Automation + AI Product Updates

If your organization is laser-focused on improving productivity, it’s not alone. “Do more with less” is the new imperative of 2023 and beyond as organizations across the globe are working to address lagging productivity. During our June 1 event, Automation + AI: Live, our team dug into the massive impact that generative AI and automation can have on productivity across industries through the Automation Success Platform that’s now available at your fingertips. With generative AI and automation technologies, companies can streamline processes, optimize resources, and achieve more with less. This event was packed full of information and inspiration about how companies across the globe are planning to put AI to work safely and responsibly with automation. If you missed the live event, you can watch the recording now.  5 event highlights you’ll want to knowWe’ve infused AI across the entire Automation Success PlatformAs an automation professional, you can imagine the impact of powering your automations with AI. The synergy between generative AI and automation technology enables organizations to unlock new levels of creativity and productivity through every part of the business. With the Automation Success Platform, you can get started fast with out-of-the-box models tailored to your business. Automation Anywhere has partnered with leading technology vendors like Google with Vertex AI, Amazon with Bedrock, and partners like Anthropic and Nvidia, giving you choice and flexibility. Automation Co-Pilot + Generative AI for Business Users is now availableTurbo charge team productivity with Automation Co-Pilot, now powered by generative AI. Embedded in any web application, Automation Co-Pilot enables business users to access gen AI and automation across functions with unparalleled speed and efficiency. From creating and summarizing content to sending emails and providing recommendations, the possibilities are endless! You can get to know the Automation Co-Pilot by requesting a custom demo. Get a preview of Automation Co-Pilot for Automators in JulyWhether you’re a professional developer or a business user, if you’re building automations, you will soon be able to use generative AI to build automations 55% faster using natural language conversations with Automation Co-Pilot. Whether you’re tackling a very simple task or the most complex end-to-end workflow, you’ll have your own generative AI-powered assistant to help you. With flexibility to choose and change your large language model (LLM) as needed, you can fine-tune your automations to meet evolving demands from your organization. That backlog of automation requests you’ve got? Considered it handled. Join the waitlist for Automation Co-Pilot for Automators. Generative AI powered Document Automation Coming in Q3If you’re using Document Automation in your organization now, imagine how many more types of documents you’ll be able to automate in the near future. With generative AI, you can soon quickly understand, extract and summarize a new universe of documents, from contracts, waybills, to lab reports and insurance forms. Available in Q3 of this year, you’ll soon be able to automate more unstructured, semi-structured and structured documents. That means you’ll be able to unlock more data than ever before. Ensuring safety and securityWhether sanctioned by your organization or not, it's likely many of your team members are exploring generative AI to help them do their work. It’s a tricky time for organizations as they navigate how to create proper guardrails to ensure security, protect data, and maintain compliance. We take this incredibly seriously, and that’s why we’re only integrating with the enterprise versions of the foundational LLMs from Google, Amazon AWS, and Azure OpenAI, which do not use your business data for training, so you maintain full control over your data. We hope you were able to make the live event, but if not, now’s your chance to tune in to the recording to catch all the details on how we’re helping you lead the way in the automation + generative AI frontier.  

