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Basic Scheduling
You can set up basic scheduling for your robots on individual machines using the Windows integrated Task Scheduler.
Creating a Task
In the Task Scheduler, in the right panel click Create Task.
General Panel
Make sure to have:
- Name: The name of the task;
- Run only when the user is logged in;
- Run with the highest privileges;
- Configured for: the machine's operating system, for this example it would be Windows 10;
Triggers panel
In the triggers panel you can set-up the frequency with which the robot starts based on the displayed rules.
- It can be triggered: only one time, daily, weekly or monthly;
- It can recur every N number of days;
- Advanced settings: Repeating the trigger every hour, stopping the robot if it lasts longer than N hours.
Action Panel
- Program/Script: The path to where TAP Assistant is located. Press Browse for an easier way to navigate.
- Add arguments: The path to the .tap file that contains the robot due to be scheduled.
- Start in: This field cand be left empty.
*Note: the paths should be written between double quotes. E.g: "C:\path\example.tap"
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Potential Usecases:
Scheduling a robot to automatically run every Monday to process bank statements.
Scheduling a robot to run every hour and check email imboxes for new invoices in order to process them if any are found.
Scheduling a robot to send updates to the clients with updates every day/week.
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