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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)

Passing the SO number 

Once the SO is entered in Apptivo, an SO number is automatically generated by the application. Let's capture that number and pass it back to the Parent bot to input in the SO Excel sheet. 

There may be instances when the form throws an exception as well. So, let's handle that before we capture the SO number:

  1. Go to the Apptivo Orders home e page by going to Supply chain and then Orders. Click on Create and then Order for a new SO form. Scroll all the way down and click on the Create button without entering any data. An error message should pop up on Apptivo. We will capture this dialog box to handle this error.
  1. Let's go back to the A2019 workflow. We need a variable to capture the SO number. So, go to Variables and create a new variable called SalesOrder of type String. Check the Use as output box as you create it. 
  2. We will add a new Step to group these actions and call it Capture Sales Order number.
  3. Within...