Leading the way in the new AI + Automation FrontierGenerative AI has taken the world by storm, and when powered by automation, it’s poised to revolutionize the way we work so teams like yours can make greater impact to your business. As you look to the power of generative AI in combination with the work you automate, you now have the power to unlock productivity in a way your business has never experienced. Since you’re part of the Pathfinder Community, we want to help you lead your organization into this new frontier. This guide is intended to be your resource for finding and using information, insights and applications of generative AI with intelligent automation. As we gather new resources from the team here at Automation Anywhere, our MVPs and you, our community members, we’ll update this guide. Generative AI + the Automation Success Platform 📣Harnessing the power of generative AI across the Automation Success PlatformOn June 1, Automation Anywhere announced how it will put generative AI into action. Get a recap of the event, and details on how and when you’ll be able to use AI in your automations. 🔌 OpenAI Generative AI PackageThe latest release of OpenAI Generative AI package is now available for free. Learn more about it in this blog post and then head to Bot Store to get started! 🔌 Google Vertex AI PackageNew! The Google Vertex AI Package is now available. Head to Bot Store to get started for free!Stay tuned for more updates on additional generative AI packages coming soon! Information, Insights and Applications 🔈Your AI + Automation Playlist Save this playlist to get notifications about new videos on AI and automation. The playlist is already stocked with excellent interviews, product demos and bot builds... and there’s a ton yet to come. Be the first to watch and learn about the power of generative AI and intelligent automation as you take flight with our generative AI packages.💡Understanding generative AI and its power with automationHow generative AI and automation are poised to change every company The range of new use cases and accessibility that generative AI enables will drastically increase automation and hence worker productivity across enterprises. This blog examines the three categories of use cases where generative AI and automation combine to transform work. Generative #AI: Changing How We Think About Work Where are companies leveraging Generative AI solutions like ChatGPT right now, and how are they planning to use it in the near and long term? Listen to this on-demand session with Ted Shelton, Expert Partner at Bain & Company as he discusses how companies are redesigning business processes and workflows with the power of AI and intelligent automation. Ted provides tremendous insights on the automation-first mindset and what the future of work looks like with an "augmented workforce." Generative AI & automation: what will you automate? With Generative AI tools making headlines around the globe, the question is how should we utilize them? We believe the combination of automation and generative AI is the answer to unlocking its full potential.  Putting Google Vertex AI to work Tom Garland, senior vice president of Corporate Development at Automation Anywhere, shares his perspective and excitement about Automation Anywhere’s partnership with Google, and what it means for the democratization of access to AI. When it Comes to AI, Platforms Matter AI’s value continues to be unlocked in newer and yet more unexpected ways, which is another reason for enterprises to start integrating it with their processes and workflows and begin to learn. Automation Anywhere offers an automation platform that gives you the flexibility of choice, so you’re always prepared for the next wave of innovation in AI. Creating a culture of innovation around Automation & AI The widespread adoption of generative AI is set to provide significant productivity benefits and change the way we work forever, but not without disruption. It is more important than ever for organizations to adapt and create a culture of innovation to succeed & thrive. Listen in to this conversation on creating an innovation culture around automation and AI with Sunil S. Ranka, Founder of Predikly. Major predictions for automation and AI Tomorrow is right around the corner. Even though automation is already powering enterprises ahead of competitors, it’s poised to dramatically increase the efficiency of those that take advantage of its capabilities. Get five predictions for what enterprises can expect from automation over the coming months and years in this infographic. ChatGPT: A double-edged sword in reducing healthcare disparity In healthcare, ChatGPT can work hand in hand with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to streamline processes, reduce errors, and improve patient outcomes. How do they synergize? ChatGPT is the brain, and RPA is the arms and legs. In this article, we will explore how ChatGPT can work with software automation to create a more efficient, effective, and sustainable healthcare system.💫Use Case InspirationGenerative AI around the globe: Use cases from the community Top generative AI use cases in IT and beyond Using OpenAI and #ChatGPT in the Automation Success Platform to Handle Customer Service Complaints Three steps to accelerate your cash flow with AI-powered automation Infographic: 7 practical use cases for generative AI Top Generative AI use cases from the lens of the CIO The potential for generative AI in finance ChatGPT and RPA: Automating thought and action in healthcare🚀Insights from the Pathfinder CommunityJoin the Generative AI Group to get industry insights, tips and tricks, and to be part of the community leading the way forward with generative AI and automation. Transforming Unstructured Data into Structured Data with Automation Anywhere's ChatGPT Package by MVP Azhar Hossain explains how using the ChatGPT model with Automation Anywhere's ChatGPT package can help organizations convert unstructured data into structured data using ticket descriptions as an example. Generative AI Ask Me Anything: As part of the 1st Annual Pathfinder Community Space Camp & Generative AI Showcase, Peter White and Pratyush Garikapati, Automation Anywhere’s own experts on emerging technology shared valuable knowledge on generative AI as they addressed questions live from our Pathfinder community. Here’s a full recap of the Generative AI Ask Me Anything. Bot Games Season 4: AI Edition: Ready to get hands on with automation and generative AI? We’ve got three new challenges for you to showcase not only your Automation building abilities but also your proficiency in crafting well-designed prompts of generative AI models that elicit the desired responses in the appropriate format. Challenge #1: This healthcare-themed challenge will get you thinking creatively about how to standardize a report-generation process. Challenge #2: Shift your mind to manufacturing and take on a new challenge using generative AI to enhance and improve existing data. Challenge #3: In this final challenge, you’re using generative AI to enhance automation resilience for a financial services company. Optimizing Your Generative AI Prompts Writing prompts that deliver the results you want is a skill in itself, and we’ve got tips to help you improve how you prompt generative AI tools. Plus, join in the conversation with your own tips or questions.➡Future ResourcesGenerative AI is a colossal shift for everyone and every company, and we’re committed to helping you find success in this new frontier. As we roll out new generative AI innovation with the Automation Success Platform, we’ll also produce resources to help you harness the power of AI with intelligent automation.

