Summary

This chapter introduced you to variables and arguments. Variables and arguments are containers of a specifically defined type that enable the user to hold data during execution. In UiPath, the properties of variables/arguments define the use of those within the automation workflow. The chapter described the properties and provided step-by-step practice guides to configure and use both variables and arguments. Further, the chapter also provided an initial introduction to commonly used data types, covered in detail in the data manipulation chapter.

The discussed concepts of variables and arguments and how they are used will come in handy in the following chapters. The next chapter describes the control flows used when designing an automation workflow. The control flow chapter enables you to understand how to build a workflow, including conditional statements and loops. The automation solutions built to support business processes include many decision points and may require...