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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

Starting your first automation project

Before proceeding further, let's first understand the vendor invoice-posting business process.

In this process, the bot needs to perform the following steps:

  1. Start the SAP Logon application.
  2. Select an existing connection to the SAP server from the SAP Logon page. The SAP page to enter the credentials to the SAP server is displayed.
  3. Enter the credentials on the SAP page and log in to the SAP server. This will take you to the SAP Easy Access page.
  4. Enter the FB60 SAP transaction code on the SAP Easy Access page to navigate to the Enter Vendor Invoice page.
  5. On the Enter Vendor Invoice page, we will fill in the details of the different controls by navigating to multiple tabs/subpages and then post the vendor invoice. The details we will enter for invoice posting are Vendor, Invoice Date, and Amount in the Basic data tab. Then, navigate to the Tax tab to enter the tax code. We will also fill in the G/L acct and Amount...