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Add a group of robots

You can select to add a single job that runs all robots with path names that match the given criteria. The criteria is evaluated when the schedule is run, so any robots uploaded after the job is created are included if they match the configured criteria.

Because the criteria is evaluated at runtime, any errors such as missing snippets/types are logged as errors in the Schedule runs log in the Log view. The same is true if a robot that uses input variables is run because it matches the criteria.

Note In robots added to schedules, only default values of input types are uploaded. Any changes to default type values in variables made in Design Studio can be used only in Design Studio. Check the values of variable types and change if needed when uploading robots to schedules.
  1. In the Configure criteria step, specify a display name and select the matching criteria: "Robot path contains," "Robot path matches pattern," or "Robot path starts with."

    The list at the bottom displays one or more robots matching the selected criteria. As long as you do not edit the Display name field, it changes depending on your criteria selection, but once you start editing it, the automatic naming is disabled.

  2. Specify a pattern to match against.
  3. Click Next.

    You can click Next even if no robots match the configured criteria, as you can later upload a robot that matches.

    If you have many robots, it may take some time to refresh the list of robots matching the selected criteria.

    Note When this job type is added to a schedule configured to run its jobs sequentially, you cannot control the order within the group of robots matching the criteria (but they are executed sequentially).