A Script Is Trying To Access SAP GUI

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How to fix an issue "A script is trying to access SAP GUI" while inspecting an element in a SAP application or executing a process that automates SAP via Robot?

Issue Description

A pop-up with the message "A script is trying to access SAP GUI" is prompted by SAP whenever an external script\program tries to access a GUI element. In some cases, a different message may appear "A script is trying to attach to GUI".

Starting with the UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities package v 22.4.4, the activities will also return an error message when interacting with SAP if the scripting is misconfigured.
"Cannot communicate with SAP GUI Scripting interface. Click for more information."

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Root Cause

By default, the SAP application notifies the user that some program is trying to access the SAP GUI application. This is to prevent a program from making any changes in the SAP without a user's consent.

Resolution

These settings are configurable and can be disabled through SAP Accessibility and scripting settings,

  1. Launch SAP GUI application manually.
  2. Navigate to ‘Options’ as below or press “Alt+F12” and click ‘Options'.
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  1. Select the “Accessibility & Scripting” option in the left panel
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  1. Expand ‘Accessibility & Scripting’ and select “Scripting”
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  1. If the warning message is thrown, the option “Notify when a script attaches to SAP GUI” will be checked. To overcome the challenge, un-check the following options:
    1. Notify when a script attaches to SAP GUI
    2. Notify when a script opens a connection. Click “Apply” followed by “OK”.

Note: The above screen may vary for different versions of SAP GUI.

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Popup "a script is attempting to access SAP GUI"?