The agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host enables the execution of jobs, file transfers, console and file system events, thereby allowing the processing of various operation steps in a target system.
Object class: System
objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task
Object type (short name): HOST
Creating an Agent object manually is neither possible nor necessary as this is done automatically and saved in the folderTop level entities such as Environment, Deployment Target, Activity, … are stored in folders. The permissions a user has on an entity depend on the permissions that are set on the folder for the entities. HOST (system clientA closed environment within an Automation Engine system where you can create and run objects. A client name consists of a 4-digit number that must be indicated when a user logs on to the Automation Engine system. Users and their rights are also defined in clients. A particular Automation Engine object type. 0000) at the very first agent logon to the AE system. The same is true if you want to rename the Agent object.
The name of an agent is defined in its INI file and cannot be comprised of more than 32 characters. All agent names will be displayed in uppercase. Do not use special national language characters in order to avoid problems in the respective target system. Note that an agent cannot be selected in other objects if its name consists of more than the allowed maximum number of characters.
For Rapid Automation agent documentation, see the Automic Hosted Documentation.
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