Storage#

One of the important components in the automation ecosystem is the Storage, which can be considered analogous to popular cloud services: File Bucket or Google Drive. The Storage provides Users and Robots the ability to securely and conveniently save arbitrary files of various sizes and access them.

The "Storage" screen consists of two tables: "Folders" and "Files".

Storage actions are controlled by Create, Read, Update and Delete in the Storage row of the Role. The screenshot selects all four for all described actions. The access Folder additionally limits access to each Storage folder.

"Folders" Table#

The "Folders" table includes the following information:

Data about each folder in this table can be edited by clicking the checkbox on the left in the desired row, clicking the edit button and modifying the fields in the popup form.

Each folder can also be deleted from the Storage by clicking the checkbox on the left in the desired row and then clicking the delete button, if deletion is confirmed in the popup window:

Above the "Folders" table are buttons described in the following table:

"Files" Table#

The "Files" table includes the following information:

Data about each file in this table can be edited by clicking the checkbox on the left in the desired row, clicking the edit button and modifying the fields in the popup form.

Each file can also be deleted from the Storage by clicking the checkbox on the left in the desired row and then clicking the delete button, if deletion is confirmed in the popup window:

To preview a file, click the eye-shaped "View" button in its row. Supported documents include PDF, TXT, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX, as well as images. Example: opening sample.pptx displays the first slide of the demonstration presentation.

Above the "Files" table are buttons described in the following table:

Creating a New Folder#

To create a new folder, you need to click the "Create" button in the "Folders" table and fill out the opened form:

The form contains the following fields:

Required field:

• field "Name" — the name of the folder (required).

Additional fields:

• field "Description" — a description of the contents of this folder.
• field "Access Folder" — the access folder to which the folder belongs.

Example: enter Отчеты in "Name" and Отчеты подразделения in "Description" to store department reports. Leave "Access Folder" empty and click "OK".

Creating a New File#

To create a new file, you need to select the folder in the "Folders" table where the new file will be located. If no folder is selected, the Orchestrator will display a warning message:

Next, in the "Files" table, you need to click the "Create" button and fill in the fields in the opened form:

The form contains two tabs: "General" and "File URL".

The "General" tab contains the following fields:

Required field:

• field "Name" — the name of the file (required).

Additional fields:

• field "Description" — a description of the contents of this file.

Below is the "Choose File" button, which allows you to add a file from the selected directory in the Storage via the popup window.

Uploading to Storage starts automatically after selecting a file. Progress is displayed during upload; closing the dialog and selecting another file are disabled. On success, the dialog closes and the list refreshes. On failure, the dialog stays open: check the message and select the file again. Use "OK" when changing only the name or description. The link to the uploaded file is available on the "File URL" tab when the file card is reopened. The "File URL" field is read-only.

Example: before upload, enter Отчет за октябрь in "Name" and Итоги обработки отчетов in "Description". The screenshot shows metadata before a file is selected. Upload has not started and "OK" is disabled. Next, click the file selection button and choose the prepared local file. Selecting it starts upload automatically.

Editing a Folder#

To view and edit the properties of a specific folder, you need to select it from the list and click the edit button . After that, a form with folder settings will open, where you can make the necessary changes:

In addition to the fields filled out when creating the folder, the form also displays the GUID (unique identifier assigned to the folder after its creation) in the "GUID" field. This field cannot be edited.

Example: change an existing folder name to Отчеты and description to Отчеты подразделения. "Access Folder" is empty in this example; GUID remains unchanged. Click "OK".

Editing a File#

To view and edit the properties of a specific file, you need to select it from the list and click the edit button . After that, a form with "General" and "File URL" tabs will open. You can make the necessary changes in the "General" tab:

In addition to the fields filled out when creating the file, the form also displays the GUID (unique identifier assigned to the file after its creation) in the "GUID" field. This field cannot be edited.

Example: change the uploaded file name to Отчет за октябрь and description to Итоги обработки отчетов. Do not select another file: its contents remain unchanged. GUID and size are read-only. Click "OK" to save the name and description.

In the "File URL" tab, the link to the file in the Orchestrator's Storage is displayed: