Day 8: Foundation training

Automation Anywhere –  Metabot Overview

Foundation Training 

Creating a Metabot
Recording Metabot
 Configuring Screen
 Calibrating Screen
 Using the logic editor
• Using Metabot in task
 Using Metabot DLL in Task
 Custom Objects in Metabot

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Metabot

What are MetaBots?

MetaBots are highly re-usable automation blueprints of applications.

These blueprints can be built using:

Visual Captures are GUI Application APIs are Navigational Flows are pre-
components, also known as interfaces that allow low configured use cases of an
screens, of an application.  level operations of an application and leverage
application by circumventing Visual captures and APIs.
GUI. 

Navigational
Visual Captures Application APIs
Flows

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Benefits of Metabot

• They are highly re- • They help • They can be easily

usable; once automate without calibrated to newer
created, can be the need to access versions of
used everywhere. live applications. applications to
ensure
compatibility.

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Metabot Designer

• The MetaBot Designer is your solution if you want to:

► Create MetaBots

► Add screens and dynamic link libraries

► Manage your MetaBot assets

► Configure and calibrate the screens

► Create custom objects on the screens

► Edit MetaBots

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Metabot – Create Metabot

• You can login to your Automation Anywhere account by creating your

first MetaBot.

• Once the MetaBots have been created, they can be uploaded from the
MetaBot Designer to the Control Room.

• From there any number of Automation Anywhere Enterprise

Development Clients can download and use them.

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Metabot – Understanding Metabot designer

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Metabot – Using Logic Editor

• Use Logic Editor to create simple manageable independent navigational flow - Logic that can be integrated into automation
tasks as and when required.

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Questions?

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