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Hyland RPA Activities

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Hyland RPA
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Activities
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Foundation 23.2
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You may notice that opening SAP with Open Application may take a while on some machines and furthermore you need to first select the required connection in the SAP Logon window to reach the Login window to proceed your automation journey.

To speed up this tedious procedure, we recommend opening the application via SAP Incommandline using the following command:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui>sapshcut.exe -system="SID" -client= yourclient -user=YOURUName:pw=YOURPASSWPRD

The application path in the Open Application Activity needs to set to the following:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\FrontEnd\SAPgui>sapshcut.exe"

In addition, you need to specify your arguments in the property pane:

With this workaround, SAP will start immediately with your required system information.

Keep in mind to use the Attach Application activity afterward to follow your Golden Rule.