UiPath is a complete process automation platform that helps businesses and organizations efficiently automate their business processes. UiPath is also the name of the software company that developed the platform.

RPA stands for Robotic Process Automation and is the process involved in training robots to act like human beings and perform time-consuming, repetitive tasks.

List the main phases of the RPA life cycle.

The four phases are:

Analysis. The UiPath developer teams and the business teams get together and decide on the RPA processes needed for RPA development.
Bot Development. The UiPath development team identifies the bots and develops them.
Testing. The development tests for defects and to ascertain overall quality levels. This testing procedure usually involves a dedicated testing team performing QA.
Support and Maintenance. The UiPath team distributes the bot and monitors live usage and resolves any errors that occur in the process.

What tasks can be automated using RPA?

These are just some of the tasks that RPA handles:

Data capture and manipulation
Data entry
Email sharing
Automating daily repetitive work within the system
Collecting information from various sources
Generating reports

What is an argument in the context of UiPath?

Arguments pass data from one workflow to another. For instance, they move data between projects, and have specific directions (e.g., In, Out, In/Out).

What’s the difference between data scraping in UiPath and screen scraping in UiPath?

Data scraping:

Extracts structural data
Stores scraped information in a data table
Efficiently extracts data into Excel or DB
Cannot collect data from images or PDFs

On the other hand, screen scraping:

Extracts non-structural data
Stores scraped information in a string
Cannot easily extract data into Excel or DB
Can pull data from images and PDFs

What are the properties in the context of UiPath?

Properties define the activities used to automate applications visible in the UiPath automation activity panel. Properties include ContinueOnError, Delay After, Delay Before, Target, TimeoutMS, and WaitForReady.

How do you record in UiPath Studio?

There are four recordings available:

Basic. It generates a full selector for each activity but has no container. This recording results in slower automation but is suitable for single actions.
Citrix. Used for recording virtualized environments, and allows texts, images, and keyboard automation.
Desktop. Ideal for multiple actions and desktop apps. The Desktop recording is noticeably faster than Basic. It creates a container where the activities are enclosed.
Web. Used for recording web pages and web browsing; it generates a container.

Does Blue Prism require coding?

No, it’s code-free.

What are the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engines found in UiPath?

The available OCRs are:

Google
Abby
Microsoft

How do you validate empty fields in Excel?

You would use row (“ColumnName”).ToString.Equals(String.Empty). This command returns a Boolean value, which validates empty columns in Excel.

Explain the role of the package manager in UiPath.

The package manager is a bundle of different elements that aid in automating the process. A package manager is composed of various components, such as frameworks, libraries, wrappers.

What is UiPath?

UiPath is one of the most popular RPA tools, which provides end-to-end automation solutions. It helps organizations to automate their repetitive and recurring processes in an efficient way. The tool has advanced robotic power capabilities that help organization automate their redundant business processes efficiently. It is an open platform RPA tool consisting of several built-in, customizable integrations with a combination of technologies such as BPM, ERP, and AI.

UiPath tool is currently the main product of UiPath, a leading RPA provider in the automation industry.

What does RPA mean?

RPA is the short form of “Robotic Process Automation“. RPA is a special kind of automation technique in which software robots perform a human’s tasks. These tasks generally include repetitive, rule-based, and manual processes. The technique helps organizations automate their digital processes across various applications and systems without changing the existing systems or IT infrastructure.

Robotic: Set of codes that acts like a robot and mimic human actions.

Process: Sequence of steps that creates a meaningful activity is known as the process.

Automation: The process performed by software robots without human interaction.

Why is UiPath better than other RPA tools?

UiPath is an enterprise computing solution that is uniquely designed to automate the business process. There are a wide variety of unique features and functionalities that are provided according to industry standards. The following are some options that make UiPath better compared to other RPA tools:

Process Modelling
Deployment Management
Change Management
Remote Execution
Access Control
Scheduling
Enterprise-Level Security

What are the main components of UiPath?

UiPath mainly consists of the following three components:

UiPath Studio: It is a GUI dashboard used to create automation workflow. It contains various tools and options, making it a complete solution for designing workflow. Each workflow represents a particular type of job to perform.

UiPath Robot: UiPath robots (also called bots) are the fundamental component of the UiPath tool. They are mainly used for the execution of automation workflows created in UiPath Studio. These robots can also be used to automatically start the execution of tasks in response to any specific activity that occurs on the system.

UiPath Orchestrator: It is a web-based application that provides options to deploy, schedule, monitor, and manage UiPath robots in the environment. It is defined as the centralized platform used to manage/control software robots. It is the medium that connects UiPath Studio and UiPath robots.

What are the types of workflows present in RPA UiPath?

UiPath consists of the following workflow types:

Sequences: The sequence is defined as a small project that is most suitable for linear processes. It allows developers to switch from one activity to another easily. It can be reused again and again as many times as required.

State Machine: A machine using a particular number of states for automation in the execution time is called the state machine. It can be switched from one state to another by triggering a specific action.

Flowchart: Flowchart is a graphical representation of different processes to be automated. It is beneficial for building complex business tasks and connecting the activities in large projects. Flowcharts also help in the presentation of several branching of logical operators.

Write down the main features of the UiPath tool.

Some of the main features of UiPath are:

Accurate: UiPath works with accuracy even though there are several tasks to execute. Thus, it helps to automate tasks by eliminating errors.

Code-Free: UiPath can be used for automating repetitive processes without the requirements of any programming or coding knowledge. Any automation workflow can be easily created using drag-drops or recording tools.

Consistent: UiPath robots are consistent, and they can work with the same consistency even when there are hundreds or thousands of tasks to be performed.

Productivity: Robots work faster as compared to humans. This reduces the overall time and increases productivity.

Efficiency: UiPath robots are developed to work continuously without a break, with the same efficiency.

Cost-Cutting: Because UiPath uses software robots to perform automated tasks, it enables organizations to reduce manual workforce and overall cost to perform any task.

What is the main difference between Process Automation and Test Automation?

Process Automation is used to automate processes that do not require human intervention. Besides, Test Automation is used for testing purposes during the automation process to check whether implemented cases are passed or failed.

How is UiPath different from Selenium?

Selenium is one of the popular testing tools that is mainly used to test websites and applications. It is not possible to integrate Selenium with other applications. Also, one cannot use Selenium to work with virtual environments like Citrix or others. On the other hand, UiPath is a leading RPA tool that is used to automate jobs performed by humans. UiPath allows developers to automate complex tasks with minimum coding knowledge.

What are the main applications of UiPath?

Few of the main applications of UiPath are as follows:

Data Extraction
Performing Financial Reporting and Closing
Getting Market Reports
Maintaining Customer Dashboard Data
Order Processing
Invoice Generation
Data Capture and Manipulation
Data Entry
Email Sharing
Collecting Information from Various Sources
Automating Daily Routine Tasks within the System

What is the difference between screen scraping and data scraping in UiPath?

The main differences between screen scraping and data scraping are tabulated below:

Screen Scraping	Data Scraping
Screen scraping is used to extract non-structural data.	Data scraping is generally used to extract structural data.
It keeps scraped information in a string.	It keeps scraped information in a data table.
It can extract or collect data from images and PDFs.	It cannot extract data from PDF files or images.
It cannot easily extract data into databases or excel.	It can efficiently extract data into databases or excel.

Define Citrix Automation.

In UiPath, Citrix Automation used for operating and working on the virtual machines. The Citrix robotization in UiPath is the way to implement automation in the Citrix machines.

How is UiPath different from Blue Prism?

UiPath and Blue Prism are the popular RPA tools, but both have their features and user-interface. We can differentiate these tools in terms of the followings:

In term of	UiPath	Blue Prism
Programming Language	It uses Visual Basic for coding.	It uses C# for coding.
Control Room	It has a web-based control room that can be easily accessed using browsers.	It has client-based servers and a control room that can only be accessed using particular applications.
Uses	It is affordable and made for complex automation.	It is easier to learn for individuals. One can operate it and use it easily.

Define session variables.

In UiPath, session variables are defined as particular to the one instance of any process. If multiple instances of the corresponding process continue simultaneously, they all will have the same session variables. However, the values for those session variables will be different.

Explain the generic variable.

In UiPath, the generic variable is the kind of variable that can hold any variety of data types. For example – arrays, int, strings, and date formats, etc.

What is the role of properties in UiPath?

UiPath has a variety of activities that help us to automate desktop and web-based applications. Properties define such activities that are used for automating applications in the activity panel under UI automation. The basic properties of any project include ContinueOnError, Delay Before, Delay After, TimeoutMS, Target, and WaitForReady:

ContinueOnError: It is used when we want our automation continuously working even when the activity shows any error. Here, the ‘False’ is the default value. When an activity inside the ‘try catch’ is set to ‘True’, no error will be shown for the particular project.

Delay Before: It is used to pause the automation before any specific activity.

Delay After: It is used to pause the automation after any specific activity.

TimeoutMS: It is used to find the element before an error is displayed.

Target: It is used to identify the element before an activity begins.

WaitForReady: It is used to wait for the automation until the target is ready and before an activity is performed.

