Automation Anywhere Examples

AUTOMATION ANYWHERE
PRACTICALS

Zip Files That Are More Than 5 MB In Size
Task Description
Copy all the files of a folder that are more than 5 MB in size to another location and zip all the copied files
with the current date as the zip file name.
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Note: Save the .atmx file in My Documents -> Automation Anywhere -> Automation Anywhere -> My Tasks
Solutions
1. Create New Task
o Click on New-> Task Editor.
2. Copy all the files having size more than 5 MB
o From the Program/Files/Windows category, select Files/Folders command. In the Files/Folders
wizard click on Copy File(s) option. Specify source & destination folder.
o Copy Files "C:MyFolder*.*" to "C:MyFolderDocumentFiles" if file size is at least 5120 KB
o Click on the "Advance View >>" button and then click on size. From the list select at least, and
specify the size as in the KB textbox.
o e.g. for 5MB specify 5120 KB for 1MB specify 1024 KB

3. Zip all the files from a folder
o From the Program/Files/Windows category, select Files/Folders command and select Zip File(s)
option. Specify the path from where you want to zip all the files, also, specify the destination
zip file name along with the path. To specify today's date as filename, press F2 for the list of
variables. Select Day variable, again press F2 and select Month variable, and again press F2 and
select Year variable, and at the end specify ".zip" as the extension.
o Zip file(s) from "C:MyFolderDocumentFiles" into file
"C:MyFolderDocumentFiles$Day$_$Month$_$Year$.zip"

When you run this task, it copies all the files that have size more than 5 MB, zip's the copied files with the
current date as the file name.
Using OCR To Integrate With Command Line FTP
Task Description
Web and Desktop applications are filled with images that need to be converted to a readable text for certain
actions to be performed. OCR technology is used to do just that.
The task below logs into FTP server via DOS and waits to check if logged in successfully. It uses OCR
technology to retrieve information from Command Prompt in to readable text to check whether login was
successful.

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Note: Save the xls in C: drive, the .atmx file in My Documents -> Automation Anywhere -> Automation
Anywhere -> My Tasks
Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click on New -> Task Editor.
2. Insert Open Program/File command to open command prompt
o Type cmd.exe in program/file text box.
o Save the command.
3. Enter necessary keystrokes required to log in to the ftp server.
4. Insert Loop command
o Insert 5 times loop command.

5. Insert OCR command to capture the text from command prompt.
o Select window from the drop down.
o Click on view capture text.
o Select variable from drop down.
o Click on save button.
6. Enter if command to check logged in successfully or not.
o Enter $str$ variable.
o Select Includes operation.
o Select Fix option.
o Type logged in in fix text box.
o Save the command.

7. Enter exit loop command in if condition.
8. Save and Run the task.
When you run this task, all the commands necessary to login to server are entered. It waits for some time to
login to server. It uses the OCR technology to check whether login was successful or not.
Using Application Integration To Integrate Terminal
Emulator Program
Task Description
Often businesses need to get data from application windows that have no way of getting data. For such
cases, Automation Anywhere features App Integration.
This task checks if a user has logged in successfully to a FTP server using Putty. It captures data from Putty
application window and checks for the string logged in to ensure the user is logged in successfully.
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Solutions
1. Connect to remote machine using Putty
o Insert Open Program/files command.

o Type path of putty exe for e.g. C:puttytel.exe.
o Double click on Manage Windows Control command found under Programs/Windows/Files
command category, select Putty application window, capture Host Name of the Textbox and
Set Text option specify the machine name for e.g. Pc9

o Double click on Manage Windows Control command, select Putty application window, capture
radio button of Telnet and select Select the Radio button option.

o Double click on Manage Windows Control command, select Putty application window, capture
Open button and select Click option.

2. Login to FTP server using Putty
o Insert necessary keystrokes commands to login to ftp server.

3. Use App Integration command to capture the data in Putty window
o Double click App Integration command, select Other from drop down of Application, select
window of putty application, click on View Captured Text window and select Prompt-
Assignment from the variable drop down.

4. Using If command check if user is logged in successfully
o Double click on If command found under Conditions/Loops command category, select Variable
option and click on Edit button, insert Prompt-Assignment using F2 key, select Includes option
from the drop down, select Fix option and type logged in in text box.

o You can put this command inside Loop times command to repeat the action in case the system
takes time to login.
o Insert Exit loop command inside if command if ftp server is connected.
5. How to run the task
o In case you do not have Automation Anywhere installed, please download and install it from,
o Save T100.atmx under location, My DocumentsAutomation AnywhereAutomation
AnywhereMy Tasks

To run this task edit the commands and make necessary changes related to ftp server and putty exe path.
When we run this task it opens putty application; enter user name and password necessary to login to ftp
server and capture the text and checks if it contains logged in maximum five times until the ftp server is
logged in successful.
Use Automation Anywhere Services With Your Scripts-
VBScripts_JScripts
Task Description
Use Automation Anywhere services with your scripts.
Solutions
1. Use your scripts from Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere serves as an automation platform to run, integrate, schedule, and manage
scripts such as VBScripts and JScripts. Following is a list of features from Automation Anywhere that
you can leverage with your existing scripts.

o Set different Repeat options for your scripts
o Send Email notification once the script is over. You can set it up from the 'Notification' tab
o Assign a Hotkey to the script to launch it instantly
o Schedule it by clicking on 'Schedule' button and specifying the scheduling options.
Transfer Data From Excel To Any Application
Task Description
Transfer data from Excel to any application.
Pre-requisites: Before you run this task, your Excel file and the destination application, both should be open.
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Solution

1. Create new task
o Let's say you want to transfer the data present in Excel column as shown in Screenshot 1.
o We will create a task that transfers one cell of Excel and then we will set the Repeat property of
Automation Anywhere to transfer multiple cells to the destination application.
o In the main Automation Anywhere window click on Tools->Task Editor.
o From the list of commands, double-click the 'Insert Keystrokes
o Select the title of your Excel file from the dropdown list and specify the keystrokes to copy one
cell data as shown:

o Click on Save button in the Insert Keystrokes command.
o Now your task looks as shown:

o Now enter another Keystroke command in the same Excel window similar to above command,
but in this command enter the keystrokes to move to the next cell for e.g. Down Arrow as
shown:
o Save the command.
o Now the task should look as shown:

o Now let's paste the data (copied from Excel) into your target application. Here for illustrative
purpose we will use Microsoft Word but it can be any application.
o As shown above, now enter the keystroke actions in the Word window to paste the copied
data..
o In above Keystroke action, we also move to the next column in the Microsoft Word table using
the Right Arrow after copying the data.
o Now the complete task will look as shown in Screenshot 7.
o Save the task and give it appropriate name.
2. Transfer multiple rows from Excel
o After saving the task from editor, come back to main Automation Anywhere window.
o Select your task from the list and click on Repeat section under Properties tab and specify the
number of repeats. This is equal to the number of rows you want to transfer from Excel
window to Word window in this example.

3. Pre-requisites before running the task
o Since in this task we are not using any mouse clicks to select the first cell, it is essential you
keep the first cell selected in your Excel file before running the task as shown in Screenshot 1.
o Keep your destination application also open.
When you run this task, it copies one cell of excel using keystrokes and pastes it to the target application
(Microsoft Word in this case) using keystrokes. When the task is repeated, it transfers as many cells from
Excel to Word.
Transfer Data From Access To Excel Using Excel
Integration
Task Description
Transfers product data from Access to Excel using Excel Integration.
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Solution
1. Connect to database
o From Application Category->Database, Select 'Connect' option. For our example we are using
MS Access as the database, but other databases like Oracle, SQL Server, My SQL, MS SQL, etc.
may also be used.
o Select SQL query option and specify the query. e.g. select * from Employee. When the query is
executed, it will return all the data of the Employee table.

2. Open Spreadsheet
o From Application Category->Excel, Select 'Open Spreadsheet' option.

3. Transfer Data
o Insert the commands to paste the data from the database into the Excel spreadsheet.
The commands for pasting data into Excel are:
Excel : Go to beginning of the row of the active cell
Excel : Set value of Active Cell with "$Dataset Column(1)$"
Excel : Go to one cell right of active cell
o Repeat above commands for each column of the access database.
Insert a loop for each row of the database
o After the task runs the Excel spreadsheet will contain the employee data.

When you run this task, it reads the values from a database and inserts them one by one into the Excel
spreadsheet.
Test And Validate Online Shopping Cart Functionality

Task Description
Online shopping cart is arguably the most important part of an E-Commerce site. Testing shopping cart is
essential to success of any E-commerce site. This task shows how you can test online shopping cart.
Note: This sample task uses an example of www.barnesandnobel.com just for illustrative purposes.
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Solutions
1. Record a new task
o Click on Tools->Web Recorder.
o Type in http://www.barnesandnobel.com/ and click on Start
o Select ISBN from the dropdown. Enter any ISBN number for e.g. 074322566X.
o Click on Search.
o Click on 'Add To Cart'
o Click on 'View Entire Cart'
o Click on 'Import Table' button from the toolbar on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
o Click in the 'Price' column to capture the pricing table.
o Stop Recording and Save the task.
2. Validate your Shopping Cart

o After Import Table command is executed, you can use System Variable command, $Table
Column(index)$ to extract the row data of the Table when the task runs.
o Open the Task in Editor to insert loop and conditional commands to validate the shopping cart.
o Insert a Conditional command inside the Loop command to verify if the $Table Column(4)$ has
the value 16.00 i.e. the price of the book.
o This way when you run the task it will import the tabular data of the shopping cart and look for
the expected price and if found, will show a message box
How to find which index to use in System Variable $Table Column$?
o While recording, when you click on the Import Table and capture a table, it will ask you for a
csv file name.
o Specify a valid filename.
o Run the recorded task once. It will generate the csv file.
o Open the csv file in Excel and find out which column your data is in and that is the index you
need to use.
When you run this task, it adds one book to the cart and validates the expected price of the book in the
shopping cart.
Terminal Emulator Automation-Checking For Malware
In Remote Machine
Terminal Emulator Automation: Checking for malware in remote machine by looking at which programs
initiate connections

Task Description
This task shows you how using Automation Anywhere, you can easily automate any type of Terminal
Emulator. This example looks at the programs on the remote machine that are making connections with the
outside world, and check if any unexpected program or malware is present in the list.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
2. Connect to Terminal
o Using the Terminal Emulator command, select the Connect action.
o Specify a Session name.
o Specify the Host name and Terminal prompt of the remote machine to connect.
3. Wait till text login appears on terminal screen
o Select the Terminal Emulator ->Wait action.
o Specify the Session name.
o Select Wait till text appears option in Terminal Event.
o Specify login as Text.

4. Send username to Terminal
o Select the Terminal Emulator->Send Text action.
o Specify the <username> for the remote machine as Text.
o In Wait for terminal prompt to appear, select Dont Wait.

