{% assign title = "Sensor Bot Instance" %} {% assign definition = site.data.network.sensor_bot_instance %} {% assign preposition = "a" %} {% assign plural = "s" %} {% if include.more == "yes" and include.heading == "more" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.heading != "" and include.heading != "more" %} {{include.heading}} {{title}} {% endif %} {% if include.icon != "no" %} {% if include.table == "yes" and include.icon != "no" %}

{% endif %} {% if include.table == "yes" and include.icon != "no" %}

{% endif %} {% endif %} {% if include.definition == "bold" %} {{ definition }} {% else %} {% if include.definition != "no" %} {{ definition }} {% endif %} {% endif %} {% if include.table == "yes" and include.icon != "no" %}

{% endif %} {% if include.more == "yes" and include.content == "more" and include.heading != "more" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.content != "no" %} {{site.data.concepts.sensor_bot}} The sensor bot instance holds no definitions as to what the bot does. Instead, its process instance references a process definition in the corresponding data mine. That is how the sensor bot instance obtains the information regarding what it needs to do once it is run. {% endif %} {% if include.more == "yes" and include.content != "more" and include.heading != "more" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.adding != "" %} {{include.adding}} Adding {{preposition}} {{title}} Node To add a sensor bot instance, select *Add Sensor Bot Instance* on the task node menu. When a sensor bot instance is added, it is created with one sensor process instance, and a market reference. {% endif %} {% if include.configuring != "" %} {{include.configuring}} Configuring the {{title}} Select *Configure Sensor Bot Instance* on the menu to access the configuration. ```json { "startDate": "2020-01-01" } ``` * ```startDate``` is the starting date of the data product the sensor bot instance builds. In other words, the sensor bot instance queries its data source for data starting on the configured ```startDate```. In cases when the sensor bot has built a data product starting on a certain date and the ```startDate``` is eventually changed for an earlier one, that is, a date further in the past, then the sensor bot discards the existing data product and starts over from the newly configured date. {% endif %} {% if include.starting != "" %} {{include.starting}} Starting {{preposition}} {{title}} You do not start or stop a sensor bot instance directly. Instead, you start or stop the corresponding task. {% endif %} {% if include.more == "yes" %}

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