UiPathIDM

The active directory search activity is an important activity for RPA developers in big corporations. It helps developer to connect to corporate active directory/LDAP to retrieve user information with unique identification id or email id. The main use cases that we see,

Retrieve department id: Many processes need department id to validate user authorization before any activity, like should be allowed to submit a form, send a request, approve an workflow etc
Get user name, id from email
Get manager information from user id or email

The project creates dll that can be used to create deloyment package for UIPath

Steps to create deployment nuget package & install in UIPath

Build the project in release mode
The easiest way to create a NuGet pack is by using NuGet Package Explorer from here https://npe.codeplex.com/
Open NuGet Package Explorer
Click Create a new package
Right click in the Package contents and select Add Lib Folder.
Right click on the Lib Folder->Add Existing File and choose your assembly file and all its dependecies from the relealse output
Click Edit->Metadata. Set an Id for your package, an Author and a Description.
Increament the release note to add the chnages if it's an existing package.

Important Note: Your NuGet Package must contain the keyword "Activities" in it`s Id in order for it to appear in UiPath Studio Packages Manager.

Click File->Save and save your package in Packages folder available next to UiStudio.exe Alternatively, Save anywhere, close any instance of UIPath and copy to C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath Studio\Packages
Open UiPath Studio, go to Manage Packages and Install it.

References https://www.uipath.com/kb-articles/how-to-create-a-custom-activity https://www.uipath.com/kb-articles/how-to-include-external-dll https://www.uipath.com/kb-articles/how-to-execute-your-custom-code-in-a-workflow