5. Wait till text password appears on terminal screen
o Select the Terminal Emulator->Wait action.
o Select Wait till text appears option in Terminal Event.
o Specify password as Text.
6. Send password to Terminal
o Specify the <password> for the remote machine as Text.

o In Wait for terminal prompt to appear, select After sending text.
7. Send netstat command to Terminal
o Specify the command netstat b as Text and redirect the output to a file in the shared folder of
the local machine.
o In Wait for terminal prompt to appear, select After sending text.
8. Disconnect from Terminal
o Select the Terminal Emulator ->Disconnect action.

9. Save the task.
10. How to run the task:
o Copy T97.atmx to location, My DocumentsAutomation AnywhereAutomation AnywhereMy
Tasks
o Change remote machine name, username, password and folder name as per your computer.
o Launch Automation Anywhere and from Task List select T97.atmx and click on RUN button to
run the task.
Synchronize Modified Files With FTP Server
Task Description
Daily synchronize modified files with FTP server.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click on Tools ->Task Editor.
2. Connect to FTP server
o From the Internet Category double-click on FTP command.
o Insert a FTP connect command to connect to your FTP server.

3. Move your daily work files to a pre-defined folder
o From Program/Files/Windows category double-click on Files/Folders.
o Select the Copy Files option
o Specify the source and destination folders.
o In advance option, specify an option to copy files modified only within last 1 day.
4. Synchronize your files with FTP
o Insert a Loop command to Loop for each File in a folder where your files reside.
o Within the Loop, insert an FTP Put File command to upload all the files modified within last 1
day.
5. Schedule the task
o Using the schedule property in the main Automation Anywhere window, schedule this task to
run after midnight so all the files modified today will be uploaded to the FTP server.
When you run this task, it will copy all the files modified today to a temporary folder. Then it will loop
through each file in the temporary folder and upload them one after another.
Synchronize Folders
Task Description

Synchronize two folders
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Note: Save the .atmx file in My Documents -> Automation Anywhere -> Automation Anywhere -> My
Tasks.
Solutions
1. Create New Task
2. Loop through each file in a folder
o Using the Loop command from the Conditions / Loops category, select "Each file in a folder"
option.
o Select a source folder by clicking on the "Browse..." button.
o Start Loop "Each File in F:SourceFolder"
o End Loop

3. Check for the existence of the file in the destination folder
o Using the IF command from the Conditions/Loops category, select "File does not exist" option
from the IF interface.
o In the "Select File" textbox specify "F:DestinationFolder$FileName$.$Extension$".
Note:
"F:DestinationFolder": It is destination folder in which the current file is to be searched.
"$FileName$.$Extension$": $FileName$ and $Extension$ are system variables.
$FileName$: Contain the name of the file currently referred in the loop without the extension.
$Extension$: Contain the extension of the file currently referred in the loop.

4. Copy the file from the source folder, if the file does not exist in the destination folder
o Using the Files/Folders command from the Programs/Files/Windows category, select "Copy
File(s)" option from the Files /Folders interface. In the "Source File(s) with Path" textbox
specify, "F:SourceFolder$FileName$.$Extension$" and in the "Destination Folder with path
specify "F:DestinationFolder$FileName$.$Extension$"
Note:
"F:SourceFolder": It is the source folder referred in the loop, from which the file has to be
deleted.
"F:DestinationFolder": It is the destination folder, whose files are compared with the source
folder.

5. Synchronize destination folder
o Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 for coping files from destination folder that do not exist in the source
folder.

When you run this task, it will create new folders in your given drive and backup data from your local folders
to these newly created folders.
SNMP To Manage Agents
Task Description
Managing various agents across the network by setting a new value and sending email if any authentication
fails.
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Tasks.
Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click Tools -> Task Editor.
2. Get value
o Select the 'SNMP' command.

o Select Get option.
o Select the variable to store the value.
3. Set new value
o Using If variable command check the value of the variable.
o If the value is oldValue then set new value using Set option of the 'SNMP' command.

4. Get info if any trap at agent side and send email
o Select the 'SNMP' command.
o Select Send trap option.
o Specify the agent, object id and select trap type.
o Using Send Email command send this trap log file which has all details.

When you run this task, it will get the value of the OID of the particular agent, check it with the fix value, if its
oldValue it will set the new specified value. An email will be sent with the log file of trap if any authentication
fails.
SMS Marketing
Task Description
Send the same message to a list of mobile numbers through yahoo.
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Solutions
1. Create a List of mobile numbers
Create List Variable from Tools Menu > Variable Manager. Make sure User Variables tab is selected.
Click Add New Variable and in 'Type' selection select List. Type user names. Give an appropriate name
to List Variable (say MobileNo) and save the List Variable.

2. Record a Task
Record a task to send a message to one particular mobile number through Yahoo Messenger's Text
feature ("Start a Mobile Conversation" feature).
3. Replace your mobile number in the task with the variable
Open the task in the editor. Identify and edit the keystroke action that has the phone number and then
replace the phone number with the variable you declared earlier (say "MobileNo").

4. Loop through the list of mobile numbers
Identify the action from where you started a mobile conversation, from there till you had sent the
mobile message and put all those actions inside a Loop command for list variable "MobileNo".

When you run this task, it will send your message to all the mobile numbers in your list.
Server Monitoring
Task Description
Monitors the server and send an email alert if the server is down.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click New->Task Editor.
2. Monitor the server
o Select Loop command, select "Start Loop" option and select 'Condition'
o Select 'Ping Successful' option
o Specify the address of the server of to be monitored.
o Insert some delay so that loop is checking every few seconds or minutes.

3. Notify Administrator
o If the server crashes, the task will stop executing the Loop and will send an email alert.

When you run this task, it monitors the server constantly. As soon as the server goes down or stops
responding to Ping requests it sends an email alert.
Send An Email To A List Of Contacts
Task Description
Send an Email (e.g. a Marketing email or newsletter) to a list of contacts.
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Solutions
You can send text emails to your list of contacts using 'Send e-mail' feature provided by Automation
Anywhere. See Solution - A.
If you want to use your own email client see Solution - B.
Solution A
1. Create list of email addresses
o Create List Variable from Tools Menu -> Variable Manager.
o Make sure User Variables tab is selected. Click Add New Variable and in 'Type' selection select
List. Type email addresses. Give an appropriate name to List Variable (say MyContacts) and
save the List Variable.

2. end text e-mail to a list of email addresses
o Select 'Send email' command from the 'Internet' category and insert the list variable
(MyContacts) in the 'TO' field.
o Keep this command in a Loop for List variable.

3. Create list of email addresses
o Create List Variable from Tools Menu -> Variable Manager.
o Make sure User Variables tab is selected. Click Add New Variable and in 'Type' selection select
List. Type email addresses. Give an appropriate name to List Variable (say MyContacts) and
save the List Variable.
4. Record task to send an email
o Click on Record to Record a New Task.

o Open Outlook Express (or any other mail program). Create a new mail. Insert your own email
address in To field. Enter Subject, Message & send email. Once mail is sent, stop the recording
& save the task.
5. Replace To email address with email list
o In the Task Editor, identify the action where you typed in your email address. Double click or
right click and select Edit Keystroke event.
o Replace your email address with MyContacts variable and save the Keystroke event.
6. Loop through all email addresses
o From Commands window on the left select Conditions / Loops->Loop.
o Select List option and specify the email list variable you created.
o Now using Up/Down arrow key in the tool bar make the "Start Loop" is the 1st statement and
End Loop is the last statement.

When you run this task, it will re-play the create e-mail functionality and will repeat this procedure for all
entries in your MyContact List.
Scrape Web Data And Transfer It To Your Database
Task Description
Scrape web data and transfer it to your database. For e.g. scrape information from an online book database
and build your database. This sample task uses an example from
http://www.getabstract.com/summaries/27000000/onlineDate/all/paged/en/it-production-and-
logistics.html just for illustrative purposes.
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Solution
o Enter the starting URL for
e.g. http://www.getabstract.com/summaries/27000000/onlineDate/all/paged/en/
it-production-and-logistics.html and click on Start button.
o Click on Show all link.
o Extract list of books on webpage. For that, click on 'Extract Data' button in the Web Recorder
toolbar.
o From Extract Data Option window, select 'Pattern Based Data' option and click on 'Next' button
to start 'Extract Multiple Data' wizard.

o Step1 of wizard is to select the fields you need to extract. Click on 'Add' button and capture a
part from list. You will be presented with a small window having 'Capture' button. Click on that
'Capture' button to capture another instance of same field in order to match the pattern.
Specify the Column Name in 'Extract Data Field' window and save.
o After you captured the fields, click on 'Next' link. In Step2, you can specify if data is in multiple
pages. In this case, the data is in single page so you can skip this step and click on Next button.
o In Step3, specify the name and path of CSV file, where you need to save the extracted data for
e.g. C:Books.csv. You can view the data using 'Preview Data' button. Eventually, click on Finish
button to complete the wizard.

o Stop the recording and save the task.
2. Import the extracted data into your database.
o Open the recorded task in Task Editor from Tools-> Task Editor.
o After you extracted the book details at Line #3, connect to your database using
Database:Connect command.

o Then insert Read from CSV/Text File command to open C:Books.csv.
o After Read from CSV/Text File command, insert Loop for each row in CSV/Text File command.
o Inside this loop block, insert Execute SQL query command to insert the data into database.

o Using String Manipulation command you can trim the extracted data or extract the part of data
extracted from web.
o Entire task will look as shown:

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o Copy Books.mdb under C:
run the task.
When you run this task, it will extract the book details from a website into CSV file then will loop through all
the extracted book details in CSV file and transfer it to the database.
Scrape Unstructured Data From The Web And Transfer
It To
Task Description
Scrape unstructured data from the web and transfer it to Excel. This sample task uses an example
from http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2003/bmw/z4/air_intake/air_mass_meter.html just for illustrative
purposes.
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Solution
o Enter the starting URL for e.g.
http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/2003/bmw/z4/air_intake/air_mass_meter.html and click
on Start button.
o Extract list of Related Parts from left panel on webpage. For that, click on 'Extract Data' button
in the Web Recorder toolbar.
o Step1 of wizard is to select the fields you need to extract. Click on 'Add' button and capture a
part from list for e.g. Air Filter. You will be presented with a small window having 'Capture'
button. Click on that 'Capture' button to capture another instance of same field in order to
match the pattern for e.g. Air Mass Meter.

o Specify the Column Name in 'Extract Data Field' window and save.
o After you captured the field, click on 'Next' link. In Step2, you can specify if data is in multiple
pages. In this case, the data is in single page so you can skip this step and click on Next button.

o In Step3, specify the name and path of CSV file, where you need to save the extracted data for
e.g. C:Parts.csv. You can view the data using 'Preview Data' button. Eventually, click on Finish
button to complete the wizard.
o Click on any Part under Related Parts say Air Pump.

