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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)

Testing the automation

It is now time to test the automation we created – both the Parent and Child bots. Before we run the automation, let's ensure the following: 

  • That all customer names in the SO Excel sheet are also in Apptivo. Try entering the customer names in a dummy order. The Customer Select box should show the customer name if it exists. Otherwise, go ahead and add the customer by clicking the plus sign near the input box. 
  • That all item names in the SO Excel sheet are in Apptivo. Similar to the customer names, try entering the item names in the order form. If the item name is not present, go ahead and add the item name by clicking the plus sign near the input box. 
  • The SO Excel file is closed. 

Once you have ensured these things, go to the Parent bot and click on Run from the top menu. 

You should receive the success message that we added earlier. You can confirm that the bot ran successfully by checking the following...