Control-M for Automation Anywhere

Automation Anywhere is a robotic process automation (RPA) software, which enables you to create bots that observe human actions in the digital workplace, identify repetitive rules-based tasks, and automate these tasks.

Control-M for Automation Anywhere enables you to do the following:

• Execute Automation Anywhere bots or processes.

• Manage Automation Anywhere credentials in a secure connection profile.

• Connect to any Automation Anywhere endpoint from a single host with secure login, which eliminates the need to provide authentication.

• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Automation Anywhere, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

• Integrate Automation Anywhere jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

• Monitor the status, results, and output of Automation Anywhere jobs.

• Attach an SLA job to the Automation Anywhere jobs.

• Run 50 Automation Anywhere jobs simultaneously per Agent.

Control-M for Automation Anywhere Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Automation Anywhere plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.20.200
Control-M/Agent	9.0.20.200
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.20.201
Control-M Automation API	9.0.20.250

Control-M for Automation Anywhere is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for Automation Anywhere

This procedure describes how to deploy the Automation Anywhere plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Automation Anywhere job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

• If you plan to run jobs simultaneously rather than sequentially, ensure that you have enabled multi-login through Automation Anywhere. For more information, see Multi-login user in the Automation Anywhere documentation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

2. Download the Automation Anywhere plug-in from the Control-M for Automation Anywhere download page in the EPD site.

3. Install the Automation Anywhere plug-in via one of the following methods:

   • (9.0.21 or higher) Use the Automation API Provision service, as follows:

     1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations:

        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY

        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY

     2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:

        • Linux: ctm provision image AAR_plugin.Linux

        • Windows: ctm provision image AAR_plugin.Windows

   • (9.0.20.200 or lower) Run the Automation API Deploy service, as described in deploy jobtype.

4. Create an Automation Anywhere connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

   • Web: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with Automation Anywhere Connection Profile Parameters

   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Automation Anywhere

5. Define an Automation Anywhere job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:

   • Web: Create a Job with Automation Anywhere Job parameters

   • Automation API: Job:Automation Anywhere

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.03	Added the option to utilize public workspace
1.0.02	Changed the execution of the bot request to a new API call after the API update in Control-M Automation API
1.0.01	Changed the API version in Authentication
1.0.00	Initial version