Installing Process Discovery Sensor

Learn how to install Process Discovery Sensor on your machine.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you install Process Discovery Sensor as a user on your machine, and not on a system level. Any user with privileges to run an MSI installer, and write permissions to their own user folder, can perform the installation. If you are using Microsoft SCCM or other software deployment solutions to deploy the MSI, make sure it is deployed as the user you are deploying it to.

Procedure

Contact your Automation Anywhere Customer Success Manager (CSM) to obtain the msi package.
Unzip the msi file if you have received it as a zip file.
Double-click the msi file to launch the Installation Wizard.
Click Next.
Click Next to continue with your organization, endpoint, and port information.
Your customer information is already populated in the fields provided.
Click Install on the Ready to Install Process Discovery window to begin the installation.
Click Finish to exit the Setup Wizard.
The installation is complete and the Process Discovery Sensor is now running. A shortcut displays on your desktop and a pop-up message displays informing you that Process Discovery Sensor has started recording. The Process Discovery icon is displays in your system tray.
To quit the recording, right-click the Process Discovery icon in the system tray and click Quit.
A message displays that the recording has stopped. To restart the recording, double-click the Process Discovery icon shortcut on your desktop.
Note: Depending on how the Sensor is configured, the quit option might not be available.

Note: After you enable the Observer and install the Process Discovery Sensor, the recording will automatically start even after a system reboot. To prevent the Process Discovery Sensor from automatically recording, click the caret symbol on the taskbar to access the system tray. Right-click the Process Discovery icon in the system tray and select Quit.

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Installing Process Discovery Sensor