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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)

Updating Excel with the SO number

Stay within the loop and add a new Step with Title as "Update Excel with SO Number". Let's add a few steps to update the Excel sheet:

  1. To concatenate the current row number and read specific Excel cells, we will convert the number variable currentIteration to String. Add the Number To string action to convert the currentIteration variable and assign the output to a new variable called currentIterationString that can be used as input or output (create this variable by clicking on the magic wand on the right of the input box). Your workflow should look like this:

  1. Now, let's set column I (SO#) in the Excel sheet with the SO number we got from the Child bot. Add the Excel basic Set cell action. In the properties, set Session name to S1, choose Specific cell and set it to I$currentIterationString$which would translate to I2, I3, and so on and set its value to $dictOutput{SalesOrder...