Blue Prism Spoke

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  • Updated April 29, 2025
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    Summary of Blue Prism Spoke

    The Blue Prism Spoke enables ServiceNow users to manage jobs and processes within a Blue Prism environment directly from their ServiceNow instance. This integration enhances automation capabilities by allowing ServiceNow events to trigger Blue Prism tasks efficiently.

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    Key Features

    • Integration Hub Subscription: Requires an active Integration Hub subscription for functionality.
    • Spoke Version: The latest version is v1.0.2, compatible with Blue Prism Process Dispatch Framework version 2.6 and potentially later versions.
    • Spoke Actions:
      • Job Management: Actions include retrieving job status, listing job outputs, and executing jobs.
      • Process Management: Actions include retrieving process parameters and listing available processes.
      • Utilities: Provides functionality to generate collection inputs formatted for job execution.
    • MID Server Requirements: A configured MID Server using SOAP is necessary for action execution.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the Blue Prism Spoke, ServiceNow customers can streamline their automation processes, effectively managing jobs and processes within Blue Prism while ensuring seamless integration with their existing ServiceNow workflows. Users can expect enhanced efficiency in task execution and improved visibility into job statuses and process parameters.

    Manage jobs and processes in Blue Prism environment from your ServiceNow instance.

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    Integration Hub subscription

    This spoke requires an Integration Hub subscription. For more information, see Legal schedules - IntegrationHub overview.

    Spoke version

    Blue Prism spoke v1.0.2 is the latest version.

    Spoke dependencies

    If you’re having trouble installing the app, ensure that these dependent plugins are installed:

    • ServiceNow Integration Hub Runtime (com.glide.hub.integration.runtime)
    • ServiceNow Flow Designer - Dynamic Outputs (com.glide.hub.dynamic_outputs)
    • Complex Object (com.glide.cobject)
    • ServiceNow Flow Designer - Dynamic Inputs (com.glide.hub.dynamic_inputs)
    • ServiceNow Integration Hub Action Step - SOAP (com.glide.hub.action_step.soap)
    • ServiceNow Integration Hub Action Step - XML Parser (com.glide.hub.action_step.xmlparser)
    Note:
    Some of these plugins are licensable features and require an appropriate license if used outside the spoke implementation. For information on licenses, contact your account manager.

    Supported versions

    This spoke was built for Blue Prism Process Dispatch Framework version 2.6, but may be compatible with later versions.

    Spoke Requirements

    Blue Prism account.

    Spoke flows and subflows

    This spoke has no flows and subflows.

    Spoke actions

    The Blue Prism spoke provides actions to automate Blue Prism tasks when events occur in ServiceNow. Available actions include:

    Table 1. Spoke actions
    Category Action Description
    Job Management Get Job Status Retrieves the status of the specified job.
    List Job Outputs Retrieves the list of outputs of a job associated with the specified session ID.
    Start Job Executes a job with the specified inputs on the Blue Prism environment.
    Process Management Get Process Parameters Retrieves the list of parameters for the specified process on the Blue Prism environment.
    List Processes Retrieves the list of processes on the Blue Prism environment.
    Utilities Generate Collection Inputs Creates a formatted string of the collection type. This formatted string is used as input for the Start Job action.

    For information about setting up the spoke, see Set up the Blue Prism spoke.

    MID Server requirements

    To use these actions, your instance must have a MID Server set up and configured to use SOAP. For more information about running actions on the MID Server, see Integration steps. For more information about the MID Server, see MID Server.

    To set up the MID Server for this spoke, see Set up MID Server for a spoke.