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The world of automation is evolving rapidly, and organizations are discovering that successful automation programs require more than just developing and deploying a few bots or automating a handful of processes. To truly excel in the era of AI-powered agentic automation, you need a comprehensive, strategic approach that can guide your program from your very first automation to enterprise-wide adoption and transformation.That's where the Pathfinder Framework comes in. Developed by Automation Anywhere and drawing on years of real-world success stories, Pathfinder provides a structured, systematic roadmap for building and scaling intelligent automation programs. Whether you're just starting your automation journey, working to address a scaling challenge, or ready to embrace agentic process automation, Pathfinder offers the guidance you need to succeed.Automation Anywhere’s Pathfinder Framework - automation excellence across 9 key dimensions of program successAt its core, the Pathfinder Fr

Get Your Advanced Certification for $5 and Help Bridge the Digital Divide in Rural India Are you ready to take your automation career to the next level? We’re excited to announce the launch of our latest certification on Automation Anywhere University, the Advanced Automation Developer Certification. The Advanced Automation Developer Certification shows you can tackle real-world business challenges using the Automation Success Platform, helping you stand out in your field.To celebrate this opportunity, through October 15, 2024, you can take the Advanced Automation Developer Certification exam for just $5. After this promotion period, the price will go up to $80.There’s more. Your $5 exam fee doesn’t just save you money, it will also benefit rural Indians living in poverty. All exam fees during this promotional period will be donated to Karya, an ethical AI organization that trains and provides digital work to those who need it most. Watch the video below to learn more about their impac

The Pathfinder Summit 2025 isn't just another virtual conference - it's your launchpad for automation success in the new year. To help you maximize the value from each session, we've created this practical SMART goals template to transform insights into actionable outcomes. Why Use This Template?Convert session learnings into measurable goals Create a clear roadmap for implementation Track your progress effectively Align your automation initiatives with organizational objectives Document key insights for future referenceHow to Use the TemplateCreate a Separate Section for Each Session:​ The document includes pages for five sessions, each marked with a color-coded tab in the top right corner.​   For Additional Sessions:​ To create more sections (because we know you’ll attend more than 5 sessions!!), simply copy and paste slides 3-6 (Tabs A-D) and change the tab color to indicate a new session.​  Follow the Prompts:​ Each page contains prompts to guide you through the goal setting proces

We're about to embark on an incredible journey at Automation Anywhere Pathfinder Summit 2025. 🚀 Let me be your virtual tour guide and show you how to make the most of this epic three-day event!Logging inOur virtual summit runs on the Bizzabo platform, which provides an intuitive way to access the agenda and join sessions. To participate, you'll need to register for the event and receive your ticket. Once registered, you have two easy ways to log in:Email Confirmation Link -> The simplest method is using the link in your registration confirmation email (subject line: "Registration Confirmation to [event name]"). Just click the button in that email for instant access - no password needed! Ticket Number and Email -> Alternatively, click the "Login" button on the Agenda page and enter your ticket number and registration email. You'll find your ticket number in your confirmation email. If you don't have your ticket number, send an email to community@automationanywhere.com and we can

In our previous post, we introduced the Pathfinder Framework and its nine key dimensions for automation success. While each dimension plays a crucial role, the true power of the framework lies in how these dimensions interact and reinforce each other. In this post, we'll explore these critical relationships and how they contribute to a holistic, effective approach to automation.Automation Anywhere’s Pathfinder FrameworkThe key here is that none of these dimensions exists in a silo, they are all interconnected. Understanding the relationships that each dimension has with other dimensions is key to understanding how to use this framework to work through program goals and diagnose/resolve challenges that your program is experiencing. Read through each of the dimensions and their interconnected dimensions, then check out the example at the bottom of this post to see how this framework could help your program examine challenges you may be facing. Strategy & VisionYour Strategy & Vis

