As an application business analyst, you can automate tasks and repetitive actions by using the Automation Anywhere Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots. RPA bots provide the following capabilities:

• Reduces the operating costs with automated tasks.
• Provides accuracy and error free execution.
• Enables automation of any process.
• Requires minimal or no change to the underlying business processes.

The following image describes the actions to automate a task by using an RPA bot:

To automate a task by using an RPA bot, in your application, you can create a process to trigger an RPA bot by using the Run Automation Anywhere Bot element in the Process designer of BMC Helix Innovation Studio. You can create an RPA bot or use an existing RPA bot in Automation Anywhere.

For information about how to create or use an RPA bot, see Build bots .

Before you begin

Make sure that an administrator has configured a webhook callback URL and the Automation Anywhere connector.

To create a process to use an Automation Anywhere RPA bot

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
2. Navigate to the Workspace tab, and select the application in which you want to create a process.
3. In the application, select Processes, and click New.
   The system opens the Process designer.
4. In the Process designer, drag the Run Automation Anywhere Bot element to the canvas.

5. In the element Properties pane, enter the values of the following input properties:

   Property	Description
   Connection ID	Connection ID of the Automation Anywhere connector.
   File ID or name	Name of the bot.
   Process Correlation ID	Correlation ID that can be used to uniquely identify a process instance execution.
   (Optional) Variables	Value for the variables defined in your process.

   The Run Automation Anywhere Bot output property is JSON that provides the schedule ID of the bot. For example,

   {"id":"16"}

6. If required, add the other process elements and specify the flow of execution that you want to create for your business logic.
7. Save the process.

The following video (2:49) explains how to automate a task by using an Automation Anywhere RPA bot: