Chapter 28: SAP Intelligent RPA – Future Roadmap and Automation-Related Services
Since SAP acquired Contextor and renamed it SAP Intelligent RPA (SAP IRPA) in 2018, the product has grown continuously. We have looked at the launch of IRPA 2.0, a built-in PDF reader OCR and text detector, the bot store, and, recently, Process Recorder. While we expect this growth to continue, it will help to know SAP's plans so that we can schedule our development effort accordingly. There is no point in developing something bespoke if SAP plans to launch that feature soon. Therefore, we will devote this chapter to understanding SAP's plans for future developments of SAP IRPA.
SAP IRPA is a service that runs on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Therefore, we will also take a quick look at SAP BTP, its primary constructs, and some of the essential services you should know as a SAP IRPA developer.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- New and upcoming...