Create device pools

Create a device pool with a unique name and add Unattended Bot Runners to the device pool.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have one of the following roles to view the Device Pools tab:
- Device pool owner
- Device pool admin
Ensure that you have a role with Create device pools permission to create a device pool.
Note: A Control Room administrator without device pool admin rights cannot view or create a device pool.
To add a device in the device pool, you must install it as a system-wide device (Bot Agent).
After you add the device, you cannot add the same device to another device pool.

You can add only those Unattended Bot Runners that are not part of any other pool.
Restriction: Unattended Bot Runners that are a part of other device pools are disabled for selection.
You can use the Scheduled automations and Run with Queue automations options to run bots on that device.
You can add Control Room user roles as consumers. Only users with these roles can use the pool for any automation.
You can select only those devices with the Bot Runner installed at the system wide.
If the devices in a device pool are more than the number of work items added to a queue, multiple entries equal to the number of devices are shown in the Control Room In-progress activity and Historical pages. For details, refer to the View queue details page on the actual user device on which the workload automation is deployed.

To create a device pool, perform the following steps:

Navigate to Manage > Device pools.
Click Create device pool.
Enter the Name.
Optional: Enter a description.
Select the Devices from the list of Bot Runners.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Click Next.
Select the Device Pool Owners.
Select user(s) from the Available users list.

Tip: Search the list of users based on their Username, First name, or Last name.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Click Next.
Optional: Select the Device Pool Consumers.
Complete this step to enable device pool consumers to view the device pool when they run the automation for the bot with a queue by following the next set of steps.
Optional: Select a Role from the list of Available roles.
Click the right arrow (→) to add your selection.
Click Create device pool.

The device pools for which you have consumer privileges are listed in the My Device Pools page.