Most RPA programs today are code-free (or at least low code), and Blue Prism is no different. It provides a Visio-like canvas to sequence each step in the process. You design a flowchart that contains a sequence of steps. You can choose from a suite of ready-made actions what each step is supposed to do (for example, click a link or press a button). Finally, the steps are linked together with a definite start and endpoint.
Let's take a quick tour of what it's comprised of:
- Top menu has all the commands and tasks that we will need to create our processes.
- Toolbar gives us quick access to commonly used commands and tasks.
- Toolbox contains the ready-to-use actions that you can drag and drop onto the canvas.
- Canvas is where we will draw the process flow diagram. Also notice that the first and only page that we have opened is...