Nintex Foxtrot RPA - Start an RPA botflow

Use the Nintex Foxtrot RPA - Start an RPA botflow action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to run a botflow in Nintex RPA Central.

For example, use the Nintex Foxtrot RPA - Start an RPA botflow action in your workflow to run a botflow in Nintex RPA Central, which works with a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on an on-premises computer on your network domain.

Nintex Workflow communicates with Nintex RPA Central via Nintex Gateway. Nintex Gateway is an on-premises application that enables Nintex Workflow to access on-premises resources, such as Nintex RPA Central. For more information about Nintex Foxtrot RPA, see the Nintex Foxtrot RPA help documentation.

Before you begin: 

  • Download, install, and configure Nintex Gateway to your on-premises domain computer or server and create an Nintex Foxtrot RPA connection

  • Understand Variables

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Configure the Nintex Foxtrot RPA - Start an RPA botflow action

  1. Open the designer canvas, add the action to the designer canvas, and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Designer canvas.

  2. Select a Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

  3. Type values or insert variables into your Inputs fields. The Inputs fields correspond to the Input variables of the RPA botflow.
  4. Select an Output variable if required, which will store the output variable values of the RPA botflow.

Nintex Foxtrot RPA - Start an RPA botflow action fields, buttons, and settings

Field Description Variables types
Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store. The Nintex Foxtrot RPA connection to use for starting the RPA botflow. (n/a)
RPA botflow The botflow that the action will run in Nintex RPA Central. (n/a)
Inputs Input values for variables in the RPA botflow. The Inputs fields correspond to the Input variables of the RPA botflow. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Variable to store output variable values from the RPA botflow. Object