If you’re not already exploring the possibilities of leveraging Generative AI in your automation program—what are you waiting for? If the answer is because you don’t have the right tools, we have a solution for you! Automation Anywhere integrates with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise version out of the box via our OpenAI Generative AI Bot Store Package!This free cutting-edge Bot Store package brings the power of OpenAI's advanced Generative AI technology directly to the Automation Success Platform, and functions with GPT-4, ChatGPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-3 models with both OpenAI and Microsoft Azure service providers.Integration is super simple. This video tutorial will walk you through the initial package setup to get hands-on experience building a test automation using ChatGPT in only 15 minutes.  Customers are already designing solutions combining Generative AI with our Automation Success Platform's capabilities. They have used parsing, understanding, and action capabilities to automate end-to-end, long-running (sometimes continuously running) processes. In one such case, our customer has forecast they will be able to reduce costs and time by 90% when processing user applications!Some of the top benefits of the package include:Accessing Generative AI-powered automation directly in users’ favorite apps Evaluating free-form text to gain meaning, tone, and intent Building personalized responses to user and customer inquiries Creating articles, news reports, dialogue, or summarizations of content Generating code to increase development and delivery timesThere are a bounty of powerful use cases helping our customers cope with the mountain of unstructured information that their organizations process, whether it be email communications, documents, or knowledge repositories. Furthermore, with an automated flow combining our Document Automation—which uses pre-trained domain-specific models to extract semantics and ChatGPT—it is possible to extract and act on the specific information needed rather than struggle with inconsistent patterns to find the right information. This combination will get even more powerful with more multi-modal models like GPT-4.Eager to put this OpenAI package to work? Test drive its potential and discover its intuitive capabilities with our latest Bot Games Season 4 AI-driven challenges! Find them all here: Bot Games HQ

You’ve Arrived at Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! You’ve arrived at our third and final challenge of Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Who doesn’t love some friendly competition? We're challenging you to showcase not only your automation building abilities, but also your proficiency in crafting well-designed prompts of generative AI models that elicit the desired responses in the appropriate format. The spotlight is on the potential of Generative AI, and we're excited to witness how you can harness that power to develop integrated automation solutions. So get ready to flex your creative muscles and show us what you've got.New to Bot Games? Bot Games is a global competition that challenges developers to build automations that can solve realistic business challenges in free-to-use, scored, and timed environments. Head to our Bot Games HQ here for more information. Challenge #3 Introduction You’re almost to the finish line! For the final use case challenge, we’re aiming to showcase how a Generative AI model can enhance automation resilience. When target applications are updated, the object paths for elements may change, requiring updates to the corresponding automations. By utilizing a Generative AI provider like ChatGPT (or any other provider of your choosing), we can input the source code of a web page and request object paths for all the necessary elements. These paths can then be used to automate interactions with the web page.For more details and tips to get started, visit the Challenge #3 Use Case page. Challenge #3 ObjectiveA financial services company called Spacely wants to add details of its corporate customers to a new Saas-based customer relationship management system (CRM). Because it's an application they subscribe to and don't own, updates to the application can come without warning - making automating data entry challenging.Download the spreadsheet from the challenge page and enter each customer's information. Click 'Add' after entering each customer's details to commit them to the CRM and 'Submit' once all customers have been entered. Be careful, sometimes their CRM intake interface changes without warning! RulesUse Generative AI to keep your automation running! Identify the object path for each element as changes to the application occur to ensure your automation can continue entering the corresponding data. Challenge #3 TipsThe quality of your prompts determine the quality of the responses you can expect to receive from ChatGPT. Spend some time optimizing/refining your prompts if you aren’t getting the results you expect. Furthermore, you may need to actually get more specific with your prompts - telling ChatGPT exactly what you’re looking for as far as a response. We’ll share with you the exact prompt we used in the solution tutorial. Challenge #3 Solution Tutorial The OpenAI Generative AI Package is really the brains behind this build (or at least it should be if you built it how we intended 😜). It can work with GPT-4, ChatGPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-3 models with both OpenAI and Microsoft Azure service providers to enable your automation to prompt and receive responses from these Large Language Models (LLMs). In the case of this challenge, we’re sending ChatGPT some of the source code of our page, and asking it to identify the DOMXPaths associated with the fields we’re targeting.View the full solution tutorial video here and get more details on the various packages and approaches that can be utilized to solve this challenge. Bot Games Season 4 Wrap Up The future is here, and it is automated. Bot Games Season 4 showed us all a glimpse into what's possible when human creativity combines with artificial intelligence. The ingenuity of the participants brought generative AI and automation into harmonic convergence, accomplishing together what neither could do alone.Did you miss the chance to tackle either of the first two challenges? You can access all 3 challenges, as well as solution tutorials, from our Bot Games HQ.Our deepest thanks to everyone who joined us on this journey of discovery. You are the pioneers charting the course for organizations ready to embrace the full power of integrated automation. The bots you built this season are more than code and automations—they are the precursors of an automated future where intelligent software lifts us up and helps humankind achieve our greatest ambitions.If you weren’t able to join the competition in real time this season, the challenges will remain open for you to take on when time allows. These are great developmental activities to do together with your team and explore different approaches to reach the best solution for your program.

