Process Components

The Process Components tool is used for automating tasks and processes related to an application. For example, retrieve available information from a target resource, perform actions in an application and so on.

The activities in the Process Components tool includes:

Application

With the help of this activity, applications like web,  excel, mainframe, Windows, Java and others can be automated.

Custom Application

The Custom Application is added as a part of the process by adding the Custom Application activity onto the process canvas.

Reuse Process

This activity allows you to reuse an existing automation process workflow in a new process workflow.

Signin Process

This activity allows you to sign-in to the application for which a Sign In Process is already deployed.

Reset Process

This activity allows you reset the application for which a Reset Process is already deployed. Reset an application instance anywhere in the automation process workflow using this activity.

Trigger

It helps to trigger the robots to execute the automation requests for a specific automation processes type.

Application Host

This activity helps to automate UI elements of a Windows/JAVA based host application or a pop-up window of the host application that may not get captured or identified using other methods like the Multimodal Interface.

Application Control

This activity helps you to configure UI elements of a host application or a popup window of the Windows host application.

Microbot

It allows you to create an automation process workflow using microbots that are already available in Automation Studio.

Code Editor

A code editor is a piece of code built in Visual Basic to do specific tasks related to certain fields or perform operations associated with the extracted fields of an application that could not be automated using out-of-the-box activities available in Automation Studio.

Validation

This activity is used in sign-in processes to check for sign in success.

Popup Handler

This activity allows you to automate the actions that you want to perform on a popup dialog window that appears in front of the web and  excel application.

API Activity

This activity allows you to perform SAP automation using BAPI (Business Application Programing Interface). It also invokes REST APIs.

Soap API Activity

Soap Activity helps you utilize the SOAP web services over http(s) protocol hosted at a given endpoint.

Rest API Activity

This activity allows you to utilize services of a REST API over http(s) protocol hosted at a given endpoint. You can define the actions performed by an API using the http methods - Get, Post, Put and Delete.

JSON Activity

This activity allows you to modify, form request, or retrieve data of the JSON response received from a REST API or other activities in Automation Studio.

XML Activity

This activity lets you manage and modify the XML response, form a request, or retrieve data from the existing XML file.

FTP Activity

This activity allows you to automate the actions that can be performed on FTP or SFTP site like upload, download, rename or delete the required file.

Execute DB Query

This activity allows you to automate the task of updating or retrieving data from a database.

Execute JavaScript

It activity allows you to perform automation of controls on a web page where a Java script is present. It can be helpful in scenarios where any of the controls on a web page do not get automated using the web application automation method.

Key Events

It helps you to automate keystroke in an application which can boost productivity and increase efficiency of the daily tasks performed.

Focus Window

This activity allows you to set focus to an already open application window brining the window to forefront. You must use this activity before any other activity that requires the window to be in focus to perform the configured action.

Dock Window

This activity is applicable only to AssistEdge Engage. It allows to dock the application window, if it is undocked, that must be in focus during execution of the process.

Print Screen

This activity allows you to take screen shot of the application in focus during execution of the process.

Win Popup Handler

This is an advanced pop up handler that allows you to automate the actions you want to perform on a popup dialog window that appears in front of the web and excel application.

Navigate To - It helps to navigate from existing URL of a web application to a different URL in the process workflow.

Regex Validator - This activity allows you to validate the data that forms the input parameter in a process. It validates the required format of the data and helps in minimizing the errors, if any, during execution of the process.

Python Script - This activity lets you automate an existing Python script that helps you complete a specific task in lesser time such as efficiently achieve web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence and any other task that has been designed using the Python script.

Powershell Script - It allows you to automate tasks like integrated scheduling, logging and capturing results with success or failure notifications using Powershell scripts or commands.

Business Metrics - It helps to log the process specific business data used to create business reports as per your business need using the Reporting tab of the AssistEdge Admin module.

Disable Retry - You can use the Disable Retry activity in the load generator process workflow to disable the retry configuration of a trigger. A trigger is created in Control Tower while generating the automation request or through the Trigger activity in the load generator process.

Launch and SignIn Application - It allows you to launch an application wherever required in the automation process workflow. Once an application is closed, you can use this activity to launch the application.

Close Application - It allows you to close the application wherever required in the automation process workflow.