Introduction to Management Console Structure

The Management Console is divided into five functional areas.

Schedules

A schedule is a plan for running one or more robots, typically at pre-planned points in time and in a repeating fashion. A schedule does not run robots itself; it merely provides the plan for when the robots should be run (which is done by passing them to the configured servers).

Repository

Robots, type definitions and resources can be uploaded from Design Studio to the Management Console repository or uploaded manually through the web interface of the Management Console. Uploaded robots can be executed as part of a Schedule or through client code that executes robots using the Kofax RPA Java or C# APIs. You can also use the APIs to programmatically query or update the repository.

Data

The Data View allows you to see the data your robots have stored in databases or to export this data to Excel or XML.

Logs

Use logs to view the execution history of your schedules. If database logging is enabled, you can also view the RoboServer logs which contain details of every robot execution.

Admin

Use the Admin section to configure settings for the Management Console. It also enables you to manage the clusters of RoboServers and their settings, as well as manage projects and permissions. This is also where you configure the license and create/restore backups.

Note Some features such as High Availability may not be available, depending on your license key.

Naming Policy

Note the limitations when using "." in file names:

  • It is not possible to upload files and create folders starting with “.”.

  • It is not possible to create a database (under cluster) and a database mapping (under project) using a name starting with ".".