Starting the IBM RPA Studio in offline mode

You can run the IBM RPA Studio in offline mode by adding the --offline parameter when opening the IBM RPA Studio in the run function of Windows™.

When you use the IBM RPA Studio in offline mode, you can run the bots locally, but you are unable to communicate with the server. If a command requires communication with the server while the IBM RPA Studio is in offline mode, such as publishing bots and machine learning models, you might get error messages when you run scripts.

To set the IBM RPA Studio to offline mode, follow this procedure:

1. Press Windows key + R.
2. In the Open field, enter "%programfiles%\IBM Robotic Process Automation\IBM Robotic Process Automation\Studio.exe" --offline.
3. Click OK

You can also create a new shortcut for the IBM RPA Studio on the desktop.

To create a new shortcut, follow this procedure:

1. Create a new shortcut for IBM RPA Studio.
2. Right-click Properties > Shortcut.
3. In the Target field, after the last quotation, press Space bar. Enter --offline.