Browser requirements for Automation Workspace

Access the Automation Workspace interface from a browser. After you have installed and enabled extensions in the browser, perform several tasks through the Automation Workspace interface based on your user role and automation requirements.

Important:

As of Automation 360 v.25 release in June 2022, Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 reached end-of-life (EOL) and Control Room is no longer supported on the browser.

The impact on your automation depends on the operating system that is currently used for your bot deployments. See the following table for details.
Microsoft operating system Automation 360
Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel Update bots to use one of the other compatible browsers.

Supported browsers

All other supported operating systems

Bot Agent compatibility

No action required.

For more information, see Häufig gestellte Fragen zum Ende der Lebensdauer von Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.

Supported browsers

You can use a browser to perform a range of tasks from automation creation to automation management, such as the following:

  • Control Room activities, such as creating users and roles, managing devices, configuring settings, creating and deploying bots, and maintaining audit logs.
  • User activities, such as Bot Agent installation and device registration.
  • Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users activities, such as creating users and roles and creating a human and bot tasks in the process editor.
Browser support for Control Room and Bot Agent and Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users
The following table shows supported browsers for Control Room activities, Bot Agent installation, Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users , and device registration:
Activities Google Chrome Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge based on Chromium Safari
Control Room activities Yes

No

 Yes Yes
Bot Agent installation and device registration2 Yes

No

 Yes4 Yes1
Automation Anywhere remote agent for Citrix Yes3 Yes No No
Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users Yes No Yes No
Bot Insight Yes No Yes No
  1. For On-Premises , as Safari is currently not supported for device registration, ensure that you use Google Chrome to register your macOS device on Control Room.

  2. If you have trouble registering your device from a browser, run the Bot Agent diagnostic utility.

    For details, see Bot Agent-Diagnoseprüfungen durchführen

  3. Automation Anywhere remote agent for Citrix supports Google Chrome (XenApp) automation with Automation Anywhere extension (version 11.2.0.0).

    Chrome web store

  4. If you are using Microsoft Edge based on Chromium to register your Bot Agent and your device is unable to connect to the Control Room due to proxy settings, add the authentication details.
Browser support for recording automation
The following table shows supported browsers for recording automation:
Activity Safari Google Chrome Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge based on Chromium Microsoft Edge (Chromium) with Internet Explorer compatibility
Record automation1 Yes
Extension must be enabled for recording.
Note:
  • It must be enabled manually during the first installation.
  • If the Safari agent closes, you can restart it from its installation location.
 Yes

Extension must be enabled for recording.

 Yes

No extension required for recording.

 Yes

Extension must be enabled for recording.

 Yes2

Internet Explorer with compatibility mode must be enabled for recording.
  1. Record automation refers to opening a target application for recording in a supported browser, and recording actions or capturing objects using the Automation Anywhere recorders.
  2. Microsoft Edge (Chromium) with Internet Explorer compatibility mode is supported for capturing objects from web applications based on HTML technology.

Minimum supported browser versions

Review the following table for minimum versions of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge that are compatible with the latest release of Automation 360 and previous three releases (that is, from n−3 releases, where n refers to the latest release).

Automation 360 version Minimum Google Chrome version Minimum Microsoft Edge based on Chromium version Minimum Safari version1
v.37 126 126 18.4
v.36 123 123 n/a
v.35 121 121 n/a
v.34 117 117 n/a
v.33 115 115 n/a
v.32 113 113 n/a
v.31 109 109 n/a
v.30 107 107 n/a
v.29 100 100 n/a
  1. Support for the Safari browser is available from the Automation 360 v.37 release.

Extensions for automation

When you install the Bot Agent from a browser, extensions for Automation 360 are installed. Extensions are required to record automation using a supported browser.

You can enable extensions on a device from supported browsers. For example, after you install a Bot Agent from a Google Chrome browser, click the enable extension option from the browser task bar. The Google Chrome extension will allow you to record automation using the Google Chrome browser.

When you connect your Bot Agent device to the Control Room, you can enable the following extensions from your browser to record automation:

Extension name Link to extension
Google Chrome Automation 360 extension for Chrome
Microsoft Edge based on Chromium Automation 360 extension for Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox Automation 360 extension for Mozilla Firefox

For updates to latest extension version, see Browser-Erweiterungen für Automation 360