Installing Task Mining browser extensions (optional)
Task Mining browser extensions overview
While Task Mining captures information about user actions and interactions, like mouse clicks or when a user opens or closes an application, browser extensions can capture additional data.
Browser extensions allow data to be captured when a user visits a website, even if the user doesn’t directly interact with a displayed web page. The Task Mining data that is captured by browser extensions depends on custom rules you can set up for your Task Mining project.
For example, if an order form displays on a web page, you could set up a custom rule that captures the order ID, allowing this information to potentially be used in other analyses.
You can allowlist and denylist URLs, letting you specify which URLs Task Mining data can be captured from. There are separate browser extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge and typically you would install both.
For information, see:
Event types and attributes whose capture requires browser extensions to be installed and enabled, see ***event type and attribute reference sections***.
Browser extension install options
Installation option | Description | More information |
|---|---|---|
During installation of the Task Mining Client software. | Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions are installed by default for all Task Mining Client install options. | **Task Mining Client software installation options |
From Chrome Web Store | Download and install the Google Chrome and/or Microsoft Edge browser extensions from the Chrome Web Store if deselected during the Task Mining Client software installation. Note The permissions required to do this will depend on your organization’s internal policies. | |
Self-host browser extensions. FROM 2.7.8 | Used if browser extensions are deselected during the Task Mining Client software installation and your organization's internal policies don't permit software installation from the Chrome Web Store. |
Installing browser extensions from the Chrome Web Store
Open a browser you want to add the browser extension to.
Tip
Supported browsers are Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
Select the ***browser extension you want to install based on your installed Task Mining Client software version.
The Chrome Web Store browser extension page appears.
Select <Add to <browser name> and confirm installation when prompted.
An installation confirmation message appears.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 for the other browser type (recommended).
Select Extensions *** in your browser toolbar to view and manage your installed extensions.
Important
Chrome blocks newly-installed extensions if they have been deactivated or uninstalled manually in the past. In this case, install the Google Chrome and/or Microsoft Edge extensions from the Chrome Web Store and turn them on manually.
Installing self-hosted browser extensions (from 2.7.8)
Note
You should consult appropriate third-party documentation for information on how to host an extension on your server and deploy it to users. You’ll need to be an admin to do this.
Download and self-host the Task Mining Chrome extension.
Note the new extension ID.
Install Task Mining with the Set custom extension ID option enabled.
Tip
You can do this:
In the Task Mining set-up wizard by ensuring Celonis Task Mining Extensions is enabled (see *** Task Mining software install settings).
From the command line using
CUSTOMEXTENSIONIDS(see *** Task Mining command line examples).
Test to validate the extension data is being captured correctly.