Hi all
I am exploring picture in picture mode and saw 2 modes of pip we can try
But did not get the idea of child session and virtual desktop pip modes by going through the documentation
Can anyone help me to understand things in simpler way ?
hi, @NNR Picture-in-Picture (PiP) lets your automation run without disturbing your work.
Child Session: Runs the automation in a separate Windows login session, like a different user, so you can keep using your PC normally.
Virtual Desktop: Runs the automation on a new virtual desktop inside your current Windows session, which is lighter and faster.
You can pick the mode in Studio → Project Settings → PiP Type. For most cases, “Virtual Desktop” works well and is easier to use
For child session , who would be user then , is it same attended user itself ?
For virtual desktop, is it not logged in by user ?
Please clarify this
Hi, In Child Session, the user is the same attended user, but a new Windows login session is created. You need to login once with your Windows credentials, and that session runs separately until the machine restarts.
In Virtual Desktop, the user is also logged in, but the automation runs on a new virtual desktop inside your current session no extra login needed.
So, both use the same user, just different ways of isolating the automation session.
I got it
For child session, i wasn’t asked to login first time when bot runs in pip as in documentation, it is said that bot would ask first time and not required for furthrr runs jntil machine restarts , do u know why ?
It might be because the session is already cached or Windows is using saved credentials. The prompt will appear again only after a machine restart or session timeout
please mark it solution if it was helpful.
You can’t do with Attended bot. You will have to purchase a unattended licenses.
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