Managing launchers

Launchers are sets of buttons that are configured on the IBM RPA Control Center to run scripts by using the IBM RPA Launcher. Learn more about how to create, edit, and delete launchers in IBM RPA.

About this task

This section describes how to manage launchers on the Launchers page in the IBM RPA Control Center.

Before you begin

  • Your user needs permission to create launchers.
    See the Checking user permissions topic to learn how to check your user permissions.
  • The teams that you assign to a launcher needs permission to use launchers. The launchers screen in the IBM RPA Control Center has the Is Functional column that displays if a launcher has or not teams with permission to use launchers. For more information, see Migration from computer groups to teams.

Procedure for creating a launcher

  1. Log in to IBM RPA Control Center.
  2. In the Define menu, click Launchers.
  3. In the Define launchers screen, click Create launcher.
    • In the Name field, enter a name to the launcher.
    • In the Description field, enter a brief description of what this launcher does.
    • For IBM RPA 21.0.2 and older: From the Computer groups list, select the group of computers that can view and start the launcher.
    • Starting from IBM RPA 21.0.3: From the Teams list, select the teams that can view and start the launcher.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click Add button to create a button for the launcher.
    • In the Name field, enter a name to the launcher button.
    • In the Description field, enter a brief description about the script.
    • From the Script list, select script the button launch.
  6. Optional: Choose a way to use an icon:
    • To use a custom icon, click Use custom icon > Add file button to select an icon to your script button.
    • To use a preset icon, click Use preset icon button. Click the refresh button to generate a new icon for your script button.
  7. Click Save > Save to finish the process.

Procedure for editing a launcher

  1. Log in to IBM RPA Control Center.
  2. In the Define menu, click Launchers.
  3. In the wanted launcher, click the vertical ellipsis button ⋮ > Edit.
    • In the Name field, enter a name to the launcher.
    • In the Description field, enter a brief description of what this launcher does.
    • In the Teams field, select the teams that can view and launch the launcher.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click the Add button to create a button for the launcher.
    • In the Name field, enter a name to the launcher button.
    • In the Description field, enter a brief description about the script.
    • From the Script list, select script the button launch.
  6. Optional: Choose way to use an icon:
    • To use a custom icon, click the Use custom icon button. Click Add file to select an icon to your launcher button.
    • To use a preset icon, click the Use preset icon button. Click the refresh button to generate a new icon for your launcher button.
  7. Click Save > Save to finish the process.

Procedure for deleting a launcher

  1. Log in to IBM RPA Control Center.
  2. In the Define menu, click Launchers
  3. Choose a launcher and click the vertical ellipsis button ⋮ > Delete.
  4. Click Delete to confirm.

Migration from computer groups to teams

Starting from version 21.0.3, you can no longer create computer groups to group users. You group users by creating teams. With this change, IBM Robotic Process Automation migrated all existing group of users inside computer groups to teams, creating these teams automatically. These teams have the following name pattern: <original_group_name>_<id>_group.

The migration did not assign roles to these migrated teams to avoid applying incorrect roles to users. With this in mind, it is possible that some of your launchers are now associated with teams that does not have the proper right to use the launcher. You can verify this condition by going to the Launchers page on the IBM RPA Control Center and checking the status of the Is Functional column. If launcher has a red marker, it means the team assigned to the launcher does not have the proper roles. See The Is Functional column has a red marker to resolve the problem.