You’ve Arrived at Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Welcome to the first challenge of Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Who doesn’t love some friendly competition? We're challenging you to showcase not only your automation building abilities, but also your proficiency in crafting well-designed prompts of generative AI models that elicit the desired responses in the appropriate format. The spotlight is on the potential of Generative AI, and we're excited to witness how you can harness that power to develop integrated automation solutions. So get ready to flex your creative muscles and show us what you've got.New to Bot Games? Bot Games is a global competition that challenges developers to build automations that can solve realistic business challenges in free-to-use, scored, and timed environments. Head to our Bot Games HQ here for more information. Challenge #2 Introduction Glad to see you back for the second challenge of Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Our objective this time is to showcase how a Generative AI model can enhance and improve existing data in the manufacturing industry. It's important to note that Generative AI isn't limited to solving complex problems, but can also handle simple and routine tasks with ease.For more details and tips to get started, visit the Challenge #2 Use Case page. Challenge #2 Objective A manufacturing company, Genexit International, has received a list of orders and intends to ship them with tracking numbers. For each PO listed on the challenge page, look up the corresponding information in the ProcureEase purchase order lookup application and generate the tracking number using the ShipGlobe Tracking Number Generator application. Then select the Shipping Type (based on the rules below) and submit the form.Shipping Type should be determined based on the following criteria: for orders with a value of $300 or less, Ground Shipping should be chosen, and for orders with a value of $600 or greater, Express Plus should be selected. Otherwise, Express should be the default option. Rules Use the Generative AI provider of your choice (ChatGPT, for example) to get the full state name for the state code mentioned in the ProcureEase purchase order lookup application. For example, if the state code for PO number 99-771-9626 is TX, pass the state code TX to ChatGPT and ask for the full state name. Then, parse the response from the model and use the state name in the ShipGlobe tracking number generator application to proceed with generating the tracking number. Challenge #2 Tips ChatGPT can respond back in different formats. Try phrasing prompts in different ways to see how the response varies. Be specific about the values for which you are looking and the format in which you want the response. You have the option to either get the full state names for all states in the US from ChatGPT at once or to invoke ChatGPT for each state code associated with a PO. The choice is yours! Challenge #2 Solution Tutorial While Generative AI is often touted as a solution for complex problems, its potential goes far beyond that. The technology has shown great promise in simplifying routine tasks, streamlining processes, and improving efficiency. In this use case, we can envision how we could use data from the model to fix/perfect the data we already have. By using Generative AI for such routine operations, businesses can focus on other aspects of their operations, such as strategy and innovation.As AI technology continues to evolve, we can expect to see even more applications of Generative AI to optimize workflows, reduce errors, and drive greater success. By embracing these advancements, businesses can stay ahead of the curve and continue to innovate and grow.Using the cutting-edge OpenAI Generative AI Package brings the power of OpenAI's advanced generative AI technology directly to the Automation Success Platform. It functions with GPT-4, ChatGPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-3 models with both OpenAI and Microsoft Azure service providers. Check out this link to learn more about this package and its capabilities.The process of creating an automation can be an insightful learning experience. You can experiment with various packages or actions to complete the task and observe how these changes affect the automation's processing time, accuracy, and stability. Finding innovative ways to solve the same problem can also lead to greater efficiency and productivity in your work. Moreover, experimenting with different approaches can help you develop a deeper understanding of the tools and technologies with which you are working.View the full solution tutorial video here and get more details on the various packages and approaches that can be utilized to solve this challenge.

