Scheduling OpenSpan Runtime using Windows Task Manager.

From RPA standpoint it is required from an automation to start on its own depending on the date,time and frequency. OpenSpan runtime can be scheduled to start on its if we can make use of Task Scheduler.

Let us assume that the Automation should run every week on Wednesday at 7:00 PM.

Below steps will explain further :-

1. Open Task Scheduler Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Task Scheduler.

2. Click on "Create Basic Task".

2. Give this Task a name and description.

3. Select a Trigger.

4. Suppose we have selected Weekly trigger in step 3. We will now select Start Time, Recurrence and day of the week.

5. Select Action, here we will select 'Start a Program' as we have to start OpenSpan.Runtime.exe.

6. Now set executable path of OpenSpan.Runtime.exe to Program/Script and set Add argument as "Project = Deployment file path (.OpenSpan file)"

7. Once finished with step 6, now comes the summary window, here check the highlighted checkbox below.

8. In the property dialog window, set the security option as below.

9. Upon finishing above steps a scheduled task will be added to the system.