Automation
Anywhere Interview Questions
Following are some of the most
frequently asked Automation Anywhere interview questions in the interview, here
are the answers for them.
What
Can I Do With Automation Anywhere?
Automation Anywhere can automate any repetitive tasks on
your computer or the Internet.
Automation Anywhere comes with a number of sample tasks that
you can run to become familiar with what Automation Anywhere can do. To run a
sample task, in the Folders list, choose Sample Tasks. Under Task List,
highlight a task, and choose Run. (To view the commands contained in a task,
highlight the task and choose Edit.)
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Automation
Anywhere speeds your workflow by automating many complex tasks – for example:
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Use
Automation Anywhere to automate time-consuming business processes: check
inventory, re-order supplies, generate reports, enable fast data entry and
formatting, etc.
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Automate
Web tasks. For example: logging into websites, searching, submitting forms,
updating records, managing ERP Web front-ends, etc.
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Automation
Anywhere is ideal for automating complex IT tasks: website monitoring, website
testing, repetitive system administration tasks, etc.
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Use
Automation Anywhere to automate data transfers, and import or export data
between applications or from files.
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Automate
routine backups and file management tasks.
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Automate
software testing and routine Web development testing tasks.
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Use
Automation Anywhere to automate job scheduling.
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Automation
Anywhere is ideal for batch data processing.
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Automate
FTP tasks.
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With
a Premier or Enterprise license, you can easily share tasks by converting them
to standalone .exe files. For example, businesses and IT managers can
generate .exes for common software configuration and management tasks, such as
installing software changes, etc.
What
is Control Room?
Control Room is Server Component in AA. This component is to
hold the entire information in the tools.
Control room is an operation and authentication of all
clients within client environment. It is controlled all the user and monitoring
task based on the control room operation.
We
can easy to controlled users, testers and high level people within the
organization.
Control
Room Options:
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Dashboard
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Repository
Manager
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Operation
Control Room
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Audit
Trail
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Task
Scheduler
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Security
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Client
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Credential
Manager
App. Management
How
to copy an Excel cell and move to the next cell in your record?
When
you highlight the cell and use Ctrl + C to copy a cell in Excel, it copies an
extra ENTER keystroke along with the data in the cell. To copy only the cell in
the Excel file, use the keystrokes:
[F2][HOME][SHIFT
DOWN][END][SHIFT UP][CTRL DOWN]c[CTRL UP].
The
above keystrokes will copy the data in the cell.
Now,
if you want to move the cursor to the next cell after copying the current cell,
use the following keystrokes:
ENTER to move one row down in the same column
ENTER to move one row down in the same column
TAB
to move to the next cell to the RIGHT in the same row
Shift + ENTER ( [SHIFT DOWN][ENTER][SHIFT UP] ) to move one row up
in the same column
Shift + TAB ( [SHIFT DOWN][TAB][SHIFT UP] ) to move to the next cell to the LEFT in the same row
Shift + TAB ( [SHIFT DOWN][TAB][SHIFT UP] ) to move to the next cell to the LEFT in the same row
To
skip a cell, you need to use the corresponding key twice. For example, to move
RIGHT to alternate cells, you must enter [TAB][TAB]
How
to paste data in your application and move to the next item?
Most applications support the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V to
paste data that has been copied to the clipboard. To paste the data using the
keyboard, you need to ensure that the focus is at the correct place, e.g., the
correct cell in a table, or the correct control in a browser page, etc. You can
then perform the Ctrl + V keystroke. To simulate Ctrl + V in Automation
Anywhere, you need to write it as
[CTRL
DOWN]v[CTRL UP].
The
above series of keystrokes will paste the data into your application.
The
following examples illustrate how to move to the next record/cell in your
application using the keyboard:
Use
the TAB key to move from a highlighted link to the next link in an Internet
Explorer Web page
Some
applications also support using the Spacebar to move to the next control or
button.
How
to create timestamps for your files using Automation Anywhere System variables?
Automation
Anywhere provides the following system variables that you can use to append
timestamps:
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Year
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Month
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Day
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Hour
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Minute
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Second
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Date
You
can combine these variables to create a timestamp of your own design.
Examples:
To append
Year, Month, Day at the end of ABC, you can write:
ABC$Year$$Month$$Day$.
To
create a complete timestamp with date and time, you can write:
ABC$Year$$Month$$Day$$Hour$$Minute$$Second$.
You
can also include text characters between the variables, e.g.,
ABC$Year$-$Month$-$Day$.
