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Hi All, I have a PL-500 Power Automate Developer Certification scheduled in a fortnight.

I have worked with UiPath and .Net all my career. I took the official practice test and scored 48% in my first attempt with low preparation. I prepped up and scored 76% the second time.

I want to ask how easy/difficult is the actual exam? Any tips/tricks? Are dumps useful (Although I don't wanna rely heavily on them)? Any reliable bootcamps/tutorials?

Hi everyone,

I'm a computing student currently exploring various fields in tech, and I've recently developed a strong interest in Robotic Process Automation (RPA). I’m seriously considering building a career as an RPA developer and could use some guidance from experienced professionals or others in the same journey.

Specifically, I’d like to know:

1. Which platform would be best for a beginner aiming to eventually work in the industry? I've come across Blue Prism, UiPath, and Automation Anywhere, but I’m unsure which to focus on.
2. Which programming languages are essential to learn for RPA development? Are Python, Java, or C# particularly useful in this field?
3. Are there specific scripting languages or frameworks that are commonly used in RPA that I should dive into?

I’d also appreciate any general tips, resources, or advice for someone starting out in RPA. Thanks in advance for your insights!

Hello everyone. I am student of Business Process Automation. We learnt Blue Prism to the first dev level (idk name, but we didnt get through certficiation sadly). I am working for big production company. We use here all the RPA tools but no BP(A360, PA and UIpath). I have achieved A360 first certficiation(essentials), and started learning Power Platform(want to achieve PL-900 soon) There is my question - on which should I focus, what is rhe best tool in my situation? Maybe i should continue to learn A360 and PA simultaneously? I really enjoy BP, but no access in work. I like A360, very, but i am not sure about future here. power automate for me is only good in Microsoft Env. One day I want to become RPA Dev. At this moment i am Citizen Developer. Or maybe I should learn some Programming language? I am open for all tips.

Hi,

My friend is looking for RPA related jobs in India (Mumbai preferred) . He has uploaded CV to naukri,Linkedin etc but so far no luck on jobs. Does anyone has recommendations on job portal related to Blueprism/Uipath/RPA roles? Thanks

if a platform is showing you a bot test at login screen does it means that inside the platform also they'll have different checks to find it bot it working on it or not?

Reddit - I need your help navigating this crazy RPA/AI hype.

I need an agent that will login to a website, download Citrix credentials, launch a Citrix session (with those credentials), use computer vision + Citrix to navigate the UI and download an XLS report, and finally upload that report in another web portal. For longivity, the agent should also be able to pass captcha tests.

All of the RPA solutions I've looked at that can achieve this seem to be self-hosted, super expensive, half-baked, or they focus more on nutball AI than providing RPA capabilities. Our company has a team of developers, so we're happy to dive into any coding that is required.

We do not want to host the agent ourselves, and this will likely scale to 100s of agents in the future (doing the exact same thing, albeit with different login credentials).

Help?

So, UiPath and other rpa developer tools have PIP features but the one we automate using python language i.e Robocorp doesnt have PIP and i wanted to ask that Can we implement PIP while automating?

Hi! I recently completed the With You With Me aptitude tests and was given RPA as the field I'd probably be best in, based on my results. I was just wondering, is the course they offer good for a complete beginner with absolutely zero background in tech or tech related fields? All of my experience in the workforce lies in manual labor (forklift operation, retail stocking) and money handling on cash registers. The most tech related thing I've done is build my own PC. Thanks!

Guys, does anyone work managing automations in VMs within AWS EC2? We are studying a way to scale RPA here at the company, but I don't have much expertise in this matter... Currently the automations run in the client's environment, but we are studying changing them to run in our own environment (AWS or local server), with isolated VMs For each client, does anyone work with something similar?

Hi, I’m a citizen developer working, with no experience with RPAs and automation. I have to build an RPA for a large enterprise:

1. Scrape Data: Use Power Automate to extract data from a Windows Desktop App.

2. Send to API: Post the scraped data to my custom Python Django API.

3. Integrate with GumLoop: Use GumLoop’s Get Entry-point API to pass the data.

4. Process Data: Create various flows in GumLoop* to handle data from other web services.

* GumpLoop or Make.com, or Zapier

Benefits:

• Faster iteration with Gumloop* compared to manual processes in Power Automate.
• Allows non-developers to collaborate and contribute until we achieve the desired results.