2. Extract unstructured data
o To extract unstructured Part details on right side of webpage, click on 'Extract Data' button in
the Web Recorder toolbar.
o In Step1 of wizard capture/add number of fields you want to extract data from webpage
(Screenshot 2). For e.g. Part Name, Part Number and Price. Screenshot 3
o After you captured all the fields, click on 'Next' link. In Step2 click on Next button.
o In Step3, specify the name and path of CSV file, where you need to save the extracted data say
C:PartDetails.csv. Click on Finish button to complete the wizard.
3. Edit the task to extract unstructured data for all the items (Parts) in list
o After you extracted the list of Parts at Line #2, insert Read from CSV/Text File command to
open C:Parts.csv.
o After Read from CSV/Text File command, insert Loop for each row in CSV/Text File command.
o Inside this loop block, put commands that clicks on Part link and extracts the Unstructured
data.
o Double-click on command that clicks on Part link and replace the actual Part with system
variable, $Filedata Column(1)$. Save the command. Screenshot 4
o Entire task will look as in Screenshot 5.

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o Copy Data.xls under C:
run the task.
When you run this task, it will extract the required data (unstructured) from the web page into CSV file.
Scrape Tabular Data From Web
Task Description
Scrape the tabular data from the web and transfer it to your own application.
Solution
1. Create a new task
o Click on Tools->Web Recorder
o Specify your website from where you want to scrape the tabular data.
o Click on Import Table in the toolbar on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
o Click on the table that has the data that you want to scrape for e.g. as shown:

o Specify the path of the csv file where you want to import the data.
o Click on Stop Recording and Save the task.
o See how to create a task
2. Import CSV file to your proprietary application or database
o The imported CSV file would look as shown:

o Once you have imported the data to a csv file, you can import the CSV file into your application
or database for further processing.
When you run this task it will extract the tabular data to a CSV file.
Scrape Tabular Data From Web And Transfer It To Excel
Task Description
Scrape the tabular data from the web and transfer it to Excel.
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Solution

o Specify your website from where you want to scrape the tabular data.
Click on Extract Table in the toolbar on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
o Click on the table that has the data that you want to scrape for e.g. as shown:
o Specify the path of the CSV file where you want to import the data.
o Click on Stop Recording and save the task.
2. Import data into Excel
o To import the data extracted from the import table, into Excel based on certain conditions, you
need to edit the recorded task.
o Select the task in the Task List and click on Edit.
o Insert Open Spreadsheet Excel command to open the excel file where you need to import the
extracted data. You can find Excel command under Applications command category.
o Insert a Loop for Each row in an Internet Explorer Table to process all the extracted rows.
o Insert the condition based on which you want to filter the data. For e.g. the image below shows
how to avoid importing products that includes AA Standard versions.

o Insert Set Cell excel command to set the extracted value in excel.

o Insert Go to Cell excel command to go to one cell right or down.
o The final task will look as shown in Screenshot 4
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run the task.
When you run this task it will extract the tabular data and import the data into Excel.
Scrape Data From One Online System
Task Description
Transfer sales invoice data from one ERP application to another. This task can be very useful when you are
upgrading or migrating your online systems. Using this task, you can automate data transfer of thousands of

records even if the structure of the two systems is different.
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Solution
1. Prerequisites
o The following example is recorded on sample web pages to illustrate how you can use
Automation Anywhere to automate your data transfer from one online system to another.
o Keep the sales invoice entry window open in both the ERP applications. Keep the first field as
the current field in both windows. (see Screenshot 1 and Screenshot 2 )
Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2
2. Identify the mapping of the fields between the two ERP systems
o Go to Tools->Variable Manager.
o Create a variable called 'field_order' of type List.
o Specify to read the values from a text file.
o Specify the path of the text file as c:field_order.txt
o Specify the order of the fields to be pasted in the text file. Field order is the number of the
corresponding field in the destination ERP application where the data is to be pasted. For
example, the data from VAT Amount is to be copied to the VAT Amount field in the destination
application in which it is the 6th field and hence its field order is 6. Moreover, it is the 11th field
in the source application. Hence, the 11th value in the list is 6.

3. Create new task
4. Copy contents of a field in the source ERP application
o Select Insert Keystrokes command and specify the keystrokes CTRL + C and TAB. This will copy
the contents of the current field and move to the next field.
5. Transfer the sales records from one ERP system to another
o Insert an if $field_order$ Not Equal To "0" command to prevent field data in the source
application which does not have a corresponding field in the destination application, from
being pasted. i.e. Due Date in one example
o Insert if $field_order$ Equal To 2 command to insert a single TAB key before pasting the data of
Invoice Date into the second field of the destination application.
o Similarly, Insert as many if $field_order$ Equal To x commands as the number of fields to be
transferred from the source application where x is the field order i.e. the field number where
the copied data is to be pasted.
o Select the Insert Keystrokes command to insert number of TAB keystrokes in the destination
ERP application window depending on the field order. For example if we want to paste the data
of Payment Mode then the field order for the same will be 9 in the destination application and
hence we have to press TAB key 8 times if the contents are to be pasted in the 9th field.
o Select Insert Keystrokes command after the endif of the 'if $field_order$ Not Equal To "0"
command' and specify the keystrokes as CTRL + V. This will copy the contents of the current
field in the corresponding field of the destination ERP.
o Select the Insert Mouse Click command to click on the first field of the destination ERP
application to make it currently selected.
o Insert a Loop List Variable field_order command to repeat the above actions for each field in
the source ERP application.
o The complete task would look as shown in Screenshot 4

When you run this task, it will copy the contents of each field in the source ERP application and paste it into
the destination application. It thus saves a lot of time that would otherwise be required to re-enter all the
data into the destination application when you switch over from one ERP application to another one.
Save Variables In A File And Use It Later In The Task
Task Description
Assign the values to variable while the task is running or save it to pass it to other tasks.
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1. Create a variable
o Go to Tools->Variable Manager and in 'User Variables' click on 'Add New Variable'.
o Select a variable of type 'Value' and select the option 'Read from text file'. Specify the file from
where you would like to read the values
2. Assign the values to variable at runtime
o Let's say you want to assign the value of $Clipboard$ variable to other variable and use that
value later in your task.
o Use "Log to file" command to log the value of the $Clipboard$ variable and thus assign its value
to the variable declared by you.
o Specify the values for the variable in the format described in the "How to Use" section.

3. Process the assigned values
o Use this assigned value of the variable in conditional commands for further processing later in
the task.
o Refer to a sample task that compares two excel cells and does the processing based on the
contents.
You can create a variable to be read form text file. At runtime in the task, you can write the value of the
variable in the format <variable>=<value>.

Assigning the values to variable comes in very handy when you want to compare data that is copied in the
Clipboard one after another.
Rename All Files In A Folder
Task Description
Loop through all the files in the selected folder and rename files with .xls extension by prefixing it with todays
date.
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1. Create new task
o Click on Tools ->Task Editor.
2. Loop through folder
o From the commands list select "Conditions / Loops -> Loop command.
o In the "Start Loop" wizard, select Each file in a folder option and specify the folder name.
o Save the command.

3. Check if .xls extension
o Select Conditions / Loops -> If command.
o In the If wizard, select Variable option and select variable Extension (Click edit to select a
variable).
o Select Equal To operator and enter a fix value xls.
o Save the command.

4. Rename the file
o Select Programs/Files/Windows ->Files/Folders Command.
o Select Rename File(s) option in Files/Folder wizard and enter the path of the folder. Press F2
Key to select Filename, Extension, Day, Month and Year System Variables and enter them as
shown.
o Save the command.
o If needed adjust the Rename File(s) command between the If command using Up/Down
buttons on the Toolbar.

When you run this task, it loops through all the files in the selected folder and rename files with .xls extension
by prefixing it with Todays date.
This tutorial demonstrates use of one of very useful command wizard, 'Loop through each file in a

folder'. Use this when you want to perform actions on some or all files in a folder. This command makes
it much easier because you don't need to know how many files there are in advance. In addition this
tutorial demonstrates conditional commands, file related commands and ability to use system date and time
variables.
Read Variable Values From A Text File
Task Description
Read the variables from the text file and process them.
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Tasks. Before executing the task make sure Microsoft Word is open.
Solutions
1. Create a list
Go to Tools->Variable Manager and in 'User Variables' click on 'Add New Variable'. Select a variable of
type 'List' and select the option 'Read from text file' and specify the file from where you would like to
read the values from.
2. Enter values in the text file
Open the text file specified in Step 1. Specify the values for the variable in the format described in the
"How to Use" section.

3. Process the values read from the text file
Use the variable in commands like any other variable.
When you run this task, it reads the values from the text file. It is extremely useful when you have a huge list
of values to process. Some applications like Excel export the data in comma separated values which is the
format used by Automation Anywhere.
Reading variables from text file can be very useful in exporting and importing a very big list of values.
Print All Word Documents From A Folder
Task Description
Print all Word Documents from a folder.
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You can perform this task easily using the File/Folder command.

1. Create new task
Click Tools -> Task Editor.
2. Print all Word Documents
o Select Programs/Files/Windows category
o Double-click on Files/Folders command
o Select the option 'Print File(s) in a folder
o Specify the folder name from where you want to print all the Word Documents.
o Specify the filter as (*.doc)
o Save the command
o Save the task

When you run the task, it will print all the Word Documents from the folder specified using the default
printer.
Similarly you can specify multiple filters to select the different type of the files you want to print. If you want
to print all the files then you can leave the filters box empty
Migrate_Export Data From Database To CSV
Task Description
Query the database and transfer that data to CSV file.
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Solutions
1. Open Task Editor to create a new task
o Click on New -> Task Editor
2. Connect to the database
o Using 'Database:Connect' command, specify the connection string to connect to the source
Database with Session Name, Default. Connect to '<database connection string>' Session:
'Default'.
Connect to '<database connection string>.

3. Get data from the database and Export it to CSV
o Double click Database command from the Application category, select SQL Query Option and
specify a Select SQL Statement using 'Default' session.
o Enable option, Export Data to CSV and in File Path field specify the CSV file path.

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o Save T19MyDB.mdb under C:.
run the task.
When you run this task, it reads the data from source database and exports it into C:OrderMaster.csv file.
Migrate Data From Excel To Database
Task Description
Migrate data from Excel to Access database.
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Solution
2. Get data from Excel
o Using Excel:Open Spreadsheet command, open excel file containing data. You can find Excel
command under Applications command category.
o Use Get Multiple Cells option of Excel command to get the range of data you need to transfer.
Specify the range as shown:

3. Connect to the database and import the data
o Using 'Database:Connect' command, specify the connection string to connect to the Database
with Session Name, Default.
o When you have retrieved a range of cells from Excel using Excel -> Get Cells - > Get Multiple
Cells, the rows and columns of the range are stored in the system variable $Excel Column
(index)$, which you can use in Loop for each row in an Excel Dataset. Insert Loop for each row
in an Excel Dataset command from Conditions/Loops command category.
o Double click Database command from the Application category, select Insert/Update/Delete
Option and specify Insert SQL Statement to insert the data from Excel Dataset into
OrderMaster table.

