What is an Orchestrator in UiPath

Question

I am new to UiPath and I have no clue what is an Orchestrator is. So, please anyone tell me what an orchestrator is and how it is being used?

Answer 1

Hi Ashmita, Orchestrator is a UiPath product that enables you to orchestrate(organize) your UiPath Robots in executing repetitive business processes. Orchestrator lets you manage the creation, monitoring, and deployment of resources in your environment, acting in the same as an integration point with third-party solutions and applications. To create an orchestrator, follow these steps:

1. Create Robot: To execute your remote tasks, you first have to create a robot.

2. Create Process: Now create a project on your local machine and publish it, so that it can used as a Process. 

3. Assign Robot: Then to execute your process in a specific environment, you have to assign a robot to your process.

4. Create Job: After assigning the robot and environment to run your process, a job will be created and finally you just have to run this job to start your orchestrator.

Here's a glimpse at the Orchestrator dashboard without any robots, jobs or processes: