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Desktop Automation

This step is deprecated and you should use the Call Robot step instead.

Convert old Desktop Automation action step

In Kofax RPA versions 10.7.0 and earlier, a standalone Desktop Automation Editor was used to edit the Robot workflow contained in a Desktop Automation action step. Starting with Kofax RPA 11.0.0, you can execute Desktop Automation action steps created in version 10.7.0 or earlier, but to edit the workflow, you need to extract the workflow from the step into a new Robot and change the Desktop Automation step to a Call Robot step referring to the new robot.

The export can be performed with both Basic Engine Robots and snippets containing Desktop Automation steps.

Note The export process cannot be undone, so you cannot revert to the initial Desktop Automation step once you exported it to a Robot.

  1. To convert the action step to a Robot , in the Projects tree, right-click a Basic Engine Robot containing a Desktop Automation step and click Export Robots. If you open a single robot and select the Desktop Automation step, you can preview the future Robot by clicking Preview in the step properties.

    • For convenience when working with multiple robots, you can export several Robots at once. In the Projects view, right-click any folder or select and right-click multiple Basic Engine Robots containing Desktop Automation steps and then click Export Robots.

    A new dialog box appears listing all found Desktop Automation steps to extract from.

  2. If required, you can assign a new descriptive name to the future Robot , preview the future robot, and see the Desktop Automation step in the containing Basic Engine Robot .

    • Click to rename the selected file.

    • Click to preview the selected Robot to be created after the export.

    • Click to show the selected Desktop Automation step in the containing Basic Engine Robot .

    Note Changing the zoom level in the Workflow Preview window also affects the zoom level of the Robot editor.

  3. Click Next to select a location for the exported robots inside the current project.

  4. Click Finish to close the dialog box and start the export.

    An export summary appears listing how many robots and snippets have been exported. Any required devices configured in the Basic Engine Robots automatically appear in the Robots .