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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)

Attaching and activating the PO application

Let's work through the steps to activate the Apptivo application in order for us to input the POs:

  1. We will start by adding a new argument called in_Browser of type Browser in Process.xaml.
  2. Within the ProcessTransaction sequence generated by the template, let's add a new sequence called Purchase Order Creation Sequence.
  3. Within the Purchase Order Creation Sequence, add a Try Catch block for exception handling.
  4. Within the Try block, add an Attach Browser activity and point to the Apptivo PO tab. Update its Browser property to the in_Browser argument. Delete the content in the Selector property, as we are now using the in_Browser argument. The value of this argument will be passed by the Main.xaml file, which will hold the already existing opened URL:

  1. Let's create the variables that we will be using to store the PO details. So, add the variables strSupplier, strAddress, strCity, strState...