Timer for desktop flow?

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Hi,

I am using PAD for form-filling in unattended mode on a VM - but after 4 hours of running and updating items, the portal where the form is needs to be logged out and back in again otherwise we get a 500 error on the portal.

Is there a way I can set a timer so that, when the flow run has reached say 3hrs 45mins, log out of the portal we are using and log back in and continue?

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Pavel_NaNoi 1,074 on at

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You can possibly do some work arounds with having an additional flow that runs on a schedule but I don't recommend it as it will make the automation unstable.

Instead, why not just have a check in the actual automation for when the robot has been logged out? e.g. have a try block wrapped around the automation and if it fails, it goes to a subflow where it interrogates the webpage for what it sees, if it sees the 500 error, then just tell it to re-login and go back to where it was, otherwise, throw an error as something else broke.

A different simpler solution could also just be to tell the automation to half-way through the loop (via an index) to just log off and re-login, see which one works best for you.

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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I support @Pavel_NaNoi approach and use it all the time

My variation of this is:

1. Start loop - (for each let's say)

2.Check presence of an element on site - if element is missing - this means logged off

3. Simple If statement - if logged off call subflow "SiteLogon" etc

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