How to Export .zip files from Automation A360 Control Room

Updated by Anshu Joshi

Blueprint can import A360 .zip files created by A360 Control Room.

Prerequisites:
  1. Only bots in Public workspace can be exported. To Export bots, first check these bots into the public workspace from Private Workspace.
  2. You must have view package permission.
  3. Ensure that you must have View content rights at the folder level from which you want to export the bots.
  4. Ensure that the version of Control Room and packages in the source and target Control Room are same for export as well as import.

Following steps describes how to generate a .zip file using A360.

Guidelines: 1. Export the action packages along with the bot because the packages in the target Control Room to which you are importing the bot might be different. 2. Export the bots folder-wise by exporting all the bots from one folder first before moving to the next folder. Do not select the bots from the different folders.
  1. Log into A360 Control room and navigate to left pane.
  2. Click on Automation.

A list of available bots are listed.

  1. In Public workspace, Select the bots you want to export and click on Export checked bots icon.
  2. Select bots under version tabs:
    • Latest version: Click Latest version tab to select the latest version of the bot.
    • Labeled version: Click Production version tab to select the labeled version of the bot.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Under the dependencies tab, select the dependencies that you want to be included in the zip file.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Under the Packages tab, all the related packages are displayed. Do NOT select any packages
Note - Exporting packages is intended for transferring files between A360 instances. However, this feature is not necessary for Blueprint and can cause files to become too large to import.
  1. Click on Export bots and files.

All the selected bots are exported into a zip file.

Perform following steps to access the .zip file of the exported package:

  1. Navigate to Activity > Historical
  2. Search and view the historical activity of the exported package.
  3. Click Download exported zip file.
If you are exporting a large size bot or dependency, there might be a delay in the download of the exported file.

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