- Getting started
- Best practices
- Tenant
- Folders Context
- Automations
- Processes
- Jobs
- Triggers
- Logs
- Monitoring
- Queues
- Assets
- Storage Buckets
- Test Suite - Orchestrator
- Other Configurations
- Integrations
- Classic Robots
- Host administration
- About the host level
- Managing system administrators
- Managing tenants
- Configuring system email notifications
- Audit logs for the host portal
- Maintenance Mode
- Organization administration
- Troubleshooting

Orchestrator User Guide
Setting up Unattended Robots
linkSee the fundamentals of unattended robots.
The following table shows the UiPath Robot version required to run foreground/background processes according to the robot credential considerations.
Process type |
Robot credential considerations |
Robot version |
---|---|---|
Background |
With credentials |
Any |
Foreground |
With credentials |
Any |
Background |
Without credentials |
21.8+ |
Foreground |
Without credentials |
Invalid configuration! Jobs cannot be executed. |
Setting up Unattended Robots for User Accounts
linkThis procedure walks you through the steps for enabling unattended robots for user accounts.
- Add or edit a user account and assign roles to it.
- On the Robot setup tab, enable the toggle for the unattended robot.
- Select the Robot credentials option if you want to execute foreground processes with the unattended robot. Clear it if you want to execute only background
processes.
- For robots with credentials the following additional fields must be configured:
Field
Description
Domain\Username
The user account under which the robot runs.
- For domain-joined users, use the
domain\username
syntax. For exampledeskover\localUser1
. - For local Windows accounts, use the
host_machine_name\username
syntax, with the host machine's name instead of the domain. For example,LAPTOP1935\localUser2
. - For local Windows accounts residing on multiple host machines, which you want to use regardless of machine, use the
.username
syntax with a dot instead of the host machine name. For example.localUser3
.
Credential store
The credential store to be used for your password.
Password
The password used to log on to the machine on which UiPath Robot is installed.
Credential type
Specifies the type of password credential.
- For domain-joined users, use the
- Enable the Run only one job at a time option to restrict a user account from simultaneously executing multiple jobs.
- On the Robot settings tab, configure execution settings for the corresponding UiPath Robot.
- Click Add. The user account is created/updated. One unattended floating robot is created for the user.
Setting up Unattended Robots for Robot Accounts
linkThis procedure walks you through the steps for enabling unattended robots for robot accounts.
- Add or edit a robot account and assign roles to it.
- On the Robot setup tab, select the Robot credentials option if you want to execute foreground processes with the unattended robot. Clear it if you want to execute only background
processes with the unattended robot.
- For robots with credentials the following additional fields must be configured:
Field
Description
Domain\Username
The account under which the robot runs.
- For domain-joined accounts, use the
domain\username
syntax. For exampledeskover\localUser1
. - For local Windows accounts, use the
host_machine_name\username
syntax, with the host machine's name instead of the domain. For example,LAPTOP1935\localUser2
. - For local Windows accounts residing on multiple host machines, which you want to use regardless of machine, use the
.\username
syntax with a dot instead of the host machine name. For example.\localUser3
.
Credential store
The credential store to be used for your password.
Password
The password used to log on to the machine on which UiPath Robot is installed.
Credential type
Specifies the type of password credential.
- For domain-joined accounts, use the
- On the Robot settings tab, configure execution settings for the corresponding UiPath Robot.
- Click Add. The user account is created/updated. One unattended floating robot is created for the user.