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Getting started with the RPA Genie Studio

Versioning Tools

To improve project management capabilities, RPA Genie Studio incorporates the Genie File System functionality. There are two versioning tools:

  1. Genie TFS for creating a project in the DB
  2. File-System for creating a project in the Local File Directory.

Genie TFS (Team Foundation Server)

  • This option involves creating a project within a database (DB), similar to a central repository.
  • Genie TFS allows collaborative development and versioning control with features like check-in, check-out, and version history.

File-System

  • This option enables users to create a project in the local file directory on their machine.
  • Since the Source Control tab is not available multiple users cannot work simultaneously on the same project as the such as Check-in, Check-out are not possible in projects created using File-System.
  • Using File-system, the user can work offline, there is no need to connect to the genie service.

Note:

  • The project properties and the extension ( .gsproj) for the projects created using any one of the above-mentioned versioning tools are the same.
  • File-System projects can be included in Genie TFS using the option “Include in Genie TFS” by right-clicking on the project name in the Project Explorer folder to enable collaborative development.

Above is the screenshot of the landing page of RPA Genie Studio. On this page, user will be able to explore the different features in the Studio.

At the center, users will be able to find following main options for creating/importing project:

  1. New – Blank Project
  2. New – Library Project
  3. Open Project