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.

Wichtig:

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	Upgrade 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 für Geschäftsanwender 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 für Geschäftsanwender

The following table shows supported browsers for Control Room activities, Bot-Agent installation, Automation Co-Pilot für Geschäftsanwender , and device registration:


Activities	Google Chrome (version 57 or later)	Internet Explorer (version 11)	Microsoft Edge based on Chromium (version 93.0.961.52 or later)	Mozilla Firefox (version 80 or later)	Safari (version 15.3 or later)
Control Room activities	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Bot-Agent installation and device registration¹	Yes	No	Yes³	Yes	No
Automation Anywhere-Remote-Agent für Citrix	Yes²	Yes	No	No	No
Automation Co-Pilot für Geschäftsanwender	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Bot Insight	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No

Browser support for recording automation

The following table shows supported browsers for recording automation:


Activity	Google Chrome (version 57 or later)	Internet Explorer (version 11)	Microsoft Edge based on Chromium (version 79 or later)	Mozilla Firefox (version 80 or later)	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) with Internet Explorer compatibility (version 93.0.961.52 or later)
Record automation¹	Yes Extension must be enabled for recording. Supported from A2019 v.10.	Yes No extension required for recording. Supported from A2019.06.	Yes Extension must be enabled for recording. Supported from A2019 v.17.	Yes Extension must be enabled for recording. Supported from A2019 v.19.	Yes² Internet Explorer with compatibility mode must be enabled for recording. Supported from Automation 360 v.23.

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-Erweiterung für Chrome
Microsoft Edge based on Chromium	Automation 360-Erweiterung für Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox	Automation 360-Erweiterung für Mozilla Firefox

For updates to latest extension version, see Browser extensions for Automation 360