Need to run a browser based automation in vm without needing to keep the screen visible

[Tata_Subramanian]

Hi I am currenlty doing a automation on gst website for challan creation, but the process does not seem to run when i minimise or close the vm on my system. Although VM is on 24/7 the process does not run the moment i close vm in my system.
I have tried using window message and simulated clicks but its not wrking.
any sugestions?

[Gokul001 (Gokul Balaji)]

HI @Tata_Subramanian

If you want your process to be run in background even after the VM is closed ,What you need is an Unattended License for your robot and connect the robot to the orchestrator and after that you can see what you need .

To know about the license check this
https://licensing.uipath.com/

To know about plan and pricing

UiPath Plans and Pricing | UiPath

To know how to activate license

Activate Studio

To contact sales team for getting license

Contact Sales - RPA Business Process Strategy | UiPath

Regards
Gokul

[Tata_Subramanian]

thanks gokul but i have one unattended robot in my free version i guess and even after publishing it to orchestrator its not running

[Gokul001 (Gokul Balaji)]

And you have assigned that license to the machine in which you run right?

Also check your string based on the steps given in the thread

Unattended but working only when the screen is open

Thanks a lot @seanrockvz13 for explaining to me about many things. After checking the whole system setting again . I have come to know that the path is installed with the Robot type as User Mode in the non-working VM . After the reinstallation is done with the robot type as Service Mode the VM is working fine. [image] If anyone faces the same issue you need to check this first in task manager->Details [image] There should be a Service. host available in the running state for unattended and…

Regards
Gokul

[Tata_Subramanian]

yes machine allocation is all done and it works when i keep the vm screen open in my laptop but it doesnt work the moment i close vm session in my laptop

[Gokul001 (Gokul Balaji)]

Hi @Tata_Subramanian

Have look on the thread

Unattended but working only when the screen is open

Thanks a lot @seanrockvz13 for explaining to me about many things. After checking the whole system setting again . I have come to know that the path is installed with the Robot type as User Mode in the non-working VM . After the reinstallation is done with the robot type as Service Mode the VM is working fine. [image] If anyone faces the same issue you need to check this first in task manager->Details [image] There should be a Service. host available in the running state for unattended and…

Regards
Gokul

[Tata_Subramanian]

no this is not the problem here, i am able to run the automation if i keep the virtual machine on in my system, but the moment i close error comes that its not able to find the ui element

[Palaniyappan (Forum Leader)]

Hi

Make sure that bot is installed in service mode and not in user mode

Only then you will be able to access the elements in unattended mode

For more details

User Mode VS Service Mode

Hi @codemonkee & @LeftBrainCo! Let me try to explain how User Mode & Service Mode are different: User Mode - All the Robot’s components(Service, Executor, Tray) live on the user’s session and run with current user’s permissions. Also, the Service is not started automatically. It’s started whenever you first open the Tray and it’s using the same authorization as the Tray. When you click to start a process, the Tray goes to the Service and the Service spawns an Executor (with the same permissi…

To check how is your robot deployed you need to check your Windows services and check under which user it’s working. If it’s your username then you need to reinstall your robot using the msi package.

And if you are trying to run or connect from orchestrator then make sure that in robot setting it is set as false in log in to console

Cheers @Tata_Subramanian