Use the Password component

Generate any random password by using the Password component in RPA Desktop Design Studio.

Before you begin

Role required: none

About this task

You can define the complexity of the password based on the following rules:

• Define the length of the password. 11 is the default length.
• Number of lowercase characters. The default number is 1.
• Number of uppercase characters. The default number is 1.
• Symbols. The default symbols are "~!@#$%^&*()_-+=;?\/"
• Number of symbols: The default count is 1.
• Numbers. The default number is 1.

To configure the properties for the Password component, see Properties of the Random components.

Procedure

1. In the Toolbox pane, navigate to Utilities > Random.
2. Drag the Password component to the Design surface.
3. To provide the inputs to the fields, see Configure port properties.
4. Optional: Connect the data and control ports of the Password component to the corresponding ports of the other components as described in the following table.

   Port type	Port name	Data type	Purpose of connection	Default value	Mandatory?
   Data In	Length	Integer	Takes the length of the password.	11	Yes
   Data In	Lowercase	Integer	Takes the number of lowercase characters to be included in the password.	1	Yes
   Data In	Uppercase	Integer	Takes the number of uppercase characters to be included in the password.	1	Yes
   Data In	Symbols	String	Takes the symbols to be included in the password.	~!@#$%^&*()_-+=;?\/	Yes
   Data In	SymbolsCount	Integer	Takes the count of symbols to be included in the password.	1	Yes
   Data In	Numbers	Integer	Takes the total count of numbers to be included in the password.	1	Yes
   Data Out	Return	String	Returns the random password.	Not applicable	Not applicable

5. Optional: To test the component, right-click the component bar and then click Run From Here.