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o Save MyExcel.xls and T55MyDB.mdb under C:..
run the task.

When you run this task, it connects to the source database, copies the excel records, with insert query in loop
it will add all the records to destination table in the database.
This tutorial demonstrates use of one of the very powerful features of Automation Anywhere, 'Database'
applications. Use this when you want to migrate large numbers of records from excel or other applications to
any database.
Import Data From Excel To Access
Task Description
Import data from Excel to Access. The same example can be used to copy to any other application or web
page.
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Solutions
Click on New -> Task Editor
2. Open Spreadsheet
o Using the Excel command select the 'Open Spreadsheet' option.
o Enter the session name and path of the excel sheet to open.

3. Connect to database
Using the Database action and selecting Connect option specify the path of the database to connect
to.

4. Insert Excel commands
o Select the 'Get Cells' option
o Further select 'Get Multiple Cells' option
o Specify the cell name from which data is to be copied in the 'From' field.
o Specify the cell name to which data is to be copied in the 'To' field

5. Loop through all the rows of dataset
o Using the Loop command and selecting "Each row in Excel Dataset" option, you can Loop
through each row.

6. Specify Insert/Update/Delete Statement to copy data
o Using the Database action and selecting Insert/Update/Delete option specify an insert query.
o Execute SQL statement: insert into Table1 values('$Excel Column(1)$',$Excel Column(2)$)

7. Close Spreadsheet and database connection
o Enter close spreadsheet command
o Enter disconnect database command
o Save the task

When you run this task, it will copy your excel records to access file. To copy to Excel from Any Windows
application just follow the same process.
Import Csv File
Task Description
Import csv file and insert values in database.
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Solution
To see how the task runs in Automation Anywhere, download the files.
o Click on New->Task Editor
o Using 'Database' command, specify the connection string to connect Access database with
Session Name, 'database'.

3. Import the csv file
o Double Click the 'Read From CSV/Text' command found under Applications command category.
o Select CSV option and specify the path of CSV file that you want to import.
o Use Default session. You can also specify any other session name here.

4. Process CSV File
o Let's process the values of CSV file one by one.
o All the values of the CSV file in one line will be read in Loop for Each row in a CSV.Text File.
o In the loop we have insert SQL statement which inserts each read value into the database,

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o Save MyCSV.csv and MyDB.mdb under C:.
run the task.

When you run this task, it will extract the required data (unstructured) from the web page into CSV file.
Format All Word Documents In A Folder
Task Description
This task automates formatting all Word documents in a folder (Times New Roman, Justify, Sentence Case
etc.).
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Note: Save the .atmx file in My Documents> Automation Anywhere> Automation Anywhere> My Tasks
Solutions
2. Loop through all the files in a folder
o Select Start Loop in Conditions/Loops category.
o Select Files for folder option.

3. Select only document Files
o Under Conditions / Loops category, double-click on If command.
o Select the option Variable
o Click on Edit button
o From the first drop down box select the System variable name Extension
o Select the Operator 'Equals'
o In the File option specify the value 'doc'

4. Open a document
o Under Program/Files/Windows category, double-click on Program/Files command
o In Program/File path specify the value '$CurrentDirectory$$FileName$.$Extension$'
o Open "$CurrentDirectory$$FileName$.$Extension$"

5. Apply formatting to the document
o Insert keystrokes in the documents to select all the contents of the document.
6. Double click on Manage windows command
o Select the Microsoft word window, put the wild card * before and after Microsoft Word
o Click on recording button and start recording of actions.

7. Click on Format menu
o Select the option Click item by text
o In the text write the name of menu on which you want to click here, we write Font...

8. Capture Font list box
o Select the option Select item by text
o In the text write the name of item which you want to select. Here we write Times New Roman

9. Capture OK button of the font window.
o Select the option Click
Similarly record all the actions required to format all word documents.

When you run this task, it loops through all the documents of a folder and formats them.
Find Broken Web Links
Task Description
Test all links in your website
Download file from the Internet. You can schedule this task to routinely download virus updates, stock data
or any other information.
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1. Select the template
o Click on New->Template
o Select 'Find Broken Web Links' template.

o Specify the URL you want to test and specify the CSV filename to store the result.
When you run this task, it will test all the links on one web page at a time and log the results to the CSV file
you provided.
Extract Stock Data From A Web Page
Task Description

Monitor the opening and closing prices of your stock portfolio and email them. This sample task uses an
example from finance.yahoo.com just for illustrative purposes.
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o Enter the starting URL for e.g. finance.yahoo.com
o Type in the stock quote for e.g. MSFT and click on GO.
2. Extract the prices of your stocks
o Click on 'Extract Data' button from the toolbar in the bottom right-corner and click on the open
or closing price of your first stock.
o You can save the extracted data into any user variable say $ClosingPrice$ or $OpeningPrice$.

o Do the same for all the data you need to extract.
o Stop the Recording and Save it.
3. Create Stock Quotes List

o Open Variable Manager tab located on right side of editor.
o Double-click on my-list-variable and add the list of stock quotes
o Save the list by clicking on Save button in Edit Variable dialog.
4. Edit your task to get prices for list of stock quotes and log them in a text file
o Insert Loop for List Variable my-list-variable and place the commands that extract the prices
into this loop block. You can find loop command under Conditions/Loop command category.
o Double click on command that types the stock quote value and replace the actual value i.e.
MSFT with variable, $my-list-variable$ and save the command.

o Insert Log to file command to log opening and closing price of each stock quote. You can find
Log to file command under Program/Files/Windows command category.
5. Email the extracted prices
o Insert a Send E-mail command that sends the text file holding the opening and closing prices of
the stocks as an attachment. You can find Send Email command under Internet command
category.

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o See the entire task in Task Editor

o Select the task in the main Automation Anywhere window and click on Schedule Tab.
o Specify the schedule options such that your task runs Daily before the stock market opens and
after it closes.
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run the task.
When you run this task, it launches the website finance.yahoo.com, extracts the opening and closing prices
for list of stock quotes and emails them.
Extract Restaurant Data From A Website
Task Description
Let's say you are in a restaurant business and you want to regularly find out all the restaurant businesses in
your area.
Note: This sample task uses an example of http://local.yahoo.com/ just for illustrative purposes.
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Solution
o Click on Web Record link.
o Specify the website http://local.yahoo.com/ and click on Start button.
o Type in "Restaurants" in the Find Business Name textbox.
o Specify the location for e.g. San Diego, CA
o Click on Search Local button.
2. Extract all restaurant businesses in your area using 'Extract Multiple Data' wizard
o When the resulting webpage is loaded, click on 'Extract Data' button in the Web Recorder
toolbar.
o Step1 of wizard is to select the fields you need to extract. Click on 'Add' button and capture the
field you need to extract say for e.g. name of restaurant. You will be presented with a small
window having 'Capture' button. Click on that 'Capture' button to capture another instance of
same field in order to match the pattern. Specify the Column Name and the action in 'Extract
Data Field' window. Similarly, add number of fields you want to extract data from. For e.g.
Name, Address and Phone number.

o After you captured all the fields, click on 'Next' link. In Step2, you can specify if data is in
multiple pages and using 'Capture' button capture the button or link that loads the next page.
Click on Next button.

o In Step3, specify the name and path of CSV file, where you need to save the extracted data.
You can view the data using 'Preview Data' button. Eventually, click on Finish button to
complete the wizard.

o In case you do not have Automation Anywhere installed, please download and install it from, .
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run the task.

When you run this task, it extracts information about all the restaurants in your area.
Extract Data From A Web Page
Task Description
Extract tabular data from any web page. For example we will be extracting all sample tasks and their
description from Automation Anywhere Website.
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o Click on New - > Task Editor
2. Capture the table
o Under Internet category double click on Web Recorder command.
o Select the command Extract Table. Enter the website link which contains the tabular data (for
e.g. http://www.automationanywhere.com/support/examples.htm) and click on launch.

o After the web page is loaded, click on capture button. A yellow tip appears with the text
"Please click on the table you want to capture." In the webpage, click on the table you want to
import.
3. Save the table data to .csv file
o Once the table is captured, specify a valid path and a file name with .CSV extension and click on
Save. Screenshot 2
o You can now open the .CSV file in Excel or many other programs.
4. Transfer all table date to another application (Optional)

Above steps gets all the data in .CSV file but alternatively you can get the web data one by one
in loop and perform additional actions on it. Let's say you want to dig into the links listed and
get the data from details webpage and put them in a notepad or text file (for simplicity) in
specific format.
 Under the Conditions /Loops command category, double click on Loop command. Select
the option "Each row in an Internet Explorer Table" and click on Save.
 Inside loop, insert Manage Web Controls Web Recorder command to click on link in
particular column for e.g. Table Column(2) in this case. Just double click on Web
Recorder command, select Manage Web Controls option, specify the URL, click on
Launch button and capture the first link in the list using Capture button. Click on
Advanced View and replace the actual Caption with system variable, Table Column(2).
You can hit F2 to select the variable.

 Insert Extract Data command to capture the data from details page. Double click on
Web Recorder command, select Extract Data option, specify the URL, click on Launch
button and capture the data you want to extract. You can store the extracted data into
any user variable by selecting the variable from drop-down in Step2 of Extract Data
command.

 To save the data in a text file, from Programs/Files/Windows command category,
double click on Log to File command. Specify the path of text file in Log File textbox.
Select the variable you want to save using F2 Key.

 Insert Go Back web recorder command to return to main page having list of links.
Note: To have proper spacing, insert a tab between each column.
Keystrokes: $Table Column(1)$[TAB]$Table Column(2)$[ENTER] in "Untitled - Notepad"
1. In case you do not have Automation Anywhere installed, please download and install it from,
2. Save T56.atmx under location, My DocumentsAutomation AnywhereAutomation
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3. Launch Automation Anywhere and from Task List select T56.atmx and click on RUN button to
run the task.

