- Introduction and getting started
- Maestro landing page
- Process modeling
- Process implementation
- Process operations
- Process monitoring
- Process optimization
- Licensing
- Reference information
Maestro user guide
Simulation in Maestro lets you preview how a process will behave—without executing it in production. You can validate control flow, inspect variable changes, and identify design flaws early, before connecting to robots or external agents.
You can simulate both:
- Control flow: sequences, conditions, and gateways
- Data flow: inputs, outputs, and variable propagation
This makes it easier to understand the end-to-end behavior of your process during design.
Use simulation to:
- Preview how a process behaves before implementation
- Validate logic early in the design phase
- Explore conditional flows and gateway outcomes
- Test data movement without requiring robots or agents
Simulation is especially useful during iterative design or when working with large, modular processes.
Simulation does not run the actual tasks (such as robot jobs, API calls, or agent actions). Instead, it:
- Evaluates sequence flows.
- Lets you choose which outgoing path to follow at gateways.
- Highlights the simulated path directly on the canvas.
- Displays current variable values in the right panel.
- Lets you pause and resume execution at any step.
You can inspect the simulation trace and data values at each step to confirm expected behavior.
To simulate your process in Studio Web:
- Select a Maestro process inside your solution.
- Right-click on a Start element in the process and choose Simulate.
- Select Start Simulation. The simulation begins immediately from that Start event.
The process will simulate visually—each path will be highlighted based on logic execution. The execution trail shows the status and the corresponding step, as well as the detected incidents.
- Switch gateway paths: when reaching a gateway, choose the outgoing
branch to follow.
- Pause execution: right-click an element and select Add pause.
The simulation will stop when it reaches that element. You can also hover
over the canvas and click the pause icon when it appears to add pause in
that particular place.
- Resume execution: right-click the paused element and select Remove
pause to continue. You can also hover over the canvas and click the
pause icon when it appears to remove pause in that particular place.
| Tip | Description |
|---|---|
| Observe gateway logic | You select which branch to follow. This helps verify the modeled alternatives. |
| Review parallel/multi-instance behavior | You can visualize parallel paths or iterations with lists. |
| Test incomplete models | Simulation runs even if tasks are not fully configured, allowing safe iteration. |
