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Navigator | Tier 3
January 5, 2024
Question

RPA unattended machine View Only monitoring "live stream"

  • January 5, 2024
  • 5 replies
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I would like to find a way to allow live monitoring to the unattended bot machine during the bot execution for troubleshooting purpose , is there  way to launch a view only session without giving RDP access to bot machine?

    5 replies

    Padmakumar
    Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
    Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
    January 8, 2024

    Hi @Mohamed.A18 ,

     

    Make a cmd file with the following content

    @qwinsta /server:SERVERNAME

    @Anonymous:
    @Set /P _SessionID=Enter sessionID :
    @mstsc /shadow:%_SessionID% /v:SERVERNAME /noconsentprompt

    On the server that runs the unattended "bot" you have to set the following in Group policy
     

     


     

    This will enable you to get a live view of your "Unattended" process.

     
     
    Padmakumar
    Navigator | Tier 3
    January 11, 2024

    Hi @Padmakumar 

     

    Thanks for your reply, please confirm to make sure i understand it well

    on my machine, i should create the cmd file.

    in unattended robot machine , i should apply the group policy setting

     

    will this finally allow to connect RDP with view only mode using mstsc?

     

     

     

    Padmakumar
    Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
    Premier Pathfinder | Tier 7
    January 11, 2024

    Hi @Padmakumar 

     

    Thanks for your reply, please confirm to make sure i understand it well

    on my machine, i should create the cmd file.

    in unattended robot machine , i should apply the group policy setting

     

    will this finally allow to connect RDP with view only mode using mstsc?

     

     

     

     

    Yes. It was done for one of my customers based on their requirement. This setup was done by their IT team and later they shared the details with me.

     
    Padmakumar
    Raul Jaimes
    Navigator | Tier 3
    January 11, 2024

    Hi @Mohamed.A18 

    Im not sure if Windows server or A360 have by default this funcionality. Chek the below references:

    https://www.rdpsoft.com/blog/remote-desktop-management/how-to-view-remote-desktop-sessions/

    https://www.rdpsoft.com/blog/shadow-user/shadow-user-rdp/

     

    Regards

     

     

    Navigator | Tier 3
    February 13, 2024

    Thank you everyone. Now I can solve this problem. But the next problem is that I want to pull Doc Text and fill it into Excel according to the row that Loop comes from. I don't know which command to use. I would like to disturb you too.