What's difference between "Process" and "Library"

[d_Jay]

Hi, guys!

I have a question. And I want to know this.
What’s difference between “Process” and “Library” ?
I’ve used a lot of Process or Template from UiPath, But Library is not…

What is difference? and How to use it?

Thanks

[Yoichi]

Hi,

Library is for create reusable component. (We can create activities with this function.)
So, we cannot run it alone.

Please see also the following.

#FeatureBlog - 18.3 - Library (Reusable components)

First, big thanks to @mircea who has helped put this in place. Today’s topic: Library (Reusable components). What is it? A Library is a collection of reusable components. A reusable component is a workflow that can be compiled and packaged as an activity and reused in multiple processes. So go ahead and define all that common code once and reuse it multiple times. You can now create these workflows and publish them as activities. Why do you need this? Reuse is a key enabler for improving bu…

Regards,

[wusiyangjia (Siyang Wu)]

Hi @d_Jay

In simple terms, the process is to create an automated process, and an automated process will need to use many activity packages, such as: UiPath.Excel.Activities, UiPath.Mail.Activities, etc.
The library is to create an activity packages, you can refer to the following for details.

About Libraries

[d_Jay]

@Yoichi, @wusiyangjia

Thanks! It’s very helpful !!