Log to File Command in Automation Anywhere

Explanation of Log to File Command

Logging detailed Task bot or meta bot logic information is an important aspect.
It helps in optimizing and debugging your automation task bot or meta bot logics.

For this reason, Automation Anywhere provides Log to File command to create a log file
that is full of useful information about the events that occur as your task bot or meta bot logic runs.

Log Files can be saved in the several file formats, including .csv and .txt files.
Encoding is provided for log files with options for ANSI, UNICODE and UTF-8.

★ This command helps to achieve the tasks by letting you:

Verifying that a task bot or meta bot logic has run properly,
especially if the task bot or meta bot logic has more complex Conditional and looping commands.

Create a new log file if one doesn't already exist.
Specify a custom text to be included in the file.
Add a timestamp to the file; and
Use the file as a variable.


☝ First Use Case of Log to File Command

The Sales Manager wants to extract sales order from 2014-2017
which have been given zero discount to decide the sales strategy for 2018.

➢ Solution

Use the Log to File command to generate the excel file that will contain the sales order with zero discount.

➢ Process Step Flow

Open Sales details excel fileDefine condition to get 0 discount
Store extracted details in a log fileSave taskRun taskOpen output file.

➢ Benefits of using this command

You can use this command to capture command button, dropdown, listbox,
text box,radio button, check box, status bar, tree view, tabs, menu items and table from windows application.

Note: When using this command, ensure the application to which you want to enter the information is opened prior to using the command.

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