You can configure your own format for the Date
variable. Choose Tools > Variable Manager > System Variable > Date. If
you use the Date variable to append a date to filenames,
be sure there are no slashes (/) in your date format, since filenames in
Windows may not use the / character.
What
is the recommended way to open an application as part of a task?
When you record a task, you might double-click the icon of
an application on the desktop or go to Start
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Programs
and click the application’s icon. It is very likely that the location of these
icons will change, resulting in an error when the task runs. However, to
prevent these errors, we recommend that you follow the following
recommendations:
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Open
the task in the Task Editor.
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Select
the actions that involve going to menu items and clicking. They may involve
several mouse moves and mouse clicks.
Delete
these actions:
Replace them with single-line commands that you create by
double-clicking the Open Program/File command and specifying the path to the
application you want to open. The Open Program/File dialog includes a text box
where you can type parameters that Automation Anywhere will pass to the
application.
The task will now open your application, no matter where the icon is located.
The task will now open your application, no matter where the icon is located.
Explain different recorders in AA?
Recorders
are of three types
Smart recorder
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All object cloning
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Screen recorder
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Capture window object -simple
tasks for processes that involve mouse clicks and keyboard operations.
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Web recorder
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Capture Web Project
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What is Manage Web Control?
To capture image links, radio buttons, text boxes, check
boxes and other web control Automation Anywhere Web Recorder -> Manage Web
Controls allows capture of web controls and assign them variables.
Difference between Manage Windows/Web controls and Object
Cloning?
Manage Windows Controls command allows you to
work with windows controls like check-boxes and radio buttons. With this
command, you can find out if the radio button
or check box is checked or not. Automation Anywhere supports
only standard Windows checkboxes and radio buttons.
Object Cloning command to recognized
Objects and a variety of their properties, including Name,
Type, Path, and Value
What is Image Recognition in terms of AA?
Image Recognition is another feature of the Visualize
Technology available in Automation Anywhere Enterprise. Using the Visualize
Technology, Image Recognition allows the recognition and comparison of images
from file or window.
Automation Anywhere object closing command:
You can use batch files to kill/terminate the application or you can use keystroke Alt+Down Arrow+F4.
For example,
To terminate a excel application forcefully, the command would be taskkill /im excel.exe
Automation Anywhere object closing command:
You can use batch files to kill/terminate the application or you can use keystroke Alt+Down Arrow+F4.
For example,
To terminate a excel application forcefully, the command would be taskkill /im excel.exe
How
to lock, shutdown and restart machine using AA?
Lock
the computer
1.
In
Automation Anywhere Client, open the Task Editor. To open an existing task,
select the task in the Task List, and click Edit. To create a new task, click
New, or choose Tools > Task Editor.
2.
In
the Task Editor, in the Commands list, double-click System. A submenu appears.
3.
Double-click
Lock Computer. The System dialog appears. Note the green symbol indicating that
the Shutdown command can help save energy and spare the environment.
4.
Click
Save.
Shut down the computer
1.
In
Automation Anywhere Client, open the Task Editor. To open an existing task,
select the task in the Task List, and click Edit. To create a new task, click
New, or choose Tools > Task Editor.
2.
In
the Task Editor, in the Commands list, double-click System. A submenu appears.
3.
Double-click
Shutdown. The System dialog appears. Note the green symbol, indicating that the
Shutdown command can help save energy and spare the environment.
4.
Click
Save.
Restart the computer
1.
In
Automation Anywhere Client, open the Task Editor. To open an existing task,
select the task in the Task List, and click Edit. To create a new task, click
New, or choose Tools > Task Editor.
2.
In
the Task Editor, in the Commands list, double-click System. A submenu appears.
3.
Double-click
Restart.
Click Save. Note: Always put System commands
last in tasks, since actions entered after the System command will not be
executed
Tip : You can have Automation
Anywhere Client perform an auto-login, so that when your cbomputer restarts,
Automation Anywhere Client will enter your username and password.
What
are the components of Automation Anywhere Architecture.
Architecture
of automation anywhere tool revolves around 2 components which are-
Control room and client. In the client, the task can be
created (script) and same can be uploaded in control room.
What
are the important options to make it ease of using Automation Anywhere Task
editor’s filter?
Group By Windows
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Group all your actions by windows
for easy editing
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Mouse moves
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Display or hide all mouse moves
actions from the editor
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Keystrokes
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Display or hide all keystrokes
actions from the editor
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Mouse clicks
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Display or hide all mouse clicks
actions from the editor
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Delay
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Display or hide all delay actions
from the editor
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Others
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Display or hide all commands from
the editor that are not mouse moves, keystrokes, mouse clicks, or delays
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