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SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers

By : Vishwas Madhuvarshi, Vijaya Kumar Ganugula
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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)
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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

Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services

Since SAP acquired Contextor and renamed it SAP Intelligent RPA (SAP IRPA) in 2018, the product has grown continuously. We have looked at the launch of IRPA 2.0, a built-in PDF reader OCR and text detector, the bot store, and, recently, Process Recorder. While we expect this growth to continue, it will help to know SAP's plans so that we can schedule our development effort accordingly. There is no point in developing something bespoke if SAP plans to launch that feature soon. Therefore, we will devote this chapter to understanding SAP's plans for future developments of SAP IRPA.

SAP IRPA is a service that runs on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Therefore, we will also take a quick look at SAP BTP, its primary constructs, and some of the essential services you should know as a SAP IRPA developer.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • New and upcoming...