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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By : Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan
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Robotic Process Automation Projects

By: Nandan Mullakara, Arun Kumar Asokan

Overview of this book

Robotic Process automation helps businesses to automate monotonous tasks that can be performed by machines. This project-based guide will help you progress through easy to more advanced RPA projects. You’ll learn the principles of RPA and how to architect solutions to meet the demands of business automation, along with exploring the most popular RPA tools - UiPath and Automation Anywhere. In the first part, you’ll learn how to use UiPath by building a simple helpdesk ticket system. You’ll then automate CRM systems by integrating Excel data with UiPath. After this, the book will guide you through building an AI-based social media moderator using Google Cloud Vision API. In the second part, you’ll learn about Automation Anywhere's latest Cloud RPA platform (A2019) by creating projects such as an automated ERP administration system, an AI bot for order and invoice processing, and an automated emergency notification system for employees. Later, you’ll get hands-on with advanced RPA tasks such as invoking APIs, before covering complex concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in automation to take your understanding of RPA to the next level. By the end of the book, you’ll have a solid foundation in RPA with experience in building real-world projects.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Setting up Apptivo

As we did in Chapter 3, CRM Automation, we will be using the Apptivo Business Management Software here.

Since this is a cloud-based application, all you need to do is sign up on the website specified previously in the Technical requirements section. Once you log in, the Purchase Orders module is accessible in the Supply Chain drop-down menu:

Let's start by creating a few new suppliers and items in Apptivo:

  1. Within the POs option, click on the Create button on the left panel (highlighted in the preceding screenshot).
  2. In the new PO form that shows up on the right, scroll over to the Supplier Information section. On the Suppliers text box, use the + button to create new suppliers. For this project, let's add four new suppliers
    • Lenovo
    • Cisco
    • Avaya
    • HP
Name is the only mandatory field needed to create the suppliers and items in the Apptivo application.
  1. Similarly, scroll over to the Items section and add the...