When you run this task, it launches the website and gets all data in CSV file or optionally it loops through all
the rows and columns of the table to get into the link on main page and extract the data from details
webpage to print it in a notepad. Screenshot 1
Note: You can also use the pre-defined Template 'Extract Tabular Data from a Web page'
Extract Competitor's Price List
Task Description
Extract competitor's price list regularly and stay ahead of the competition.
Note: Let's say you are a LG dealer and you want to regularly check the LCD monitors prices that your
competition is providing. In this sample task we are using an example of LG LCD monitors just for illustrative
purposes.
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You can extract competitor's price list from their web page using Web Recorder feature
o Type in the http://www.shopbot.com.au/~lg and click on Start
o Click on LCD Monitors.
2. Extract the price list and save them to a .csv file
o Click on the 'Extract Table' button from the bottom right corner toolbar.
o Click on the pricing table that appears on the LCD Monitors web page.
o Save the price list to a csv file.

Note: You can create multiple similar tasks to get information from multiple competitors.
3. Share the .csv file with your team
o You can either save the .csv file on a shared folder OR
o Record or Insert Keystroke/Mouse Click actions at the end of your task that attaches the .csv
file to your Email client like Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express and sends email to
the team.
When you run the task it generates a .csv file. When you open the .csv file in Excel.
o Select the task in the main Automation Anywhere window and click on Schedule Tab.
o Specify the schedule options such that your task runs once a week so that you are up-to-date
with the competition.

When you run this task, it launches the website, extracts the price list, saves them to a csv file and emails the
csv file.
Email Automation - Reply To Job Applicants Based On
Post Applied
Task Description
Using email automation to get all unread messages from the server for an id to collect mails for job
application and reply them with attachments based on post they applied.
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Tasks.
Solutions
1. Create new task
2. Loop for all messages on server
o Click on Email Automation -> Get All Messages command.
o Select status. Select All to get all messages. Select 'Read to get only read messages and select
Unread to get only unread messages.
o Enter the server details like hostname, user id and password.
o Select message format either HTML or Plaintext.
o Specify a folder to save the attachment.

o Save the command.
3. Send mail with requirement details
o Insert If Variable command, to check the value of $Email Subject$ variable if it contains the
verb Sales Manager.

o Insert Send Mail command to send the mail to user, if the above condition is true.

o Insert your user id in from text box.
o In to text box, insert the variable $Email From$.
o Insert Re: $Email Subject$ in Subject.
o Attach requirement details and application form for post of Sales Manager and in Message
write description of attachments.
o Save the command.
o Repeat above steps to send the mails for post of Production Manager and Technical Leader.

When you run this task, it loops through the emails based on Email subject for post applied and sends a reply
email with job requirements detail as attachment back to the candidate.
Download Updated Web Images Of Weather Maps
Task Description
Let's say you want to present the progression of weather system over a period of time. This task downloads
the updated web images of weather maps at regular intervals.
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Solution
1. Create new task
2. Double click on Web Recorder command
o Select the option Download File
o Enter the path of the image url http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/640x480/2xas_st.gif.
o Enter the path at which you want to store the image.
o Here, we give the path C:WeatherInformation
$Day$.$Month$.$Year$_$Hour$.$Minute$.$Second$.gif.
So, we can find the time stamp of the image.

o Using the schedule property of Automation Anywhere, you can schedule this task to run every
few minutes so that you have the updated web images of the weather maps.
When you run this task, it right-clicks the weather map image and saves it to the folder with latest time-
stamp.
Download A File From The Internet
Task Description
Download file from the Internet. You can schedule this task to routinely download virus updates, stock data
or any other information.
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o Click on New->Task Editor.
o Double click on Internet ->Web Recorder command
o Select Download File option. Specify the File URL from where you want to download file and
File name to save in local folder.
When you run this task, it download file from internet to a local folder.
This tutorial demonstrates use of 'Download File' command in Automation Anywhere.
Delete Rows From Excel Spreadsheet Based On
Specific Criterion

Task Description
Automation Anywhere provides easy Excel Automation. For more information see Excel Automation Solution.
This examples shows how to delete rows from an Excel sheet if the cell contains a specific word.
Solutions
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Below are the steps that make the Task:
2. Open Excel file
o From Application Category->Excel, Select 'Open Spreadsheet' option

3. Create Variable
o Click on Tools -> Variable Manager. Create variable Cell1 of type "value".
4. Loop through all the rows until the word 'STOP' is found
o Insert Loop for variable "Cell1" not equal to "STOP".
5. IF Command

o Insert If command to compare value of variable to specified criteria (For this task specified
criteria is 'automation')
6. Delete the row if the criteria matches
o If Criteria matches delete the entire row
o Excel: Delete Active Cell with option entire row
7. Close Spreadsheet
o Insert the Close spreadsheet command.
o Uncheck the 'Do not save the changes' checkbox to save changes.
When you run this task, it loops through all the cells in the first column in excel sheet until word 'STOP' is
found. If it matches criteria given by user then it will delete that particular row from excel sheet.
Note: You can run this task on any column. Simply keep the cell in that column selected before you run the
task.
Delete Duplicate Excel Rows
Task Description
Automation Anywhere provides easy Excel Automation. For more information see Excel Automation Solution.
This example shows how to sort the data in Excel sheet and delete duplicate entries, if any.

Solutions
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1. Define Variables
o Go to Variable Manager and create variables "C1", "C2", "N1" and "N2"
2. Create new task
o Click on New->Task Editor.
3. Open Excel sheet
o From Application Category->Excel, Select 'Open Spreadsheet' option.
4. Sort data in Excel sheet
o Insert Keystroke command to sort data in Excel sheet.
Keystrokes: [CTRL DOWN]a[CTRL UP] in "Microsoft Excel - TestData.xls"
Keystrokes: [ALT DOWN]d[ALT UP] in "Microsoft Excel - TestData.xls"
Keystrokes: s in "Microsoft Excel - TestData.xls"
Keystrokes: [ENTER] in "Sort"
5. Go through all the cells until word 'STOP' found
o Insert Loop for variable "Clipboard" not equal to "STOP".

6. Retrieve value of 1st cell
o Insert Excel command to get the value of the first cell
7. Check for duplicate value
o Insert a Loop to check value for currently active cell is equal to that stored in the variable "C1"
o Loop While $N1$ Equal To $C1$
8. Check if condition is satisfied
o i.e. Current active cell (C1) is equal to next active cell (N1) in line 1 and current active cell (C2) is
equal to next active cell (N2) in line 2 and so on.
If $n1$ Equal To $c1$ Then
If $n2$ Equal To $c2$ Then
9. Delete the duplicate row
Insert Excel command to delete entire row
Excel: Delete Active Cell with option entire row.
If duplicate row is not found, go to the next cell in the row below.
Excel: Go to one cell below the active cell.

When you run this task, it will sort the data in an excel sheet. Then it will loop through each cell in first
column until word 'STOP' is found and will delete duplicate entries from the first column.

Delete And Move Files
Task Description
Delete all .txt files in a folder and move all .doc files from that folder into another folder.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
Click Tools -> Task Editor.
2. Delete all txt files
Select "Files/Folders->Delete File(s)" command. Insert the Path of the Folder in the Input box (e.g.
"C:My Folder*.txt"). Save the Command.
3. Copy .doc files
Select "Files/Folders->Copy File(s)" command. Insert the Path of the Source Folder in the first Input
box (e.g. "C:My Folder*.doc"). Insert the Path of Destination Folder in the second Input box (e.g.
"C:New Folder"). Save the Command.
4. Delete .doc files
Select "Files/Folders->Delete File(s)" command. Insert the Path of the Folder in the Input box (e.g.
"C:My Folder*.doc") from where files are to be Deleted. Save the Command.
When you run this task, it will delete the .txt files and move the .doc files from source to the destination
folder.

Delete All Empty Files From A Folder
Task Description
Delete all files which are empty i.e. with size 0 KB.
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Solutions
1. Create New Task
o Click on New-> Task Editor.
2. Delete files whose size is 0 KB
o From the Program/Files/Windows category, select Files/Folders command. In the Files/Folders
interface click on Delete File(s) option. Specify the path from which you want to delete all the
files.
o Delete Files "C:MyFolder*.*" if file size is exact 0 KB
o Click on the "Advance View >>" button and then click on size. From the list select exact and
specify the size as 0 in the KB textbox.
When you run this task, it checks the size of all the files in a folder, and deletes the files that are 0 KB in size.

Create Folders In Network Drive And Backup Data
Task Description
Daily create folders in network drive for users, prefix those folders with todays date and backup files from a
local folder to those folders.
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Solutions
1. Create user list
o Create List Variable from Tools Menu > Variable Manager.
o Make sure User Variables tab is selected. Click New and in 'Type' selection select List
o Type user names. Give an appropriate name to List Variable (say MyUsers) and save the List
Variable.
2. Create new task
Click on Tools -> Task Editor.

3. Loop through user list & create folder for each user
o From the command list select "Loop->Start Loop command.
o In the "Loop" wizard, select List Variable option and select the newly created List Variable.
o Select Programs/Files/Windows->Files/Folders Command. Select Create Folder option and
select the parent folder. Press F2 Key to enter the List Variable created above and also add
System Date variables as prefix.
4. Loop through user list and copy files
o You can create another loop command like above and select Programs/Files/Windows-
>Files/Folders command wizard. Choose Copy File(s) option in Files/Folder wizard.
o Select or enter the path of the source folder from where the files are to be copied. In
destination folder enter the parent folder of our newly created folders. Using F2 Key enter the
List Variable and System Variables for todays date. Save the command.

When you run this task, it will create new folders in your given drive and backup data from your local folders
to these newly created folders.
Create An Application That Takes Order Information
And Inserts Into Database
Task Description
Create an application that asks user for order information and insert it into database. Typically creating a
simple application like this and deploying it takes quite a bit of time. With Automation Anywhere you can do
it within few minutes.
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Solutions
Click on New -> Task Editor
Using the Database command from the Application category, specify a connection string to connect to
the Database.
Connect to '<database connection string>'
3. Prompt the user for values
Using the Prompt Command from the Keystrokes/Mouse category, Insert a prompt to prompt users
for values for a particular column in the database, and assign it to a variable.
Prompt Message : "Enter OrderNo"
4. Specify a INSERT Query
Using the Database command from the Application category select, "Insert/Update/Delete" Option.
Specify the Insert Statement in the textbox given.
Execute SQL Statement: Insert into OrderMaster
Values($Value1$,'$Value2$','$Value3$',$Value4$,$Value5$)

$Value1$ to $Value5$: They are variables which have the values, accepted by the user using the Prompt
command.
5. Disconnect the Database
Using the Database command from the Application category select "Disconnect" Option.
6. (Optional) Create Exe and deploy the application on many machines*
*Applicable to Enterprise edition version 9.0.2 and less
If you want to install this application on many machines, you can easily do it without installing
Automation Anywhere on all machines.
With Automation Anywhere - Premier version you can easily convert this task to Exe. These exes are
standalone programs and don't need Automation Anywhere installed. You can copy the exe on other
machines or network drive and many users can use it.