You’ve Arrived at Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Welcome to the first challenge of Bot Games Season 4 - AI Edition! Who doesn’t love some friendly competition? We're challenging you to showcase not only your automation building abilities, but also your proficiency in crafting well-designed prompts of generative AI models that elicit the desired responses in the appropriate format. The spotlight is on the potential of Generative AI, and we're excited to witness how you can harness that power to develop integrated automation solutions. So get ready to flex your creative muscles and show us what you've got.New to Bot Games? Bot Games is a global competition that challenges developers to build automations that can solve realistic business challenges in free-to-use, scored, and timed environments. Head to our Bot Games HQ here for more information. Challenge #1 Introduction It's time to get your creative juices flowing and reimagine the way you've previously thought about automation! Our first challenge is a forward-looking use case based in the healthcare industry that demonstrates the power of integrating Generative AI within the Automation Success Platform using strictly fake data. If you are considering automating use cases that contain actual PHI or PII with Generative AI, please consult your legal team before proceeding.For more details and tips to get started, visit the Challenge #1 Use Case page. Challenge #1 Objective A healthcare company, Medikorps, provides treatment for a wide variety of patient conditions and wants to standardize its report-generation process. Once a patient visits with a doctor, the doctor analyzes the patient and shares his/her notes about the patient's condition along with prescribed medications if needed. The doctor then sends an email to the medical assistant to generate a medical report to be shared with the patient. As the healthcare facility receives a large number of patients every day, generating reports has become a bottleneck. Therefore, the facility intends to implement an automation solution to streamline the process. Rules Your automation should launch the challenge page, then launch the mailbox from the challenge page, as both are interlinked. Then, send the information in the doctor's notes to a Generative AI provider of your choosing (ChatGPT for example) to extract the required details in a format that can be easily interpreted by the automation.The mailbox will have 10 emails in total, of which only a few will be unread. Data needs to be extracted only from the unread emails to be entered into the report generation application. Note that the unread emails will change every time you open the mailbox.You should select the 'Medication Prescribed' checkbox only if the doctor has prescribed any medication. Challenge #1 TipsChatGPT can respond back in different formats. Try phrasing prompts in different ways to see how the response varies. Be specific about the values for which you are looking and the format in which you want the response. If you plan to use JSON format, this video on how to parse JSON using the JSON package is available. Challenge #1 Solution Tutorial An effective way to incorporate Generative AI into intelligent automation is to extract and summarize data into a standardized format. Generative AI can be utilized to extract specific information from long-form unstructured text, which your automations can then leverage to automate complex end-to-end workflows. This technique can be highly beneficial in various domains, such as extracting information from legal documents, research papers, and other documents with unstructured data. By implementing Generative AI with automation, you can improve the accuracy and efficiency of your workflows, while reducing manual labor and minimizing errors. With the vast amount of unstructured data that exists today, the potential for this approach is virtually limitless.Using the cutting-edge OpenAI Generative AI Package brings the power of OpenAI's advanced generative AI technology directly to the Automation Success Platform. It functions with GPT-4, ChatGPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-3 models with both OpenAI and Microsoft Azure service providers. Check out this link to learn more about this package and its capabilities.Also, one of the enjoyable aspects of building automations is discovering the various methods of solving the same problem. You can try using different packages or actions to complete the challenge and observe how those changes affect your automation’s processing time, accuracy, and stability.View the full solution tutorial video here and get more details on the various packages and approaches that can be utilized to solve this challenge. 

As part of the 1st Annual Pathfinder Community Space Camp & Generative AI Showcase, we hosted live sessions with Community MVPs and industry experts to share the latest developments in intelligent automation—especially Generative AI! In this session we were joined by Peter White, SVP Product, and Pratyush Garikapati, Director, Product Management, to provide valuable knowledge and help answer insightful questions LIVE from our community.  This session was truly community-led, with questions directly from our Pathfinder community driving the conversation. Thank you to all our members who contributed such important, thoughtful questions! Unlock key session takeaways:   

Welcome to another edition of ‘What’s New in the Automation Success Platform!  I’m excited to introduce the latest release of our intelligent automation platform, v.28 - enhancing automation for everyone. The product release notes and information you need for v.28 are all right here, all in one place! Check out what’s new: CoE Manager   Document Automation & Google Doc AI  Automation Co-Pilot & Microsoft Teams  Developer Enhancements  Workday & Service Now Command Packages   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  What’s New Blog What’s New in A.28 Webinar    

