Word Get Property

Word Get Property

Type: word-get-property  ·  Package: Word Activities v1.0.4  ·  Output: object

Reads a metadata field (property) of the document: its title, author, subject, creation or modification dates, etc. Useful to classify or audit documents by their information.

How it works

Returns the value of the property set in property, read from the file’s core properties (the ones in File › Info in Word). It accepts session or path — see the two modes; with path it opens the file, reads it and closes it without changes.

property is picked from the list; it does not accept expressions.

Required parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
property	string	—	Property to read: Title · Author · Subject · Description · Keywords · Category · Created · Modified.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
session	ZoanWordSession	—	Session from Word Open (instead of path). Inherited automatically inside a body.
path	string	—	Path to the .docx (quick mode). Only used when there is no session.

Output

Returns an object:

• Title, Author, Subject, Description, Keywords, Category: the property text.
• Created, Modified: the date as ISO 8601 text (for example 2026-03-14T09:30:00.0000000Z). Convert it with the date functions if you need to calculate with it.
• If the property has no value: null. Use str(value) to treat it as empty text.

Example

Word Get Property   path = filePath   property = Author   → output: author
Log   message = "Document created by: " + str(author)

Common errors

Message	Cause and fix
'session' or 'path' is required.	There is no session and no path.
File not found.	The path does not exist on the robot’s machine.
'property' is required.	No property was chosen.

Related activities

• Word Set Property — set a property.
• Word Read Text — read the content.