Explain exception handling and its main options.

Exception Handling is the process of dealing or handling errors found in different activities in UiPath.

The exception handling mainly has the following options:

Rethrow: It is used when we want to run activities before an exception is thrown.
Terminate Workflow: It is used when a task encounters an error, and we want to shut down the execution of the entire workflow.
Throw: It is applied when we want to throw an error before executing any step.
Try Catch: It is mainly used to handle the exception. The set of activities that might fail during execution are placed inside the try block. Besides, the activities to perform after an exception takes place are placed inside the catch block.

What are the types of recording options present in the UiPath tool?

UiPath provides the following recording options:

Basic: Because it generates a full selector for each activity, the basic recording is mainly used for single activities.

Desktop: Because it generates container activities and partial selectors for each included activity, the desktop recording is mainly used for all types of desktop applications.

Web: This option is mostly used for recording in web apps and browsers. This is because it generates container activities and uses the Simulate Type/Click input method by default.

Image: This recording option is best suitable for virtualized environments such as Citrix, SAP, VNC, and VMs. However, it is limited to only text, keyboard, and image automation.

Native Citrix: It is designed for desktop and applications that are virtualized through Citrix technology.

Computer Vision: It is suitable for automating designing workflows that use computer vision activities.

What is the role of debugging?

In UiPath, debugging is the process of analyzing the entire project and then finding and removing errors. It highlights the activities and functionalities of the project and enables us to check all the project details. It displays information in the output panel and makes it easier for us to remove errors. While debugging a project, UiPath displays breakpoints throughout the project that can be used to pause the execution at any specific point. The debugging makes the process of identifying and removing errors easier.

Explain switch activity.

The switch activity in UiPath is used to switch from one value to another based on the defined values in the expression. It uses switch integer argument as default. However, we can easily change it by going to the properties panel and selecting the required Type of Argument (TypeArgument) The activity is mainly helpful during the categorization of data based on the case number. For example, we can use this activity to save data into different spreadsheets or to sort through a list of user names.

What are the steps to handle the credentials in UiPath?

To handle credentials in UiPath, we need to follow the steps as listed below:

Using a credential manager on the corresponding window.
Storing the details in Orchestrator as the credential variable type.
Using a built-in input boxing feature to get secure text activity.

What is meant by the Package manager in UiPath?

A package manager in UiPath is defined as the set of different elements that are helpful during the automation process. A package manager acts as the bundle that contains basic things of UiPath, such as frameworks, libraries, wrappers, etc.

What is the use of For Each activity?

For Each activity in UiPath is used to step through arrays, lists, data tables, or other types of collections. It enables us to iterate through the data and then individually process each piece of the information.

What are the supported OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engines in UiPath?

The following are the supported OCR engines in UiPath:

Google
Microsoft
Abby

Is there any option for automatic recording in UiPath?

Yes, UiPath allows us to record the actions and activities performed on the system automatically. The automatic recording feature provides a variety of options that we can use to customize the project easily. It generates a skeleton of the entire performed process. Because we can easily parameterize and customize the process, it saves a lot of time instead of manually automating the entire project.

What is meant by the term ‘Packaging’ in UiPath?

In UiPath, the term packaging is used to archive and send automation packages to software robots so that these packages can be executed. While working on UiPath, the projects are generally displayed on the packages page in the orchestrator field. We can distribute these packages to the connected robots by assigning them to specific robots in the environment. If we are not connected to the orchestrator, the packages will get stored locally in the UiPath Studio feed by default.

Explain various products of UiPath

Various products available in UiPath are:

UiPath Studio: It allows us to plan any automation processes visually with the help of different diagrams. Each diagram represents a specific type of work to perform.
UiPath Robot: Once the designing process is done in the Studio, you need to execute the procedures in built-in Studio. Robots will pick those steps and run without human direction in any environment. It can also work when human triggers the process.
UiPath Orchestrator: This tool is a web-based application. It helps you to deploy, schedule, monitor, and manage robots & processes. It is a centralized platform for all robots to manage.

What is RPA?

Robotics Process Automation (RPA) allows organizations to automate the task, just like a human being was doing them across applications and systems. The purpose of RPA is to transfer the process execution from humans to bots.

List various stages of RPA life cycle

Various stages of RPA life cycles are: 1) Discovery phase, 2) solution design phase, 3) development phase, 4) user acceptance tests, 5) development and maintenance phase, and 6) execute bots.

What is the need of UiPath in RPA?

UiPath in RPA is needed because:

It helps in process modeling
Deploy management becomes very easy.
It makes it possible to execute a remote procedure.

What are the components available in UiPath?

Various Components available in UiPath are:

UiPath Studio
UiPath Robot
UiPath Orchestrator

Explain different types of workflows in UiPath

Various kinds of workflows in UiPath are:

Sequences: The sequence is a small type of Project which are suitable for linear processes. It enables developers to switch from one activity to another easily.
State Machine: A machine using a specific number of states used for automation, it is called as the state machine. It will switch from one state to another.
Flowchart: It can be used for large or small projects that help in building complex business.

Define branching in UiPath

Branching in UiPath is used for connecting activities using the branch in Flowchart.

Explain types of Wildcards in UiPath

There are two types of Wildcards in UiPath:

Asterisk (*): It replaces zero or more characters.
Question mark (?): It replaces a single character.

What is Robotic Automation?

Robotic automation is a style of automation where a computer mimics a human action.

What are the features of UiPath?

Features of UiPath are:

Hosting options: It can be hosted in cloud environments or virtual terminals.
Application compatibility: It enables users to work with a wide range of applications.
Centralized repository: This feature helps for handling all the robots simultaneously by users.
Security: Offers auto-login features to run the bots.
Advanced screen scraping solution: UiPath can work with applications like .Net, Java, Flash, PDF, Legacy, SAP, with accuracy.
Level of scalability and robustness: Effective debugging and exception handling mechanisms. Artificial intelligence handling day to day applications like outlooks Excel, PDF.

List various stages of RPA life cycle

Various stages of RPA life cycles are: 1) Discovery phase, 2) solution design phase, 3) development phase, 4) user acceptance tests, 5) development and maintenance phase, and 6) execute bots.

What is a thin client?

Thin client is an application that requires certain attributes while using RPA tools, e.g., calculator, computer, etc.

Explain variable and data type in UiPath

Variables in UiPath are used to store the data, and to change the value of a variable. Data types help to store data in different forms. UiPath supports various data types like number, time, date, universal value, and text.

What is sequence activities in UiPath?

The sequence is a small type of Project that clears the path from switching from one activity to another. It works as a single activity block. Developers can reuse these blocks multiple times.

What is the State of a machine?

Different states in which a machine needs to undergo while executing a single task is called a state of the machine. In case if the action is triggered, it can switch into different states.

List various types of recordings available in UiPath

Different types of recordings in UiPath are: 1) Basic, 2) Desktop, 3) WEB, and 4) Citrix, and 5) Image.

What is the assigned activity in UiPath?

Assign activity in UiPath enables to assign values to various variables.

Differentiate between Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere

Blue Prism	Automation Anywhere
Blue Prism libraries can be reused with other processes.	Reusable blocks can be created using smart adapters.
Cognitive capability is very less.	Cognitive capability is moderately capable.
Accurately work with desktop, citric, and web.	Accuracy is moderated.
It can be used for back-office automation.	It can be used for both front as well as back-office automation.

What is the major difference between UiPath and Selenium?

The major difference between UiPath and Selenium is that Selenium is designed to test websites or web applications. On the other hand, Selenium is RPA software that automates the software process.

Explain Package manager.

A package manager in UiPath is a bundle of numerous elements that allows automating the process. A package manager includes things like frameworks, libraries, and wrappers.

What is automatic recording in UiPath?

In UiPath, there is a facility that helps the developer to record action automatically. Programmers can easily customize and parameterize it.

List variable error handling activities available in UiPath

Error catching activities in UiPath are:

Terminate workflow
Try Catch
Throw
Catch

What is the difference between data scraping and screen scraping?

The difference between data scraping and screen scraping is:

Data Scraping	Screen Scraping
Extracts structural data.	Extracts non-structural data.
Stores scraped information in a data table.	Stores scraped information in a string.
Efficiently extracts data into Excel or DB.	Cannot easily extract data into Excel or DB.
Cannot collect data from images or PDFs.	It can collect data from images and PDFs.

List the email protocols available in UiPath

Email protocols available in UiPath are: 1) IMAP, 2) GET, 3) Outlook, POP3, etc.

What is the general use of RPA?

General use of RPA is:

Emulates human action: RPA can emulate human execution of the repetitive process.
Conduct high-volume repeated tasks: RPA can simulate the repetition of data from one system to another. It performs tasks like data entry, copying, and pasting.
Perform multiple tasks: Operates multiple and complex tasks across multiple systems. This helps to process transactions, manipulate data, and send reports.
Virtual system integration: It can transfer data between disparate and legacy systems by connecting them at the user interface level.

What is the session variable?

The session variable in UiPath is a reference to one process of the instance. In case if the process continuous more than one process at the same time, it may have the same session variables but with changed value.

