The Browser option enables you to configure a Window trigger based on the tabs open in any browser installed in the system. The configured trigger starts the subsequent automation when a user opens or closes a tab in a browser.

Configure Window trigger using the Browser option, to start an automation when a user opens a new tab in Google Chrome browser in a Windows system.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you meet the following requirements:
  • Google Chrome browser with Automation 360 extension installed and enabled in a Windows system.
  • License and appropriate permissions to configure and run Event Triggers.
  • A record variable named TriggerWindow.

Procedure

  1. Go to Automation > Create > Create Task.
    The Create Task Bot modal appears.
  2. Configure the following in the Create Task Bot modal:
    1. Select Windows.
    2. Enter an appropriate name for the automation in Name.
    3. Enter an appropriate description for the automation in Description.
    4. Click Choose and follow the prompts to select an appropriate storage location.
      The \Bots is the default storage location.
    5. Click Create & Edit to open the bot editor page.
  3. Go to Triggers > Window trigger, and double-click Window to add the trigger to the workflow.
  4. Configure the following in the settings panel:
    1. Select Browser in Window.
    2. Click Refresh button to populate the browser tab drop-down list.
    3. Select New Tab from the Google Chrome section of the drop-down list.
      The following settings auto-populate:
      • Browser title
      • Case sensitive
      • Link of web page
      • Browser application
    4. Select Open in Window action that starts the bot drop-down.
    5. Select TriggerWindow to save the trigger response data in the created record variable.
  5. Go to Actions > Message box, and double-click Message box to add the action to the workflow.
  6. Enter Task bot executed in the Enter the message to display setting.
  7. Click Save to save the automation.
When you click Run > Run with triggers, the bot deploys and starts listening for triggers. When you open a new tab in Google Chrome, the bot executes and the message box displays the Task bot executed message.