Task set up to run as current default user.  When we run the task, the program does not run because it thinks it is logged on as another user.  Tried controlling it by only running in background with the credentials specified, still failed.  The program we are running in the task works perfectly outside of automate BPA and if we create a .bat file to run the program within a task it works fine.

 

Confused.

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Hello Mary,

AutoMate determines where the task will execute based on where the event monitor is. Open your windows task manager and look for a process called BPAEM.exe. This process will be assigned to one user. Is it assigned to the correct user? If not, please log off the user, until it gets assigned to the correct user. Once the event monitor is present, then the task should execute on that user's session.

Please let us know if that works for you.

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Alex Escalante | Support Analyst
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I checked the agent, and looked for the process, right now, automation is logged on to BPAEM, but the process still does not work when running under BPA.  Works fine if I run outside of BPA while logged on as automation.

This seems to be a problem.  How can I make sure that all the tasks run as our default user all the time?  We can't have processes suddenly stop working because someone else logs onto the agent and it decides to start running workflows and tasks as the other person.

This may be why another one of our other workflows stops working occasionally.

 

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Edited: 01/28/2016 at 10:26 AM by MaryWesterman

Hello Mary,

Are these interactive tasks or non-interactive tasks?
What is the exact error message when this behavior occurs?

If 'interactive' then the Default User should be assigned to the BPA Event Monitor (BPAEM.exe). By default this is set to 'First user logged on'. If another user logs onto the machine, let say using RDP and has the BPAEM assigned to him/her then when the task is set to execute; the task will fail because the Event Monitor is not presently assigned to the user specified to execute said task. In this case the Default User.

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Valentineo McGowan | Technical Consultant
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These are non-interactive - meaning they are not access or excel type tasks.  If run in foreground, a window may appear that will show what is happening, but no user interaction needs to occur.

We need to be able to tell all the tasks that they are always to run as the default user no matter who is logged on.  How can I assign the correct user to the BPAEM?

Picking up the wrong user is causing a lot of issues.

We've tried several things today to try to get it to always use the Automation account, but as soon as it is logged off, it goes back to picking up the first user that logs back on.

 

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Edited: 02/02/2016 at 09:06 AM by MaryWesterman

Hi Mary,

You can set the BPAEM.exe to a specific user by completing the following;

1. Open the SMC
2. Select Options
3. Select Default Properties
4. Select Miscellaneous
5. Change the "Event Monitor user context" to Specified user

Note: A restart of the Agent Service is required when this setting is changed.

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Ricardo Castaneda | Principal Support Analyst
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Nothing comes up under specified user.  I had looked there but could not enter anything when I selected the dropdown for specified user.  I added the user in the open field that is the only place to enter anything (Event monitor user name).  Do I need to restart the service on all three agents?

 

Category Survey AutoMate BPA Server 9 version: 9.0.5 Windows version: Windows Server 2012 R2

Hi Mary,

You will need to enter the username you would like the BPAEM.exe to run as (it should match the user that your workflows run as).

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Ricardo Castaneda | Principal Support Analyst
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I think I got it working.

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Hi Mary,

Thank you for the update.

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