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Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere

You're reading from   Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere Techniques to fuel business productivity and intelligent automation using RPA

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839215650
Length 554 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Husan Mahey Husan Mahey
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: About Automation Anywhere 2. Chapter 2: Installing Automation Anywhere FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Overview of Automation Anywhere Control Room 4. Chapter 4: Overview of the Automation Anywhere Development Interface 5. Chapter 5: Building Your First Bot 6. Chapter 6: Introducing Variables in A2019 7. Chapter 7: Interacting with Applications 8. Chapter 8: String Manipulation and List Variables 9. Chapter 9: Working with Conditional Logic, Loops, and the Filesystem 10. Chapter 10: Working with XML Files 11. Chapter 11: Automating Excel 12. Chapter 12: Automation Using Word 13. Chapter 13: Working with Emails 14. Chapter 14: Working with PDF Files 15. Chapter 15: Working with Databases 16. Chapter 16: Building Modular Bots and Sub-Tasks 17. Chapter 17: Running External Scripts 18. Chapter 18: Managing Errors 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Bot development interface

The development interface is where all the magic happens. This is where bots are created, edited, and debugged. In order to look at what it has to offer, you need to start by creating a new bot. Let's dive straight into creating a bot so that we can explore the development interface.

Creating a new bot

There are a number of shortcuts available to create a new bot. The following steps will guide you through the process of creating a new bot:

  1. Log in to the Control Room.
  2. Navigate to the BOTS section.
  3. Select the My bots sub-section:
    Figure 4.1 – The My bots interface

    Figure 4.1 – The My bots interface

  4. Click on the Create a bot icon from the icon options in the top-right corner:
    Figure 4.2 – Creating a new bot

    Figure 4.2 – Creating a new bot

  5. The following bot properties dialog is presented:
    Figure 4.3 – Bot properties dialog

    Figure 4.3 – Bot properties dialog

  6. Set the following properties for your bot:

    Name: Test

    Description (optional): Test Bot

    Folder: \Bots\

  7. Click on the Create & edit button. This will...
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