Download locally and import bots and packages from Bot Store to Control Room

You can download items from Bot Store locally then import them to your Control Room, even if your Control Room is not connected to the internet.

Prerequisites

You must have a system-created AAE_Bot Developer role in order to download bots or packages to your Control Room repository. See System roles.

Navigate to Bot Store site.
Log in with your A-People credentials to download from Bot Store.
Select a bot or package.
Once you have selected your bot, you are redirected to a detailed bot page.
Click the Get Bot button.
A confirmation window prompts you to confirm the request.
Click Ok, Get Bot to confirm the request.
You can choose from the Add to Control Room or Download as a zip file options.
- The Add to Control Room option requires you to specify your Control Room URL.
- The Download as a zip file option requires you to save the bot locally on your device and confirm the location path for your download to begin.
Select the Download as a zip file option
You can save the bot locally on your device and when you confirmed the location path, your download begins.
Log in to the Control Room.
Navigate to the Automation page.
Click Import bots.
Click Browse.
Select your downloaded zip file at the location path you saved.
Specify the option to have your bot in the Public or Private tab.
Click Import to import the downloaded bot.
Navigate to the Public or Private tab that you specified.
Open your Bot Store folder.
Access the bot.
You can now use the bot from Bot Store to start your automation experience.

To use a Bot Store package, open the bot you want to edit and access package from the Actions panel.
Note: For users who want proxy access to Bot Store, you can reference this knowledge base article for a workaround.