You're reading from SAP Intelligent RPA for Developers Automate business processes using SAP Intelligent RPA and learn the migration path to SAP Process Automation

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801079198

Length 526 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

SAP Cloud Platform Workflow Management

Concepts

Process Management

Authors (2):

Vishwas Madhuvarshi

Vijaya Kumar Ganugula

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Table of Contents (39) Chapters

Preface

1. Prologue – SAP Process Automation Service

2. Part 1: Introduction to SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 1: SAP Intelligent RPA Architecture and Components

4. Chapter 2: An Overview of SAP Intelligent RPA Cloud Factory

5. Chapter 3: Installing SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components

6. Chapter 4: Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA On-Premise Components

7. Chapter 5: An Overview of Desktop Studio

8. Chapter 6: An Overview of Desktop Agent

9. Part 2: Installing and Setting Up SAP Intelligent RPA

10. Chapter 7: An Overview of Cloud Studio

11. Chapter 8: An Introduction to SAP Spotlight and Signavio

12. Part 3: Developing Bots with Desktop Studio

13. Chapter 9: Desktop Studio Perspectives

14. Chapter 10: Creating and Managing Projects

15. Chapter 11: An Introduction to Technology Connectors

16. Chapter 12: Capturing and Declaring Applications, Pages, and Items

17. Chapter 13: Designing Scenarios

18. Chapter 14: Advanced Criteria Definition

19. Chapter 15: Controlling Workflows and Scenarios

20. Chapter 16: Designing Custom Pages with UI Designer

21. Part 4: Generating and Updating the JavaScript Code

22. Chapter 17: Generating Code

23. Chapter 18: An Introduction to Desktop SDK

24. Chapter 19: SDK Extension Libraries

25. Chapter 20: Managing Environment Variables

26. Part 5: Building and Running Projects

27. Chapter 21: Building Projects

28. Chapter 22: Deploying Projects

29. Chapter 23: Debugging Projects

30. Part 6: Orchestrating Workflows with Cloud Studio

31. Chapter 24: Development Using Cloud Studio

32. Chapter 25: Reusability of Packages Across Multiple Solutions

33. Chapter 26: An Introduction to Process Recorder

34. Part 7: SAP Intelligent RPA Store, Roadmap, and SAP BTP Automation Services

35. Chapter 27: SAP Intelligent RPA Store

36. Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services

37. Assessments

38. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 6: An Overview of Desktop Agent

As discussed in Chapter 1, SAP Intelligent RPA Architecture and Components, a Desktop Agent is a small on-premise component of SAP Intelligent RPA that we need to install on any workstation running automation. The core responsibilities of Desktop Agents are twofold. On the one hand, they maintain a persistent communication channel (using the WebSocket protocol) with Cloud Factory to run automations and report back the execution status. On the other hand, they interact with various desktop applications to run the automation.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

How Desktop Agent works
Exploring the Desktop Agent tabs
Common issues and their resolutions

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to understand the basic functioning and more nuanced aspects of using a Desktop Agent.

Let's begin with the first topic on the working of the Desktop Agent.

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