BLUE PRISM

BLUE PRISM

Introduction

                  Blue prism(BP) is a Robotic Process Automation RPA tool designed to achieve similar outcome to that of any other automation tool in the current market(Like uipath , AA). BP is again a drag and drop tool same as UIpath with defferent set of activities and their respective functionalities though keeping the end outcome of automation same as any other RPA tool. Hence, here comes the question, if same outcome then why BP.? Below are the set of features and differences which makes BP stand out unique. Lets get started.!!

Components of BluePrism
                  BluePrism is developed on .net framework and it is a set of libraries, tools, and runtime environments for Robotic Process Automation.Every blueprism robot has two main parts:
1.    Process Studio
2.    Object Studio

What is Object Studio?
                  Object studio is a where we can create the Visual Business Object. It is abbreviated as VBO. VBO are created to interact with other applications.We will see that Object Studio looks very like Process Studio. There are some differences, listed below:

• Object Studio offers some "stage" which are not available in the Process Studio

• Object Studio does not have a Main Page, but it does have two default pages

• Pages are organized as a flat group instead of hierarchy like in the Process Studio

Benefits of Developing VBO:

• Consistency and scalability

• Lesser Bot creation time for subsequent processes

• System changes only needed to be updated in one location instead of for each process. Bot maintaince becomes easy

What is Process studio?

                   Process studio looks similar to a traditional flowchart. It is an area where an actual process is created. Apart from features offered by Object studio, it allows business logic, control loops, variables, and object call to be sequenced, and tested in a visible business flow. Each Page in Process has its tab, and generally, the process defined in the Process Studio is pretty similar to a flowchart.A process acts like a human user. It implements a software robot's logic. It is almost similar to personal interaction with several applications to carry out a series of steps which can invoke actions to carry out same steps.Process diagram:

• Process diagrams are comprised of various stages connected together using links to form logical structures.

• Stages are selected from the toolbar and placed on the diagram using the mouse.

• They can be selected, moved, resized, formatted, cut, copied, pasted, and deleted, much as you might expect.

• Stages also have various properties that can be accessed by double -clicking.

• Links are created using the link tool by dragging the mouse from the center of one stage to the center of another.

• Dragging without the link tool can be used to select more than one stage at a time.

How to Create a New Process

                     From the main BluePrism window, select "Studio" from tabbed menu at the top of the screen.Or select the Studio icon from the left-hand navigation menu.

• Right- click the Processes heading under studio and then select "Create a Process" from the context menu.

• Name the new Process "First Process".

• Enter a brief description of the Process.

• The new process will appear beneath the Processes heading. Now double-click it to open it.

• Along the left-hand side of the screen is the Stages toolbar. To put a stage on the page click and drag it into position. Try this by dragging a few different stages onto the page.

• You will notice that one of the stages in the stages toolbar has a blue rectangle highlighting it. Whichever stage is highlighted will be the one added if you click directly on the page. Click on the calculation stage on the toolbar to highlight it.

Here, you can notice how the cursor changes and has the calculation stage icon next to it. Now click on the process page to add a calculation stage. This saves you having to return to the toolbar if you have several stages of the same type to add.Even with the calculation stage cursor you can still drag and place other stage types.When stages are on the page you can:

• Double click on various stages to view their properties

• Press the Save button but keep the diagram open.

Space in Process Studio is effectively infinite, and pan and zoom tools can be used to maneuver around the diagram. The grid lines and "snap" settings are on by default, but these can be switched off (via the View menu) if necessary.

What is Business Objects

                 To implement RPA system in any organization, a real process would be needed to do some useful tasks and to do so; it would need to work with external applications.The interface to an application is never contained in the process diagram, but in a separate diagram which is called Business Object.

• A Business Object is never configured in Process Studio but in a distinct, environment which is called Object Studio.

• The main aim of Business Object is to provide an interface to single application.

• A Business Object is not exposed to Control Room and is never used on its own. Instead, it is always used by a Process.