Parallel activity not working as expected

[mailsmithash (Smitha)]

Using a parallel activity to run three workflows in parallel

1 Workflow)To Update field values of a specific panel of Uipath Apps
2 Workflow) To play an audio file - Using Start Process in this workflow which opens a command window console.
3 Workflow) To update field values of another panel of Uipath Apps

The 1st and 3rd workflow doesn’t execute until the 2nd workflow completes. Any pointers around handling this case where all three need to be running in parallel. Not sure if the command window console is blocking the other two workflows.

[jack.chan]

1. put your logic (for 1,2,3) or (2,3) inside separate workflows
2. invoke those workflows from parallel activity. Make sure isolated = true for each workflow. This will run them on separate threads so that they will run independently and wont wait for other workflows to finish
   
   

[mailsmithash (Smitha)]

Even with isolated ‘True’ ,it behaves in the same manner Workflow file 2 takes priority, the panels are not updated as soon as the process starts, though they are separate workflows. After Workflow 2 is 3/4th completed then the panels get updated. Though 1 and 3 are not dependent on the Workflow 2 file.

[mailsmithash (Smitha)]

As per the discussion in the below link

The Parallel activity: a horizontal sequence?

I’ve been experimenting with this activity, but it doesn’t actually seem to do anything truly parallel for me. Instead, it appears to behave exactly like a sequence, with the activities being executed from left to right. The Microsoft documentation on this activity states that it should be able to do multiple things at the same time. I’ve searched the forum and downloaded some .xaml examples but even then, the code is not actually executed in a parallel manner. The only advantage I can see with…

[mailsmithash (Smitha)]

In this case the out arguments are not available until all the three workflows are completed. Hence until the 3rd workflow completes the out arguments are not available as and when out arguments are populated when a workflow finishes.

[mailsmithash (Smitha)]

Used functions in UiPath Apps to directly populate the data on Events , this issue got solved. Workflow 1 handling in UiPath Apps and Workflow 2 and 3 in UiPath Process. So the Apps console doesn’t have the wait for the out arguments from the process to be available for loading

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