In its simplest form, the Blue Prism software is made up of three components:
- The Application Server that runs the Blue Prism services. It serves as the brain of the entire setup, performing functions such as connecting to the backend databases, scheduling, and storing logs.
- The Runtime Resource, which are more commonly known as the robots. They can be either physical or virtual computers.
- The Interactive Client installed on your desktop that allows humans to interact with the robots by developing processes, scheduling tasks, or monitoring the robot logs.
The three components pass information to each other on a constant basis in order to make the entire system work as shown in following diagram:
In this book, we will assume that the application server, runtime resources, and the interactive clients have been configured correctly by a system administrator...