SDK packages and Custom script development

An SDK is a collection of functionalities or tools provided by various software vendors such as SAP. SDKs can be required or optional. For example, the Java Development Kit (JDK) is required for Java development, and the iOS SDK is needed for iOS application development. Similarly, SAP has provided several SDKs for SAP Intelligent RPA. While one SDK, irpa_core, is necessary for development, other SDKs are optional and can be added as needed.

While SDKs provide a large set of functionalities to enable the development of SAP Intelligent RPA applications, sometimes you will encounter a requirement where the SDKs either won't offer an in-built functionality or won't meet your needs completely. In those circumstances, you have the option of writing your code using a control custom script.

Let's understand SDKs and custom script development in this section.

SDK packages

In SAP Intelligent RPA parlance, an Software Development...