Available in the section:
List of robots
Description of the robot table
The table on the page contains a list of ready robots that are published to the platform's remote storage. Only those robots to which you have configured access are displayed. For more information, see the section Access control.
Column name / button name | Description |
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Robot column | The name of the robot is displayed |
Robot description button | The button is located in the Robot column of all robots The button opens a window with the robot's name and description: The user fills in the robot description in the Specification window in ROBIN Studio before publishing the robot Since the description refers to the robot as a whole and not to a specific version of the robot, there is a button only in the line with the robot name: |
Version column | Each row displays a specific version of the robot. If the robot has several versions, each of them is located on a separate row in the table. At the same time, all versions are always displayed in the order of their publication - from the newest to the oldest from bottom/top: The list of versions can be minimized or maximized using the or button. If the robot has only one version, this button is not available Next to the version, there is an indicator that shows whether the host account needs a GUI to run this version of the robot. If is displayed , it means that the GUI is required, if |
Changes column | Displays a description of the changes that have been made to a particular version of the robot The user fills in the description of changes to the robot version in the robot publishing window in ROBIN Studio when publishing to the Orchestrator database |
Average time column | If the robot version has been run less than 2 times, the column indicates No data If this version of the robot has been run 2 or more times, the column shows the average run time for this version of the robot, which Orchestrator automatically calculated based on the run times of previous runs |
Author column | The name of the user who published the robot version. Different versions of the same robot can have different authors |
Date of publication column | Displays the date and time when the robot version was published |
Start button | The Start robot window opens as soon as you click More details about this window are described below |
Update button | The records in the table are updated as soon as you click on it |
Use the Columns dropdown list to select which columns will be hidden or displayed, with the Robot and Version columns always displayed.
Manual robot launch
To launch the robot you need:
- Choose the robot version that is need to change in the table.
- Click the Start button in the line with the desired robot version.
- Fill in the fields in the Launching robot window that opens.
- Click the Start button. Or click the Cancel button if you decide not to run the robot.
Launching robot window description
Button name / field name | Description |
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Robot name | Name of the robot, one version of which will be launched |
Version field | A dropdown list showing all versions of the robot that have been published to the Orchestrator database Next to the version, there is an indicator that shows whether the host account needs a GUI to run this version of the robot. If s displayed , it means that the GUI is required, if |
Checkbox Allow parallel launch of UI robots | Displayed if the robot that needs a UI has been selected in the Version dropdown list. Checkbox, allows other robot UI instances to run in parallel while the robot being launched is running:
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Logging level field | A dropdown list that displays the possible options for the logging levels of the workflow that the robot will execute Default value: Business Available values:
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Host field | A dropdown list that displays the names and IP addresses of hosts for which there is data in the platform database. Only hosts to which you have configured access are displayed (see Access control section for more details) |
Account field | A dropdown list of accounts:
To be able to edit the current field, the host in the Host field must be selected |
Block with fields Setting the input parameters of the robot | If the selected robot version has input parameters, the window will display a subsection Customizing robot input parameters with fields to fill in these parameters:
The number of fields is equal to the number of input variables specified in the robot. The name of each such field corresponds to the name of the variables. Next to the field there is a hint about the field's data type If the robot has parameters with any other data type than these 3, they will not be displayed The presence of the warning does not prevent the robot from running or displaying fields of type String, Number and/or Boolean. |
Cancel button | When clicked, a window appears confirming that the start is canceled: |
Start button | If all mandatory fields are filled in, the workflow of the robot starts when you click on it |