RPA Candidates
The RPA Candidates tab is available only if the IBM Task Mining application is integrated to IBM Process Mining. In other words, the RPA Candidates tab is available only if the project includes activities that are derived from IBM Task Mining.
You can use the RPA Candidates tab to analyze the possible process improvements and generate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots. IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a technology that encompasses the use of smart robots in any process that requires efficiency, consistency, and speed.
You can use the RPA bot generation feature to discover the potential rate of automation within your business process depending on the data derived from IBM Task Mining. RPA bots are automation scripts that are built by using snippets, which are assigned to each technical element in an activity. You can reuse the snippets that are associated with a technical element in other technical elements across projects. The generated RPA bots help to define and develop automation solutions and improve the efficiency of business processes.
Terminology in RPA bot generation
Following are the terminologies that are used in RPA bot generation:
- Business process and business activities
- The end-to-end high-level processes in IBM Process Mining are referred to as business process, and the related activities are referred to as business activities.
- RPA Candidates
- You can use the RPA Candidates widget to analyze and identify the potential level of automation within the business process by using the data that is derived from IBM Task Mining.
- Target activity automation level
- This value indicates the percentage of automation target that you can set for business activities to identify the RPA candidates.
- Maximum RPA complexity per activity
- This value indicates the maximum number of variants that an RPA can manage inside a business activity. The variants in a business activity indicate the variants of the related low-level subprocesses.
Page elements of the RPA Candidates tab
The following table describes the main elements of the RPA Candidates tab:
| Elements | Description |
|---|---|
| Set global automation thresholds | You can use the Target activity automation level slider and the Maximum RPA complexity per activity slider to set the automation thresholds for activities derived from IBM Task Mining. |
| Export Analysis button | You can use the button to download a PDF file that
includes the screenshots of the screens for each task that is
contained in the selected activity. You can use the downloaded
PDF to obtain the following information - the URL, the
application name, the page, and the selector attributes of the
task. The RPA developers can use this file to analyze the user
actions that are associated to the tasks and to create executable
RPA snippets. The PDF file also includes the BPMN image for the
selected activity. |
| Generate RPA bot button | You can generate an RPA bot for the selected activity that is derived from IBM Task Mining. You must select a vendor to generate an RPA bot. |
| Expected cost saving |
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| Process automation level |
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| Create simulation button | You can create a simulation for the activities that are linked to IBM Task Mining. When you click the Create simulation button, you are redirected to the Create simulation window. For more information, see Creating a simulation. The evolutions are automatically filled with the configuration of your RPA Candidates tab. |
| Selected activities | You can view all the business activities in the project. Only the activities that are derived from IBM Task Mining are enabled. |
| RPA candidates | You can view a visualization of the current and potential automation levels. If you hover over an activity, you can view its details, use the Deep dive button to view the selected Task Mining project, and manually select variants for simulation by using the Choose variants button. |
Workflow of RPA bot generation
The following figure illustrates a workflow of RPA bot generation:
To create an RPA workflow, do the following steps:
- To record and create subprocesses of a business activity, use IBM Task Mining. The subprocesses are then tagged to an activity and mapped to the IBM Process Mining application.
- Create snippets. For more information, see RPA script.
- To visualize the process, go to the Model page. For more information, see Model.
- To create simulations for the activities, go to the BPMN page. For more information, see Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
- To identify the RPA candidates and use these candidates to generate an RPA bot, go to the RPA Candidates tab.
In IBM Task Mining, you can create snippet scripts to generate RPA bots.