RPA Designer provides methods to execute a workflow with or without tasks, both of which provide the ability to debug the workflow.
The normal run executes the workflow file without indicating the executed activities or taking breakpoints into account. This is the fastest way to run a process.
The debug run opens all microbots within the process and indicates all execution steps by surrounding the executed activities with a yellow frame. During this process, the user has the ability to pause the workflow at previously defined activities by inserting breakpoints into the workflow.
Dry Run
The "dry" Run executes the workflow within RPA Designer without affecting any tasks. The script is executed within RPA Designer.
Run with Task
Run with Task is not a simple execution of the workflow within RPA Designer. Rather, it launches the WorkflowRobot from within RPA Designer. Before starting the execution, the user must provide the task ID of the task to be executed. The workflow receives the input data from the task and writes a log and task status back to the database. The Popup Watcher runs in parallel with the workflow itself. Tasks executed with Run with Task in RPA Designer can be viewed in RPA Web Manager.
Run with Task requires the following information:
- Database Environment
- Processor ID
- Task Type IDs