Debugger tool

The Automation Anywhere Debugger tool helps you to identify and troubleshoot any issues during bot running process.

The Debugger tool is available from:

Assistant utility
Bot editor

Open the bot from the Automation page and invoke the Debugger. You can add, update or delete actions and variables within a bot when Debugger is invoked from the Bot editor.

The Bot editor canvas provides the following breakpoints controls that you can use for the Debugger tool:

To insert a breakpoint, click the vertical ellipses and select Enable breakpoint.
To disable a breakpoint, click the vertical ellipses and select Disable breakpoint. The breakpoint becomes inactive.
To clear all breakpoints, click the Clear all breakpoints icon.

The Debugger tool provides the following controls:

Start debugger: Use to start the debugging process.
Step Over: Use to move one action at a time.
Stop: Use to stop the debugging process.
Step Out: Use to jump to the next breakpoint directly. The Debugger tool skips to the next action and pauses. When the debugging is in process, the Start debugger icon changes to Step Out.

Watched variables

You can use Watched variables to watch the values of the respective variable during bot execution. By default, the Watched variables list is empty. With a single click, you can add used variables in a bot. These variables are displayed in a pop-up window where you can select or deselect, one or more variables, from the list.

You can add variables used in a bot to the Watched variables list using either of these methods:

Select the Click here to add used variables link under No watched variables to add all of the used variables in a bot with one click.
Click the x ( ) icon next to Watched variables to add or remove variables manually.

Debugger Home screen

The following pop-up is displayed when you click the x icon to add or remove variables manually:

When a bot updates the variables, the values of those variables are updated dynamically in the Watched variables list. This provides a current status of a bot run at each action, and helps fix any bot-related errors at an early stage from the Debugger tool.

The following pop-up window displays the list of Watched variables: Debugger - Watched variables list

注：

You can run the Debugger tool using the Flow and List views. However, we recommend that you use the List view to see which action is running.
You cannot edit actions during the debugging process.
If you rename a variable that is in the Watched variables list, then you must re-add it for it to appear under Watched Variables list.
Debugging of child bots from the parent bot is currently not supported.

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