• The real meaning of RPA and why it’s here to stay

    The real meaning of RPA and why it’s here to stay

    What does Robotic Process Automation (RPA) stand for? Is it screen scraping? Yes, it is the most visible part of RPA but there is much more to it! In fact, it is much more than the technology itself. If we think in terms of technology, we are likely to get stuck thinking it has limited…

  • Tag UI – A useful Open Source RPA that is also cross-platform

    Tag UI – A useful Open Source RPA that is also cross-platform

    Tag UI is an open-source RPA maintained by AI Singapore, a government-funded initiative. It has quite a few contributors and has good documentation. Here is a demo of the tool from creator Ken Soh. Let us check out this Open source automation option. Tag UI TagUI is an open-source, cross-platform, command-line RPA tool that allows you…

  • UiPath Activity Creator – Build custom activities quickly

    UiPath provides you with the puzzle pieces to automate. These are called UiPath activities. Now if the puzzle pieces are not there, you may get them from the Community marketplace or may have to create them by yourself.  Now UiPath has an easier way to create these Custom activities – the UiPath Activity Creator. It allows…

  • Impact of Covid19 on RPA Automation

    In response to Covid19, we are seeing RPA helping with the immediate impact. We are also seeing adverse impacts due to the crisis. To tide over this, there is some pro-bono work being done.

  • Top Five Emerging RPA trends

    Top Five Emerging RPA trends

    With many new and exciting technologies being added, RPA is more capable than ever before. This is leading to a much bigger market and more capable players.

  • Hyperautomation Tools That You Should Know About

    It has been over seven years since RPA went mainstream. As RPA goes beyond simple automation to Hyperautomation, What are the new RPA skills required for this fast-evolving market? The term Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was coined around 2012 by Blue Prism. Current RPA leader, UiPath (then Deskover) started building the RPA platform to train…

  • The best RPA tools to consider in 2020

    The best RPA tools to consider in 2020

    Here are the best RPA tools to consider in 2020. If you like to know who Gartner thinks are the bet, here is the magic quadrant. Best RPA Tool (Top 3) Automation Anywhere: A2019 with easy to use IQ bot. The best tool for 2020! UiPath: Great Roadmap. Losing steam a bit, like to see…

  • Automation Anywhere tutorial: Digitization with A2019 IQ Bot

    Automation Anywhere tutorial: Digitization with A2019 IQ Bot

    Here is an automation anywhere tutorial with A2019 IQ Bot to convert Unstructured data to Structured data. We will extract Unstructured data from Purchase orders in PDF format into CSV files. The overview video below shows what we will look to accomplish in this project. The Digitization of documents in A2019 involves two steps: Creating…

  • Open Source RPA Sessions

    The Sign-up page has moved. Please go here and choose “RPA Webinars”. While you are there, you can subscribe to the Newsletter and RPA Courses as well. Since there are sessions being planned periodically, based on when you sign-up, you would be receiving the invite for the next session. A recording for the completed sessions…

  • A Quick UiPath StudioX tutorial

    A Quick UiPath StudioX tutorial

    How easy is it to create an Automation with UiPath? Here is a UiPath StudioX tutorial to get you started. I wanted to show you and so created a quick tutorial. We will take data from Excel and input it into a Web ERP application called Apptivo. The tutorial assumes that you have StudioX installed.…