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UiPath Associate Certification Guide

By : Niyaz Ahmed, Lahiru Fernando, Rajaneesh Balakrishnan
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UiPath Associate Certification Guide

By: Niyaz Ahmed, Lahiru Fernando, Rajaneesh Balakrishnan

Overview of this book

UiPath is the most popular vendor in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) industry. If you're an RPA enthusiast or citizen developer who wants to succeed in the industry, achieving this certification can help you get accredited and ready for real-world challenges using UiPath. UiPath Associate Certification Guide offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the UiPath RPA Associate certification exam to help you pass on the first attempt and get certified. The book is written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment questions, quizzes with answers at the end of each chapter, exam tips, and mock exams with detailed answers and explanations. You'll start by getting to grips with the basic concepts of UiPath RPA, and then progress to an in-depth discussion of all the concepts required for Associate certification. Finally, you'll develop UiPath skills by gaining the required knowledge and implement these skills using sample business cases. By the end of this UiPath book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the exam, gained the knowledge you need to work on real-world case studies, and learned how to apply the various concepts to build enterprise-level use cases.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Importance of RPA
6
Part 2: UiPath Studio
15
Part 3: Use Case and Exam Preparation
20
Chapter 17: Mock Exam 1
21
Chapter 18: Mock Exam 2

Input actions and methods

Automation requires certain properties to be configured to work seamlessly during the execution of the process. To perform either foreground or background automation, the input needs to be actioned in a GUI either directly by the user or by the robot. There are three types of input methods, which we will discuss now.

Default or hardware events

The default application mimics a mouse event or keyboard event using the hardware driver to communicate with the GUI. This is selected when SendWindowMessages and SimulateType are disabled by default, as shown in Figure 10.51. In the case of this event, the robot exactly mimics human actions, such as moving the cursor and clicking on a UI element. The UI elements need to be visible for this event to be successful.

Figure 10.51 – Default method

The key characteristics of the default method are as follows:

  • It is 100% compatible with all applications.
  • It runs only in the...