Use the Log component

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Capture custom messages as automation logs by using the Log component in an automation in RPA Desktop Design Studio. With this component, you can write custom messages as automation logs and view them from a unified space so that you can track the progress of an automation.

    Before you begin

    Make sure that you enable the Track Execution Automation Logs option from a bot process. For more information on how to enable Track Execution Logs, see Bot Process form in RPA Hub.

    Role required: none

    About this task

    Previously, the messages from the Log component were updated to the product error log files in the machine where the automation was executed.

    Starting from the Vancouver release, the log messages from the automations that execute on the RPA Desktop Design Studio, the attended robots, and the unattended robots are written to the Message field in the Automation logs table of a process job in RPA Hub.

    You aren’t required to upgrade the plugin version of the older automations. For more information about the list components that are upgraded with RPA Desktop Design Studio, Attended Robot, and Unattended Robot, see List of components compatible with latest version.

    Procedure

    1. In the Toolbox pane, navigate to RPA Hub > Log.
    2. Drag the Log component to the Design surface.
    3. Configure the Message (string) field by entering a message or capturing the output string from a previous component or method.
      For example, if the automation is successful, you can enter the string Success or capture the string result from a previously executed component or method.
    4. Optional: If you want to classify the message, configure the Log level property from the Properties explorer.
      You can classify the message as one of the following types:
      • Info
      • Warning
      • Error
      • Exception
        Important:
        In the previous version of RPA Desktop Design Studio, the Error image and Verbose options were available. If you open an older automation project in the Vancouver release of RPA Desktop Design Studio, these options are converted to the type Error.

      For more information on how to configure the remaining properties of the Log component, see Properties of the General components.

    5. Optional: To test the component, under the DESIGN tab, select Run.
      Note:
      When you run the Log component from RPA Desktop Design Studio, no message updates to RPA Hub because no process job is associated to it.