Differentiate between mainframe applications and non-mainframe applications

The difference between Mainframe applications and Non-mainframe applications is:

Mainframe applications	Non-mainframe applications
The mainframe has a separate screen and keyboard-based tool.	Non-mainframe applications have many screens.
In the mainframe, the set of in-built commands are supported by UiPath.	Command control transfers from one screen to the rest of the screens.

What is UiPath append range?

UiPath append range enables to project development team to insert or edit data in their existing workbook. They can use it to enter the data from the workbook. If the developer appends the data, it will not overwrite the current data.

List out different types of decision activities available in UiPath

Different types of decision activities available in UiPath are 1) If Activity, 2) Switch Activity, 3,) Flow Decision, and 4) Switch Decision.

Mention the limitations of UiPath Community Edition

Limitations of UiPath Community Edition are:

Libraries of nugget package managers get deleted every time, and tools also ask for the activation.
In UiPath Community Edition, there is a lack of UiPath Orchestrator server

Explain the types of robots that can be configured in Orchestrator?

Two types of robots that can be configured in Orchestrator are:

Standard robot: It is a machine which is dedicated on a single standard machine.
Floating robot: It can use multiple machines like it can work on any standard or template.

What is a custom activity?

Custom activity is a reusable component that can be built specifically to project or client requirements.

What are reusable components in UiPath?

Reusable components are defined as any workflow that is reused at different places in the UiPath project.

Explain try and catch activity

Try catch activity is used to handle any exception. The group of activities that may expect failure are placed inside a try block. Activities to perform after an exception occurs are placed inside a catch block.

What are the types of Robots?

There two types of Robots: 1) Attended and 2) Unattended.

Mention the tools needed to read and send mail

Tools required to read and send mail are:

Microsoft Outlook
IBM Notes
Gmail
Microsoft Exchange

What are the types of input methods for click and type action?

Types of input methods for click and type action are:

Default method
Send windows message
Simulate type/key

What is an Orchestration job?

An Orchestration job is a Job whose responsibility is to orchestrate the execution of other Jobs.

What is a credential manager?

UiPath credential manager helps programmers to automate the process. It is used for creating, making, as well as deleting the credential using dedicated activities.

List down the different types of RPA tools.

Type of RPA Tools	Description
Excel automation and Macros	Simple automation solutions to automate basic processes.
Programmable Solution bots	Interact with other systems based on the client’s requirements /inputs.
Self-Learning Tools	Analyze human actions and perform the same on various platforms
Cognitive automation bots	Self-learning bots which can handle unstructured data, and make decisions based on complex, unstructured input.

Can you list down a few RPA challenges you must have faced during your projects?

The following could be the most common challenges you could have faced during your projects:

Shortage of skilled resources
Challenge in automating end to end use cases
Lack of required support from Business
Lack of proper team structure
Vaguely defined Business continuity plans
Culture shock
Incorrectly identified use-cases for automation
Not following best practices
Not enough support from the RPA platform vendor
Post-Implementation Adoption

Mention the different tools popular in the RPA market.

The different RPA tools used in today’s market are as follows:

UiPath
Blue Prism
Automation Anywhere
Pega
NICE Systems
Visual Cron
Kofax
Jacada
Ant Works
Another Monday

What are the characteristics of RPA?

Code Free: RPA doesn’t require programming skills. Employees with any subject expertise can be trained to automate RPA tools instantly. The whole work revolves around RPA chart which provides a flowchart designer to graphically link, drag and drop icons to represent steps in a process.
User-Friendly: RPA adoption originates within business operations rather inside IT departments. RPA projects require less IT skills and less investment. Eventually, the automation is lowered at a substantial rate.
Non- Disruptive: RPA avoids complexity and risk. The software robots access to end user’s systems via a controlled user interface, hence reducing the necessity of underlying systems programming.

What are the important Phases of the RPA Life Cycle?

Phases of RPA Life Cycle:

Analysis: The first phase in RPA begins with analysis. The business team and RPA Architect work together to understand a business process for RPA development.
Bot Development: RPA developer (Team) starts working on the requirement in their environment possibly a distinct development environment.
Testing: Some companies conduct Testing by Separate Testing Team, while some have a dedicated testing team that performs a dedicated QA like normal SDLC flow. Best Practice is to have a dedicated testing team that performs QA of a developed bot.
Deployment and Maintenance: After the Development and Testing phases, a bot is ready for distribution and enters the maintenance phase.

What is the difference between traditional / IT automation and RPA?

Traditional IT Automation is long drawn and requires considerable manpower, time, effort and substantial cost.
RPA is a quick fix to instantly generate improvements.
Both traditional automation and RPA need solid strategy and planning but the implementation of RPA is quick.
While both are aimed towards the common goal of Automation, RPA is faster, better and cheaper than traditional automation. Therefore, Traditional Automation is a strategic move and RPA is a tactical move.
In short, if you have the luxury of having time and budget, look for traditional automation. If you have business pressures right now on time and money, go for RPA.

How long does it take to establish the Operational Agility framework?

The average time to establish the initial Operational Agility framework is between 4 and 12 weeks from project initiation.

With RPA, is it always necessary that an organization that needs to adopt this approach have to change its entire infrastructure? Why or why not?

It is not always necessary to adopt RPA everything needs to be changed in an organization. In fact, it can easily be made compatible with the existing infrastructure. This is mainly due to the fact that the latest robotic software and tools in RPA doesn’t face any compatibility issues easily and can simply enable the organizations to keep up the pace.

How can you say that Robotic Process Automation is a secure and reliable approach?

At several levels, the same is built in the RPA. The good thing is with all the vendors, run time factor is totally different to the process which is related to the editing of anything. It is not necessary that all the users are given the same actions but in fact, they can be restricted. This generally includes creating, designing, running, as well as editing the processes. Every log created is capable to provide full information with a wide scope. As compared to a manual process, RPA provides extra control, as well as security.

Is Robotic Automation like screen scraping or macros?

No, managerial Robotic Automation is a generation from old technologies like screen scratching or macros. The major differences are: Robots are universal application orchestrators – any application that can be used by a man can be used by a present-day robot, whether mainframe, bespoke application, legacy, web service enabled or even a close 3rd party API hosted service. Robots assemble procedural knowledge which after some time joins with a shared library that can be re-used by some other robot or device.

Applications are “read” by the robot, either through submitted APIs where they exist, through the OS before application appears, or through the screen with respect to the native application. In this last case the modern robot “reads” an application screen in context and in the same way a user does. As part of the robot training, it is shown how to read the application’s display much like a user is shown.

What are the few key points you must consider while selecting RPA tools

The following are a few parameters that you need to consider while selecting an RPA tool.

Platform Independent: Many organizations perform their day-to-day tasks outside the local desktop using Citrix or Virtual machines. So, the tool must be platform-independent and should support any type of application.
Ease of Use & Control: RPA tool that you choose must be user-friendly, to increase efficiency and user satisfaction. Also, the tool that you choose should need less training and have better control.
Secure: Any automation workflow that you make should be secure to protect your data. So, you need to make sure that your tool is secure enough to protect your data.
Scalability: While selecting the RPA tool, you must consider how quickly and easily the tool can respond to business requirements, changes, exceptions or increasing operations.
Total Cost of Ownership: The total cost for RPA includes the initial setup cost of the RPA system, ongoing vendor license fees, and maintenance cost. All these costs must be considered when you wish to select a tool for your job to be done.
Vendor Experience: You should choose a vendor that serves a company similar to yours both in terms of size and industry. Such kind of experience drastically improves the speed of implementation by reducing the work required to implement RPA software.
Maintenance & Support: The RPA tool that you choose must provide good maintenance and 24*7 support forums so that you can solve any query that you get.
Quick Deployment: The tool should be able to help as a real end-user by interacting with applications at the presentation layer, using the screens, validation, and business rules as they are presented via a virtual desktop.
Reliability: The tool must be able to perform any kind of automation that you wish to, and should be able to satisfy your company’s needs.

If we scrape some text and we know it contains only digits, how can we make the scrape better?

By using Google OCR with “Numbers Option” only.

Is it possible to create a variable without the activity of the designer pane?

No, it is not possible as you need to create an activity at least once.

Is it possible to click a button using the Click Image Activity if it’s not visible to the human eye?

No, this is only possible with Selectors.

Mention the usage of PGP

PGP is used to DECRYPT and ENCRYPT the file by assigning the PASSPHRASE.

How can you get a value from an application, if it changes for each transaction?

This could be done by finding a static element and then use Scrape Relative functionality to extract the value.

What do you understand by Value and Scope in UiPath?

As all of us know, variable is used to store information. The value and scope are used to define which variable will store which values, and under which activity must the variable be active.

What does Publishing mean in UiPath Automation Studio?

Publishing of the automation package indicates archiving it and the related files present in particular folder for sending it to robots and then executing it. When you will be connected to the orchestrator then the project will go to the orchestrator field and then it will be displayed on packages page. And from this place, you can easily distribute them to the other robots after you assign some packages to the environment. Otherwise, it will get stored locally in the Studio feed.

