Review the list of typical tasks, licensing, and roles required to create, run, and manage bots.

FunctionTaskLicensingSystem Defined RoleNotes
Automation Anywhere Deploy Automation Anywhere components. Product license for Control Room.

License key for Enterprise Client.

 System administrator on the hosting server.
Automation Anywhere Install Automation Anywhere components. Product license for Control Room.

License key for Enterprise Client.

 System administrator on the hosting server.
Bots Automate bots in Enterprise Client. Bot Creator (Development) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bots

Create bot in Enterprise Client

Bot Creator (Development) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bots

Run bots.

From a Enterprise Client, locally.

 Attended Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bots

Run bots.

From a Enterprise Client, locally.

From a Control Room:

  • Production deployment,
  • Using centralized scheduling, or
  • Using APIs

Unattended Bot Runner (Runtime)

 All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bots Run bots from BotFarm. BotFarm (Runtime) AAE_BotFarm Agent License issued as a number of hours used by all runtime clients within BotFarm for executing a bot.
BotFarm Administer BotFarm functions. BotFarm (Runtime) AAE_BotFarm Admin License issued as a number of hours used by all runtime clients within BotFarm for executing a bot.
BotFarm Manage BotFarm. BotFarm (Runtime) AAE_BotFarm Agent License issued as a number of hours used by all runtime clients within BotFarm for executing a bot.
BotFarm View BotFarm. BotFarm (Runtime) AAE_BotFarm Agent License issued as a number of hours used by all runtime clients within BotFarm for executing a bot.
Bot Insight Analyze bot data in Bot Insight from Enterprise Client.

Access data from Enterprise Client:

  • system generated dashboards
  • user-created dashboards
Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Consumer role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Expert role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Control Room features when only Bot Insight license is installed.

Bot Insight Search for CoE dashboards. Bot Insight

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

or

AAE_Bot Insight CoE Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Bot Insight CoE dashboards.

Bot Insight Analyze bot data in Bot Insight from Control Room

Access data from Control Room:

  • production dashboards
  • system generated dashboards
  • user-created dashboards
Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Consumer role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Expert role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Control Room features when only Bot Insight license is installed.

Bot Insight Enable Business Analytics in Control Room

or

Enterprise Client

Bot Insight

AAE_Bot Insight Expert role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

License counts distributed between Bot Insight Admin, Bot Insight Consumer, or Bot Insight Expert.

Bot Insight Enable Business Analytics through API. Bot Insight

AAE_Bot Insight Expert role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

API count is measured in number of rows that the API fetches from the Bot Insight database.
Bot Insight Manage data in Bot Insight. Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Expert

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Control Room features with only Bot Insight license is installed.

Bot Insight Prepare bots for Bot Insight analysis in Enterprise Client. Bot Creator (Development)

and

Bot Insight

AAE_Bot Insight Expert role

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 The Bot Insight license for all business analytic roles.
Bot Insight

View data in Bot Insight.

Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Admin

or

AAE_Bot Insight Consumer

 This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Control Room features with only Bot Insight license is installed.

Data logged by Control Room about a task during Production runs.
Bot Insight

View logged data using Bot Insight RESTful APIs.

 Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Admin

This license for all business analytic roles.

Limited access to Control Room features when only Bot Insight license is installed.

Data logged by Control Room about a task during Production runs.

API count is measured in number of rows that the API fetches from the Bot Insight database.
Bot Runner

Run bots.

From a Enterprise Client, locally.

