Robotic Process Automation with Blue Prism Quick Start Guide

Basic

Let's start by getting the robot to look for emails in our mailbox using the Basic method. The following steps describe how to create a brand new process to see how the action works:

1. Create a new process in Blue Prism Studio named Receive Emails.
2. In the Main page, drag and drop an Action stage and place it between the Start and End stages. Configure it as follows:
   • Name: Search for emails
   • Business Object: MS Outlook Email VBO
   • Action: Get Received Item (Basic)

3. Take a look at the list of Inputs. None of them are mandatory. If you choose to leave all the input blank, the action will attempt to get all the mail items in your inbox. Unless you have kept your inbox really clean, chances are it will take some time before you get back ...