Process Run question

[A_Learner]

Hi,
Can an attended or un attened bot run while the screen is locked? what are the needed steps?

Thank you,

[ashokkarale]

@A_Learner,

Attended bots cannot run when the screen is locked. They are designed to assist users and require interaction.

Unattended bots can run while the screen is locked. For this, proper setup in the Orchestrator is required to ensure that the bot can start and execute processes without needing the screen to be unlocked.

Ensure that the unattended bot is installed in Service mode.

You can refer this thread for more information:

Attended bot able to run behind locked screen?

A bot is just a program - and like any program, it can run and interact with the OS even when the screen is locked. Like writing data to files or making network calls, etc. However, what it may not be able to do is interact with the environment as a human would - with keyboard and mouse clicks. You should test if you can interact in this way by doing a simple open a web page, click on a link and then enter and fill a text box and see what happens. That being said, you may be confusing the ter…

[sonaliaggarwal47 (Sonali Aggarwal)]

Hi @A_Learner,

Think of attended bot as a human doing everything. Like we humans can’t interact with screen when locked, same way attendee bot also can’t work when it is locked.

Whereas unattended bot is meant to work when you can’t. So even when you are not logged in, unattended bot can login to system and do the work.

Also refer below documentation for more details around differences between the two.

Robot - Attended Vs Unattended Robots

Attended Or Unattended RPA? Advantages for Both Solutions

eGuide%20to%20the%20six%20automation%20scenarios.pdf

Regards
Sonali

[sonaliaggarwal47 (Sonali Aggarwal)]

Hi @A_Learner,

Is your query answered? If yes, please consider closing this topic.

Regards
Sonali