Slides from my UI flow presentation. TechDays Helsinki 2020

1. How to build RPA
solutions with UI Flows
Timo Pertilä

2. Hello!
Timo Pertilä
Consultant, Microsoft MVP
https://timopertila.com
https://twitter.com/timopertila
timo.pertila@forwardforever.com

3. What is Robotic Process
Automation (RPA)?

4. “Robotic process automation (RPA) is the term
used for software tools that partially or fully
automate human activities that are manual,
rule-based, and repetitive. ”
https://www.aiim.org/

5. Example - Adding exchange rates

6. Example - Handling orders

7. Example - Manual steps during process

8. RPA is just a software using
computer behalf of the real
user

9. img: http://www.industryconnect.org
Have you heard about integrations?

10. Yes, but...
• Building the integration costs money
• Building the integration takes time
• Vendor might refuse to provide integration
• Vendor might charge for every transaction (+ monthly fee)
• In some cases it’s hard or even impossible (legacy systems)

11. Benefits of using RPA
• Flexibility: RPA bot can complete almost any repetative task
• Ease of integration: No need for traditional integrations
• Ease of implementation: No code
Inspired by https://blog.aimultiple.com/what-is-robotic-process-automation/

12. 12

13. Example -
Employee onboard

14. Employee onboard
Supervisor
HR
HR system
IT
Azure AD
System for ordering IT
equipment

15. Employee onboard
Supervisor
HR
HR system
IT
Azure AD
System for ordering IT
equipment
Ootb connectors
IT

16. Employee onboard
Supervisor
HR
HR system
Azure AD
System for ordering IT
equipment
Ootb connectors
Http request /
Custom connector

17. Employee onboard
Supervisor
HR system
Azure AD
System for ordering IT
equipment
Http request /
Custom connector
Ootb connectors
UI Flow

18. Demo
Desktop UI Flow

19. Demo
Web UI Flow

20. UI Flow – What you need?
Workstation / Server
Flow On-Premises
Data Gateway
UI Flow + browser
extension
Application

21. Roadmap
• General available on April 2020
• Unattended RPA
• Using virtual machines
• Retry for Windows UI Flows
• Secrets management (GA Sep 2020)
• Advanced editor capabilities (GA Sep 2020)

22. How much this costs?
+

23. Expensive or not?
• Blue Prism: 15000-18000$/year
• UIPath: ~10000$/year
• Pega: 2400 $/year
• Sikuli, UI.Vision: OpenSource

24. Thank You!
Timo Pertilä
Consultant, Microsoft MVP
https://timopertila.com
https://twitter.com/timopertila
timo.pertila@forwardforever.com