Mention the different ways to create a variable in UiPath.

The different ways to create a variable in UiPath is as follows:

Properties Pane -> Output Section -> Either right-click on mouse and choose Create variable / Press on CTRL + K
Control Bar-> Choose Variables Tab -> Create a variable
Select Create Variable from Ribbon Tab

What is a single block activity in UiPath?

Single Block Activity is the smallest type of project which is mainly called as Sequence. They are suitable for linear processes as they enable you to go from one activity to another seamlessly, and act as a single block activity. They can be reused time and again, as a standalone automation or as part of a state machine or flowchart.

What are Control Flow Activities in UiPath?

Control Flow is a concept borrowed from computer science that refers to the order in which actions are performed in automation. A proper Control Flow can be achieved through the intelligent use of variables and activities.

What is the Switch Activity in UiPath?

The Switch activity enables you to select one choice out of multiple, based on the value of a specified expression. By default, the Switch activity uses the integer argument, but you can change it from the Properties panel, from the TypeArgument list. The Switch activity can be useful to categorize data according to a custom number of cases. For example, you can use it to store data into multiple spreadsheets or sort through names of employees.

What is the For Each Activity in UiPath?

For Each activity enables you to step through arrays, lists, data tables or other types of collections so that you can iterate through the data and process each piece of information individually.

What is the Break Activity in UiPath?

The Break activity enables you to stop the loop at a chosen point and then continue with the next activity.

What is the While Activity in UiPath?

While activity enables you to execute a specific process repeatedly, while a specific condition is met. The main difference between this and the Do While activity is that, in the first one, the condition is evaluated before the body of the loop is executed. This type of activity can be useful to step through all the elements of an array or execute a particular activity multiple time. You can increment counters to browse through array indices or step through a list of items.

What is state machine in UiPath?

A State Machine is a type of automation that uses a finite number of states in its execution. It can go into a state when it is triggered by an activity, and it exits that state when another activity is triggered. They also enable us to add conditions based on which to jump from one state to another. These are represented by arrows or branches between states.

How do you install chrome Extension for UiPath Studio?

From UiPath Studio

In the Setup ribbon tab, from the Setup Extensions menu, select Chrome. The Chrome Web Store is opened in Google Chrome.

Click the Add to Chrome A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
Click the Add extension The extension is now installed.

Note: Generally by default extension is off.

How to import Namespaces in UiPath?

To add new namespaces to your library:

Open the Imports
In the Enter or Select namespace field, start typing the namespace that interest you. Note that suggestions are provided while you type in case you are not exactly sure what you are looking for.
Click the drop-down arrow to view and browse all available namespaces.
Select the desired namespace. The namespace is added to the Imported Namespaces. To remove a namespace, select it and press Delete. Note that namespaces can only be deleted if they aren’t used. For example, you can delete a namespace if the assembly that contains it is no longer referenced by the project.

Can UiPath run multiple instances of the same process with one robot in one system simultaneously?

Yes, it can run the same program simultaneously in two robots where each system is registered as one robot. On a machine with a Windows Server (2008 R2 or 2012 R2 or 2016) operating system:

You can run the same process with all Robots at the same time;
You can run different processes with all Robots at the same time.

These are called High-density robots.

How do you expand a Tree View structure in a web page using UiPath?

If you are talking about expanding the root node for a collapsed tree, you probably would use Click Image since that would likely be unique. If you are trying to expand a particular node, you’d likely use Click Text, and give it a certain negative X offset in the Position property so that when it targets the text you want to expand the node for, it will end up clicking on the +.

When would you choose System Integration over RPA?

I would prefer system integration if the return on investment (ROI) is better than deploying RPA. But you will find only a few projects which will have that scenario.

If you are working in the local environment and have similar kinds of platforms/software, try for system integration. System Integration will mostly require full access to the back end scripts and the timeline for deployment is most likely higher than RPA. If you are in back-office operations, then you may find multiple platforms like legacy, GUI, and web-based all being used together. This creates complexity to system integration.

On the other hand, RPA software is platform agnostic. They could be configured from the front end also with any kind of platform. The timeline is lesser and it’s easy to train or find RPA developers. Thus, it’s a preferable choice to go with RPA.

How do I assess the processes for RPA and calculate FTE saves?

There are no hard and fast rules, but the following are some desirable attributes that your identified process should possess:

High transaction volumes
Manual data entry and/or extraction
Rule-based
Multiple handling of the same data
Disparate systems (especially legacy ones)
Stable processes

Regarding the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) savings, the concept is rather simple. You need to determine how long it takes for an employee to complete the transaction currently, and estimate the time it will take a bot to complete the same transaction. The time savings per transaction completed multiplied by the number of transactions will give you the figure you need.

Note the above is meant to be a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation of the FTE savings. Also, the challenge when calculating the FTE savings (prior to implementing RPA) lies in justifying and validating the assumptions you have made.

Consider a scenario where you have developed automation using the UiPath Community Edition. Now, let us say you want to move the deployed bots to the client environment. How will you achieve this?

In order to deploy your bots to the client environment, you have to use the UiPath Enterprise edition. Once, you have the enterprise edition, you can shift the code to the environment and publish it on to the licensed version of Orchestrator to execute the deployed bot.

What are the credentials required for using Computer vision activity?

A. Server Url of the selected OCR engine

B. API key of the selected OCR Engine

C. Both a & b

D. UiPath ID credentials

Ans. (C)

What is the initial step to create automation related to Excel?

A. Drag Excel Application scope > required activity

B. Read Range > required activity

C. Required activity

D. Get workbook

Ans. (A)

Why do we use Try Catch Activity?

A. For better readability

B. To annotate your workflow

C. Try catch activity performs set of functions in case error occurs

D. To get fewer errors

Ans (C)

Why Computer vision activity is used in virtual environments?

A. Virtual environment & VDIs (Virtual Desktop infrastructure) streams images to a remote desktop with no metadata. Computer Vision activity identifies the UI elements of the streamed images.

B. Computer Vision is used to extract text from documents.

C. Computer vision is used to manipulate data from workbooks.

D. Computer Vision is used to copy text from the clipboard.

Ans (A)

How do you control your workflow through the UiPath orchestrator?

A. Publish your project

B. Convert to package

C. Execute through robot

D. Schedule your bot

Ans (A)

Which template is used for large scale deployments?

A. Orchestration Process

B. Robotic Enterprise Framework

C. Process

D. Flowchart

Ans (B)

Which of the following is used to enable/disable sending anonymous usage data?

A. Publish

B. UI Explorer

C. Telemetry

D. UI Framework

Ans (C)

Can the parameters from orchestrator overwrite the existing ones?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans (A)

Which of the following parameters must be defined while creating a new environment?

A. Type

B. Description

C. Robots

D. Name

Ans (D)

Which of the following fields must be mentioned while creating a new Machine Template?

A. Template Name

B. Template Type

C. Environment Name

D. Name

Ans (A)

List the benefits of Using RPA?

Ans: There are a lot of benefits one can avail from employing robotic process automation:

Cost-saving: It reduces the workforce by automating the repetitive tasks thereby you can reduce the cost
More efficient results in less time: They never make mistakes as humans do. Once you provide them with the correct data, with proper rules and regulations, they will execute the same without any errors.
No coding needed: To automate any process or application with robotic process automation, we need not write any lengthy codes. Sometimes, it can be done by using the limited code.
Easy to use: As specified in the above paragraph, the code required for automating tasks is so that anyone can operate the UiPath.

What are the main Phases of RPA life cycle?

Ans: Mainly, we have four stages in RPA life cycle, and they are

Analysis: This is the first and foremost stage in which the business teams and architect teams come together.
Bot development: In this phase, the development team will work together to identify and build the bots.
Testing: In this phase, the developed process is tested to know the quality levels and to find defects.
Supporting & maintenance: At this stage, the automated process is monitored keenly, and if anything wrong happens, the support team will resolve it quickly

Explain about a thick client and thin client?

Thin client: It is an application in which we cannot get all properties that we needed while using the RPA tool. Example: Citrix.

Thick client: Thick client is an application in which you will get a hand full of attributes that are required for using the RPA tool, for example, Internet Explorer, calculator, etc.

Explain about value and data types in UIPath?

Ans: Variables are used in UiPath to store the data, and you can even change the value of a variable. The data which gets stored in the variable may be in different forms. When it comes to UiPath, we do have various data types which are text, number, time, date, universal value, and data tables.

Explain about do while activity in UiPath?

Ans: Do while is a condition in UIPath that execute a specific part of automation if the condition is true. If the condition is false, then the condition will not be achieved. It is used to execute the particular activity many numbers of times.

Explain If activity in UiPath?

Ans: If activity is mainly used for comparing the two values and compares two activities. In this process, the two conditions are compared if the first condition is satisfied then it returns as a true otherwise it returns false. If the variable contains the values, then if the statement is used.

What is meant by switch activity in UiPath?

Ans: The switch activity is used to switch from one value to another based on the values specified in the expression. The switch integer argument activity is the default, but here we have a chance to change them by simply clicking on the properties panel, and you can select the argument that is needed.

