Automation Anywhere - Recorder

 Automation Anywhere - Recorders

Automation Anywhere supports following recorders.

1. smart recorder
2. screen recorder
3. web recorder

1. smart recorder

• features smart technology for desktop applications and web sites
• when you want to record a series of actions on your computer that require capturing objects from application that use HTML, java, WPF, Flex or silverlight, you can use smart recorder with IE9 and above
• works on objects, co-ordinates, image playback mode
• adjustable object identification criteria
• captures window objects and controls such as text from dropdown menus, list box, buttons etc

2. Screen recorder

• require the same operating system and screen resolution
• limited to static screens and simple desktop and web applications
• screen recorders is used to record task or series of actions on the computer when running and automated process on the same computer on which it was recorded, building simple tasks for processes that involves mouse click and keyboard operations 
• to stop recording shortcut -Ctrl+Alt+S

3. Web recorder

• it enables automation of internet related task actions
• features smart technology and suitable for websites
• record actions based on provided urls, extract single data, pattern based data and tables
• navigates web controls and works as browser based tool with supports IE 100%
• sample use case example- open webpage, log into website, navigate to search , enter data into forms and submit them, extract data and updating database records, using web based ERP system , extracting web data to local file, testing an online application

Workbench

• workbench is use to create Task bot or Meta bot 
• powerful facility with 582 command library located in left pane
• drag and drop commands or double click to insert it into any task
• workbench command executed line by line