Monitor and manage automation activities in Automation 360 - Monitor ongoing automation runs in the Automation 360 Control Room and use search filters to find activities by status, device, or bot name. Pause, resume, or stop automations from the Activity In progress tab as needed.

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Monitor ongoing automation runs in the Automation 360 Control Room and use search filters to find activities by status, device, or bot name. Pause, resume, or stop automations from the Activity > In progress tab as needed.

In-progress activity

Use the In progress tab to monitor active automation runs in real time and take action when needed. The progress details of a automation run contains information such as:
  • The name of the automation.
  • The action that is currently being performed.
  • The line number that is being executed.
  • The total number of lines in the automation.
    Note: You might notice a discrepancy between the line numbers on the In progress tab and in the automation run window for the activity report. This behavior is expected because the events sent to the Control Room are rate-limited, while the runtime user interface receives all the events.
  • Status of the automation run (% completed).
The progress details are displayed only when a automation is run on a local device by a user with Attended Bot Runner license.
Note: Automations that Run with queue can only be paused, resumed, or stopped using the action icons available in the vertical ellipsis menu.

You can use the Stop option available in the vertical ellipsis menu to stop the API Tasks that are in progress.

Note:
  • The Failed or Stopped activities on the In progress tab are automatically moved to Activity > Historical tab.
    • The Administration > Migrations page, where the status is displayed as unsuccessful.
    • The Bot migration report tab, where the status of the automation that was being converted and the migration process that was stopped is set as unsuccessful. The status of all other automations that were not converted is set as pending.
    • The View historical activity page for the entry shows the reason for the failure.

    For more information, see Tips on bot status shown on In progress page.

  • A queued automation that has exceeded its queue expiry time might continue to appear in the Queued status on the Activity > In progress tab for up to 6 hours before it transitions to its terminal state and moves to Activity > Historical.
Depending on the permissions granted by administrators, as a user, you can view and manage automations and folders. With specific permissions, you can perform the following:
View everyone's activity from my folders
With run or schedule permissions on folders, you can view all automation activity started by other users from those folders. This will be a super set in the View my activity output.
Manage everyone's activity from my folders
With run or schedule permissions on folders, you can perform management activities, such as Pause, Resume, and Stop on all automation activity started by various users from those folders.

Based on the administrative permissions, you can apply various search parameters to monitor and find the required in-progress activities.

The following table describes various search parameters, their description, and possible values or examples to search the in progress activities:

Parameter Description Possible values and examples
Status Search for an activity based on its status.
  • Started
  • Active
  • Pending execution
  • Queued
  • Waiting for input
  • Paused
  • Unknown
Automation type* Search for an activity based on its type.
  • Process
  • Task Bot
  • API Task
  • AI agent
Activity name Search for an activity based on triggered item. A generic name in specified system format with a combination of your automation name, date and time stamp of execution, and username.

For example, recorder_Recorder_2.7.3-20220527-004608.2022.07.04.09.32.16.botcreator

Priority Search for an activity based on the priority assigned to the automation.
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
Automation name Search for an activity based on automation name. The name specified when creating the automation.
Device Search for an activity based on the device name on which it is running. User-specified device name
Run-as user Search for an activity based on the name of the user who created the activity. The username of the user who executes the automation.
Activity type* Search for an activity based on the type.
  • Run now
  • Schedule
  • Run with queue
  • API call
  • Trigger
  • Creator run
  • Debug run
  • Import
  • Export
Team/Role* Search an activity based on the assigned team or role The role or team assigned for the process.

* indicates that these filters are currently supported in the following Automation Anywhere Cloud regions:

  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - Brazil 1
  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - Europe 1
  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - India 1
  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - South Africa 1
  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - US Central 1
  • Automation 360 Cloud : Control Room - US East 1
Note:
  • For the Automation Anywhere Cloud regions listed above, when an Automation Co-Pilot process request is open or pending, it appears both on the Automation Co-Pilot Requests page and on the In progress tab simultaneously. This is expected and does not indicate a duplicate entry. The request remains visible in both places until it is completed, after which it moves to the Historical tab.
  • If an Automation Co-Pilot process request is deleted and moved to the recycle bin before it is completed, it continues to appear on the In progress tab. To remove such a request from the In progress tab, permanently delete it from the recycle bin. Requests that run to completion are automatically moved to the Historical tab and do not require manual deletion.
For troubleshooting a automation that stuck on the In progress tab, refer BOT stuck in In Progress Stage and not able to move it to history" or "BOT stuck in Pending execution Stage and not able to move it to history" on Automation 360 CLOUD and On-Prem environments.

Actions

You can pause, resume, stop, move, export, and refresh the activities or items by using the action icons on the In progress tab. Hover over the actions icon (vertical ellipsis) to enable and use the following actions:
Pause checked items
To pause the selected items
Resume checked items
To resume the selected paused items
Stop checked items
To stop the selected items
Move checked items to history
To move the selected activity from In progress to the Historical tab.
Export checked items to csv
To export selected items to a CSV file based on the following parameters:
  • Filters
  • Selection
Refresh
To refresh the table with updated activity details
Customize columns
To show or hide specific columns
Important: Multiple workload automation entries equaling the number of devices are shown on the In progress tab if the work items added to a queue are fewer than the number of devices available in a device pool. For details about a workload automation, see the View queue details page on the user device on which the workload automation is deployed.