You can install the Unattended Robot application in your Windows machine if you have the admin role.
Before you begin
Download and unzip the installation file for the Unattended Robot application. For more information, see Download the RPA applications from RPA Hub.Figure 1. Download Unattended Robot application
Ensure that you meet the following set up requirements:
An unattended robot is mapped to only one machine. This is applicable for standard robot.
The Windows machine or the Virtual Machine (VM) is persistent and constantly on to run unattended robots.
If connected via Citrix, the Windows machine or the VM must not go to sleep mode.
The idle timeout setting is turned off for the VDI pool.
Communication with the ServiceNow instance host is enabled.
Verify that the glide.cometd.websocket.enabled system property is set to true in the ServiceNow instance, to ensure that the robot is connected to the instance via websocket.
Verify that the websockets are also enabled on the client machine where the unattended robot runs.
Role required: admin
Procedure
Locate and open the Unattended Robot.msi file.
In the Welcome to the Unattended Robot Setup Wizard dialog box, select
Next.
In the Select Installation Folder dialog box, do one of the following actions
to choose a folder:
To install the application in the default folder, select
Next.
To install the application in a different folder, select the folder
location in the Folder field or select
Browse to select the folder, and then select
Next.
In the Confirm Installation dialog box, select Next to
start the installation.
After the installation is complete, in the Installation Complete dialog box,
select Close to exit.
Result
You can see the Unattended Robot icon on your desktop.
The installation of the Unattended Robot application is configured to function on a per-machine basis, with the default directory as %ProgramFiles%\ServiceNow\Unattended Robot.
