Curriculum

1 Introduction to RPA (Robotic process Automation)
Learning Objectives:
This module will help to understand about Robotic process Automation, and will give the in-depth knowledge of RPA irrespective of any tool.

Sub Topics:

• What is RPA?
• Why do we need RPA?
• Is RPA a Hype or is it Real?
• Natural language processing and RPA
• How Robotic Process Automation works!
• RPA Solution Architecture Patterns – Key Considerations
• Input Data Handling Solution Pattern
• Exception Handling
• Transaction Logging
• Credential Management
• Secure Execution
• Monitoring and Reporting
• List of Robotic Process Automation Tools
• Robotic Process Automation Tool selection Checklist
• What is difference between RPA & AI
• RPA benefits and RPA life cycle

Hands-on workshop description: Blue Prism needs to be setup.

2 Introduction to Blue Prism
Learning Objectives:
Learn about the basic knowledge of Blue Prism before moving on the in-depth knowledge of tool.

Sub Topics:

• What is Blue Prism
• Blue Prism Components
• High-level differences between Blue Prism and Other Tools
• Types of Tools in Blue Prism(Walkthrough)
• What’s the Architecture, SOA, Client server or Cloud
• Blue Prism Cloud?
• Architecture & Installation of Blue Prism
• Process Studio
• Process Flow
• Inputs and Outputs
• Business Objects
• Object Studio
• Overview of Error and Case Management
• Error Management
• Case Management
• Additional Features
• Advanced Features
• Application Types
• Blue Prism limitations

Hands-on workshop description: Working on the tool to feel the Blue Prism UI feature and understand the basic features.

3 Working with Process Studio
Learning Objectives:
Learn to create the basic process and how to run the same in Blue Prism.

Sub topics:

• Running a Process
• Basic Skills (Prerequisites)
• Process Validation & how to validate a process
• Decision Stage & how to create it
• Calculation Stage & how to create it
• Data Items overview & configuration

Hands-on workshop description: Different stages need to be recorded. Execute the same and explore the Log to understand the same.

4 Overview of Process Flow & configuration
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to implement the decisions in the process flow and how to configure the same.

Sub topics:

• What are the decisions
• Circular Path
• Configuring Controlling Play
• Set Next Stage
• Break Points implementation
• Collections and Loops (comparing them with Loops in C or Java)
• Layers Of Logic
• Pages For Organization

Hands-on workshop description: Decisions to be implemented for an application, and manage the test case in proper suite.

5 Brief about Input And Output
Learning Objectives:
Learn about Input & Output i.e. parameterization in blue prism.

Sub topics:

• Input Parameters & its advantages
• Stepping and Pages
• Data Item Visibility
• Data Types & its significance
• Output Parameters
• Startup Parameters
• Control room & configurations
• Process Outputs & its Usage

Hands-on workshop description: Parameterization concepts need to be implemented in the blue prism

6 Business Objects
Learning Objectives:
Learn to implement business objects.

Sub topics:

• Object Studio vs process studio
• Business Objects
• Action Stage
• Inputs and Outputs
• The Process Layer

Hands-on workshop description: Same needs to be implemented and execution needs to be done.

7 Object Studio
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to create object studio and associate the same.

Sub topics:

• Creating a Business Object
• Application Modeler & how to associate with object studio
• Spying Elements & its consequence
• Attributes & Attribute Selection
• Launch, Wait, Timeouts, Terminate, Write, Press, Attach and Detach, Read, Actions
• Action Inputs and Outputs
• Data items as inputs

Hands-on workshop description: Script needs to be created by using the above mentioned option in this session.

8 Overview of Error and Case Management
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to implement error handling in the scripts along with the case management.

Sub topics:

• Error Management

Exception Handling
Recover and Resume
Throwing Exceptions
Preserving the current exception
Exception Bubbling, Blocks and Exception handling in practice

• Case Management

What is Queues and configure the Queue items
Work queue configuration
Defer & Attempts configuration
Pause and Resume configuration
Filters & Reports configuration

Hands-on workshop description: Script needs to be developed with advance scripting concepts and made robust.

9 Release Management
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to use the release management concepts in Blue Prism.

Sub Topics:

• Safe Stop
• Collection Actions & Choice stage
• Logging & Log viewer and way forward to enable the same
• System Manager
• Process and Object references
• Export and import
• Release Manager –Packages and Releases

Hands-on workshop description: Need to create the object Release Management.

10 Advance features in Blue Prism
Learning Objectives:
Learn about the advance features in Blue Prism.

Sub topics:

• Undefined collections
• Data item initialization & Data item Exposure
• Casting, Code stage & Run mode
• Initialize and cleanup
• Attribute Tinkering – Match Types, Match Index & Dynamic Attributes
• Dynamic Attributes and Relative positions
• Active Accessibility
• Application manager mode
• Global clicks and keys
• Credentials & Environment Locking
• Command Line & Resource PC

Hands-on workshop description: Create a project in Blue Prism by keeping above point in mind.

11 Application Types
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to implement the same in different Applications types.

Sub topics:

• How to configure Mainframe Applications in Blue Prism
• Configuring Java Applications
• What are Match Index and Match Reverse
• Surface Automation, Advanced Blue Prism concepts

Hands-on workshop description: Create a project in blue prism by keeping above points in mind.