Recording client overview

The Recorder client is a lightweight installation that is downloaded on the recording user's machine. It records and captures screenshots and metadata of the task as it is being completed. There is one unified recorder application for both Assisted and Unassisted Task Mining. For Task Mining, the screenshots and metadata create traces to be reviewed and merged to get a comprehensive view of the process. For Unassisted Task Mining, the AI model is applied to the data to create tasks candidates to be reviewed and analyzed for automation and process improvement opportunities.

Even though the recording client needs to be installed on every machine in order to record data for each interaction, the performance impact is low and all the locally stored data is deleted automatically once it's updated to the encrypted cloud space.

.exe file

Details

The TaskMining.exe file enables you to install a user-mode of the Recorder. The installation path - %localappdata%\TaskMining and all other advanced options are already configured to help you get Task Mining up and running right away.

Who can use it

Companies that allow employess to install their own recording client on machines.

Note: The User Mode installer does not require Administrator Permissions, meaning that it is installed per user and is limited to the rights that the user has.

.msi file

Details

This package type natively supports all msiexec commands and is recommended for customers who need to deploy Task Mining to hundreds or thousands of machines. Refer to the official Microsoft documentation on Command-Line options for more information.

Who can use it

Companies where System Admins are assigned to distribute the application among the employees using the same machine.

Note:

• This package natively supports all msiexec commands. Refer to the official Microsoft documentation on Command-Line options for more information.
• To use the UiPathTaskMining.msi installer, Administrator Permissions are required. The installed product is made available to all the users who access the machine.

Hardware and software requirements for the recorder client

Requirements for running the recorder application

Network Connection	HTTPS port open
Processor	Minimum Intel i5 to i7, 4 cores, AVX2 command set enabled, generation 8+. Recommended Intel i7, i9.
Operating System	Windows 10 (x64) is fully supported Windows 7 often works but is not recommended
RAM	Minimum 8 GB Recommended 16 Gb
Storage (HDD)	Minimum 20 GB free space Recommended 100 Gb

Browser recommendation

The following browsers provide a higher fidelity recording when used by the end-users generating the data:

• Edge

• Mozilla Firefox

• Chrome

Virtual Desktop infrastructure (VDI) and Citrix for unified recorder

• Windows sessions in VDI environment need to be “isolated” (each user has an independent OS).

  • It is required that each user should have it's own user profile. This separates users and ensures that all traces are uploaded correctly.

• VDI needs to be persistent (each user has a dedicated machine, configurations and applications are saved when the user logs off or restarts).

• VDI needs to generate mouse and keyboard input on the OS level and persistent throughout Power On-Off Cycle.

• Windows user should have read/write access to his profile folder.

Known Limitations:

• The capturing of virtual environments is not fully supported.

• VM is being captured only with screenshots, without any metadata.

• The concurrent VDI solutions are not supported.

Note:

For best results, it's recommended that all target applications be installed on the VDI where the Task Mining agent is installed.