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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

Understanding date and time manipulation

Date and time are two types of values that we come across almost all the time. Similarly, organizations deal with data that is of different dates, months, and years. .NET Framework offers many functionalities related to date values, enabling the user to calculate and manipulate dates easily. However, it is not required to know all the functionalities for the Associate exam. Hence, let's only look at some of the functionalities, which include the following:

  • Date addition and subtraction
  • Format conversion
  • Extracting individual elements of a date

Let's explore some of the functionalities with the following scenario. We need to obtain a list of dates between 7 days before the current date and 7 days after the current date. Further, we also want to print the date, month, and the name of the date. The following steps provide a guide on generating the required output:

  1. Open UiPath Studio and create a new Empty...