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Available Processes

Displays a list of all the available processes.

Start

Starts the corresponding process.

Pause

Pauses the corresponding process.
This button is displayed only when a process is already running.
It can be disabled for a process from Studio.

Stop

Tries to cancel the corresponding process, and if it does not succeed, it terminates it.
This button is displayed only when a process is already running.

Update

This button is displayed only when a process exists in the Orchestrator feed, or locally in the %ProgramData%\UiPath\Packages folder, but not in the %userprofile%\.nuget\packages one.
Downloads and unzips a given process to the %userprofile%\.nuget\packages folder. Only automation processes that are in this folder can be executed directly from the tray.

Refresh

Refreshes the list of available processes.

Options

Opens the Options menu. It can also be accessed by right-clicking the Robot tray. The following functionalities are available:
Orchestrator Settings - opens the Orchestrator Settings window, so that you can connect or disconnect from Orchestrator, and set the Robot logging.
User Preferences - opens the User Preferences window, so that you can configure global keyboard shortcuts to pause/resume and stop processes, set the language, and change the theme.
Open Logs - opens a File Explorer window, at the location of the logs (by default %LOCALAPPDATA%\UiPath\Logs).
Help - opens the Robot Guide.
Quit - closes the UiPath Robot tray. Closing the Robot tray does not close the UiPath Robot service.

Machine Name

The name of the machine on which the Robot is installed. It is automatically filled in. It needs to be between 1 and 15 characters. If the machine name is longer than 16 characters, then it appears truncated in the Orchestrator Settings window. For example, if your machine name is WORKSTATIONWIN7_01 it appears as WORKSTATIONWIN7 in the Orchestrator Settings window. The following characters are not supported:
Backslash \
Slash mark /
Colon :
Asterisk *
Question mark ?
Quotation mark "
Less than sign <
Greater than sign >
Vertical bar |

Please note that full stop . is a supported character, but the Machine Name cannot start with it. Some computer names are reserved by default. You can find out more about NetBIOS computer names and limitations on this page.

Orchestrator URL

The URL of your Orchestrator instance. If you are using one of your Cloud Platform services, make sure you add the AccountLogicalName and ServiceName parameters, such as: http://platform.uipath.com/[AccountLogicalName]/[ServiceName]/. The URL is saved in a drop-down menu so that next time you connect to Orchestrator you only need to select the target URL.

Machine Key

The Machine key copied from the Provision Robot window in Orchestrator. The key is saved. Next time you select the Orchestrator URL to connect to this field is automatically filled in with the corresponding key.

Connect

Enables you to connect the Robot to Orchestrator. This button is not available if the Robot is already connected to Orchestrator or if all the required fields are not filled in properly.

Disconnect

Enables you to disconnect the Robot from Orchestrator. This button is available only if the Robot is connected to Orchestrator.

Robot Logging

The level at which the Robot should log information. The following levels are available: Verbose, Trace, Information, Warning, Error, Critical, and Off.

Status

Informs you about the Robot's connection to Orchestrator. It can have the following values:
Connected, licensed
Connected, unlicensed
Robot unavailable

Close

Closes the Orchestrator Settings window.

Language

Enables you to change the interface language of the Robot Tray and Studio.

Theme

Enables you to change the Robot theme.

Keep in taskbar

Enables you to pin the Robot tray to the taskbar.

OK

Closes the User Preferences window and saves all the changes.

Cancel

Closes the User Preferences window and discards all the changes.

Restore to original

Reverts all changes to their default values.

Process Name

An available process for which you can set a keyboard shortcut to start it.

Keyboard Shortcut

Allows you to configure a global keyboard shortcut to start the corresponding process.

Pause/Resume Process

Allows you to configure a global keyboard shortcut which pauses or resumes the execution of the currently running process.

Stop Process

Allows you to configure a global keyboard shortcut which stops the currently running process.

OK

Closes the User Preferences window and saves all the changes.

Cancel

Closes the User Preferences window and discards all the changes.

Restore to original

Reverts all changes to their default values.