21CS744 Robotic Process Automation Design And Development

Course Learning Objectives

CLO 1. To understand basic concepts of RPA
CLO 2. To Describe RPA, where it can be applied and how its implemented
CLO 3. To Describe the different types of variables, Control Flow and data manipulation
techniques
CLO 4. To Understand Image, Text and Data Tables Automation
CLO 5. To Describe various types of Exceptions and strategies to handle

SYLLABUS COPY

MODULE - 1

RPA Foundations- What is RPA – Flavors of RPA- History of RPA- The Benefits of RPA- The downsides
of RPA- RPA Compared to BPO, BPM and BPA – Consumer Willingness for Automation- The Workforce
of the Future- RPA Skills-On-Premise Vs. the Cloud- Web Technology- Programming Languages and
Low Code- OCR-Databases-APIs- AI-Cognitive Automation-Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Waterfall0
DevOps- Flowcharts.

MODULE - 2

RPA Platforms- Components of RPA- RPA Platforms-About Ui Path- About UiPath – The future of
automation – Record and Play – Downloading and installing UiPath Studio -Learning Ui Path Studio- –
Task recorder – Step-by-step examples using the recorder.

MODULE - 3

Sequence, Flowchart, and Control Flow-Sequencing the workflow-Activities-Control flow, various
types of loops, and decision making-Step-by-step example using Sequence and Flowchart-Step-by-step
example using Sequence and Control flow-Data Manipulation-Variables and Scope-CollectionsArguments – Purpose and use-Data table usage with examples-Clipboard management-File operation
with step-by-step example-CSV/Excel to data table and vice versa (with a step-by-step example).

MODULE - 4

Taking Control of the Controls- Finding and attaching windows- Finding the control- Techniques for
waiting for a control- Act on controls – mouse and keyboard activities- Working with UiExplorerHandling events- Revisit recorder- Screen Scraping- When to use OCR- Types of OCR available- How to
use OCR- Avoiding typical failure points.

MODULE - 5

Exception Handling, Debugging, and Logging- Exception handling- Common exceptions and ways to
handle them- Logging and taking screensHOT- Debugging techniques- Collecting crash dumps- Error
reporting- Future of RPA

Course outcome

CO 1. To Understand the basic concepts of RPA
CO 2. To Describe various components and platforms of RPA
CO 3. To Describe the different types of variables, control flow and data manipulation techniques
CO 4. To Understand various control techniques and OCR in RPA
CO 5. To Describe various types and strategies to handle exceptions

Suggested Learning Resources

Textbooks
1. Tom Taulli , The Robotic Process Automation Handbook : A Guide to Implementing RPA
Systems, 2020, ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4842-5729-6, Publisher : Apress
2. Alok Mani Tripathi, Learning Robotic Process Automation, Publisher: Packt Publishing Release
Date: March 2018 ISBN: 9781788470940

Reference
1. Frank Casale, Rebecca Dilla, Heidi Jaynes, Lauren Livingston, “Introduction to Robotic Process
Automation: a Primer”, Institute of Robotic Process Automation.
2. Richard Murdoch, Robotic Process Automation: Guide To Building Software Robots, Automate
Repetitive Tasks & Become An RPA Consultant
3. Srikanth Merianda,Robotic Process Automation Tools, Process Automation and their benefits:
Understanding RPA and Intelligent Automation