What is SAP Thick Client Automation?
The SAP thick client out-of-the-box activities lets you record steps performed within the application and fetch the required data hassle-free. Further, the data can be processed as per your business need.
Related Activities
The out-of-the-box activities available within the SAP Thick Client canvas tool are:
SAP Recorder - Records the steps performed on a SAP thick client application. |
GUI Field Extractor - Allows you to fetch data from a SAP thick client application. |
Attach Applications - Brings the available SAP application window in focus to perform the subsequent action in the SAP application. It is useful when as a part of the automation process workflow, the SAP application is already launched, signed in and in the required state such as a scenarios where SAP thick client is launched from a Web application. |
Benefits of SAP Thick Client Automation
· Quick and hassle-free business workflow configuration
· Improved accuracy and productivity
· Reduced human error and processing time
Prerequisites
· An active enterprise SAP connection.
· Save the assembly files in the Automation Studio folder available on your system.
· Automate the process of signing to a SAP application using the Mutimodal Interface. See the Web Mode section to know how to configure the steps. Alternatively, create a Sign-In Process for the intended SAP application and use the SignIn Process activity to automate sign in steps. See Using SignIn Process sections to know how to automate signing in to an application.
SAP Thick Client Automation Journey
The below diagram gives an overview of a typical journey involved in creating a SAP thick client automation process workflow:
Click SAP Recorder and GUI Field Extractor to learn more about SAP thick client automation through our step-by-step use case.