Monitor a Robot

Learn how to verify that a robot has run as expected.

  1. Run a robot.

    For details, see Test a Robot on Its Environment. The steps below start where the steps for testing a robot end.

    If you ran a robot by running an integration, different monitoring steps are available. See Monitor a Robot and Its Integration.

  2. Select the robot's Instance ID.

    The InstanceID link is below the Input field

    The Integration page opens with the Observe tab selected.

  3. In the left toolbar, select Robot Robot.

    The Robot instances tab appears.

  4. Check the status of the robot.
    For descriptions of each status, see Runtime Statuses of Robot Instances.
  5. Point to the robot, and select View details View details icon.

    When you point to a robot instance, the View details icon appears

    The Activity stream panel opens.

    The Activity stream panel appears for a robot instance

  6. Review the activity stream for the robot.

    Note:

    Details are available in the activity stream only after the robot has one of the following statuses: Succeeded or Failed.
    • 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

  7. Review the activity stream for the robot alongside a canvas view of the robot.
    1. 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.

    2. 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.