Can all the tasks be scheduled with the help of auto login feature?

[archana]

We run Automation Anywhere 3.0 and have a couple questions about its environment requirements. We currently have tasks that run a series of exports through a third party program. Automation Anywhere opens the program and file through a command line switch and then the program closes itself after it has completed the export. My question though is, does the computer need to be at the desktop for Automation Anywhere to launch this program? I ask this specifically because we have about 30 tasks like this and only 6 of them successfully run daily when the computer is in a locked state. If it is at the desktop and is not locked, then all 30 tasks run successfully. I would appreciate any help and / or explanation as to why we are having varying degrees of success

[Nick]

archana,

Yes you can have automation anywhere unlock the PC before running the task and then re-lock when the task is completed. This became available in 3.5. You should be able to update at no cost.

From the main menu select tools then options. Fill in the auto login settings (user name /password / )

from the help menu in automation anywhere.

"Auto Login Settings
Use this setting to unlock your computer when the task runs.

If you use Auto Login, when any task runs, Automation Anywhere will check if the computer is locked or not. If it is then it will unlock the computer using the username and password you have provided and start executing your task.

Once the task completes successfully, it will lock the computer again.

It will also lock the computer if any of the following occurs during the execution of the task

Anyone hits an Escape key
Anyone hits a pause key
Any error occurs during the execution of the task"

Sounds like the other 24 task that fail when the computer locked may have additional steps besides running an application. If there is a keystroke in a window or any action that using the desktop interactivity it will fail. Check the log file to see where the task is failing (line #)

[archana]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for replying. Auto login settings seems to have resolved the problem I was facing. Thanks again.