Automation Center properties

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You can access system properties for Automation Center by navigating to All > Automation Center > Administration > Automation Properties.

Property

Description

sn_ac.workspace.date.default_num_of_days

Defines the default number of days that data is shown in the Automation Center workspace.- Type: integer

  • Default value: 7

sn_ac.purge_automation_data_in_days

Defines the number of days the automation execution data, import error logs, action logs data, and automation insights information is retained.- Type: integer

  • Default value: 14

sn_ac.reporting_currency

Defines the currency that is used in the Automation Center dashboards and reports.- Type: integer

  • Default value: USD

sn_ac.savings_averaging_window

Calculates the moving average for cost and time saved per run.- Type: integer

  • Default value: 4

Property

Description

sn_ac.use.spotlight.score.for.requests

When turned on (by setting the value to True), Spotlight feature is enabled in the Automation Center workspace.- Type: True/False

  • Default value: True

sn_ac.use.spotlight.group.for.requests

Stores the spotlight group sys_id to let the system know which spotlight group to use. - Type: string

  • Default value: e037711dc3a11110995486d91840dd03

Property

Description

sn_ac.use_recommended_actions

When turned on (by setting the value to True), Recommended Actions application is enabled in the Automation Center workspace.- Type: True | False

  • Default value: False

Property

Description

sn_ac.auto_onboarding_catalog_items

Controls how catalog items are onboarded as automations. Users with sn_ac.automation_admin can edit the system property.- Type: True | False

  • Default value: True
    • True (default): New catalog items are onboarded automatically and appear on the automation dashboard immediately. However, the time and cost savings aren't displayed.
    • False: New catalog items are onboarded manually using the Automation Explorer feature. Generating this data takes longer, but the dashboard shows an expanded summary with time and cost savings for each catalog item.

Property

Description

sn_ac.max_number_of_actions

Sets the maximum number of actions to show in all actions section in action center.- Type: True|False

  • Default value: False

sn_ac.max_number_of_recent_executions

Controls the number of action log cards we want to show in the recent section in action center.- Type: Integer

  • Default value: 12

sn_ac.new_action_threshold

Controls the number of days the "New action" tag should appear for the newly created actions.- Type: Integer

  • Default value: 12

Property

Description

sn_ac.rpamigration.base.url

When you migrate UiPath automations to RPA Hub using Automation Center, this URL is used. When you generate a report using repository URL, in the Base URL field this value is populated.

  • Type: string
  • Default value: https://rpamigration-prod-default/

sn_ac.polling_timeout_migration_report

Defines the maximum duration (in milliseconds/seconds) to wait while polling for the migration report status before the request times out. This ensures that long-running or stalled migration status checks do not block the process indefinitely.- Type: Integer

  • Default value: 300

Property

Description

sn_ac_assist.auto_calculate_savings

Defines the number of automations for which the time and cost savings will be automatically calculated.- Feature: Automation Explorer

  • Type: integer
  • Default value: 2

sn_ac_assist.enterprise_dev_hourly_rate

Defines the value of development hourly rate for enterprise.- Feature: Automation Explorer

  • Type: integer
  • Default value: 50

sn_ac_assist.max_calculate_savings

Defines the maximum number of automations that can be selected at once for calculation of the time and cost savings.- Feature: Automation Explorer

  • Type: integer
  • Default value: 10

sn_ac.pdi_instance_types

Controls which instance types are PDI (Personal Developer Instances). When creating an agent, you need an instance. When you create an instance, this property is used to decide which instance types are PDI.- Type: string

  • Default value: Demonstration, Shared-Demo, Developer, Subproduction

sn_ac.lens_image_batch_size

Number of images sent per call to the lens skill for image processing. Suggested range is from 5 to 10.- Type: integer

  • Default value: 8
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