Robotic Process Automation with Blue Prism Quick Start Guide

Getting the next item in the queue

Now that we have some orders in the queue, we shall attend to them. Let's observe the following steps to create a process to simulate the baristas who will make and serve drinks:

1. Create a process and give it the name Coffee Baristas.
2. Drag an Action stage and drop it beneath Start. Configure it as follows:
   • Name: Get next order
   • Business Object: Work Queues
   • Action: Get Next Item
3. In the Inputs panel, fill in the queue that we want to pull the orders from:
   • Queue Name: "Coffee Shop"
4. The Get Next Item action creates a few outputs. Click on the Outputs tab and click on the Data Item icon for all the outputs to generate the corresponding item:
   • Item ID: The ID of the item that is currently being processed ...