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SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

By : Vishwas Madhuvarshi, Vijaya Kumar Ganugula
Book Image

SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

By: Vishwas Madhuvarshi, Vijaya Kumar Ganugula

Overview of this book

SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (RPA) enables businesses to automate repetitive work and integrate automation capabilities across SAP and non-SAP systems. This book provides end-to-end coverage of business process automation using SAP Intelligent RPA and shows how to build multiple SAP Intelligent RPA projects from start to finish. Some of these projects may build upon the work done in previous chapters to showcase the Agile development process in SAP Intelligent RPA. As you progress, you'll cover the SAP Intelligent RPA factory, Desktop Studio, Cloud Studio, and the Bot store. You'll also learn about the building blocks of the SAP Intelligent RPA solution and creating bots from initial application declaration to workflow design and deployment, along with making bots run in attended and unattended modes. You'll also learn about SAP Process Automation, the new SAP service that is going to replace the SAP Intelligent RPA service soon. Finally, we will discuss the migration path for your SAP Intelligent RPA projects to SAP Process Automation and showcase that the RPA development remains similar in both services. By the end of this RPA book, you’ll be able to create and manage complex bots that are capable of interacting with SAP and non-SAP systems.
Table of Contents (39 chapters)
Free Chapter
2
Part 1: Introduction to SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
9
Part 2: Installing and Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA
12
Part 3: Developing Bots with Desktop Studio
21
Part 4: Generating and Updating the JavaScript Code
26
Part 5: Building and Running Projects
30
Part 6: Orchestrating Workflows with Cloud Studio
34
Part 7: SAP Intelligent RPA Store, Roadmap, and SAP BTP Automation Services

The UI Automation connector

UI Automation is a standard protocol that was developed by Microsoft to automate applications that had been developed with the following technologies:

  • Microsoft technologies such as Win32, WinForm, WPF, and Silverlight
  • Any technology that supports Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA), such as QT

If a Windows application is captured with the Win32 connector but does not allow you to select the elements that are required for automation, you can use this connector. We will learn more about element declaration in the next chapter.

Let's use Kdiff.exe to capture and create a new application in MyFirstProject using the UI Automation connector by performing the following steps:

  1. Start Kdiff3.exe. Cancel the default dialog that is displayed in the Kdiff3 application.
  2. Open the MyFirstProject project, if it's not already open in Desktop Studio.
  3. Go to the Explorer perspective.
  4. Click the + Add Application button.
  5. ...