List OCR (Optical character recognition) engines available in UIPath?

Ans: Below mentioned are the OCR engines available in UiPath.

Google
Abby‘’
Microsoft

Name the activity that we use to Extract text from an image?

Ans: Using Orc activity, we can extract text from the image.

List the Error handling activities available in UiPath?

Terminate workflow
Try Catch
Throw
Catch

What is RPA?

RPA is nothing but Robotic process automation which helps the working employees to create the software which will help to achieve and help in following the application which is used for transaction processing, forming the date, for triggering responses and communication.

What is UiPath Automation?

UiPath is the leading automation process. It helps in providing a software which helps in an automate business organization. The main goal of the software robot is to assist in the application’s layer of performance.

What are Control Flow Activities of UiPath?

Control Flow is a computer science which refers to the system in which activities are implemented in automation. A particular Control Flow can be performed by the use of variables and activities.

What are Flowchart activities?

Generally, Flowchart is used for different frames, which serves in the different type of tasks. It also helps in performing multiple valid operators and also for comparing the actions in various methods.

What are the sequence activities?

The sequence activity is the type of methods, which are mainly suitable for direct methods and that will allow us to shift from one project to another.

What is the If Activity?

When the variables have the values then, if statement is applied.

When the record with two states from which the first statement is performed if the condition is true or else the second statement will get executed when the statement is false.

What is the use of Data Scraping in UiPath?

It enables the extraction of the document, structured/configured data. Structured data is a collection of data that is designed and presented in an anticipated pattern.

What Is Process Studio in UiPath?

Process Studio is to design the diagram for the business flow diagram. The processes are designed in an area of UiPath Process Studio which uses notations and flow diagrams.

Explain the UiPath Append Range?

The Append range is used to Insert or Edit data in an existing workbook, by using append range we can enter the data from the workbook. Whenever we try to append the data it will not overwrite the present data.

What is the Accuracy property represent in the Click image activity?

Accuracy property is a unit of measure from O to 1 which expresses the least similarity between the images.

What are the types of Recordings in UiPath Studio?

UiPath has 4 type recordings. They are.

Desktop: Desktop is famous for various operations and desktop applications. It uses the container where the projects will be included.

Web: Web is used to record in the web pages and for browsing. It also creates the package.

Basic: It is used for the production for every action and no container is present. Hence, It is suitable for the single activities but the automation is extremely slow.

Citrix: Citrix is used for recording of permits texts and images, virtualized conditions, and the keyboard automation.

How to create a project and how to execute it?

Steps for creating the Project:

Click on start in UiPath studio.
Select the Project type: New- Simple process, Implementation process, and transactional Business process.
From the new tab, enter the name, location, and description, and then Click on Create.
Based on the project design window will get opened.
Now, drag and drop the activities into the design window.
Press F5 or Select RUN.

What is meant by For Each Activity?

This activity assists in providing the step with the help of arrays, data tables, lists and some other sort of collections. It allows us to repeat the data and then individually process the information.

How to convert a string variable into int?

The following method to covert string to int -Convert.ToInt34 (String variable_title)

Ex)

String age= 34;

int patient_age=Convert.ToInt43(age)

Describe the advantages of using RPA.

There are four chief benefits of RPA:

Easy to use. Anyone can use UiPath to perform RPA tasks; the tools are simple.
Cost-effective. By assigning repetitive tasks to robotic processes, organizations can function with a smaller workforce.
No complicated coding needed. When using the UiPath tool to automate processes, the platform’s limited code handles most tasks.
Fast, efficient, and accurate. Once robots receive the correct data, they will execute the assigned tasks with limited to no error.

Name the different components of UiPath.

The three components are:

UiPath Orchestrator. It’s an application used for project optimization, deploying UiPath robots anywhere you need them. You can Orchestrator to schedule, deploy, and monitor the bots, as well as generating appropriate reports.
UiPath Robot. Often called just “bot” for short, it lets you run your project on different systems, executing the automation workflow created in UiPath. The UiPath Orchestrator manages them
UiPath Studio. A studio is a tool used to design and develop your project. It handles application integration, and the tasks of third-party application automation, administrative IT tasks, and any business IT processes.

Discuss UiPath architecture.

There are three layers in UiPath architecture.

Client Layer. UiPath Robots and UiPath Studio reside here. UiPaths are, in turn, divided into UiPath Agent Service and UiPath Executor Service. The former shows available jobs in the system tray, and the latter runs the given tasks using a Windows session.
Server Layer. UiPath Orchestrator resides here.
Persistency Layer. This layer holds the database, which in turn takes care of queues and their items. It also contains information about robot configuration and their assigned processes.

Explain the difference between a thin and thick client.

Thin clients are applications where you cannot get quality properties by spying with any RPA tool, while thick clients are applications that yield plenty of attribute properties, using RPA tools.

How long does it take to build an operational agility framework?

In most cases, the timeframe ranges from four to 12 weeks, beginning at the date of the project’s commencement.

What is a flow switch in UiPath?

Flow switches and flow decisions are similar, but with one significant difference. Each branch of the flow switch is called a flow step and is not restricted to just a true or false branch.

What is a generic variable in UiPath?

This is a variable that can store any kind of data types (e.g., arrays, date formats, int, and strings).

What is a sequence activity in UiPath?

A sequence is a small project type that allows the path to switch from one activity to another easily. It is a single block activity, and these blocks are reusable.

What is exception handling, and what are the four options?

Exception handling most involves handling errors regarding various UiPath activities. The options are Rethrow, Terminate Workflow, Throw, Try Catch.

Speaking of the four Exception Handling options, what’s the difference between Terminate Workflow, Throw, and Rethrow?

Use Rethrow when you want activities to run before an exception is thrown. Use the Throw option when you want to throw an error before a step’s execution. Use Terminate Workflow to shut the workflow down when the task encounters an error.

What is the email protocol in UiPath?

IMAP, SMTP, GET OUTLOOK, SEND OUTLOOK, POP3

Name the Orchestrator assets.

The assets are:

Text
Bool
Integer
Credential

What would you use the UiPath Robotic Enterprise Framework template for?

The template is used:

As a starting point for each project
As a front office robot source
As a queue in Orchestrator

What are the different types of robots present in RPA UiPath? Describe them briefly.

There are two types of robots in UiPath:

Attended: Attended robots operate on the same workstation as humans and helps them get their regular tasks done in an automated way. These robots are generally triggered by user events or actions. The attended robot cannot be used when we want to start processes from Orchestrator or when a screen is locked. We can start these types of robots directly from the Robot tray. Also, we can start them by using a particular command in Command Prompt. Attended robots should be run only when they are under human supervision.

Unattended: Unattended robots are autonomous robots that do not require human supervision during the execution. They run unattended in virtual environments and can automate multiple tasks simultaneously. These types of robots contain all the capabilities of attended robots. They are also used for monitoring & scheduling tasks, remote execution, and offering support for process queue.

What does the term ‘UiPath Automation’ mean?

UiPath is one of the leading RPA tools explicitly developed for the automation process. It contains various tools and features to help automate business processes for organizations. UiPath automation is generally the term used to define that the processes are automated using the UiPath tool. The primary goal of UiPath automation is to assist humans in performing their daily tasks with ease.

Explain UiPath Architecture.

There are three layers in the UiPath architecture, such as:

Client Layer: This layer contains such UiPath components that can be accessed by the users. For example, UiPath Studio, UiPath agent, Robots, Browsers, and executors. The user can use these components to design/develop automation tasks. The created tasks are then executed with the help of UiPath bots. Sometimes, the layer is also represented as the presentation layer.

Server Layer: All the details based on the server are displayed on this layer. This layer contains the UiPath Orchestrator. When the UiPath bots are developed and can execute tasks without errors, the entire project is uploaded on the server. Because of an Orchestrator, the project can be easily run on several systems.

The Orchestrator handles the entire project and helps our project to meet service levels and timelines.

Persistency Layer: The persistency layer mainly includes database servers. The layer is used to store configuration details of UiPath bots. It also manages and controls queues and the present tasks in these queues.

The configuration details include data of different users, logging information, corresponding robots, assigned tasks, asset details, etc. The specified details are usually entered by the users in the Orchestrator.

What are the arguments?

The arguments in UiPath are mainly used when there is a requirement to pass data from one workflow to another. They are responsible for moving data between projects. These arguments follow a specific direction. For example- In, Out, In/Out.

Explain Flow Switch in the context of UiPath.

In the context of UiPath, flow decisions and flow switches are the same. The one significant difference between them is that the flow switch has an extra option called ‘flow step’. Each branch of the flow switch is defined as a flow step and is not just restricted by true or false branch.

What does Branching mean?

Branching in UiPath is generally defined as the ‘condition’. The branching condition is used when there is an activity with multiple solutions after any specific condition. This branching allows the program to decide what behavior should be displayed in case of the selection of any particular condition.

What is the function of sequence activity in UiPath?

The sequence activity is a small project type responsible for allowing certain permissions to the path to move from one activity to another easily. In UiPath, the sequence activity is a single block activity, and these blocks are developed in such a way that they can be reused several times.

