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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)

A quick definition

RPA allows software robots to carry out tasks on a computer just like a human would.

The best way to visualize RPA would be to think of someone working on the computer and doing their daily work by clicking through computer screens, sending emails, and so on. Now, what if the computer clicks through, enters the required data, and performs the same work automatically? That is what RPA helps us do.

Here is an example of what RPA can do for you.

Let's say you are responsible for processing invoices in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). You would log in to your ERP, go to a specific screen, and enter the invoice details one by one. Now, if you'd like to automate this task with RPA, you would configure these task sequences to create a "bot." Once this bot has been deployed, it would carry out the same tasks automatically it would log in automatically and carry out the tasks without you having to do this repetitive work...