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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)

Preparing the browser

Let's identify the Apptivo application tab for Automation:

  1. Start by adding the Attach Browser activity and attaching it to the browser tab. After that, perform the necessary extraction steps. 
  2. If you don't have Apptivo open in your Chrome browser, ensure that you have it open and are logged in. Now, click on Indicate browser on-screen within the Attach Browser activity and point to the Apptivo home tab in the browser, as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. On the properties panel for the Attach Browser activity, do the following:
    • Make sure that the BrowserType is Chrome.
    • Add a new variable for the UiBrowser property under output using Ctrl K, type in browserApptivoand press Enter.
    • In the same properties panel, update the Selector property. We will update the title with wild characters to make it generic across all the web pages in the Apptivo application. Click on the option to...