When you select a robotic desktop automation as a data source for a data page, Pega Platform automatically generates and displays the list of automations that are available to your application. Each robotic automation is represented by an instance of the Connect Robot rule. You can view an automation to understand its inputs, outputs, and implementation.

The process of importing automation packages into the Pega Platform development environment proceeds as follows:

• In Robotic Studio, an automation developer creates a solution that contains, for example, two automations, and then publishes the package to the Pega Platform development server.
• A REST Service accepts the package data and performs the following tasks:
  1. Creates a component. The component name is the package name.
  2. Creates an unlocked ruleset (01-01-01) inside the component.
  3. Creates two automation rules in the new ruleset.
  4. Generates data records that describe the automation package, version, and configurations.
  5. Associates each data record with the new ruleset.
  6. Locks the ruleset.
  7. Packages and closes the component.
  8. Attaches the component to the application that is authenticated.

After the REST Service process is completed, you can select the new robotic desktop automation as a data source for data pages.