Customer trust is our #1 priority. Automation Success Platform v.28 on-premises is now generally available. You can find the latest release on the downloads page in the Support Portal. Automation 360 Cloud will be updated from April 12th through the week of April 24th.This release empowers you to prioritize and scale your automation programs and enhance employee productivity. Top features include enhancements for Automation Leaders to track ROI across the automation programs; new developer productivity features including next-generation recorder and advanced search and replace; enhance employee productivity with the availability of Automation Co-Pilot in Microsoft Teams, and new API integrations with Workday and ServiceNow.What to expect in this release:Scale with CoE Manager and prioritize your automation development process. Track ROI of your automations running in cloud or on-premises control rooms with real-time dashboards and create a healthy pipeline of automations that are going to propel your business forward. Save time and automate more documents with improved extraction accuracy powered by Document Automation and Google Doc AI validation feedback. Support document data extraction in seven more languages including Romanian, Portuguese, and Japanese for expense receipts with improvements to Google Doc AI’s invoice parsers. Bring Automation Co-Pilot right to your favorite collaboration tool; Microsoft Teams. Now employees can be in a chat or teams channel, or simply open Co-Pilot from the Apps menu, in order to see a list of automations they have access to. Users can initiate and monitor these automations without ever having to leave Microsoft Teams. Enhance developer productivity with our Next Generation Recorder which improves automation reliability for web applications, and automatic search and replace in Bot Assistant. Bulk Package Update enables automation admins to update multiple packages in bulk or perform updates to specific bots and view outcomes of applied updates in a system-generated report. And finally, Email Automation allows customers to automate email over a shared mailbox in Microsoft 365 Outlook using IMAP and EWS protocols with PKCE and Client Credential flows. In addition, support more email operations with new and enhanced actions. Automate faster with connected apps and integrations. Leverage our new Workday and ServiceNow Command packages and easily build end-end process automations leveraging these popular business applications.For more details on this release refer to Release notes made available at the time of General Availability.Please review the scheduled maintenance window for your region at our cloud status site. Be sure to click “Subscribe” to receive notifications about the exact maintenance schedules for your region. Register today to see the latest features in action on our webinar scheduled for April 25th, 2023, at 8 AM PST.If you have any questions, please reach out to your customer success manager or support. 

 Welcome to another edition of ‘What’s New in the Automation Success Platform! As you know, in every release we are focused on providing you with the best in-class product experience through new features and capabilities. The product release notes and information you need for A.27 are all right here, all in one place! Check out what’s new: New Feature Demos Citizen Development Enhancements  Bot Runners  Alerts & Notifications   Embedded Smart Forms   Fixed Forms for Document Automation  Process Discovery Enhancements  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:  What’s New Blog What’s New in A.27 Webinar  Full Release Notes COMING SOON!Product Update Series- What’s New in A.27Developer Update Series - Top 5 Developer Features in A.27

Here’s a quick way to stay up to date on new innovations included in Automation Anywhere product releases. The product release notes and information you need for Automation Success Platform V.26 are all right here, all in one place.As you read, keep in mind: Automation Anywhere 360 is now the Automation Success Platform. Because the products we create are all about YOUR success. Top 5 Developer Features: Coming Soon!  Full Release Notes: https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/release-notes/automation-360-v26.html What’s New Blog: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/blog/product-insights/what-s-new-in-automation-360-for-enterprise-1-1 

