Category Archives: Automation Anywhere
Configuration Files, and Why We Need Them
Ever heard of the method of Loci? It’s spelt with a “c”, not a “k”. Anyways, the method of Loci is a memory technique designed by a sixth century poet named Simonides. “Designed” might not be the right term for it, since he had more or less chanced upon it. Simonides was a poet, which…
Automate Incognito…But Why?
We’ve all used Chrome’s incognito mode for reasons I am not about to go into. So why do we do it? Let me rephrase that, why do we use incognito? What’s so special about it? Adding to What We Already Know It hides your activity online…well sort of, but yeah. Incognito doesn’t store the history,…
Leverage APIs with RPA
Are you sick and tired of performing manual and repetitive tasks every day? Hire a RPA developer and kiss your problems goodbye! Are you sick and tired of automating manual and repetitive tasks, only to retrofit those very same manual and repetitive tasks each time the application receives an update? Yes, I’m Sick of It…
Pivot Tables Without the Pivot “Table” (Part-II)
If you haven’t read Part-I then I will come and haunt you in your dreams. . . . Now that we have our XML ready, we can mimic pivot table behavior with it. Well, Kinda. Pivot tables are easy to customize, whereas what I’m about to show you right now is not nearly as customizable…
Pivot Tables Without the “Pivot Table” (Part-I)
While Automation Anywhere is fantastic at Excel Automation, there are instances where it falls short but it’s not due to negligence. It isn’t practical to develop Actions or Commands for every conceivable operation, because maintaining that would be a nightmare, let along developing them which is why I believe it’s important for RPA Developers to…
AA: Show XML Some Love
While HTML displays data on the web, XML stores and transfers data. Sure, there is a lot more to it than that, but its better to keep things short and simple so that people can follow along and won’t ask any difficult questions. Ok I’ll be honest, I’m not really that good at XML. Every…
AA: RPA Comes in Various Shapes, Sizes and Customization Forms (Part – III)
Now that you have learnt how to create forms, or at least know “what” Interactive Forms are, it’s time to make those Forms Interactive. Sure, the rules make it interactive, but it doesn’t bring it to life. You need a bot to breathe life into is so that it may receive/provide inputs. Remember, the Form…
AA: RPA Comes in Various Shapes, Sizes and Customizable Forms (Part-II)
Last time, we learnt how to create and customize forms, and today, we will learn how to add rules to our forms. Why add rules? Because RPA is rule-based (get it?). No but seriously, why bother adding rules? I Need an Answer If you’ve explored forms before, then you’d have noticed that there are validations…
AA: RPA Comes in Various Shapes, Sizes and Customizable Forms(Part-I)
RPA is composed of scripts bundled up into click and drag automation blocks with which we can develop automations in less time than it would take a Python or JavaScript developer to develop, which is why it has captured the market like wildfire. Automation is automation, but because its automation, people aren’t too comfortable working…
Web Automation: Five Tips To Keep You Invested
Welcome, again. We are going to explore the Web Automation Package, again. Why “Again”? Because I failed to address the topic properly last time. I got distracted (no surprise there) and rambled on about my department hopping journey. Storytime is supposed to be short and sweet, not long and salty. Web Automation Package, Revisited I…