Adding A360 Automations to Copilot Agents
7 min
once an a360 automation has been imported to blueprint and its copilot information generated, it can be added to a microsoft copilot agent — enabling the agent to trigger the automation on demand setup environment variable before adding an a360 automation to a copilot agent, you must create an environment variable in the dataverse default solution this provides blueprint with the connection information needed to reach your automation anywhere control center when the agent triggers a run in the dataverse default solution , add a new environment variable and name it (e g , a360 settings ) set data type to {} json in default value , enter the following structure { "site" "< \<font color="#2166ae">url\</font> >", " \<font color="#ef4444">username\</font> " "\<username>", "apikey" "< \<font color="#6b21a8">apikey\</font> >", "deploymentdeviceid" < \<font color="#14b8a6">id\</font> >} where < \<font color="#2166ae">url\</font> > — address of your automation anywhere control center (e g , https //a360acme com) < \<font color="#ef4444">username\</font> > — your username in control center < \<font color="#6b21a8">apikey\</font> > — generate in control center click your username at the bottom left > my settings > generate api key < \<font color="#14b8a6">id\</font> > — your deployment device id go to manage > devices , select your device, and find the number in the url between "mydevices" and "edit" example { "site" "https //a360 dev concare com", "username" "tony higgins", "apikey" "x9>b$%^yrt=`krnbu6u7{yq=@!lvz9 l |xuc fa`", "deploymentdeviceid" 6} step 1 find the automation locate the a360 automation (main task bot) you want to add using any of the following filters in the main automation list navigation from the main dashboard the find with ai search bar at the top right of the automation list the ai navigator , available at the bottom right of the screen step 2 generate copilot information open the automation and select the agent descriptions tab in the copilot area, click generate with ai blueprint automatically fills in all required copilot information using genai ⓘ if you located the automation using the ai navigator, you can also generate the agent description directly from within the ai navigator step 3 add the automation to a copilot agent with copilot information generated, add the automation using either method select add to agent from the actions dropdown at the top right of the automation's page select add to agent from the ai navigator after selecting the automation a dialog appears where you select the copilot agent and the power platform environment variable created in the setup step above click continue — the copilot agent is now configured to use the a360 automation