If you haven't heard about Product Club — the Pathfinder Community Product Club is a monthly virtual meetup led by Automation Anywhere product leaders that focuses on our latest proprietary product innovations. It offers a place for community members to stay informed, connect with product leaders, and gain insights into real-world applications of the latest innovations in intelligent automation.P.S. If you can’t attend a meeting, no worries — we'll be dropping a recap of each month's session right here in our Product Club hub.HOSTSLu Hunnicutt, Community ManagerJason Trent, Director of Product ManagementRinku Sarkar, Director of Product ManagementNirmal Mathimaran, Lead Technical Writer - Dev ServicesMax Cassidy, Senior Manager - Community & Pathfinder TOPICDecember’s Product Club covered Agentic Process Automation and all the recent enhancements we’ve introduced into AI Agent Studio to help our customers automate with AI Agents with speed, ease, and security assurance!Here’s a run

 If you haven't heard about Product Club — the Pathfinder Community Product Club is a monthly virtual meetup led by Automation Anywhere product leaders that focuses on our latest proprietary product innovations. It offers a place for community members to stay informed, connect with product leaders, and gain insights into real-world applications of the latest innovations in intelligent automation.P.S. If you can’t attend a meeting, no worries — we'll be dropping a recap of each month's session right here in our Product Club hub.HOSTSLu Hunnicutt, Community ManagerMalcolm Rieke, Director - Product ManagementCharlie Needelman, Principal - Product ManagementOli Morris, Principal - Developer Evangelist TOPICNovember’s Product Club covered our brand new BPMN support for Autopilot, enabling business analysts and automation teams to unite forces to accelerate the speed of delivery and increase ROI on new automations for which business process descriptions already exist.Here’s a rundown of the

 Pathfinder Mission Control: The Community’s Complete Book of Plays for Automation Hyperscale Looking for all of the community's winning plays in one place? This is it. These easy-to-use checklists will ensure that your Automation Program moves “Beyond the Bot” to drive business strategy and growth. Think of this as your all-under-one-roof accountability system for your most important automation program priorities.  PROGRAM  This is where you can check the boxes to start, accelerate and scale your automation program from Vision Casting and Environment Set Up through Performance and Delivery Metrics. Develop Compelling Vision and Goals STARTConduct workshops, set goals, develop a compelling vision Identify key success metrics for your program Document metrics and targets for success such as number of successful runs or amount of hours saved ACCELERATESet goals, track progress and define actions to drive your program’s progress forward, such as expanded idea contribution, automation deve

Mark your calendars for January 21-23, 2025, as we host Automation Anywhere Pathfinder Summit - the premier community conference for automation professionals. This three-day conference promises to be our biggest community gathering yet, with over 1000 attendees expected from across the globe.Set Yourself Up for Success in 2025The future of automation is here, and it's agentic. At Pathfinder Summit, you'll discover how to harness the power of agentic process automation to transform your business operations. Learn how AI agents can work alongside your teams to handle complex processes, inform decisions, and drive unprecedented efficiency gains.Through strategic guidance and hands-on sessions, you'll gain insights needed shift from task-based automations to taking on complex processes with the power of AI. Whether you're just starting your journey or ready to expand your existing automation program, our experts will help you create your own roadmap for success in 2025 and beyond.What to E

 If you haven't heard about Product Club — the Pathfinder Community Product Club is a monthly virtual meetup led by Automation Anywhere product leaders that focuses on our latest proprietary product innovations. It offers a place for community members to stay informed, connect with product leaders, and gain insights into real-world applications of the latest innovations in intelligent automation.P.S. If you can’t attend a meeting, no worries — we'll be dropping a recap of each month's session right here in our Product Club hub. HOSTSKate Ressler, Community & University Marketing Director Akshay Mehtani, Lead Solution EngineerMatt Stewart, Director of Evangelism & Content Strategy TOPICFor October’s Product Club, we’re chatting all about how Solution Accelerators are the key to supercharging new and existing automation workflows with AI Agents. These solutions are versatile, smart, and, most importantly, easy to implement with minimal development time! Here’s a rundown of the se

