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Deploy Process Discovery Analyzer on Windows

Use the following information to run Process Discovery Analyzer under Windows without using Docker.

Important Before deploying Process Discovery, make sure Java Runtime Environment is installed on the computer running Process Discovery Analyzer and JAVA_HOME variable that points to the JRE installation folder is added to system variables.

To deploy Process Discovery Analyzer on Windows without Docker, you must have a running MySQL server.

  1. Start MySQL server.
  2. Start and open Management Console and specify Process Discovery Analyzer parameters. Use the default settings where they are available in the following fields.
    1. In the Management Console, expand the Settings menu and click Process Discovery Analyzer.
    2. Specify Process Discovery Analyzer database connection settings1, runtime parameters, cluster settings, and supply the database root password.
    3. Perform database provisioning by clicking Create schema and Grant user access on the Database provisioning tab. For details, see the Process Discovery Analyzer.
  3. Download Kofax_RPA_ProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer_11.1.0.0_<buildnumber>.zip and extract the archive to a folder on your computer.
  4. Navigate to the extracted files and run Kofax_RPA_ProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer_11.1.0.0_<buildnumber>.msi.

    • By default, the Process Discovery Analyzer is installed as a Windows application in C:\Program Files (x86)\Kofax RPA Process Discovery Analyzer 11.1.0.0.<buildnumber> x32\. You can change the installation path if necessary.

      Note Any previous version of the Process Discovery Analyzer is removed when you install a new version of the Analyzer.

      Once installed, navigate to KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer.exe and run it. To specify options other than default, run Analyzer in the Command Prompt window with specified options. See Process Discovery Analyzer for details.

    • If you want to install Process Discovery Analyzer as a Windows service, select Register as a Windows Service on the Destination folder step of the installer.

      To start Process Discovery Analyzer at Windows startup, select Automatic startup.

      Analyzer starts automatically after installation completes. To specify options other than default for the service, perform the following steps.

      1. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

      2. Right-click the Kofax RPA Process Discovery Analyzer service and select Stop to stop the service.

      3. Right-click the Kofax RPA Process Discovery Analyzer service and select Properties.

      4. Specify parameters in the Start parameters field and click Start to start the service.

      To start the Process Discovery Analyzer as a Windows application, first stop the Kofax RPA Process Discovery Analyzer service, then navigate to KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer.exe and run it as described above.

Analyzer default settings 
MC_URL=localhost:50080
LOG=INFO
LOCALE=<system settings>

For the list of Analyzer options and default settings, see Process Discovery Analyzer options.

1 This is an IP address or a domain name of the computer running MySQL server. Note that you cannot specify localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the address.