Explain the variables and data types.

In UiPath, variables are commonly used to store data. The data stored in variables can be easily changed or updated. Variables allow us to store data in various forms. UiPath has different data types, such as number, text, date, time, data tables, and universal value, etc.

Why do we use flowchart activities in UiPath?

The flowchart activities enable us to manage basic settings for any task in UiPath. We can use these activities for almost every type of automation project despite their length and complexity. Besides, flowcharts are used for segregating and building logical operations during the automation of complex business projects. Flowchart activities can be used to integrate necessary actions or functions in flowcharts during the automation process.

Why the term ‘assign activity’ is used in UiPath?

Assign activity in UiPath is mainly used for assigning the values to variables. This activity is mostly used when we want to change the value of the variable. Also, this activity helps in such cases when we want to implement a loop to our project. For example, incrementing the value of a variable in the loop. The activity remains in-built with the Favorites group by default. However, we can simply remove it by using ‘Right-click’ and then ‘Remove’ option.

There are two options that we can use by assign activity:

After adding the value, we can store values in the existing variable.
After adding the value, we can store values in any other array.

Why do we use break activity?

UiPath provides an option to stop any specific loop at any chosen point using the ‘break’ activity. We can use that time to proceed with any other single activity or multiple activities as per the project’s need.

Why do we use ‘do while’ activity?

The ‘do while’ activity is a condition used to execute any particular part of the automation project when the condition is true. If the specified condition doesn’t meet, means the condition is false, the project exits the loop. It can be used to step through array elements in the automation project in UiPath. The activity is also useful to execute any specific activity multiple times. We can easily increment counters if we want to browse through array indices or when we want to step through a list of items.

Why do we use the If activity?

The ‘If’ activity is a combination of a statement and two different conditions. This activity is mainly used to compare two values or two activities based on specified conditions. In this process, if the condition satisfies, it returns true; otherwise, it returns false. The first condition is executed only when the particular statement is true, while the second (the statement inside the else block) is executed when the statement is false. The ‘If’ activity is beneficial in cases where we want to make decisions based on the values of the variables.

Explain Control Flow in the context of UiPath.

The concept of Control Flow is derived from computer science, which is used to define the order or the sequence of actions executed in automation. To achieve a well-formatted Control Flow, we are required to use appropriate variables and activities during the automation process.

What is the use of Delay activity?

We can use the delay activity to pause or stop the automation for any specific period. The delay activity is mainly used when we require some time for any specific application or activity to be processed. At that particular delay period, we can process some other activities of the automation process.

What is UiPath?

UiPath Studio is a software solution that allows automating repetitive office tasks. It is founded by Romanian entrepreneur Daniel Dines in the year 2005. It converts tedious tasks into the automation process can work with multiple tools.

What are the features of RPA?

The features of RPA are:

Accurate: It works with accuracy and uniformity. Thus, RPA helps to reduce errors.
No programming required: RPA tools do not require any programming knowledge.
Consistent: The RPA software is developed in a way that all repetitive tasks can be performed in the same way.
Productivity rate: Task execution time is faster compared to the standard approach.
Efficiency: It can work continuously without a break, with the same efficiency.
Cost-cutting technology: It enables you to reduce manual workforce and therefore decreases the cost needed to perform any task.

Define UiPath automation

UiPath automation is a process Automation vendor. This tool helps to automate any type of process.

What is the primary difference between test automation and process automation?

Test Automation is used for testing purposes while automating any application to check whether the cases are pass or fail. On the other hand, process automation used to automate the process without any human intervention.

List properties of UiPath

Properties of UiPath are:

ContinueOnError
DelayAfter
DelayBefore
TimeoutMS
WaitForReady
Target

List out popular tools for RPA

Various tools used for RPA:

Open span
UiPath
EdgeVerve
Kofax
NICE Actimize
Automation Anywhere
BlackLine
Verint
HelpSystems
Datamatics
Thoughtonomy

What is Process Studio?

Process Studio is a process modelling application like MS Visio. It is used to create a process in Blue Prism. Process Studio uses various flow diagrams and notations.

What is the difference between UiPath and Automation Anywhere?

The difference between UiPath and Automation anywhere is:

UiPath	Automation anywhere
It follows the web-based architecture	The architecture includes client and server
Supports browser and mobile app.	Supports access through the app only.
Scalability recommended for small projects only.	Highly scalable for small and mediums projects.

List out the things that can be automated using RPA

Things that can be automated using RPA are:

Report generation from the website.
Data capture and data manipulation work.
Collection the information from different forms.
Email sharing.
Data entry works.
Daily and repeatable work in the system.

What is a generic variable in UiPath?

A generic variable is a special variable that can store any kind of data types like int, dates format, arrays, and string.

Mention the steps to create a project and execute in UiPath studio?

Steps for creating the Project are:

Step 1) Click start in UiPath studio software.

Step 2) Select the project type.

Step 4) In the new tab, enter the name, location, and description and click on create.

Step 5) Drag and drop the activities into the design window.

Step 6) Select RUN or press F5.

What is the difference between Basic and desktop recording?

Basic Recorder	Desktop Recorder
Each activity of the basic recorder generates a full selector.	Activities of desktop recorders generate only partial selectors.
A basic recorder cannot generate a container for every activity.	Desktop Recorder can generate a container for each activity.
It is slower than the desktop recorder.	It is faster than the basic recorder.
It is suitable for a single activity.	It is suitable for more than one activity.

List types of OCR engine available in the market

Types of OCR engines are: 1)Google cloud OCR, 2) Microsoft Cloud OCR, 3) Microsoft OCR, 4) Google OCR, and 5) Abbyy Cloud OCR.

What is the need for Element Exists?

It is used to check whether UI Element is present or not during the execution of the program. Element exists only supports Boolean.

What are the contentions in UiPath?

Contention in UiPath enables developers to make a contention for the project improvement.

Explain the Delay activity

Delay activity in UiPath is used to pause or stop the automation for some time. It is mainly used in projects where there is a need for time to wait and start a specific application. Delay activity can also be used for applications that are waiting for information processing.

Explain Do While Activity in UiPath

Do while activity enables programmers to execute the particular part of automation when the condition is true. However, If the mention condition is not true, then the loop cannot be executed.

It is used for step through the Element, which is present in the array. Do while activity also helps in executing particular activity multiple times.

Explain project debugging concept in UiPath

Debugging concept is used for finding and showing the error for a specific project. It has both breakpoints and logging. Debugging also helps you to gather information about the Project and highlight the error step by step.

What is the meaning of publishing an automation project?

Publishing of the automation package means archiving it. The related files are present in a specific folder for sending it to a robot and executing it.

Explain the hardware infrastructure needed to run the Blue Prism Robotic Automation Platform

Developers can develop software using a front office or back-office process. It can run on any desktop machine.

Explain the difference between test automation and RPA

The difference between test automation and RPA is:

Test automation	RPA
Test automation is used to reduce test execution time.	RPA used to reduce headcount using automation.
It automates repetitive test cases.	It reduces headcount through automation.
Coding knowledge required to create Test Scripts	Wizard-driven and coding knowledge not required.
It can automate a product.	It can automate a product as well as a service.
Limited to technical users.	It can be used across the board by all stakeholders.

Explain the ways to create Variable in UiPath

There are three ways to create a variable in UiPath:

Applying the variable tab available in the control bar.
Using the output column and properties window.
Selecting Create variable option available in the ribbon tab.

Explain switch activity

Switch activity is used to accept objects depend on the defined character’s values. It uses the integral argument that can be changed by going to the properties panel and selecting the expected argument type.

Explain while activity

While activity helps in preparing an activity when a status is valid.

Explain for Each Activity

For each activity helps in providing the step using data tables, arrays, lists, and other collections. It enables the programmer to repeat the data and process the information individually.

What is the primary difference between screen scraping and data scrapping?

The primary difference between screen scraping and data scrapping is that Screen scraping is a method to extract structured data from the UI element. Data scraping is a method to extract the structured data from any document or web and save it into spreadsheets or databases.

What is an Array?

The array is a type of variable that allows developers to store multiple values of the same data type. UiPath Studio supports numerous kinds of arrays. Programmers can create a variety of numbers, strings, Boolean, and more.

How to automate database?

UiPath developers can automate the database by installing Uipath.database from the managed package. Programmers can provide all the details of the database in activity properties.

What is the primary difference between the Attended & Unattended bot?

Attended bot works on workstation similar to a human. It is triggered by the user through their events or actions. On the other hand, unattended robots work in neglected in virtual environments. It can automate any number of processes.

Explain UiPath Explorer

UI Explorer is a tool that is used to create a custom selector for a UI element. It is used only if the UiPath.UIAutomation.Activities package is installed in the Project.

What is the primary difference between Step into and Step in UiPath?

The basic difference is: Step over can be used for running step by step programs, whereas step overused for fast execution.

What is an output panel?

The output panel is the type of panel where the developer can view the result of execution.

What is an outline panel?

The Outline panel shows the project hierarchy, all nodes, as well as variables.

