method: Another approach involves placing the file path or content into the clipboard and then simulating a “paste” action into the drop zone. This can be done using automation tools that provide clipboard manipulation capabilities
Hello @rodrigo.simao Thanks for the detailed answers.
I think input arguments would be the right choice as per the requirements given. I hope the city names can be passed through input arguments while running the process not by defining the arguments in Studio.
Cheers!
Hello @pravallikapaluri Thank you so much. Appreciate your elaborate answers.
I am gonna try passing city names thru input arguments from Orchestrator dynamically. Thank you.
