Get Bot Information activity

An activity that retrieves information about an Automation Anywhere task bot you run with the Run Task Bot activity.

Configure the Get Bot Information activity

Run a task bot from your AgilePoint NX app.
For more information, refer to Run Task Bot activity.
AgilePoint NX OnDemand (public cloud), or AgilePoint NX PrivateCloud or AgilePoint NX OnPremises v8.0 Software Update 1 or higher.

To send an email notification, click Advanced > Email Notifications .
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:
Some information about third-party integrations is outside the scope of the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation. It is the responsibility of the vendors who create and maintain these technologies to provide this information. This includes specific business use cases and examples; explanations for third-party concepts; details about the data models and input and output data formats for third-party technologies; and various types of IDs, URL patterns, connection string formats, or other technical information that is specific to the third-party technologies. For more information, refer to Where Can I Find Information and Examples for Third-Party Integrations?

Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the Automation Anywhere tab.
On the Automation Anywhere tab, drag the Get Bot Information activity onto your process.

Specifies the basic settings for the Get Bot Information activity.

Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Field Name	Definition
Display Name	Description: Specifies the activity name that shows in your process. Allowed Values: One line of text (a string). Accepted: Letters Numbers Spaces Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No Example: This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to: Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.
Description	Description: Specifies an optional text description for your activity. Allowed Values: More than one line of text. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: No

Field Name

Definition

Display Name

Description:

Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.

Allowed Values:

One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

Default Value:

None

Accepts Variables:

Example:

This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:

Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Retrieves data from variables in an Automation Anywhere task bot and stores the data in process data variables in the AgilePoint NX app.

Field Name	Definition
Automation Anywhere	Description: Specifies the access token that connects to your Automation Anywhere service. Allowed Values: A list of access tokens configured for your environment. Default Value: None
Create	Opens this Screen: Access Token for Automation Anywhere Function of this Screen: Configure an access token to connect to Automation Anywhere.
Bot Instance ID	Description: Specifies the variable that stores the Bot Instance ID whose information you want to retrieve. Allowed Values: A process data variable. You must specify the variable that you configured in the Store Bot Instance ID In This Variable field on the Run Task Bot Configuration > Response tab. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Bot Variable	Description: Specifies a variable from the Automation Anywhere task bot whose data you want to retrieve. Allowed Values: A variable from the list. When you select the access token from the Automation Anywhere field, this field shows the variable from the Automation Anywhere task bot associated with the access token. Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Store Value	Description: Specifies the process data variable in the AgilePoint NX app that stores the data from an Automation Anywhere task bot variable. Allowed Values: A process data variable. This value comes from the AgilePoint NX app . Default Value: None Accepts Variables: Yes
Add	Function: Adds a variable row.
Delete	Function: Deletes the row.