---
alias: user-guide-automation-task-fa-workermanager
tags:
- automation tasks
description: "This documentation details the Worker Manager task for configuring automation workflows"
---

# Worker Manager

The task `Worker Manager` is a Task to be used within the Factory Automation Workflow Engine.

![workermanager_parameters][workermanager_parameters]

## Settings

On the `General` Tab, you have the usual settings and the following options settings:

| Name                   | Data Type                        | Values                      | Default       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Driver                 | **Automation Driver Definition** |                             |               | name of the Automation Driver Definition to be used                                                                                                                                                   |
| Save Profiler Data     | `boolean`                        |                             | false         | Saves profiling data of every job started by this worker manager.                                                                                                                                     |
| Profiler Data Location | `string`                         |                             |               | Location where the profiling data will be saved. If empty, the sessions will be saved to `${temp}/ConnectIoT/ProfilerSessions`<br />Available tokens:<br/>`${temp}` - Temporary directory of the user |
| Log Strategy           | `enum`                           | `PerInstance`<br />`PerJob` | `PerInstance` | *PerInstance:* Job logs will be logged with the controller logs<br />*PerJob:* Job logs will be handled individually using the logging configuration entries for AutomationJob                        |

Table: Worker Manager settings

![workermanager_settings][workermanager_settings]

## Remarks

None.

[workermanager_settings]: ./images/workermanager_settings.png
[workermanager_parameters]: ./images/workermanager_parameters.png