 When I joined Automation Anywhere and jumped into the Document Automation Training Camp, I thought I knew what to expect. After all, I've worked with AI projects before - how different could this be? Well, grab your popcorn, because these first two weeks completely changed my perspective towards intelligent automation.Here's what I've learnt so far: Lesson 1: Document Automation Goes Way Beyond OCRI'll admit it - I walked in thinking document automation just meant glorified OCR with some data validation sprinkled on top. And I'll admit it - I was wrong!OCR and data correlation barely scratch the surface of what modern document automation can do.Think of Document Automation like an iceberg. The visible part includes the OCR and basic validation we all know about. But dive beneath the surface, and you'll find a whole ecosystem of processes: setting up sophisticated input pipelines, preprocessing data to clean up inconsistencies (because let's face it, real-world data loves entropy), imp

Calling all automation visionaries, technical gurus, and strategic leaders! Pathfinder Summit 2025 is your chance to share your hard-won expertise with a global audience of automation professionals. Whether you want to inspire with a powerful use case, deliver a technical deep dive, provide strategic guidance, or facilitate a lively peer discussion - we want to hear from you.This virtual conference on January 21-23, 2025, will empower the Automation Anywhere Pathfinder Community to set bold goals for the year ahead. And as a speaker, you'll play a vital role in arming attendees with the insights they need to achieve automation success in 2025 and beyond.APPLY TO SPEAK AT PATHFINDER SUMMIT Speakers can choose any of the following session types:💡 Community Spark Session: Share an inspiring automation use case that solved a real business challenge. In this 30-minute session, provide an overview of the problem, walk through your innovative solution, and discuss the positive impact it had,

[Part of the 1st Annual Pathfinder Community Camp hosted in May 2023]  🚀 PATHFINDER MISSION OVERVIEW The Automation Pathfinder Program is your intergalactic flight map for automation mission success. Developed with over 20 years of first-hand automation expertise across thousands of use cases, each mission is calibrated to serve as your blueprint for best practices to achieve scalable growth, measurable value, and long-term sustainability. We’re here to help you soar beyond RPA to implement and advance intelligent automation initiatives in your business. Today’s Bonus Mission - Generative AI 📌 MISSION PARAMETERSThis is your mission focus of the day. 3...2...1...Blast off! GenAI has taken the world by storm with its futuristic ability to turn natural language into creative content and images. And now, we’re taking automation to new heights by integrating OpenAI’s generative AI tools with your favorite Automation Success Platform! Say goodbye to tedious document hunting, boring emails,

Are you ready to take your AI-powered automation skills to the next level? We’re excited to launch Document Automation Training Camp, an exclusive four-week program to help you master the art of automating document workflows.  Why should you join?Document Automation has become a game-changer for businesses, speeding up processes, reducing errors, and freeing up valuable time. At Document Automation Training Camp, you’ll get digital training and live coaching on how to handle semi-structured and unstructured documents, learning best practices and strategies from industry experts. Here’s what you can expect during the 4-week training camp:Weekly Game Plans: Each week, we’ll share a curated set of bite-sized courses focused on specific aspects of Document Automation. You’ll learn how to classify, extract, and validate document data, master image preparation, and tackle tricky document workflows with ease. Live Coaching Meetups: Join live sessions with our expert team and special guest spe

 If you haven't heard about Product Club — the Pathfinder Community Product Club is a monthly virtual meetup led by Automation Anywhere product leaders that focuses on our latest proprietary product innovations. It offers a place for community members to stay informed, connect with product leaders, and gain insights into real-world applications of the latest innovations in intelligent automation.P.S. If you can’t attend a meeting, no worries — we'll be dropping a recap of each month's session right here in our Product Club hub. HOSTSKate Ressler, Community & University Marketing Director Vineet Pujari, Senior Product Manager, API-as-a-Service Matt Stewart, Director, Evangelism and Content Strategy Nirmal Mathimaran, Lead Technical Writer  TOPICFor September’s Product Club, we’re talking automation triggers and the huge benefits on the horizon with our cloud-based SaaS Triggers. So, pull up a seat and take notes as the Product Team covers this forthcoming game-changing tool and how 