When you run this task, it connects to the database, prompts the user to enter values for order information
and inserts the respective values in the Database Table.
Compare Two Columns In Excel
Task Description
Automation Anywhere provides easy Excel Automation.This example shows how to compare two columns in
an Excel sheet.
Solutions
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1. Open an Excel sheet
From Application Category->Excel, Select 'Open Spreadsheet' option
2. Create Variable
Click on Tools -> Variable Manager. Create variable Cell1 and Cell2 of type "value".

Insert loop command for option Times. Specify the number of rows to compare
4. Compare Cells
o All of the following commands need to be entered within the Loop
o Excel : Get value of Active cell and assign to variable "Cell1"
Excel : Get value of Active cell and assign to variable "Cell2"

o Compare Cell1 and Cell2 variables and based on the comparison results perform the required
task.
o Go to next row in the Excel document.

When you run this task, it compares two Excel columns.
Check If Backup Process Is Over
Task Description
Check if backup process has finished System Backup.
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Solutions
1. Check if backup process is going on
o Click New->Task Editor.
o Select the Loop command from the Conditions / Loops category.
o Select "Start Loop".

o Select the 'Condition' option
o From the list of conditions, select the 'Window Exists' option and specify the Window title of
your backup application.
o You can put a delay of 10 seconds within the loop so that way it will check for condition after
every 10 seconds.
Loop While Window Exists("Backup Progress")
Comment: Backup is in progress...
Comment: Wait for 10 seconds.
Delay: (10000 ms)
End Loop
When you run this task, it checks whether <window title> exists or not. It keeps on executing loop command
till it finds <window title>. If it does not find the window title, it stops executing the commands within loop &
executes commands after End loop.
This tutorial demonstrates use of 'Loop' & 'If conditions' together which makes it so powerful to solve
complex problems. With loop you can use any other condition like 'File exists', 'File does not exist', 'Folder
exists', 'Folder does not exist', 'Application running', 'Application not running', 'Ping successful', 'Ping
unsuccessful'. You can also use variable in creating conditional Loop structure.
Call VBScripts_JScripts From Automation Anywhere
Task Description
Loops through all the files of a folder and pass each filename as parameter to a VBScript and assigns the
return value to a variable.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
Click on New -> Task Editor.
2. Loop through all the files.
o Select 'Loop for each file in a folder' command from Loop command
o Specify the path of the folder from where you want to pass all the files as a parameter to the
VBScript.
3. Call VBScript within the Loop
o Call VBScript within the Loop and pass the following System variables as a parameter to the
script and assigns a return value to the variable.
o Parameter: $CurrentDirectory$$FileName$.$Extension$
o Return: $vb_return$

When you run this task, it loops through all the files of a folder and passes every file as a parameter to the
VBScript and assigns a return value to the variable and shows a prompt message.
Broadcast Message To All Users On The Network
Task Description
Create a task that will broadcast message to all users on the network.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click New ->Task Editor.
2. Prompt for the message to broadcast
o From Keystrokes/Mouse category, insert a Prompt command.
o Check the box to assign the prompt value to a variable.

3. Broadcast the message
o Insert keystroke command to broadcast the message.
Keystrokes: net send * $msg$[ENTER] in "Run"
When you run this task, it sends message to all users of your workgroup.
Backup Your Daily Work Into A Zip File
Task Description

Backup your work every day into a zip file with unique name.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click on Tools->Task Editor.
2. Backup your work
o Select category Programs/Files/Windows
o Double-click on Files/Folders
o Select Zip File option
o Specify the path of the folder you want to backup.
o Specify the name of the Zip file. Enter the system variable with Today's date so that every day it
creates a unique file.

When you run this task it will zip your folder or file(s) at your specified location.
Automation Application Testing And Validation Using
Image Recognition

Task Description
Create a task that will automate testing and validation in an application by using image recognition.
Optionally it can prompt user for the values to input. For this task we are testing our application 'Launch-n-
Go'.
To see how the task runs in Automation Anywhere, download the file.
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Solutions
1. Record the task
o For the purpose of this test we will add a keyword in Launch-n-Go.
o Press 'Record' in the Automation Anywhere to start recording.
o Record adding a keyword process in the application as you would.
2. Optionally prompt user for a keyword

o Open the task in task editor by clicking 'Edit'.
o Identify the action where you typed in the keystroke for 'Keyword' and 'Document/Program'.
Click Actions button and select 'Convert to Prompt'. In case of 'Keyword' assigned the
prompted value to the variable 'Prompt-Assignment'.
o Specify custom prompt message "Enter keyword" and "Enter program/keyword".
o Save the task.
3. Check if the keyword already exists
o Here we will use Image recognition to check if keyword already exists. Use If condition with
Image recognition to see if keyword already exist.
o If the above condition is satisfied then again using IF condition(2) with Image Recognition
option, find the command button 'No' and click on it. Insert a 'Log to file' command to log that
the keyword already exists.
o If the condition(1) is not satisfied then insert a 'Log to file' command to log that the keyword
has been successfully added.
4. Perform the above steps for 'n' number of times
 Insert a 'Times' loop around the recorded actions to allow adding 'n' number of keywords.
 Insert an IF condition after the 'Prompt' command for the keyword, to check whether the 'Prompt-
Assignment' variable to which the value input for the keyword has been assigned, has a null value. If
the condition is satisfied then exit the loop.

When you run this task, it will prompt the user for a keyword and document/program. If the information
entered is already existing then the task will check whether the window with the appropriate message is
displayed and also click on the command button 'No' so that the keyword is not overwritten.
Automating Sales-Order Process With Workflow
Designer
Task Description
Graphically represent the chain of tasks to automate Sales-Order process using the intuitive Workflow
Designer. In this workflow we represent graphically Sales-Order process from downloading order details from
the web, processing the order to create invoices, printing invoices, database backup and email notifications.
Solutions

1. Create a new workflow
o Click on Workflow Designer from the main Automation Anywhere window.
o Drag 'Start' command from Toolkit to the right window
2. Design Workflow
o Drag the 'Run' command from the Toolkit
o Enter the Run Task parameters. For the purposes of this example, we run a task to extract sales
order details from the web.

o Once the data is downloaded from the web, run the task to process invoices based on the
downloaded sales order data.
o IF invoice 'File Exists' then run the task to print the invoices.

o If due to some error invoices cannot be processed, the Backup Database task is run to ensure
that no information is lost.

o If for some reason the above Backup Database task is unsuccessful, send email notification to
the concerned persons.
o The complete workflow for Sales-Order process is shown
When you run this workflow, it downloads sales-order details from the web and process invoices. Based on
that it takes further appropriate actions.

Automating Inventory Management With Workflow
Designer
Automating Inventory Management with Workflow Designer
Task Description
Graphically represent the chain of tasks to automate Inventory Management using the intuitive Workflow
Designer. In this workflow we represent graphically Inventory Management from checking inventory, placing
order if below set inventory levels and sending email notifications.
Solutions
1. Create a new workflow
o Click on Workflow Designer from the main Automation Anywhere window.
o Drag 'Start' command from Toolkit to the right window
2. Design Workflow
o Drag the 'Run' command from the Toolkit

o Enter the Run Task parameters. For the purposes of this example, we run a task to check
inventory levels as shown in Screenshot. A text file will be created for all items for which
inventory is less than or equal to re-order levels.
o Check for existence of the text file 'Items to Order'. IF file exists then run the task to place
order.

o If for some reason the above place order task is unsuccessful, send email notification to the
concerned persons.

o The complete workflow for Inventory Management is shown below.
When you run this workflow, it checks the inventory levels with re-order levels and creates a text file for all
items less than or equal to re-order levels. Based on that it takes further appropriate actions.

Automatically Schedule Retrieval Of Data From
Database
Task Description
Create a task that will retrieve data monthly from database and store in Excel Sheet.
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Solutions
o Using the Database command from the Application category specify a connection string to
connect to the Database.
o Connect to '<database connection string>'.
3. Specify a SQL Query to get the last month's records from database.
o Using the Database command from the Application category and selecting SQL Query Option
specify a SQL Query
o Select * from CustomerData where Month(PurDate) = Month(Now)-1
o The complete task would look as shown

4. Specify commands which save records of last month in excel file.
 Select Date format "mmmm,dd,yyyy" and extract month part from that using String
Manipulation command,
String Manipulation : "$Date$" and assign to : $LastMonth$
5.
o With the use of Keystroke commands & Loop command you get each row of the result
returned by the query. And whole month's record is getting appended to Excel file.
o Excel file would look as shown in Screenshot 2.
5. Schedule the task to store record of data monthly.
o You can see schedule property in the main Automation anywhere window as shown

o Schedule this task to run at first day of every month and store the last month's database
records in Excel file.
The task is automated to run on the first of every month, while the previous month records are saved to an
Excel file.
Automated Test Data Generator
Task Description
To test your application, you often need large random data created in database. This example demonstrates
how to use random variables to generate test data for testing.
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Tasks. Before executing the task make sure Microsoft Access with a blank table is open.
Solutions
o Record a task that enters a value in one of the columns in your database for e.g. Microsoft
Access
2. Create a random variable using the Tools->Variable Manager.

You can generate two types of random values in Automation Anywhere
 String - Specify the length of random string you want to generate
 Numbers - Specify the lower and upper range between which you want to generate random numbers.
For e.g. to generate random numbers between 4 and 10 you would specify 4 in From and 10 in To.
3. Populate seed data in multiple columns
Open the recorded task in Editor and put a loop of 100 around the keystroke action that enters the
value in your database. Replace the recorded keystroke action with a random variable.

When you run this task, it will enter 100 random values in your table. You can change 100 to any other
number and enter thousands of rows for testing purposes and save time creating those records in your
database.
Automated GUI Testing
Task Description
Record a script to perform a GUI testing of your application. The following example records and test various
menu options in the notepad application.
T20.atmx
Solutions
Start recording a new task by clicking on 'Record' button.
2. Test the UI of your application
The following example is recorded in a notepad window to illustrate how you can use Automation
Anywhere to test any other application.
o Open a notepad window
o Navigate to different menu items like File->Open, File->Save As, File->Page Setup, Edit->Find,
etc.

o Each menu item will open a new window for e.g. Edit->Replace will open a 'Replace' window.
Record a click in the 'Replace' window by clicking on Cancel or OK button.
o Automation Anywhere intelligently records your activities in all the different windows. Now
when you play the task again, if any of the menu items are not working fine and does not open
the expected window, Automation Anywhere will report an error.
When you run this task, it opens a notepad window and goes through various menu items and clicks on
Cancel/OK button of respective windows that open up.
Automated FTP_SFTP Upload
Task Description
Upload files from a folder on FTP/SFTP server if file name contain today's date in it.
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Tasks.
Solutions
You can upload files from a folder using the FTP feature provided by Automation Anywhere. See Solution - A.
If you want to do the same with SFTP see Solution - B.

