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Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

By : Peter Krause
Book Image

Democratizing RPA with Power Automate Desktop

By: Peter Krause

Overview of this book

Whether you want to organize simple files or perform more complex consolidations between different Office programs and remote-control applications that don't allow outside access, Power Automate Desktop helps meet these challenges. This book shows you how to leverage this workflow automation platform by explaining the underlying RPA concepts in a step-by-step way. You’ll start with simple flows that can be easily recorded and further processed using the built-in recorder. Later, you’ll learn how to use the more advanced actions to automate folder and file management and enable Office programs to interact with each other. You’ll also get to grips with integrating desktop flows into other cloud environments and further enhance their value using AI. As you progress, you’ll understand how flows can run unattended and how they are managed in the Power Platform, as well as key concepts such as creating, modifying, debugging, and error-handling UI flows. Finally, the book will guide you to use Process Automation Designer (PAD) in conjunction with your frequently used desktop systems to automate routine tasks. By the end of this book, you’ll have become a Power Automate Desktop expert, automating both professional and personal tasks.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Google cognitive

Google’s AI functionalities are accessible via the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). First, you need to create a corresponding account. The provider provides a certain allowance that can be used to try out the services. The entry is carried out via https://cloud.google.com, where a new account can also be created. You will then be in the Cloud Console, where you can search for resources and also create a new project to work with those APIs. For example, you could use the Search box and look for the term sentiment, which is part of the Cloud Natural Language API. Each of the APIs needs to be enabled separately. You can take a look at all enabled APIs from the burger menu at the top left of the screen, as can be seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 10.5 – The Google Cloud Console

Figure 10.5 – The Google Cloud Console

After an API has been activated, credentials must still be created to be able to call this interface from outside. This also applies to the actions...