Automation 360 feature comparison matrix

Compare Automation 360 features with Enterprise 11.3.x and Enterprise 10 features to understand the benefits to Automation 360. Review advantages of Automation 360 if you are a new user of the product.

For details on latest features and enhancements, see Automation 360 release notes.

Core components

Control Room server capabilities

Bot development

Bot extensibility and code reuse

Integration capabilities

Device utilization capabilities

Recorder capabilities

Bot packages

Note: To enhance automation capabilities, Automation 360 includes additional packages, all of which are not listed in this table. For a detailed list of packages in Automation 360, see Packages available in Automation 360.

Variables support

Important: When you migrate from Enterprise versions 11.3.x or Enterprise 10 to Automation 360, some variables are mapped directly while some contain a different configuration.
Variable Automation 360 Enterprise 11.3.x Enterprise 10.x
Application variables
Analytics Available Available Not available
ArrayRows Available through Recursive expressions Available Available
ArrayColumns Available through Recursive expressions Available Available
Clipboard Available Available Available
Credential Available Available Not available
Dictionary Available through Dictionary package Available Not available
Enter (String variable) Available Available Available
Prompt Assignment (user-defined) Available Available Available
Read from Excel/CSV Available through Excel advanced package Available through Array type user-defined variable Available through Array type user-defined variable
Read from database Available through Database package Available through Array type user-defined variable Available through Array type user-defined variable
Read from text file Available through CSV/TXT package Available through Array, List, and Value type user-defined variables Available through Array, List, and Value type user-defined variables
Separator (String variable) Available Available Available
Tab (String variable) Available Available Available
Work Item Available Available Not available
System variables
AAApplicationPath Available through global values Available Available
AADefaultDateFormat Available through global values Not available Not available
AAInstallationPath Available Available Available
AATaskExecutor Available

 Available Not available
AATaskName Available Available Not available
AAControlRoom Available Available Not available
Counter Available through Number and Loop packages Available Available
CPUUsage Available Available Available
CurrentDirectory Available through Loop package Available Available
DatasetColumn Available through Loop package Available Available
Date Available Available Available
Day Available Available Available
Email (includes EmailFrom, EmailMessages, EmailReceivedDate, EmailReceivedTime, EmailSubject, EmailTo, EmailSentDate, and EmailSentTime) Available through Email, Dictionary, and Loop packages Available Available
ErrorLineNumber Available through Error handler package Available Available
ErrorDescription Available through Error handler package Available Available
Excel (includes ExcelColumn, ExcelCell, ExcelCellColumn, and ExcelCellRow) Available through Excel advanced package Available Available
Extension Available through GetProperty action of PDF package Available Available
FileDataColumn Available as record type variable through Loop package Available Available
FileName Available through File package Available Available
FolderName Available through Folder package Available Available
Hour Available Available Available
Machine Available Available Available
Millisecond Available Not available Not available
Minute Available Available Available
Month Available Available Available
OSName Available Available Available
PDF (includes PDFFileName, PDFTitle, PDFAuthor, and PDFSubject) Available through GetProperty action of PDF package Available Available
RAMUsage Available Available Available
Second Available Available Available
TableColumn Not available Available Available
TotalRAM Available Available Available
Trigger Available through Interface trigger Available Available
Year Available Available Available
XMLDataNode Available as string type variable through Loop package Available Available