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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)

Filling in item details for an SO

The items are goods that the customer would like to purchase. In our Excel sheet, we added items such as laptop, router, and phones. The item name in Apptivo is a select box just like the Customer box we had previously, so we will use the same procedure to enter the item name. We will use a Recorder action followed by Delay, then Simulate Keystrokes to enter the value, another Delay, and finally, Simulate Keystrokes to press Enter:

  1. Add a new Recorder Capture action to add the Item name. 
  2. Choose the same Orders | Apptivo - Google Chrome window, click on Capture Object, and point to the Item Name input box in Products/Items on Apptivo. Ensure that the Object properties and Action are as shown here:

  1. Next, add a Delay of 500 milliseconds, followed by a Simulate Keystrokes action, as shown in the preceding screenshot. 
  2. In the properties, add the variable...