Solution A
Insert a Loop command and select option 'Each file in a folder' and select folder name from where you
want to upload the files.
3. Check if the filename has today's date in it.
o Under Conditions / Loops category, double-click on If command
o From the first drop down box select the System variable name FilenName
o Select the Operator 'Includes'
o In the Fix option specify the value $Day$-$Month$-$Year$
4. Upload the files on FTP server
o From the Internet Category double-click on FTP/SFTP command.
o Insert a FTP/SFTP connect command to connect to your FTP server.

o Similarly insert a FTP/SFTP 'Put File' command to upload the qualifying files on FTP server.
o To get the path of the entire file use the variables $CurrentDirectory$$FileName$.$Extension$
o Insert a FTP Disconnect command.
Solution B
o Insert a Loop command and select option 'Each file in a folder'
o Select the folder name from where you want to upload the files.
3. Check if the extension of file is txt.

o Under Conditions / Loops category, double-click on If command.
o From the first drop down box select the System variable name Extension
o Select the Operator 'Equals To'
o In the Fix option specify the value txt.
4. Upload the files on SFTP server
o From the Internet Category double-click on FTP/SFTP command.
o Insert a FTP/SFTP connect command to connect to your SFTP server. Select the Secure FTP
option.
o Similarly insert a FTP/SFTP 'Put File' command to upload the qualifying files on SFTP server.
o To get the path of the entire file use the variables C:$FileName$.$Extension$
o Insert a FTP/SFTP Disconnect command.
Solution A: When you run this task, it will loop through all the files of the folder specified by you. For each file
it will check if the filename contains today's date and if it does then will upload the file on the FTP server
specified.
Solution B: When you run this task, it will loop through all the files of the folder specified by you. For each file
it will check if the file is text file i.e. filename having .txt extension, and if it does then will upload the file on
the SFTP server specified.

Automated FTP Download And Backup
Task Description
Download from FTP and backup on workstations.
T15a.atmx (Solution A) T15b.atmx (Solution B)
Tasks.
Solutions
You can download and backup files on workstations using the FTP feature provided by Automation
Anywhere. See Solution - A.
If you want to do the same with SFTP see Solution - B.
Solution A
2. Connect FTP
o Select FTP/SFTP command from Internet category
o Specify the server name, username and password.

3. Download folder from FTP
Specify the folder that you want to download from FTP server
4. Backup downloaded folder to a server
o Using If Ping Successful command check if the machine is up or not.
o If the machine is up then copy the downloaded folder to that machine.
o Double click on Files/Folder in Program/Files/Windows.
o Select Copy Folder and give appropriate source and destination folder name.
o Double click on Log to File Program/Files/Windows. Select file and write appropriate file.

5. Log errors
If the machine is not up (using If Ping Unsuccessful command) then log the error to the log file.
6. Backup to another server
Repeat the above steps for different workstations and disconnect from FTP.

Solution B
2. Connect SFTP
o Select FTP/SFTP command from Internet category
o Specify the server name, username and password.
o Select Secure FTP option.

3. Download folder from SFTP
o Specify the folder that you want to download from SFTP server
o Separate files according to modified date
4. Backup downloaded folder to a network machine
o Using If Ping Successful command check if the machine is up or not.
o If the machine is up then copy the downloaded folder to that machine.
o Double click on Files/Folder in Program/Files/Windows.
o Select Copy Folder and give appropriate source and destination folder name.

5. Log errors
If the machine is not up (using If Ping Unsuccessful command) then log the error to the log file.
6. Backup to another server
Repeat the above steps for different workstations and disconnect from SFTP.

Solution A: When you run this task it will download specified folder and backup that folder on 2 different
workstations if they are accessible. It will also log appropriate messages to a log file.
Solution B: When you run this task it will download specified folder and according to its modified date
separate files of that folder and backup that folder on other network machine if it is accessible. It will also log
messages to a log file if network machine is not accessible.
Automate Zip
Task Description
Zip all document of a folder that are two days old and email it as an attachment.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
Click on New -> Task Editor.

2. Copy all documents that are 2 days old
o Using the Programs/Files/Windows category select Files/Folders command.
o In the Files/Folders Interface select Copy Files(s) option.
o In the Source File(s) with path select the path which contains the *.doc files.
o In the Destination folder with path select the path were you want to copy all the *.doc files.
3. Zip the folder
Copy Files "C:MyFolder*.doc" to "C:MyFolderMyZippedFiles"
o Click on "Advance View >>" and select the Date box. From the list, select created date, and
specify 2 in the box next to "in the last".
o From the Program/Files/Windows category select Files/Folders command.
o In the Files/Folders wizard select the Zip file(s) option.

o In the Select file(s) to compress type the path of the folder that contains all document Files.
o In the File Type specify *.doc for zipping word files. And, in the Destination Zip File specify the
path along with the zip file name, where the zip file has to be created.
Zip file(s) from "C:MyFolder" into file "C:MyFolderMyZippedFiles$Day$_$Month$_$Year$.zip"
4. Send the file as attachment.
Select Insert Keystrokes command from the Keystroke/Mouse category. And Insert the keystrokes to
create a new mail and send the zip file as an attachment.

When you run this task, it will copy all the document files that are 2 days old from a specified folder to
another location and zips all the documents, and then sends the zip file as an attachment.
Automate Windows Services
Task Description
While running terminal commands, telnet service must be in started. For the purposes of this we check
whether telnet service is started or not, if not then we will start the telnet service.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
2. Insert service command to Get Service Status
o Drag and drop services command.
o Select Get service status option.

o Select Telnet service from the list.
o Select the variable from the list.
o Save the command.
3. Enter if condition to check whether the service is started or not.
o Select $Prompt-Assignment$ in variable.
o Select Equal to operation.
o Type SERVICE STOPPED
o Save the command.

4. Insert services command to START service
o Select Start service option.
o Save the command.
5. Enter Else if condition to check the service is paused or not.
o Select $Prompt-Assignment$ in variable.
o Select Equal to operation.
o Type SERVICE PAUSED
o Save the command.
6. Insert services command to Resume Service
o Select Resume service option.
o Save the command.
7. Insert all terminal commands which you want to run

8. Insert stop services command
o After all the terminal commands put stop service command.
o Select Stop service status option.
o Save the command.
9. Save and Run the task
o When you run this task, telnet service is started if it is not already started or paused. The
service stops after executing all terminal commands.

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run the task.
Automate Web Based Workflow
Task Description
Automate "create web mail account" workflow on a website. Lets say you want to create quite a few web
mail accounts, each with different username, password and other account information. In each case
workflow is the same, but data is different.
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Solutions
1. Create username list
o Create List Variable from Tools Menu -> Variable Manager. Make sure User Variables tab is
selected.
o Click Add New Variable and in Type selection, select List. Insert usernames in the List Input
boxes. Give an appropriate name to List Variable (say FirstName) and save the List Variable.

o Create similar List Variables for all the Inputs required to sign up for a web mail account. (e.g.
LastName, PostalCode, etc.)
2. Web Mail Sign-up
o Open the Web form that allows you to create mail accounts, select Internet->Launch Website
wizard and enter the URL of the required web form.
o Insert Keystroke event(s) and specify data to fill the form. Insert List Variable wherever
required.

3. Use List Variables (if required)
o To create multiple accounts, use List Variables for all the fields needed in the form.
Automate Unzip
Task Description
Daily create a folder with today's date and unzip the contents into it.
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Solutions
1. Create new task

 Click Tools -> Task Editor.
2. Unzip contents in to a folder
o Double click on Files/Folders in Program/Files/Windows category.
o Select Unzip file(s) option from Files/Folder form.
o Give appropriate unzip file in Archive file and Give appropriate folder name in Extract to folder
o Add the system variables based on your need to create extract folder.

When you run this task, it creates a folder with current date and unzips files into that folder.
Automate Migration Of Data
Task Description
Create a task that will automate migration of data from one application to another.
Solutions
2. Get the text displayed in the source application.
o Using the Screen Scraper command from the Programs/Files/Windows category capture the
required text from the source application by specifying the appropriate 'Before' and 'After'
keyword.

3. Assign the data to the appropriate control in the target application.
o Using the Manage Windows Controls command from the Programs/Files/Windows category set
the value of the appropriate control in the target application to the value of the variable in
which the captured text has been stored.

4. Transfer the data of all the required fields.
o The above two steps have to be repeated for each field that needs to be transferred to the
target application
When you run this task, it captures the text displayed in the source application, extracts the appropriate text
and inputs the same into the target application.
Automate Migration Of Data
Task Description
Create a task that will automate migration of data from one application to another.
Solutions
2. Get the text displayed in the source application.

o Using the Screen Scraper command from the Programs/Files/Windows category capture the
required text from the source application by specifying the appropriate 'Before' and 'After'
keyword.
3. Assign the data to the appropriate control in the target application.

o Using the Manage Windows Controls command from the Programs/Files/Windows category set
the value of the appropriate control in the target application to the value of the variable in
which the captured text has been stored.
4. Transfer the data of all the required fields.
o The above two steps have to be repeated for each field that needs to be transferred to the
target application
When you run this task, it captures the text displayed in the source application, extracts the appropriate text
and inputs the same into the target application.
Automate Invoice Processing
Task Description
This task shows you how using Automation Anywhere, you can easily process all the invoices in a folder and
extract the information like Invoice Number, Purchase Order Number etc. from them and transfer to Excel /
Database / CSV files. To see how to run the sample provided download a free trial version of Automation
Anywhere and see step #6 below.
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Solution
When you run this task, it processes all the Invoices in a specific folder, opens all of them one by one, extracts
Invoice Number, Purchase Order Number, Total Price, Due Date, Filename of the Invoice file and imports it
into the Excel File.

1. Create new task
o Go to Tools -> Variable Manager and create following four variables of type Value.
InvoiceNumber, PurchaseOrderNumber, TotalPrice and DueDate.
2. Open Excel
o Specify the Excel file you want to import the information into.

3. Process Invoices
o Using the Loop command and selecting "Each file in a folder" option, you can Loop through all
the invoices from any specific folder.
o Inside the Loop block, use the system variables, $FileName$.$Extension$ to access the file
names and open it using Open Program/File command.
o Copy the content of the entire Invoice Document using keystrokes, Ctrl + A followed by Ctrl + C
or use OCR action into the $Clipboard$ variable.

4. Extract Information
o Once the data is copied to the $Clipboard$ variable, use String Operation command to extract
the required information like Invoice Number, Purchase Order Number, Total Price and Due
Date.

5. Import Data into Excel
o Once the data is extracted to respective variables, write them out to the Excel file.

o Save T92.zip at any location and extract it.
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o Copy .xls and .pdf files from extracted folder and paste it in C:Invoices folder.
run the task.

