Create an unattended robot in RPA Hub

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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    • Create an unattended robot in RPA Hub to run the unattended bot process.

    Before you begin

    Configure the related system property to view the activity stream. For more information, see Display an activity stream for bot processes and robots in RPA Hub.

    Role required: sn_rpa_fdn.rpa_release_manager or sn_rpa_fdn.rpa_admin

    About this task

    A robot runs a bot process (automation).

    Unattended robots can execute unattended automations without requiring any human intervention.

    Using the Unattended Robot application, you can run an unattended robot to execute the unattended bot process (unattended automations) that are triggered either by a schedule, API, or manually.

    An unattended robot is mapped to only one virtual machine.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Robotic Process Automation > RPA Hub Workspace.
    2. Create an unattended robot from either the list icon or from the plus icon.
      OptionAction
      Create an unattended robot from the list icon
      1. Select the list icon (List icon.).
      2. On the Lists tab, under Administration, select Robots.
      3. Select New.
      Create an unattended robot from the plus icon
      1. Select the plus icon (Plus icon.).
      2. Select New Robot.
    3. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. Robot form
      Field Description
      Name Unique name of the unattended robot.
      Robot Type Type of the robot.

      Unattended: Robot for an unattended automation.
      Machine Name Computer name of the physical or virtual machine on which the Unattended Robot application is installed.

      This field appears only when Unattended is selected from the Robot Type field.

      The machine name is a string type field when you do not enable the sn_rpa_fdn.enable_unattended_robot_machine_name_lookup system property.

      If you enable the sn_rpa_fdn.enable_unattended_robot_machine_name_lookup system property, this string type field changes to a reference type field on the robot form.

      The machine name fetches the unique value references from the Configuration Item (CI) tables defined in the sn_rpa_fdn.machine_name_reference_fields system property.

      The bot process table (cmdb_ci_rpa_process) and robot table (cmdb_ci_rpa_robot) are excluded from the search performed when you provide names of CI tables to reference unattended robot's machine name in the sn_rpa_fdn.machine_name_reference_fields system property.

      The Machine Lookup value change scheduled job validates the values in the Machine Name Lookup field and Machine Name field.

      For more information, see the Scheduled jobs installed section in Components installed with RPA Hub and Configure RPA Hub properties.
      Department Associated department of the robot.

      This field is automatically filled in based on the department information in the associated Attended Robot User's record.

      The value in this field corresponds to the value at the time that the Robot record is created and is not based on real-time data.
      Description Brief description of the robot.
    4. Select Save.
    5. Optional: In the Activity and Compose fields, view the activity of the form, work notes, and additional comments.

    What to do next

    Install Unattended Robot. For more information, see Install Unattended Robot

    Set up the Unattended Robot application. For more information, see Set up Unattended Robot.

    Create a bot process. For more information, see Configuring a bot process record in RPA Hub.