Automate

Description

The Automate action contains individual activities that allows you to automate important operations that are specific to the Automate Desktop program. For example, you can schedule a task to backup all Automate Desktop data and shut down the Automate Desktop program before a company-wide system maintenance service takes place. Additionally, you can automate the process of writing a specific message to the Automate Desktop log as a means to alert a team member of pertinent information.

Available activities

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Activity	Description
Automate - Backup Automate	Creates a backup copy of managed tasks, triggers, and system data onto an Automate Desktop archive (.AMA) file.
Automate - Shutdown Automate	Shuts down Automate Desktop by stopping the Automate Desktop Task Service, a system service used for the purpose of executing tasks which are manually started from the Task Administrator or automatically started by a trigger.
Automate - Write to log	Logs specific data to the Automate Desktop Event Log.