What is the way to automate excel macro using UiPath?

Automation in excel macro using UiPath is performed using execute macro activity installed from manage package window.

List sections which are available in UiPath

Sections available in UiPath are: 1) Projects Panel, 2) Activity Panel, 3) Workflow Designer, and 4) Properties Panel.

What is the difference between while and do while activity?

The difference between while and do-while is that while loop check condition before the iterating loop. The do-while loop verifies the condition after the execution of the statement in the loop.

What is an exception?

An exception is an error that happens at the time of execution of a program. The error handling activity offers mainly four options: 1) terminate workflow, 2) rethrow 3) throw, 4) try and catch.

What is the main difference between Excel and Workbook activity?

The main difference between Excel and Workbook activity is that in Excel application, the user cannot access the password-protected popups for entering credentials. On the other hand, workbook activity makes it is possible.

What is Anchor base in UiPath?

Anchor base is a container that searches for a UI element using other UI elements. This tool can be used when any reliable selector is not present.

Explain Email automation

Email automation refers to automating all manual steps like Sending emails, receiving emails, attaching the attachment in the email, and downloading it.

How to filter mail using UiPath?

There are two methods to filter the mail:

Users can filter email through if condition in for each loop.
Users can also filter email by providing filter conditions in the “Get outlook” filter option.

Explain PDF automation

PDF automation is a process of fetching all the information from PDF files.

What is the RPA – Robotic Process Automation?

Robotic Process Automation
Robotic	Machines that mimic human actions are called Robots.
Process	The sequence of steps which lead to a meaningful activity. For example the process of making tea etc.
Automation	Any process which is done by a robot without human intervention.

To sum it up, mimicking human actions to perform a sequence of steps that lead to meaningful activity, without any human intervention is known as Robotic Process Automation.

Now, this is the most generic question asked in RPA Interview Questions. Now let’s move forward and see the benefits of it.

What are the benefits of using RPA?

The benefits of RPA are as follows:

It Saves Cost: Since it can automate almost all manual and repetitive tasks, you can reduce the size of your workforce and hence reduce costs.
More Accurate in Lesser Time: To err is human, but computers or machines don’t commit any mistakes, they do exactly as they are told and hence are more accurate.
Easy to Implement and learn: As earlier stated, there is no coding required. Any automation can be created using a simple drag and drop.
No Coding Required: RPA can be implemented to automate any repetitive process which is done on a computer. This process can be related to any desktop tool or web application, if the process is repetitive it can be automated, that too with minimum coding required.

What are the factors you must look for in RPA software?

The factors to look for in RPA software are as follows:

Simple: Enterprises should make sure that their products are simple and are easy to learn and implement.
Speed: The software should be able to design and test new processes to optimize the bots to work quickly.
Scalability: The chosen RPA software should be able to scale rapidly and also be centrally managed.
Intelligence: Software should be able to support simple task-based activities, to perform data manipulations.
Reliable: Tool should have built-in monitoring and support systems to monitor the health of systems.
Enterprise-Class: The software should satisfy the company’s need, by providing scalability, reliability also.

What is the difference between UiPath vs BluePrism vs Automation Anywhere?

UiPath	Blue Prism	Automation Anywhere
Offers Community Edition / Free Edition	Recently launched a Community Edition	Recently launched a Community Edition
Most Popular Tool	Popular than Automation Anywhere	Less Popular than others
Doesn’t require coding	It has a functionality that allows the user to write code, but users can manage without it.	It doesn’t require programming knowledge as you have activities to use for each and every functionality.
Has free online training and certification programs	Provides official certification program	Recently launched a certification of 50$.
Provides desktop, web and Citrix automation	Designed for Citrix automation for BPO.	Reasonable across all mediums.

Can you mention the steps of how to get started with RPA?

As you can see in the below image, to get started with RPA, you need to follow the below steps.

Step 1: Before you actually start using RPA, you need to know the history behind RPA. That is, learning all about the Traditional ways of Automation.
Step 2: Once you know the history behind RPA, you should understand What is RPA and learn in which sectors it can be used.
Step 3: Once, you get through all the basics of Robotic Process Automation, you can start automating your tasks. To automate tasks you have to first understand its workflow and know which repetitive task can be automated.
Step 4: Lastly, you need to gain extensive expertise in RPA Tools such as UiPath, Blue Prism & Automation Anywhere.

How is a chatbot different from robotic process automation?

The difference between a chatbot and an RPA engine is similar to a difference between a mouse and a mammoth. By the names,

ChatBot – A bot programmed to chat with a user (human) like a human. Possibly recommend a pre-learned resolution to a particular problem that the user faces or to make a request and instruct backend systems to provide a request.

RPA (Robotic Process Automation) – A bot programmed to automate a manual business process of executing a task or an activity within a business function. A business function can be like HR/Finance/Procurement etc. A chatbot can be a medium to feed an input into an RPA engine but cannot replicate the features of an RPA engine.

What is the difference between UiPath and Selenium?

Selenium is specifically designed to test web applications and websites; it is impossible in selenium to interact with multiple applications and taking the output of one application as an input for other applications. It cannot work with Virtual environments like Citrix etc. at all. While UiPath is an RPA tool that is designed to automate any type of existing software process to replace any type of activities that can be performed by a human.

So, we can say that RPA is the next level of existing automation tools. It allows people to build a very complex rules-based process with very little software development skills. You can do all things using UiPath which can be done by Selenium but vice-versa is not possible. You can also look at my below articles for more details on these tools.

What are the general requirements of RPA for front and back-office processing?

Well, the fact is RPA is well-known for its flexibility and it is capable to meet the robust IT standards without compromising the security. It is possible to use the robotic software for front and back office. Most of the requirements are the same for both and thus users need not worry. The same configuration can easily be deployed and the results that can be derived are always superior in every aspect.

During the planning phase of automation, what points are to be considered on priority?

After selecting the tool which is the first task, the next big thing that matters a lot is selecting the right framework. There are various items that are tagged as In scope and Out Scope that need to be selected based on the type of task. After this, the test environment is to be considered. If required, users need to prepare the charts of project timelines. At the same time, the identification of deliverables is another major factor that is to be considered.

What do you by mean by the term Information Collection in RPA?

In RPA, robots need raw data or information to perform their operations smoothly and reliably. They generally collect this information from different resources and it is also possible that the same can be provided to them manually.

What is the difference between thin client and thick client?

Thin client: It is an application that we cannot get the quality properties while spying using any RPA tool.e.g. Any virtual environment.
Thick client: It is an application that we get a pretty handful of attribute features using RPA tool e.g. calculator, Internet Explorer

What is the difference between Mainframe and Non-Mainframe Applications?

Mainframe applications:

It’s a single screen and keyboard-based application.
There are separate set in-built commands supported by Blue Prism especially for mainframe applications

Non-mainframe applications:

It includes multiple screens
Control moves from one screen to another screen.

What are the session variables?

Session Variables are particular to that instance of the Process. If 2 instances of the same process are continuing at the same time, they both have the same session variables, but the session variables’ values will be different.

Mention the applications of Robotic Process Automation

Few of the applications of robotic process automation are as follows:

Data extraction: All enterprises need to record their transactions in journals so that they can be used for future processes. Over her instead of the manual workforce and having a question always in mind whether the transaction is stored correctly or not, a robot can be used to gather and consolidate transactions.
Performing Financial Close & Reporting: The tedious process of posting data from various sources to sub-ledgers of a company to create and deliver financial filings can be easily handled through RPA.
Getting reports about Market: Organizations may need to get the report of the market situation on some parameters on a daily basis, to compete with their competitors. A robot can be put into this job, to deliver a full report of the market on time.
Processing of Exception Orders: It is often observed that sales orders hold the price for a number of days. In such situations, a robot can do a price check of that particular product and verify the current price with the held price.
Maintaining customer data: In an enterprise, many customers may get connected to the business on a daily basis. Now, every company needs to maintain the data of each and every customer. If a person does it, then it may take longer than a robot. But, if a robot does this task, then data can be periodically validated and updated.

What are the differences between UiPath and Blue Prism?

Differences	UiPath	Blue Prism
Programming languages	UiPath uses VB.	Blue Prism Uses C#.
Control Room/Dashboard	The control room has The Orchestrator – is web-based, it is accessible through mobile or browser.	Blue Prism has customer-based servers, available only within their applications
cost and uses	UiPath is more affordable It is easy to learn and operate

How to convert string to integer in UiPath?

To convert a string to integer in UiPath, you can use the method: Convert.ToInt32(String variable_name)

Example:

String sampleage= 45

int convertedage = Convert.ToInt32(sampleage)

Mention the steps to convert the output string variable into the Output data table

To convert the output string variable to the output data table, you can use the Generate Data table activity as follows:

Drag the Generate data table activity from the Activity pane.
Go to the properties section and assign an input variable as String output.
Then, mention the output data table in the variable
You will see that the string values are assigned to the data table variable

What is the Computer Vision activity used for?

Sicne the automation of virtual desktop infrastructure environment is a complex task, the Computer AI Vision activity of UiPath has been recently introduced to directly identify the streamed images.