Do you see any potential issues with this approach? Thanks for your input!

Hi. Not sure if this is the right place, so please let me know if not.

I sell a very low end category of used items (industrial logistical items - think like things that would be used around a warehouse or stockyard), via Facebook Marketplace. I have a lot of success selling from my personal FB marketplace page, selling ~1-5 items per advertisement. The main issue is I can not possibly keep up with the volume of messages I receive in response to each ad, to sell my items efficiently.

I've been experimenting with creating an auto-responder using Zapier to take my FB Messenger messages, feed them into a trained chatbot, and feed back responses ("yes, the item is still available," or "no, I can't take that low of an offer") to individual customers, but I can't figure out how to get this to work with my personal FB messenger, it only seems to work with a business page. I've set up a business page but the advertising is frankly just totally different from personal FB marketplace for selling used items in an almost Craigslist/garage sale sense, which is really what my items are - they're not some Etsy product or something where ads are trying to bring in consumers for a general product.

Ideally I'd like it to automate responses but also if it could capture the data of the conversation and save it to an external DB somewhere that would be a plus.

Is there any current RPA tool for individuals (I looked at Blue Prism but it seems more enterprise oriented?) that could help me automate this headache of mine? A buddy worked with Kofax Kapow like a decade ago and said it might be able to automate what I'm trying to do, but it seems pretty old. Appreciate any of your suggestions.

Hi everyone, thinking learning AI agent development but don’t know where to start. I’ve been a digital marketer for over a decade now and with the rise of AI I’m thinking of adding new skills. Living in a third world country here in South East Asia and I think I can make a difference due to the lack of competition. Hope you guys can help me out. Salamat!

I was in the space (2016 - 2019)

I want to hear from people on the ground - folks who are currently managing, scaling, and implementing RPA solutions.

How has this new technology been introduced in the field?

I keep seeing some startups say stuff like this field is dead - but they never say how they're different or better.

So I'm asking you, as an RPA Developer/Analyst/Consultant/etc.

What has or hasn't changed?

Do you feel RPA is going to be so easy for business folk to set up their own automations?

How has AI/LLMs/Agents affected your line of work?

I really appreciate anyone that takes the time to talk or get something off their shoulder here.

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Hi, I am a Sr RPA Developer working in a Consulting company with mutiple proyects stucked right now.

I would like to know if there is any kind of web to do some freelance development while I wait on my current proyects to become active again.

Has anyone done sap testing with UiPath Test Suite, if yes please help how should i approach this testing and how i should create test cases i dont have much idea about test suite so please help.

Looking for advice or info on which route is ideal. Looking to get into RPA / UiPath. Anyone know of any companies that train as you go? Ive reached out to a local software development company for an internship. Would love to work for a company that trains as I go but would love to get feedback as I currently have little knowledge in this field but want to learn. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hey everyone,

I often run into the issue of duplicate column names when exporting data (generally with SAP) and it gets pretty frustrating when I’m trying to process it in UiPath. I came up with an optimal solution to rename duplicate columns and make them readable with Read Range activitiy.

That means no more of "Read Range: A column named 'Name' already belongs to this DataTable."

Github: https://github.com/t-gursu/HandleDuplicatedColumnNames

Just wanted to share it with you all! Try it out and let me know how it works for you. I’m open to any feedback, and if you have ideas to improve it, we can develop it together. Also, if you find it useful, I’d appreciate a star! 😊

Hey r/rpa,

I recently built and launched a new browser automation tool for RPA developers. I spent the last few months helping clients build browser automations for tax filings, flight lookups, construction bid scraping, and several other use cases. As a developer, it was easier for me to write Python code than use a platform like UIPath, but I realized there wasn't anything in the market to help me with this.

