Automation Anywhere configuration and properties files

Installed Automation Anywhere Enterprise files that manage scheduling, auto login, and client configuration for Bot Runner and Bot Creators.

Note: Automation Anywhere supports UTF-8 file encoding type. When you edit or create any Enterprise Client or Control Room configuration file, ensure to use UTF-8 file encoding type.

The default installation location for many configuration files is:

C:\Program Files\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\

The minimum installed configuration files include:

Installation license keys

Request the installer and appropriate license keys from your account manager.

See product documentation for the Automation Anywhere Control Room and Enterprise Client installation steps.

Bot Creator schedules configuration files
  • Configuration file name: Settings.xml

  • Configuration file location:

    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Automation Anywhere Client Files\v11\Automation Schedules

  • Log file name: AASchedulerService.txt

  • Log file location:

    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Automation Anywhere Client Files\v11\LogFiles

AutoLogin configuration files
  • Configuration file name: Automation.Autologin.Settings.xml

  • Configuration file location:

    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Automation Anywhere Client Files\v11\Automation Autologin\SYSTEM

Client configuration files
  • Configuration file name: AA.Settings.xml

  • Configuration file location:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\Client

Database configuration files

The database connection string is configured in:

  • Configuration file name: boot.db.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\config

Version control

Version control is through Subversion (SVN). Configure the location through the Control Room UI.

Additional configuration files that are created as needed, include:
Cluster configuration
  • Configuration file name: cluster.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\config\

Key distribution center (KDC)
  • Configuration file name: um.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\config\

Parallel repository tuning
  • Configuration file name: boot.server.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\config\

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
  • Configuration file name: deployment.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\config\

URL resources
  • Configuration file name: DWMP_CONNECTIONS.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\DWAService\bin\src\main\resources

Trusted list restrictions
  • Configuration file name: repository.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\config\

Workload management
  • Configuration file name: wlm.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\config

Zoomdata
  • Configuration file names: zoomdata.properties, scheduler.properties, query-engine.properties, edc-mssql.properties

  • Configuration file location: <installation_location>\Automation Anywhere\Enterprise\zoomdata