Actions in Automation Anywhere A360

10 Easiest Actions in Automation Anywhere A360 Platform

In this blog post, we are going to have a look at the 10 Easiest Actions in Automation Anywhere A360.

Actions are commands available inside a package in Automation Anywhere A360 platform.

10 Easiest Actions in Automation Anywhere A360

Here we have listed the 10 actions that we feel are the easiest to learn as compared to the other available Actions in A360.

Application

Using the Application package’s, Open program/file action, you can open or forcefully close any of the applications or programs. It supports .exe, .bat, script files, or shortcut paths.

Bot migration

Bot migration package has Migrate bot action that helps you to convert your .atmx code file to A360 format. You can migrate your previous version (v10 or v11) bots into A360 format.

Comment

Comments help us to describe the intent of the code. By reading comments, we know what the piece of code/logic is doing.

You can add comments in A360 using the Comment action. Whatever you write in the comments is not executed and just acts as documentation for your code.

Delay

Delay action allows you to add specific or dynamic delays between the commands or actions performed by the bot.

Delay can be added in seconds or milliseconds. You can choose the Random radio button to select a random delay within the specified range

Log to File

Using Log to file action, you can log the execution steps that will help in debugging or troubleshooting the bot while analyzing bot issues.

Message Box

Message Box action is used to display messages. Sometimes helpful for debugging the bot if you want to check variable values. Message Box displays text to the user in a pop-up.

Play sound Package

Play sound package has two actions – Play beep and Play media file.

  • Play beep: Plays a beep sound
  • Play media file: Plays an audio file that is of “.mp3” or “.wav” format.

Simulate keystrokes

We can use keystrokes action from the Simulate keystroke package provides an easy way to input text into form fields or execute keyboard shortcuts.

Step

Step action helps you to categorize your code. You can put the related set of bot logic under a particular Step. It groups various actions together and runs them in a specific order.

For more, you may refer to Automation Anywhere Docs.

v11 Task bot

Using this action, you can run the v11 task bot (.atmx) from the A360 platform. You just need to provide a few details such as v11 Control Room URL, credentials to connect to the Control Room, etc.


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