Welcome to your one-stop hub for this month’s key Pathfinder Community news and featured events, content, forums, and more!📚Community Stories Never miss a beat—here are your can’t-miss updates from the Pathfinder Community this month: Build new Skills at Document Automation Training Camp! August 2024 | Process Templates AI Agent Studio | August Developer Meetup ✨Stellar Contributor SpotlightMeet Dinesh Kumar M from HCL Technologies (DK 964)Each month, we’re shining a light on a stellar member whose recent contributions are truly making a big impact in our community-driven ecosystem.Dinesh Kumar, an RPA technical and development lead at HCL Technologies, is featured as our Community Spotlight of the Month in October 2024 Newletter. In this video, he shares his journey and contributions to the Automation Anywhere community. Dinesh recounts winning an Automation Anywhere hackathon in 2021, emphasizing that anyone can transition from non-technical to technical roles with dedication. Dines

Testing in automation development serves as the safety net that catches errors, ensures quality, and maintains the integrity of automated systems. It's a critical factor that separates successful automation projects from failed ones.But the approach to testing can vary across different phases of development. In this blog post, we'll explore why an organized approach to development and testing is so crucial for your automation program and how it should be approached from the start phase leading into the accelerate phase.Let’s dive in. Why Testing is Mission Critical in AutomationsTesting in automation is akin to a health check for new software – it diagnoses problems before they become critical. In the world of automation, where processes, automations, and solutions are expected to run smoothly and efficiently, testing ensures that automations not only perform their intended tasks but also handle errors gracefully and adapt to unforeseen situations. Start Phase: All About Reducing RiskE

Challenge Page Tutorial -Shipment ProcessingIf you're interested in learning about automation development, the Bot Games Challenge Pages are a great place to start.Have you tried the Shipment Processing Challenge yet? If so, great job! If not, don't worry - we're here to help you get started.To help you succeed, we've put together a step-by-step video guide for how to solve this challenge, along with some useful tips to help you automate this use case. Additionally, we're providing some pointers below to help you increase your efficiency and finish the challenge as quickly as possible.Don't be intimidated by this challenge! With a little bit of practice, you'll be able to automate the shipment processing use case in no time.Here is the link to the Shipment Processing Challenge Intro Page with full details.Challenge page: https://pathfinder.automationanywhere.com/challenges/shipment-processing-challenge.htmlOpenAI Generative AI Package This cutting-edge package brings the power of OpenA

Build, enhance, maintain.Automation teams have multiple priorities pulling them in different directions at all times. Aligning those priorities and incoming requests to a logical automation pipeline can be a tricky science that leaves many of us scratching our heads, unintentionally stalling work, or stuck in a hamster wheel of building, enhancing, maintaining, and trying to keep up with demand with no business assessment or master plan in mind. I’m exhausted just thinking about it!Which new opportunities or enhancement requests should be addressed first? How can you consider variables like time, effort, and ROI to calculate prioritization? Today, I want to introduce you to a secret weapon—a metrics tracking system you can leverage to capture essential data from the beginning, make smart decisions about automation priorities, and set your team up for success downstream. Enhancement vs. New AutomationIf you’re in the Start phase of your automation program—POCing your first use case and

In the August Developer Meetup, Arjun Meda was joined by Rinku Sarkar (Director of Product Management), Jason Trent (Director of Product Management), and Smita Biswas (Lead Technical Writer) to deep dive into the newly released AI Agent Studio that allows you to easily build, manage, and govern custom AI Agents to responsibly execute cognitive tasks embedded in any automation workflow.In this meeting recap, we’ll cover:What AI Agents are and the capabilities of AI Agent Studio A support case handling demo that leverages AI Agents and AI skills Security features built into our AI Governance Additional resources for AI Agent Studio on our docs portal Live audience Q&AYou can watch the full recording of the meeting below.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yiIk687I30] What is are AI Agents?We define AI Agents as cognitive tasks that combine AI skills with contextual actions. AI Agents can make decisions based on knowledge inputs and perceptions, communicate in natural language, adapt to