 The product and development teams at Automation Anywhere have been hard at work to deliver new features and updates with each release. In this post, we’ll dive into some of the most popular and requested features newly added with .25 – Build 14298 on Cloud and Build 15097 for On-Premises. Side Note: The full release notes for this release are available at the Automation Anywhere Docs Portal. While we’re covering some of our favorite .25 features, there may be others that are particularly meaningful for your use cases/organization – so be sure to check them out for additional features and details. #1 - Bulk Package UpdatesYou now have the ability to perform a bulk package update across all bots in the public directory. Example: Organization ABC created a custom package for their bots to interface with CyberArk. Their CyberArk version is changing, so Organization ABC is building a new version of the CyberArk package. Instead of updating each bot that is referencing their customer CyberArk package one-by-one, ABC performs a bulk package update to update all bots referencing this package to the most current version of the package. Note: BE SURE YOU USE THIS IN A TEST ENVIRONMENT FIRST! This will upgrade all bots that are in the public repository which are using the package you’ve selected to upgrade them all too – so be sure you’ve tested each bot to ensure you haven’t created additional issues before promoting them to production.  #2 - Repository Management UpdatesIt’s incredibly important for an organization to appropriately manage their automation repository structure. Thankfully, that just got a bit easier with the introduction of some great Repository Management Updates. Version Control for Non-Bot Files: You now have the ability to store versions of non-bot files within your repository. Great for updating/rolling back things like settings or config files that are stored in your Control Room and referenced from various bots Renaming of Non-Empty Folders: If you’ve tried to rename a folder previously, you’ve likely run into an error indicating that a folder couldn’t be renamed because it wasn’t empty. Thankfully the .25 release includes the ability to now rename folders regardless of their contents. Dependency and Reference Mapping: When building with reusability in mind, its not uncommon for a single bot to be referenced by 5+ parent bots. Likewise, when creating a parent bot, its helpful to be able to quickly see all of its dependencies. Users can now easily view first level dependency and reference mapping directly in the Control Room UI. Great for quickly determining relationships between automations.   #3 - Selectable Technology Type for RecorderWhen applications/web interfaces don’t have well defined/standard object structures, it has been challenging, at times, to perform cloning operations. Thankfully, this challenge has been addressed in the .25 release with the introduction of selectable technology types. After capturing an object using the Recorder: Capture action, click the down arrow to the right of the “Capture Object” button to see the available technology types. By default, Recorder will attempt to auto-detect the preferred technology type…which is likely fine for most situations – but should you run into issues with the auto-detected technology type, you do now have the option to customize how Recorder interfaces with your application.   #4 - AARI & GenesysThe .25 release also brings some new changes for the way Automation Anywhere is able to interface with the popular call-center/customer service platform Genesys. AARI Widgets have been introduced into the Genesys UI, so that Genesys users can invoke AARI processes directly from Genesys without having to leave their screens. Great for kicking off workflows/tasks that may need to run in the background or on another workstation A new Automation 360 Genesys package was also introduced – with a whopping 53 actions! This enables Automation 360 developers to easily take action in automating common administrative tasks on the Genesys platform.  #5 - Document Processing (Formally Known as IQ Bot)Document Processing (Formally Known as IQ Bot) saw a HUGE update with the .25 release. Developers can now create learning instances off of pre-trained invoice models – meaning that the setup time and training time have been significantly reduced…like all the way down to just checking the boxes of the fields you need to extract. Each learning instance also now creates a pre-built workflow – enabling the submission and validation of forms with a single click Not only great for testing but an excellent example of how Document Processing can/should be leveraged within a greater document processing workflow Finally, Machine Learning is now taking place after documents have been corrected in the AARI Validation interface…and it’s crazy how fast it can learn. Extraction capabilities are improved with each and every manual validation – meaning that straight-through processing rates should continuously improve as validations are completed. Stay tuned for an upcoming tutorial focused on this specific topic – with images that you can try out to see the learning for yourself.   Conclusion Every Automation 360 release seems to bring a host of meaningful changes for bot developers that can further enhance developer experiences and ultimately automation outcomes. If you haven’t had a chance, take a look at the Automation 360 .24 Release notes on the documentation portal. They are helpfully organized by subproduct and by “What’s New” vs “What’s Changed” – which makes reading through them and understanding the cool new features as painless as possible. Haven’t tried out the Automation 360 platform yet? Head over to the Automation 360 product page to learn more about product features, request a demo, or try out a free trial.

Here’s a quick way to stay up to date on new innovations included from Automation Anywhere product releases. The product release notes and information you need for Automation Success Platform V.25 are all right here, all in one place.As you read, keep in mind: Automation Anywhere 360 is now the Automation Success Platform. Because the products we create are all about YOUR success. Top 5 Developer Features: https://developer.automationanywhere.com/blog/top-5-developer-features-in-the-25-release Full Release Notes: https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/release-notes/release-automation-360-v25.html What’s New Blog: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/blog/product-insights/what-s-new-in-automation-360-for-enterprise-1 

