Version a Robot

Creating a new version of a robot gives you the ability to fall back to an earlier version of the robot. Additionally, you can have multiple versions of a robot active in an environment.

Use Cases

The following scenarios illustrate the power of versioning:

Fall back to an earlier version of a robot

If you need to update a robot that's already been deployed to a higher environment, create a new version of the robot first. That way, if any issues occur with the new robot's version after deployment, you can always fall back to an earlier version of the robot.
Have two or more versions of a robot active at one time

Consider the following scenario: Robot Version 1 runs successfully on an application. The application recently released an update featuring significant changes to the user interface. The changes are available in a testing environment for a couple months and then will be available in production. You create Robot Version 2, update it for the changes to the user interface, and deploy the robot to production so that you can ensure the robot runs as expected. In this situation, Robot Version 1 and Robot Version 2 are active at the same time in production.

Version a Robot

Open a project.
1. In the navigation pane, select Projects.
2. Select the project name.
In the left toolbar, select Robot .
In the Robots box, point to a robot, select ..., and select Create new version.

The Create new version panel appears.
Update the version field appropriately for the change.

If you must activate this robot on an instance for which another version is already active, you must increment the major version number. For example, increment from 1.0.0 to 2.0.0. Otherwise, you can increment the version number as you choose.

For guidance on how to update the robot, see Workflow for Updating a Deployed Robot.