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Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

By : Husan Mahey
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Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

By: Husan Mahey

Overview of this book

With an increase in the number of organizations deploying RPA solutions, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is quickly becoming the most desired skill set for both developers starting their career and seasoned professionals. This book will show you how to use Automation Anywhere A2019, one of the leading platforms used widely for RPA. Starting with an introduction to RPA and Automation Anywhere, the book will guide you through the registration, installation, and configuration of the Bot agent and Control Room. With the help of easy-to-follow instructions, you’ll build your first bot and discover how you can automate tasks with Excel, Word, emails, XML, and PDF files. You’ll learn from practical examples based on real-world business scenarios, and gain insights into building more robust and resilient bots, executing external scripts such as VBScripts and Python, and adding error handling routines. By the end of this RPA book, you’ll have developed the skills required to install and configure an RPA platform confidently and have a solid understanding of how to build complex and robust, yet performant, bots.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Error handling with A2019

Pretty much all development platforms will have some sort of error handling functions. Having error handling in your bots is crucial when building resilient automation. The purpose of managing any errors or exceptions is to keep your bot processing. As an example, if your bot is processing a large file unattended and there is an error within the first few records, your bot will stop processing and you won't be aware of this until you next check your bot. Having an error-handling routine should log the details of the invalid record and continue with the rest of the file until complete.

A bot works by executing a sequence of actions to complete a given task. While the bot is performing its task, an action may fail to complete. This could be caused by a number of factors, such as the following:

  • Navigation on a web page where the page itself has been updated and the required controls have been renamed or removed
  • A string value is present within...