Blocks ​

There are six categories of blocks in Automa:

• General: Perform a general action in the workflow, like making an HTTP request or executing another workflow.
• Browser: To control the browser.
• Web Interaction: To interact with the active tab of the workflow. Before using blocks in this category, you need to use a New Tab or Active Tab block.
• Control Flow: Add logic to the workflow.
• Online Services: Services that integrate with Automa.
• Data: Modify or manipulate workflow variables or tables.

Block Settings ​

The blocks come with a menu and settings that can be configured.

Menu ​

To find the block menu, hover your mouse over a block in the editor canvas, and it will appear on top of the block.

• Delete: delete the block
• Block settings: open the current block settings
• Move block to group blocks: move the block to the Group blocks by dragging this icon.
• Enable/disable block: toggle deactivate block
• Run: run the workflow from the current block
• Edit: access the block properties, or you can double-click on the block.

You also right-click at the block to find more menus.

Settings ​

The Block settings allow you to configure the block execution, error handling, and looks.

• General
  • Debug mode: use CSP to execute the block. This option is only available for some blocks like the Click Element block and Forms Block.
• On error
  • Enable: Enable the error handler for the block
  • Retry action: retry the block execution if an error occurs on the block
  • Throw error: if selected, the block will throw an error
  • Continue flow: if selected, the workflow execution will continue
  • Execute fallback: if selected, the workflow will continue to the block that connects to the fallback output
  • Insert data: insert data into the table or variable
• Lines
  • Select line: select the block connection to customize
  • Line label: add label for the connection
  • Animated: animate the connection
  • Line color: change the color of the connection

Selecting Blocks ​

To select blocks, you can either press the ctrl key => click the block or shift key => drag the cursor.

Connecting Blocks ​

There are several ways to connect a block to another block:

• Manually: dragging the block output into an input of a block.

• Drop a block into a block output: drop the block to the output of a block.

• Clicking the block output and input
  

• Drop a block into another block