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Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

By : Husan Mahey
Book Image

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)

Chapter 4: Overview of the Automation Anywhere Development Interface

With all software development platforms, it is vital that you understand the development interface. This interface is where you convert logical steps into instructional steps. In the past, most programming languages used some form of scripting. This is where you write your code while adhering to a very specific structure. The structure is dependent on the programming language used. Development in Automation Anywhere varies from this standard. It doesn't involve writing instructions using scripts. The Automation Anywhere development interface allows the developer to drag and drop instructions. These instructions have properties and attributes that are configured to perform specific actions.

In the previous chapter, you got an overview of the Control Room interface. Hopefully, you feel confident in navigating the different sections of Automation Anywhere. As you have learned about setting up users and managing...