Automate Installation
Task Description
Create a task that will automate installation. Optionally it can prompt user for the installation folder & use
that value to automate the installation.
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Solutions
1. Record installation
o Press 'Record' in the Automation Anywhere to start recording.
o Record the installation process as you would.

o After installation, stop the recording and save the task.
2. Optionally prompt for installation folder
o Open the task in task editor by clicking 'Edit'.
o Identify the action where you typed in the folder name. Click Actions button and select
'Convert to Prompt'.
o Specify custom prompt message "Enter InstallationFolder".
Save the task.
When you run this task, it will prompt the user for a folder name and automatically use that for installation.
This tutorial demonstrates SMART task recording features. Just record actions, no need to write scripts.
Recorded actions can then be converted to interactive actions in just a click and you have an intelligent,
interactive automated task ready in minutes.
Automate Functional Testing And Run Functional Tests
Task Description
Record a script to automate functional testing & run them after any software upgrades to ensure everything
is working as expected.

Let's say you have a big software deployment like Oracle, SAP, etc. and after upgrading those software to
newer versions you want to validate if all the functionality of previous versions are working correctly.
The following example records and test various functionality in the notepad application for ease of
illustration. Many of our customers use Automation Anywhere to test Oracle, SAP and other software
deployment.
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Solution
o Start recording a new task by clicking on 'Record' button
2. Validate the upgraded software
The following example is recorded in a notepad window to illustrate how you can use Automation
Anywhere to automate functional testing any other application.
o Open a notepad window
o Navigate to different menu items like File->Open, File->Save As, File->Page Setup, Edit->Find
etc.
o Also test all the keyboard shortcuts for various functionality of the application. For e.g. Ctrl + F
shows a 'Find' window etc.
o Each menu item will open a new window for e.g. Edit->Replace will open a 'Replace' window.
Record a click in the 'Replace' window by clicking on Cancel or OK button.
o Automation Anywhere intelligently records your activities in all the different windows. Now
when you play the task again, if any of the menu items is not working fine and does not open
the expected window, Automation Anywhere will report an error.
o You can also use 'Log to File' command to log appropriate errors. For e.g. if 'Replace' window
did not appear then you can log an appropriate message like 'Replace Window Not Found'

When you run this task, it opens a notepad window and goes through various functional testing.
Automate File_Report Download Process
Task Description
Automate download of files, reports etc. from a website on periodic basis.
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Solution
This task downloads a file containing daily historical stock prices and saves the file with a time stamp into C:
drive. This sample task uses an example from finance.yahoo.com just for illustrative purpose.
1. Record a new Web Recorder task
o Click on Tools->Web Recorder. .
o Enter the starting URL for e.g. finance.yahoo.com

o Type in the stock quote for e.g. MSFT and click on Get Quotes button.
2. Get the file for specific period
o Click on Historical Prices link on left side panel.
o Specify the date range i.e. Start Date and End Date.
o Select radio button, Daily and click on Get Prices button.
3. Download and save the file generated
o Click on Download to Spreadsheet link located at the bottom of webpage.
o Hit Alt+S in File Download dialog to save the file.
o Use system variables ($Day$, $Month$, $Year$, $Hour$, $Minute$ and $Second$) in
Keystrokes command to save the file with timestamp.

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Automate File Management
Task Description
Organizes folders by moving files into respective folders based on the file extension.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
 Click Tools -> Task Editor.
2. Go through all the files
Insert Loop command to loop through each file in a folder command.
3. Create the folders based on the extensions
o Insert IF command by selecting it from Conditions / Loops category.

o Select 'Folder does not exist' condition
o Specify the variables $CurrentDirectory$$Extension$FileCollection
4. Move the files to the respective folder
Copy files command will copy current file in loop to the folder of its respective type. For example if file
name is C:AutomationAnywhere.txt then it will copy the file to txtFilecollection folder created in
above step.

5. Delete the copied files
Insert a Delete File command to delete the files to avoid duplicate copies.
When you run this task, it loops through each file in a folder and will create folders for each of the different
extension types and moves the files within the respective folders.

Automate Email Processing
Task Description
Automate Order email processing. If the email contains order of a particular product of the product-line, a
confirmation email is sent with a standard message.
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Tasks.
Solutions
1. Create new task
o Select the option Each email message on server to read all emails that come from an email id
defined. This option will read each email one after the other.
3. Click on Edit to open Email Automation form
o Email Automation form lists all the details of the Email Server as also various functions to
perform.
o For the purposes of this task, we will select Get All Messages
o Save the command
4. IF condition for checking the emails
o We need to identify the action where we send the standard specific reply to anyone who has
purchased the different products.
o Enter if condition for checking all email messages that come in. We have a pre-defined system
variable called $Email message$ that will contain the entire body of the message.
o We define a string that we want to find from within the message.
5. Enter Send Mail command to send emails
o If the $Email message$ variable contains the specific word then a standard email has to be
sent. Sender email addresses are stored in the $Email From$ system variable that fetches the
email address from the From field.

6. Save and run the task.
o Mails are sent to the specific customers according the product those purchase by them.
When you run this task, it loops through the emails and sends a standard reply to the emails that has order
information for each product in product line.
Automate Email Processing To Distribute Incoming
Emails To Departments
Task Description
Automate email processing by getting all unread messages from the server and distributing them to different
departments.
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Tasks.
Solutions
1. Create new task
2. Loop for all messages on server

o Click on Email Automation -> Get All Messages command.
o Select status. Select All to get all messages. Select Read to get only read messages and select
Unread to get only unread messages.
o Enter the server details like hostname, user id and password.
o Select message format either HTML or Plaintext.
o Specify a folder to save the attachment.
o Save the command.

3. Distributes mail to different departments
o Insert If Variable command to check the value of $Email Subject$ variable if it contains the
word Order.
o Insert Send Mail command to send the mail to Sales department, if the above condition is true.

o Insert your user id in from text box.
o In to text box, insert the mail address of Sales department.
o Insert $Email Subject$ in Subject and $Email Message$ in Message.
o Save the command.
o Insert Delete Message command if you want to delete the message from server.
o Repeat above steps to distribute the mails to marketing and support departments.

4. Set trigger on task
o Save the task and close the editor.
o Click on Trigger tab.
o Select Email Message from trigger type.
o Enter the details like hostname, user id, password and time interval to check for new mails.
o Save the trigger.
o When a new mail arrives on this server for the specified user id, the task will be executed.

When you run this task, it loops through the emails based on Email subject and sends that email to the
concerned department.
Automate Database Migration
Task Description
Query the database, get the data and transfer that data to other database.
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Solutions
o Click on New ->Task Editor
o Using 'Database:Connect' command, specify the connection string to connect to the source
Database with Session Name, Default.
o Connect to '<database connection string> ' Session: 'Default'.

3. Specify a SQL Query to get the data from the database
o Double click Database command from the Application category, select SQL Query Option and
specify a Select SQL Statement using 'Default' session. Execute SQL Statement: Select * From
OrderMaster Session: 'Default'.

4. Connect to the target database
o Insert second Database:Connect command to connect to the target database where you want
to transfer data using 'S1' session.
5. Transfer the data
o Double click Loop command under Conditions/Loops command category and selecting "Each
row in a SQL Query Dataset" option. You can Loop through each row of the result returned by
the query with 'Default' session using this Loop option.

o Inside the Loop Block, specify Insert query to insert records in target database using
Database:Insert/Update/Delete command.
Note: To access values of different columns in the dataset use the index 1, 2, 3 etc. with the System
Variable $Dataset Column$.
o In case you do not have Automation Anywhere installed,
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o Save MyTargetDB.csv and MyDB.mdb under C:.
run the task.

When you run this task, it reads the data from source database and inserts them one by one into the target
database.
Automate Data Entry In An Application From A CSV File
Task Description
Create a task that will automate input of data in an application. The data will be read from a CSV file created
by another application.
Note: Keep the application in which data input is to be automated, open.
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Solutions
2. Open the CSV file containing the source data
o Using the Excel command from the Application category specify the CSV file to open.

3. Get the data to be input from the CSV file
o Using the Excel command from the Application category get the required data from the CSV
file, into the clipboard.

5. Assign the data to the appropriate control in the target application Using the Manage Windows
Controls command from the Programs/Files/Windows category set the value of the appropriate
control to the value in the clipboard.
Repeat the above steps for each row in the CSV file until the column containing Employee number is blank.
Using the Loop command and selecting "Condition" option, you can Loop through each row of the CSV file till
the specified condition is satisfied.

When you run this task, it will read the values from a CSV file and automatically assign the same into the
appropriate control in the target application.
Automate Data Comparison Between Applications Like
Excel
Task Description
Compare range of data in two excel files and log the results of comparison in a text file.
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This sample task compares the range of data in Excel1.xls and Excel2.xls and saves the similar records or data
in a text file.
Solutions
1. Create new task
o Click on Variable Manager tab located on right side panel of Task Editor.

o Create three variables of type Value. XlCol1, XlCol2 and XlCol3.
2. Open Excel files
o Double click on Excel command and select Open Spreadsheet option to open the first excel file
with session name Excel1.
o Similarly, open second Excel file with session name, Excel2.

3. Capture the range of data to compare
o Get the range of data to compare from first excel file i.e. from Excel1 session using Get Multiple
Cells, Excel command. The range are stored in the system variable $Excel Column$.

o Using Variable Operation command get the data in $Excel Column(1)$, $Excel Column(2)$ and
$Excel Column(3)$ into user variable, $XlCol1$, $XlCol2$ and $XlCol3$ respectively for later
comparison.
4. Loop through the range of data
o Insert Loop command option, For each row in Excel Dataset to loop through the data of
session, Excel1.
o Inside this loop block, capture range of data to compare with from second excel file i.e.Excel2
session using Get Multiple Cells, Excel command.

5. Compare the range of data
o Insert another Loop for each row in Excel Dataset command to Loop through all the data of
Excel2 session.
o Inside second loop block, use If Variable commands to compare the data of both the sessions.
Compare $Excel Column(1)$ with $XlCol1$, $Excel Column(2)$ with $XlCol2$ and $Excel
Column(3)$ with $XlCol3$.

6. Log the data
o If the result of above comparison is positive i.e. if all the three columns in both files are same,
then inside If-End if block, log the data to a text file (ListofSimilarRecords.txt) using Log to File
command.
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o Save both .xls files under C:.

run the task.
Application Monitoring
Task Description
Monitors the application and send an email alert if the application crashes.
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Solutions
1. Create new task
Click New->Task Editor.

2. Monitor the application
o Select Loop command, "Start Loop" and select 'Condition'
o Specify the path of the application to be monitored.
o Insert some delay so that loop is checking every few seconds or minutes.
3. Send e-mail alert
If the application crashes, the task will stop executing the Loop and will send an email alert.

When you run this task, it monitors the application constantly. As soon as the application stops running or
crashes it sends an email alert.

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