# Attended Robot
## 1. Activation Procedure
The license can be activated both locally and through Sherpa Orchestrator. In the case of local activation, the license key is stored on a specific workstation, while for activation through Orchestrator, it is stored in a centralized system.
### 1.1. Local Activation
Launch Sherpa Assistant if it is not already running. Right-click on the Sherpa Assistant icon in the tray: .png?alt=media).
In the context menu, select “Settings…”:
In the opened window, click on the “Registration” tab. Enter the product key you received in the “Enter product license key” field:
Click the Activation button. Sherpa Assistant will check the product key and provide the date and time until which the License is valid in green text below the “Enter product license key” field.
### 1.2. Offline Activation
Launch Sherpa Assistant using the shortcut on the desktop.
After that, find the Sherpa Assistant icon in the system tray .png?alt=media), right-click on it, and a context menu will open; select “Settings…”.
The settings window will open on the Registration tab:
The offline activation window will open. Enter your serial key and click on the “Offline activation…” link. The offline activation window will open:
In the window, there are two fields. You need to copy the value from the upper field “Request Code” and send it to us at .
In response, we will send you a “Response Code,” which you need to enter in the lower window. After that, click the “Activation” button.
### 1.3. Activation via Sherpa Orchestrator
The “Licenses” screen contains the “Licenses” table:
To activate the created License, you need to click the “Activate” button and select one of two types of activation in the opened window:
#### 1.3.1. Automatic
When selecting automatic activation, click the OK button.
Automatic activation is only possible if the Orchestrator has open internet access.
#### 1.3.2. Manual
When selecting manual activation, a request code appears, which needs to be sent to the vendor for confirmation of manual activation. In response to the request code, you will receive a response code, which you need to enter in the Response Code field and click the OK button:
The license will be activated, and the date and time of the License expiration will change in the “Expires” column.
## 2. Re-activation
Contacting technical support is required for re-activation or transfer between machines and users. This is due to their local storage and binding to a specific PC.
## 3. Management
Attended licenses are intended for robot development and their execution on user workstations. They allow robots to be launched manually or through Windows Task Scheduler, as well as to receive scripts from Sherpa Orchestrator.
### 3.1. Running the Robot Manually by Double-Clicking the Robot File
Open the directory where the file with the .robot extension is saved and double-click it with the left mouse button.
### 3.2. Running by Selecting from the List of Available Robots in Sherpa Assistant
Find the assistant icon in the tray .png?alt=media) and right-click on it. In the pop-up menu, select “Robots”:
To run the software robot, click the button .png?alt=media) in the row of the robot you need to launch:
Confirm the launch in the dialog box by clicking the “Yes” button:
If the properties of the launched robot specify input parameters, a window with fields for entering values will open.
### 3.3. Running with a Hotkey
Find the assistant icon in the tray .png?alt=media) and right-click on it. In the pop-up menu, select “Robots”:
Select the desired robot from the list and enter the required sequence in the “Hotkeys” field at the bottom of the window:
Click the “Set Keys” button. Now this sequence is assigned to the robot, and when the specified keys are pressed on the keyboard, the robot will start.
### 3.4. Running from the Command Line
To launch the command line in Windows, press the “Win” and “R” keys simultaneously, type: “cmd,” and press “Enter.” The command line window will open. Type the command “cd,” which is used to change the current working directory, followed by the name of the directory (for example, “cd Desktop” if the robot is on the desktop, or an absolute path: “cd /home/user/projects” to navigate to the folder where the robot is located).
*Note:* You can also launch the command line through the Windows search bar. To do this, press the “Win” and “S” keys simultaneously, type: “command prompt,” and press “Enter.”
Next, type the command “cd” followed by the name of the robot with the “.robot” extension and press “Enter.”
The robot will launch in a separate window.
### 3.5. Running from the Local Windows Task Scheduler
Open the project diagram in Sherpa Designer:
Publish the project (robot) to the Desktop:
Find “Windows Administrative Tools” through the Windows search bar:
Open “Windows Administrative Tools” by double-clicking with the left mouse button. Enter “Task Scheduler”:
The following pop-up window will open:
Enter the “Task Scheduler Library.” To do this, right-click on a free space in the window with files, statuses, and triggers. Select “Create Basic Task”:
The “Create Basic Task Wizard” window will open. Sequentially fill in the fields in the “Create Basic Task,” “Trigger,” and “Action” tabs by clicking the “Next” button. In the “Start a Program” tab that appears, click the “Browse…” button:
Find the project (robot) saved on the Desktop, click on it with the left mouse button, and click the “Open” button.
Click the “Next” button, check the task description, and then click the “Finish” button.
In the “Windows Task Scheduler,” a row with the created task will appear. Right-click on the desired row and select “Run” from the pop-up menu:
In the pop-up window “How do you want to open this file?” click on “Sherpa RPA Robot” and confirm your choice by clicking the “OK” button:
The setup for launching the robot through the “Windows Task Scheduler” is complete. If you need to make changes to the launch settings, you must go to the Properties section in the pop-up menu:
For example, to change the triggers in the task, you can open the “Triggers” tab and click the “Edit…” button:
### 3.6. Running from Windows Task Scheduler on a Local Schedule
To ensure that the robot runs automatically on a local schedule and that the “How do you want to open this file?” window does not appear upon launch, you need to navigate to the location of the Sherpa Assistant file:
Next, find the application “ProcessAgent.exe”:
And copy the path to this application.
Go to the “Task Scheduler” in the “Properties” section:
Open the “Actions” tab and click the “Edit…” button:
A pop-up window “Edit Action” will appear:
In the “Program or script” field, paste the previously copied path to the “ProcessAgent.exe” application, and in the “Add arguments (optional)” field, the full path to the robot being launched in quotes:
Finally, click the “OK” button. Now the robot will run on a local schedule through the “Windows Task Scheduler.” If you need to change the schedule, you will need to open the “Triggers” tab, click the “Edit…” button, and make changes to the schedule:
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