Export To CSV
Properties
- Input
- Project Id
- Type:
int
- Description: The unique identifier of the project whose documents are to be exported to CSV. This is a required argument.
- Type:
- Service Id
- Type:
int
- Description: The unique identifier of the service associated with the documents to be exported. This is a required argument.
- Type:
- Document Ids
- Type:
List<int>
- Description: A list of unique identifiers for the documents to be exported to CSV. This is a required argument.
- Type:
- CSV Separator
- Type:
string
- Description: The separator to use for CSV fields. This is a required argument.
- Default Value:
";"
- Type:
- Document Category Ids
- Type:
List<int?>
- Description: A list of unique identifiers for the document categories used to limit export results. This is an optional argument.
- Type:
- Project Id
Usage
- Setup Activity:
- Add the "Export To CSV" activity to your UiPath workflow.
- Configure the required input arguments:
- Project Id: Specify the ID of the project containing the documents.
- Service Id: Specify the ID of the service associated with the documents.
- Document Ids: Provide a list of document IDs to export.
- CSV Separator: Define the separator character to use in the CSV file.
- Optionally, specify:
- Document Category Ids: Limit the export results to specific document categories by providing their IDs.
- Execution:
- The activity executes asynchronously, exporting the specified documents' extraction results to a CSV list.
- It uses the configured API context to retrieve and process the extraction results, creating CSV-formatted strings.
- Output:
- The activity returns a
List<string>
, where each string represents a line in the CSV file, starting with column headers followed by the data rows.
- The activity returns a
Considerations
- Data Selection: Ensure that the document IDs, project ID, and service ID are accurate and accessible to avoid errors during the export process.
- CSV Formatting: The chosen CSV separator should not conflict with the data content to ensure proper CSV formatting.
- Category Filtering: Use document category IDs to refine the export results, focusing on specific subsets of documents if needed.