 Attended Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bot Runner API-based Bot Runner deployment. Unattended Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bot Runner Centralize scheduling Bot Runner in Control Room Unattended Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Bot Runner Deploy Bot Runner in Control Room Unattended Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Credentials

Change credential owners

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Credentials

Edit credential permissions

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Credentials Manage my credentials Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Credential lockers

Manage credential lockers (see Lockers)

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission does not apply to Control Room Admin role.
Credential Vault

Manage credential vaults

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission does not apply to Control Room Admin role.
Credentials

Remove credentials

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Credentials

View all credentials

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Dashboards Bookmark dashboards Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Expert

or

AAE_Bot Insight Consumer

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license applies to all business analytic roles.
Dashboards Delete user-created dashboards Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Expert

or

AAE_Bot Insight Admin

 This license applies to all business analytic roles.
Dashboards Modify user-created dashboards. Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Admin role This license applies to all business analytic roles.
Dashboards Publish user-created dashboards. Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Admin role This license applies to all business analytic roles.
Dashboards Save As system-generated dashboards. Prepare for modify. Bot Insight AAE_Bot Insight Admin role This license applies to all business analytic roles.
Dashboards View Dashboard Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Databases Manage database maintenance plan Product license Administrator user for the Control Room data center License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Databases Manage database backup and recovery Product license Administrator user for the Control Room data center License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Enterprise Client Access Bot Creator Bot Creator (Development) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Enterprise Client Access Bot Runner Bot Runner (Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Enterprise Client View bots Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Control Room Access to all Control Room features Product license AAE_Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Control Room Administer Control Room settings Product license AAE_Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This is the only role that has permissions to change these settings.
Control Room View Control Room Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Files and folders Access all folders and files. Product license AAE_Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Files and folders Access my folders and files. Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
IQ Bot Access the IQ Bot console. IQ Bot AAE_IQ Bot Services Limited access to Control Room features.
IQ Bot Run IQ Bots within parent Task Bots. IQ Bot

and

Unattended Bot Runner (Runtime)

or

Attended Bot Runner (Runtime)

 All Control Roomusers The IQ Bot licensed number of users distributed between Unattended and Attended Bot Runners.
Lockers

Administer Lockers

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Lockers

Delete lockers

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Lockers

Manage my lockers

 Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Lockers

Manage lockers

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
Lockers

View all lockers

 Product license AAE_Locker Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

This role's permission is not applicable to Control Room Admin role.
MetaBot Designer

Access MetaBot Designer from:

Enterprise Client as a Bot Creator user.

 Bot Creator (Development) AAE_MetaBot Designer

Users do not have permission to see any bots or supporting files.

Bot Creator users migrated from Control Room 11.1 or older, who had access to MetaBot Designer, continue to have access to MetaBot Designer.
Monitoring and alerts Manage monitoring and alerts Product license Administrator user on the Control Room License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Pools

Administer all device pools

 Product license AAE_Pool Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Pools

Manage all device pools

 Product license AAE_Pool Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

Users with AAE_Pool Admin do not have permission to see any bots or supporting files.
Pools

View all device pools

 Product license AAE_Pool Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

Users with AAE_Pool Admin do not have permission to see any bots or supporting files.
Queues Manage all schedule queues Product license AAE_Queue Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Queues

Manage my schedule queues

 Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Queues View all schedule queues Product license AAE_Queue Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Queues

View my schedule queues

 Product license All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Schedules Set attended local schedules in Enterprise Client Attended Bot Runner(Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Schedules Set unttended local schedules in Enterprise Client Unattended Bot Runner(Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Schedules Set attended triggers for time or event based bots in Enterprise Client. Attended Bot Runner(Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Schedules Set unattended triggers for time or event based bots in Enterprise Client. Unattended Bot Runner(Runtime) All Control Roomusers License issued as number of users.
Task Bot Download Task Bots in the My Tasks folder. Product license AAE_Basic License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

Role has limited access to other features.
Task Bot Upload Task Bots in the My Tasks folder. Product license AAE_Basic License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

Role has limited access to other features.
Trial licenses Trial license is shipped with validity of 30 days. Trial License Apply roles as needed. When Trial license expired, contact System Administrator or Automation Anywhere Sales to purchase a new license.
Users Create Admin users Product license AAE_Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.
Users Manage users and logins Product license AAE_Admin License issued as number of users.

Applied on Control Room.

Administrator user on the Control Room.
Validator Access the Validator. IQ Bots AAE_IQ Bot Validator Limited access to Control Room features with only an IQ Bot license.

Production dashboards can be either the system-generated dashboards or user-created dashboards that are uploaded to the Control Room.