 The product and development teams at Automation Anywhere have been hard at work to deliver new features and updates with each release. In this post, we’ll dive into some of the most popular and most requested features that were newly added with .24 (build 12350). Side Note: The full release notes for this release are available at the Automation Anywhere Docs Portal. While we’re covering some of our favorite .24 features, there may be others that are particularly meaningful for your use cases/organization – so be sure to check them out for additional features and details. #1 - Recorder ImprovementsIf you’re using Edge in IE mode to support some legacy applications designed for IE, you’re in luck – the Recorder package now supports Conditional Object detection when using Edge in IE Mode This includes Loop > Wait action, Wait > For Condition action, and the If package. Great for detecting if a page a has fully “loaded” or if an object exists to take some conditional operation For those working with cross-domain iFrames – the updated Recorder package now supports capturing and automating objects inside cross-domain IFrames that have multiple IFrames with the same frame source. Dealing with in-browser pop-up windows, alert dialog boxes, and confirmation windows hasn’t always been easy. Fortunatley the updated Recorder package now supports automating these different pop-ups/alerts – so you no longer have to find workarounds like simulating keystrokes or image-based clicks. #2 - Google Document AI PackageHaving new Packages in your Automation 360 Control Room is always exciting – it’s like having new tools at the ready as you automate the manual tasks of your organization. The Google Doc AI Package enables organizations to extract text from a variety of image types using Google’s pre-trained document parsers The package has a total of 3 actions – Connect, Extract, and Disconnect. The extracted document text is returned as an easy-to-read JSON with key-value data for each extracted field. (See favorite feature #1 below for more on parsing that JSON)  #3 - AARI UpdatesAARI (Automation Anywhere’s Robotic Interface) is great way to enable users and bots to work side by side…and this dynamic got even better in the .24 release with the introduction of AARI’s ability to run attended bots in a virtual window. This means that a user can kick-off an attended/local bot run, while still having full control of their mouse/keyboard. AARI also now includes support for Password-Type fields in the AARI form-builder – enabling AARI forms to now securely include password fields, with the entered data being passed to subsequent bots as a Credential Variable. This enables the bot to securely use an AARI user’s provided login credentials without putting those credentials at risk/exposing them. #4 - IQ Bot Extraction360 PreviewCommunity Edition users are treated to a preview of new IQ Bot functionality in this .24 release. Users can now process documents using the IQ Bot Extraction360 capability – which leverages pre-built, pre-trained learning instanced tuned specifically for high-accuracy extraction of data from Invoices. Navigate to the Learning Instances section of the Manage tab to create, customize and test your first learning instance using Extraction360 In addition to being much easier to set up, testing/implementation is significantly easier as well Each Extraction360 learning instance creates a corresponding AARI process, form, and bots…that enable you to test the extraction and validate the results in AARI without having to create any bots manually.  #5 - JSON PackageOur #1 favorite new feature in the .24 release also comes by way of a new package – the JSON package! Establish a local or global session using the Start Session action and start parsing JSON config/settings files, the response from REST web service calls, or even document objects from noSQL DBs There are separate actions for returning a specific node value as well as returning a list of objects should your JSON contain an array. Bonus .24 Note: prompt-assignment Variable For those that have been developing on Automation Anywhere’s platform for some time now, you’re likely quite familiar with the prompt-assignment variable – a default variable created as part of building any new bot. In asking around internally, it seems this variable has been a part of the product going all the way back to Automation Anywhere 2.0 and 3.0 (so… many years ago). Bots created on .24 or above will include 2 new sample variables – SampleNumber and SampleString. So a sincere thank you to prompt-assignment. You were there for us in v10 and v11 when we’d go through the entire process of setting up an object clone, only to remember we’d forgotten to first create a variable…so prompt-assignment was always there in a pinch! Conclusion Every Automation 360 release seems to bring with it a host of meaningful changes for bot developers that can further enhance developer experiences and ultimately automation outcomes. If you haven’t had a chance, take a look at the Automation 360 .24 Release notes on the documentation portal. They are helpfully organized by subproduct and by “What’s New” vs “What’s Changed” – which makes reading through them and understanding the cool new features as painless as possible. Haven’t tried out the Automation 360 platform yet? Head over to the Automation 360 product page to learn more about product features, request a demo, or try out a free trial.

Here’s a quick way to stay up to date on new innovations included from Automation Anywhere product releases. The product release notes and information you need for Automation Success Platform V.24 are all right here, all in one place.As you read, keep in mind: Automation Anywhere 360 is now the Automation Success Platform. Because the products we create are all about YOUR success. Top 5 Developer Features: https://developer.automationanywhere.com/blog/top-5-developer-features-in-the-24-release Full Release Notes: https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/release-notes/release-automation-360-v24.html What’s New Blog: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/blog/product-insights/what-s-new-in-automation-360-for-enterprise 

Here’s a quick way to stay up to date on new innovations included from Automation Anywhere product releases. The product release notes and information you need for Automation Success Platform V.23 are all right here, all in one place.As you read, keep in mind: Automation Anywhere 360 is now the Automation Success Platform. Because the products we create are all about YOUR success. Top 5 Developer Features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdN7DzOwO7I Full Release Notes: https://docs.automationanywhere.com/bundle/enterprise-v2019/page/enterprise-cloud/topics/release-notes/release-automation-360-v23.html What’s New Blog: https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/blog/product-insights/automation-360-innovations-to-wrap-up-the-year