This section explains how to schedule a robot. Schedule Robot is an invaluable option in the Manager that initiates the running of robots at a particular day and time, for a specified period- all without human effort. Thus, without  human intervention scheduling is possible for Live and UAT  environments, for specific Tenants and Projects .Scheduling is also possible for multiple machines for a single robot.

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Robot Management-->Robot Monitoring-->Schedule Robot

Click on the Add  button.

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The following steps are performed to Add a schedule for robots.

Give a Schedule Name.  Select the Environment , Tenant name and Project name. Click on the Machine Name field to select the computer on which the scheduling is to be done. 

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Computer List will be accessed. Select the machine and click on the OK button.  

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Schedule Type has four options ,such as Daily Multiple, Daily, Weekly and Monthly.  One can choose the one that best suits the needs.  Provide the Start and End Date as well as Start and End Time.  Save.

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Provide the Start and End Date as well as Start and End Time.  Save.

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It will be saved successfully and reflect as such.  

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Let’s look at another example, where a weekly scheduling is done. Here, one has chosen certain days of the week to run robots in the given machine from the start to end date at specified time. Upon saving, the robots will run on the specific days ,at the given time.

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Additionally, scheduling can be done for multiple machines. Click on the field under the Machine Name Header.

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It will display the Computer List.  Select the Machines on which robots are to be scheduled to run.  Click Ok.

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Both the machines will be populated in the machine field. Continue to fill all details in the fields. In the following example, monthly is selected in the schedule type.  Save.

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In the event of choosing Daily multiple, the Add or Remove button will be enabled.  One can give various Start and End times.

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Thus the schedules can be created for various periods. It will be saved and reflect in the scheduler grid. Edit ,Delete and Export options can be availed .

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Once scheduling has commenced it is possible to view Log Details for the respective Scheduler Name.

Viewing Schedules.

Select the scheduler name and Click on the Log Details.

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The completed scheduler details will be displayed.  For a further drill down of  Machine Details, click on the same.

 

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One gets to view the Allocated  Machine Details.

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