• Playwright is great but very unopinionated and doesn't really help you get code into production, or maintain it.
• UIPath itself is not ideal since I prefer to read code than learn a no-code platform. It's also a pain to connect it to other services or AI agents via APIs.
• Robocorp seemed nice, but they were acquired and might be shut down. Their docs are also kind of confusing, the quickstart asked me to take a course to learn how to use it which I don't really have time for.

I wanted to build something I would have liked to use, and Finic is the result. It’s not a full RPA platform (yet), instead it’s meant to be a a companion tool for RPA devs who prefer to work in code.

There’s two components:

1. A fork of the Playwright inspector that makes it easy to generate automation code in Python by going through any browser based workflow.
2. The ability to deploy to the cloud with a single command (finic deploy ). You can then invoke the automation and retrieve results via API. Logs and video recordings are included as well.

Here’s our website which includes a demo: https://finic.io.

It’s free for personal use and development, and we intend to keep it that way. If you’re looking to use this in your business, reach out on the website and I can tell you more about paid options!

We’re adding AI features soon:

• Integrating Claude into the recorder to improve the quality of the code that’s generated
• Self-healing automations that automatically detect when a website changes, and proposes a fix. One-click to apply the fix, then you can push to GitHub and redeploy. Whole process should only take 2-3 min, eliminating most of the headaches associated with maintaining browser automations.

If you have feedback on what features you’d like to see, I’d love to hear them!

What are your genuine thoughts about UiPath Test Suite, Is that worth if we do some projects? Please share your thoughts

All is on the tittle

Thank you

I've got 6 years of experience in UiPath and now I have a job opportunity with a company that's just started with Blue Prism. Going through the training they seem fairly similar, but I'd love to hear experiences of anyone who made a similar switch. What did you find easier or harder?

Hi, I’m currently learning UiPath Studio and have around four Diplomas of Completion (I’m continuing to study to gain the knowledge needed to complete the Certified Professional Automation Developer Associate). I’ve been considering finding practice opportunities in hopes of obtaining an RPA Developer job and experience, but on most platforms I use to search for jobs, information, or internships, there aren't many options available in Colombia. So, maybe volunteering or freelancing could help me gain the experience I need to work in the future? Has anyone had a similar experience or found methods or alternatives to get started? Let me know, and have a nice day.

Hi community,

Me and a few friends have worked on various automation tasks during our tenure at various companies. The primary tool of use has been python and selenium. However, dabbled with uipath, zapier, and n8n here and there for various tasks where we felt coding was a pain.

We have been planning to startup in the space in agentic AI and automation and was looking for feedback from the community as to where do you guys see market gaps in the ecosystem? We are currently working with a few customers while we improve the product and realised some gaps in terms of the fact that many small to mid size enterprises don't really have the financial or the team bandwidth to use solutions like uipath or zapier and potentially there is a market gap there. While talking to brands, we realised many of the marketplace seller panels don't have well defined APIs so bots to consolidate data collection from these seller panels is one high-value potential use case. Similarly, for large scale monitoring across marketplaces.

I'd love to know more about potential gaps that people see from their experiences in terms of industry, use cases, or difficulty of implementation. Looking forward for your feedback or any tips that folks might have.

Asking this purely out of curiosity.
We've had a request popup during presales for mobile testing and the team was debating whether to hand it off entirely to the manual testers or to use UiPath.
I'd appreciate it if you could share your experiences working with this module.

Hello everybody,

I am currently an RPA Developer (primarily using UiPath) but I also have experience in coding. Over the past few weeks I've been researching about AI Agents and at this point I believe we’re on the brink of a significant shift.

What I am gonna do is doing some brainstorming sessions in my consultant company to keep up with this change. Although, UiPath is announced some Agentics updates, I believe we all should be doing something and be prepared. Also Claude's Anthropic and Google's Jarvis Project is aiming to do direct automation with AI. I think it will be not cheap at first but in time can take over the RPA.

The aim of this post to making some brainstorm together and let each other know what we are currently doing about agentics change.

Agent update that I mention about UiPath is: Agent Builder