Call Robot

This action creates a Call Robot step required to call a Robot from a Basic Engine Robot . For more information, see Get Started.

If you want to automate an application using a VDI or a remote desktop, make sure that you configure and specify a reference to your automation devices first.

Properties

Configure the Call Robot step using the following properties.

Select a Robot
Specify a Robot to use or create a new one.

If you are creating a new Robot after specifying the values and mappings for the Basic Engine Robot, the new robot will inherit these properties.

Input Value
Provide an input value for the Robot.
Output Mapping
Assign a variable to hold the output value from the Call Robot step.
Required Devices
Specify the way to connect to an automation device for the Call Robot step. You can select Static Reference, Dynamic Reference, or Trigger Reference. See Reference to Automation Device for more information.

If you select Static Reference or Trigger Reference, specify an Automation Device Mapping to use.

If you select Dynamic Reference, specify a mapping name to use in the Connect to Device step. Once the Dynamic Reference connection was used by the robot and device is connected, the connection stays alive and can be used by the next Call Robot steps in your robot.

  • The number of devices specified in the Call Robot step and the Robot must match.

  • The device names that you set in the Robot may differ from those in the Call Robot step.