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Adding A360 Automations to Copilot Agents

Setup Environment Variable. An environment variable must be created in the default Power Platform solution in order for this feature to work. This environment variable contains the information needed…

Tony Higgins
Updated by Tony Higgins

Setup Environment Variable

An environment variable must be created in the default Power Platform solution in order for this feature to work. This environment variable contains the information needed to connect with the Automation Anywhere Control Center when the agent wants to run the automation.

  • In the "Common Data Services Default Solution" add a new Environment Variable, and name it as you like (e.g. "TH_A360_settings")
  • Choose Data Type = "{} JSON"
  • In Default Value enter the following string:
    • { "site": "<URL>", "username": "<username>", "apiKey": "<apiKey>", "deploymentDeviceId": <ID>}
    • Where:
      • <URL> is the address of your Automation Anywhere Control Center (e.g. "https://a360acme.com")
      • <username> is your username in Control Center
      • <apiKey> is a key you generate as follows:
        • Go to your Automation Anywhere Control Center
        • At bottom-left of the screen, click on your username and choose My Settings
        • At top-right of the screen click "Generate API-Key"
      • <ID> is the number you get as follows:
        • Go to your Automation Anywhere Control Center
        • Choose Manage > Devices and select your device to enter the Edit page
        • In the URL, the number between "mydevices" and "edit" is your deploymentDeviceId
    • Example: { "site": "https://a360-dev.concare.com", "username": "tony.higgins", "apiKey": "x9>b$%^YrT=`KRNBU6U7{yq=@!LvZ9_L_|xUc_fa`", "deploymentDeviceId": 6}

Adding an A360 Automation

Step 1: Find the Automation to Add

If you don’t already know the automation ("Main Task Bot") you’d like to add, there are several ways to find it:

  • Use filters in the main automation list
  • Navigate from the various areas of the main graphics dashboard
  • Search using the “Find with AI” search bar at top-right of the main automation list
  • Use the Blueprint Agent which is always available at right-bottom

Step 2:  Generate Copilot Information

Once you’ve found the A360 Automation you’d like to add, go to that automation and choose the “Agent Description” tab.

At bottom-right of the “Copilot” area click the “Generate with AI” button.  This will fill out all of the required Copilot information automatically using GenAI.

If you found the automation using the Blueprint AI Navigator there will also be an option within the AI Navigator to generate the agent description.

Step 3: Add A360 Automation to Copilot Agent

Once the Copilot information has been generated you’re ready to add the A360 Automation to your chosen Copilot Agent.  There are two options for doing this:

  1. Choose “Add to Agent” in the Actions drop-down (top-right of the automation's page).
  2. Choose “Add to Agent” in the Blueprint Agent after selecting a flow.

In either case a popup appears where you choose the Copilot Agent to which the A360 Automation will be added, as well as a Power Platform Environment Variable (see top of this page) needed to establish the connection with Automation Anywhere Control Center. 

With this done, hit Continue and the Copilot Agent is configured to use the A360 Automation.

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