Run a bot

You can run a bot to test an automated process.

Procedure

Log in to the Control Room.
On the left pane in the public workspace, click Automation.
A list of available bots and forms is displayed.
Select the bot to run. Hover over the actions menu (vertical ellipses) located to the right of the bot name and click Run Task Bot.
If an optional Bot Agent update for your device is available, the following message that Bot Agent has an update is displayed one time per user session or when you log out and log in to the Control Room.
- To download and update the Bot Agent to the latest version on your device, use the Click here link.
- To opt out of the update and continue with the existing Bot Agent version on your device, click Continue without update.
Select the version of the bot to run.
- Latest version: To select the latest version of the bot, click the Latest version tab.
- Labeled version: To select the labeled version of the bot, click the Production version tab.
By default, the latest version of the bot is selected. If the production label option is selected for the parent bot, the corresponding dependent bots with the production label are also automatically selected. If any of the dependent bots do not have the production label applied, the latest version of the bot is selected.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Select the Bot Runner users from the list of Available bot runners in the Run as tab.
The list of Bot Runner users that you have access to are displayed.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Select the pool from the list of Available device pools in the Device pools tab.
The list of device pools for which you have a consumer role are displayed. Select the device pool only if any of the selected Bot Runner users do not have a bot running (default) device.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Optional: Select the Automation priority from the General tab.
Set the priority to high, medium, or low based on your requirements for resource optimization. The default permission is set to medium.
Click Run bot now.

Note: If you have not set the device credentials from the My settings page, you are prompted to provide the device credentials to run the bot.

If you encounter issues in running a bot, refer to the following articles:

Automation 360 - Unable to download the bot or the dependencies to the device; Error code: download.error (A-People login required).
There is already an existing deployment in-progress for this user session (A-People login required).

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