Monitor a Robot and Its Integration

Learn how to verify that an integration and robot have run as expected.

  1. Run an integration that calls a robot.

    For details, see Test a Robot and Its Integration. The steps below start where the steps for testing a robot and its integration end.

    If you ran a robot without running its integration, different monitoring steps are available. See Monitor a Robot.

  2. Monitor the integration.
    1. Select the integration's instance ID.

      The integration's instance ID appears at the top of the Activity stream panel

      The canvas view of the integration opens, with the activity stream on the right.

    2. In the upper-right corner, check the status of the integration and robot.

      If the integration or robot is still running, In progress appears, along with a Refresh button Refresh icon.

      In progress appears along with a Refresh button when an integration and robot are still running

    3. Select Refresh Refresh icon until Succeeded appears in the upper-right corner.

      Succeeded appears after the integration and robot finish running

      For more information about monitoring an integration, see Monitor Integrations in a Project.

  3. Monitor the robot.
    1. Double-click the Robot process automation action on the canvas.

      The related record in the activity stream is highlighted in orange.

      The mouse points to the Robot process automation action for calling a robot. In the activity stream, the record for calling the robot is highlighted.

    2. Below the Wire Message received entry, select View child instance details.

      The activity stream for the robot instance opens.

    3. At the top of the activity stream, select the robot's instance ID.

      The canvas view of the robot opens, with the activity stream on the right.

    4. To view the activity stream entry for an action, double-click the action on the canvas.

      The related record in the activity stream is highlighted in orange.

      The mouse points to the Enter Text action for entering a password. In the activity stream, the record for entering the password is highlighted.

    5. Review the activity stream for the robot.

      • Check whether each step ran correctly: Green checkmarks indicate that the action completed successfully. A red X indicates that the robot wasn't able to complete the action.

        Several actions appear in the activity stream. Green checkmarks at the beginning of each action indicate that the robot completed the actions as directed

      • Review the steps that the robot completed for each action: Expand each entry in the activity stream to review the tasks that the robot performed.

        An entry in the activity stream is fully expanded, showing all of the tasks that the robot completed for an Enter Text action

      • Review any information that was logged: For example, if you added a log action to record a value in the activity stream, find and review the logged data.

        A log action shows the supplier name that the robot gets from the purchase order