Book Image

Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

By : Husan Mahey
Book Image

Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

By: Husan Mahey

Overview of this book

With an increase in the number of organizations deploying RPA solutions, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is quickly becoming the most desired skill set for both developers starting their career and seasoned professionals. This book will show you how to use Automation Anywhere A2019, one of the leading platforms used widely for RPA. Starting with an introduction to RPA and Automation Anywhere, the book will guide you through the registration, installation, and configuration of the Bot agent and Control Room. With the help of easy-to-follow instructions, you’ll build your first bot and discover how you can automate tasks with Excel, Word, emails, XML, and PDF files. You’ll learn from practical examples based on real-world business scenarios, and gain insights into building more robust and resilient bots, executing external scripts such as VBScripts and Python, and adding error handling routines. By the end of this RPA book, you’ll have developed the skills required to install and configure an RPA platform confidently and have a solid understanding of how to build complex and robust, yet performant, bots.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Chapter 7: Interacting with Applications

Hopefully, you will be feeling confident about using Automation Anywhere by now. The walk-throughs so far should have given you an opportunity to create and run bots. These may be relatively basic bots, but with each walk-through, we are expanding our knowledge of additional packages. Each Automation Anywhere package and its actions open up more operations that you can automate. Following the walk-throughs gives you hands-on experience, allowing you to add value to your RPA development skills.

There are many tasks that we perform as part of our daily routines at work. These tasks will almost always include working with web-based and desktop applications. Being able to automate tasks that interact with web and desktop applications are key skills that any RPA developer ought to possess.

We have already covered the basics of using Automation Anywhere, so now get ready for some more serious automation. Having a clear understanding of creating...