What is Project Debugging in UiPath?

Debugging is the process of identifying and removing errors from a given project. Coupled with logging, it becomes a powerful functionality that offers you information about your project and step-by-step highlighting, so that you can be sure that it is error-free. Logging enables you to display details about what is happening in your project in the Output panel. This, in turn, makes it easier for you to debug automation. Breakpoints enable you to pause the execution of a project so that you can check its state at a given point.

What do you understand by Append Range in UiPath?

The append range in UiPath is used to edit or insert data into an existing workbook. Also, whenever the new data is appended into a file, the existing data will not be overwritten.

In UiPath studio, which recorder is suitable for Virtual Environment Automation?

The recorder which is suitable for virtual environment automation is Citrix Recorder.

Q188. How can we identify a Column in a database in UiPath Studio?

We can identify a Column by:

Using a Column Index
Using a Column Name

Which activities can be used to iterate through an array in UiPath Studio?

Following are the activities that can be used to iterate through an array in UiPath Studio

For each Activity
While Activity

What does the Accuracy property represent in the Click image activity?

It is a unit of measurement from O to 1 which expresses the minimum similarity between the image you are searching for and the one to be found.

Mention the usage of Element exists

The Element exists is used to identify whether the UI element is present or not during the execution.

What do you understand by UiPath?

Similar to programming knowledge, variables are used as naming convention to store one or more values.

In UiPath studio, how elements are recognized on screen?

They can be recognized through the attributes of UI elements.

What is the Assign Activity in UiPath?

The Assign activity is an important activity that is going to be used quite often, as it enables you to assign a value to a variable. You can use an Assign activity to increment the value of a variable in a loop, sum up the value of two or more variables and assign the result to another variable, assign values to an array and so on. By default, this activity is also included in the Favorites group. To remove it, right-click it and select Remove.

What is the Delay Activity in UiPath?

The Delay activity enables you to pause the automation for a custom period of time (in the hh : mm: ss format). This activity proves itself quite useful in projects that require good timing, such as waiting for a specific application to start or waiting for some information to be processed so that you can use it in another activity.

What is the Do While Activity in UiPath?

The Do While activity enables you to execute a specified part of your automation while a condition is met. When the specified condition is no longer met, the project exits the loop. This type of activity can be useful to step through all the elements of an array or execute a particular activity multiple time. You can increment counters to browse through array indices or step through a list of items.

What is the If Activity in UiPath?

The If activity contains a statement and two conditions. The first condition is executed if the statement is true, while the second one (the activity in the Else section) is executed if the statement is false. If activities can be useful to make decisions based on the value of variables.

What do you understand by Selectors and Wildcards in UiPath?

Similar to that in SQL, wildcards are symbols which enable you to replace 0/ more characters in a string. They are mostly used while dynamically changing attributes in a selector.

The following wildcards are used:

Asterisk (*) – replaces zero or more characters
Question mark (?) – replaces a single character

Selectors are used to store the attributes of a GUI element and its parents, in the shape of an XML fragment.

What is System Administrator in UiPath Orchestrator?

The default host admin which is created while installing UiPath Orchestrator is the System Administrator. The host admin or most commonly known as the system administrator has the right to create new tenants, audit password change, create, update, delete actions on settings, and change application settings. The profile page enables the host admins to change their information and password along with viewing the last login attempts. Not only this, but the admin can enable or disable a tenant at any point.

How do you activate UiPath Studio license?

Online Activation

Click the Activate License the UiPath Registration window is displayed.
Fill in the Email Address field with your email address.
Fill in the License Key field with the license key you received.
Select the Automatic activation
Click the Activate Your UiPath license is now activated and you can start creating automation workflows.

What are the steps to get the desired package in UiPath studio if it is not available in the Package Manager?

The steps you must follow are as follows:

Go to this proxy site to get the packages. This will list all the packages with their URLs and latest versions.
Next, go to the URL followed by the package name and download it to local drive.
Then open UiPath package Manager and right-click on any of the nodes like Installed->All.. , Available-> All..
Configure Sources will pop up, point that to the directory where package is downloaded in the local. This will display all the downloaded packages on the UiPath package manager.

Now go ahead and follow the normal process to install the package from the UiPath package manager.

What are the differences between Basic and Desktop recording?

Basic Recording	Desktop Recording
Generates a full selector for each and every activity	Generates partial selector on each activity
Comparatively slower than Desktop recorder	Quick than Basic recorder
Does not generate container for each activity	Generates container for each activity
Suitable for a single activity	Suitable for multiple activities

What are the Arguments in UiPath?

Arguments are used to pass data from a project to another. In a global sense, they resemble variables, as they store data dynamically and pass it on. Variables pass data between activities, while arguments pass data between automation. As a result, they enable you to reuse automation time and again.UiPath Studio supports a large number of argument types, which coincide with the types of variables.

Therefore, you can create Generic Value, String, Boolean, Object, Array, or DataTable arguments and you can also browse for .NET types, just as you do in the case of variables. Additionally, arguments have specific directions (In, Out, In/Out, Property) that tell the application where the information stored in them is supposed to go.

What is tracing and how do you enable tracing in UiPath?

By default, UiPath generates log files that track the activity of Studio and the Robots. These logs can be accessed from the Execute ribbon tab, by clicking the Open Logs button.
For complex issues, more details about your automation are needed. To gather them, tracing must be enabled.
In UiPath Studio, tracing generates a .etl file. It contains binary log data at the trace level, such as disk accesses or page faults, and is used to log high-frequency events while tracking the performance of an operating system.

How will you price an RDA project to a customer?

First, we will identify the scope of the automation like:

How the business process flows.
How many applications are involved?
How complex the interactions between these applications.

Once we know all these then we will work out the number of bots to be deployed and estimate the cost for each bot to develop and deploy. This is how we do at a high level. Usually based on the complexity involved the project may go anywhere between 6–12 months.

How can you make the UiPath Robot as a REST endpoint, to start and manage the process?

Since the Robot API provided earlier by UiPath has been depreciated, you can now use UiPath Orchestrator services to use robots in web services.

What are the steps to connect robots to orchestrator in UiPath?

To connect the robots to orchestrator in UiPath, follow the below steps:

Create a Robot in your Orchestrator.
In the system tray, click the UiPath Robot icon. The UiPath Robot tray is displayed.
Click the Options button and then select Settings. The UiPath Robot Settings window is displayed.
In the Machine Key field, enter the key received from the user who created the Robot in Orchestrator.
In the Orchestrator URL field, enter Orchestrator’s address, such as http://platform.uipath.com.
Click OK. The Robot is now deployed to Orchestrator and has the available status. Each time a Robot is registered to Orchestrator, a Robot user is automatically created and is assigned the Robot role. (You can view it in the Users page.)

Can you mention how to pass variables in selectors in UiPath?

To pass variables in selectors you must pass the entire selector through a variable of String data type.

What are the steps to connect the database to UiPath and also read data?

You can follow the below steps to connect the database to UiPath.

You first need to have Database activities package installed. You can install this package using the Package Manager.
Now, you can use the “Connect” activity to set up a connection between UiPath studio and Database.
Next, click the “Configure Connection” button to configure the connection.
Select the required connection settings and do Test Connection. On successful test connection, click OK.
Once the connection is established, use the “Execute Query” activity to write your required SQL query to read data.

What are the alternatives for Get outlook messages activity in UiPath?

A. Get SMTP messages

B. Get IMAP messages

C. Get POP3 messages

D. Both b & c

Ans. (D)

How many robots do we get in the UiPath community edition?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

Ans. (B)

What is the difference between variable & argument?

A. Both are same

B. Can be used throughout the workflow

C. Has same memory address

D. Variable is the memory allocation of an assigned object whereas arguments are used to pass values into different workflows created by user

Ans. (D)

How can we use keyboard shortcuts during the automation process?

A. Use Send Hotkey activity

B. Manual attempt

C. Using different activity to acquire end result

D. Select item activity

Ans (A)

Which type of recording is best suited for automation in local machine?

A. Desktop Recording

B. Screen Recording

C. Basic Recording

D. Citrix Recording

Ans (A)

What are the components of the Debug tab?

A. Highlight Elements

B. Save as Template

C. Publish

D. UI Explorer

Ans (A)

What is the SMTP port number for Gmail?

A. 465

B. 586

C. 472

D. 587

Ans (D)

How many retries does the Retry Scope activity have by default?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

Ans (C)

Which of the following data types can be stored as Assets?

A. Decimal

B. Credential

C. Integer

D. Both b and c

Ans (D)

Which of the following activities is linked with the Stop command in UiPath Orchestrator?

A. Debug Activity

B. Should Stop Activity

C. Should Start Activity

D. Highlight Elements

Ans (B)

Which of the following option is used to stop a running process?

A. Kill

B. Stop

C. End

D. Run

Ans (B)

Which of the following activities can be used to retrieve information from an asset?

A. Get Data

B. Get Asset

C. Get Database

D. Get Excel

Ans (B)

Can the name of the machine template be changed?

A. No

B. Yes, only if there are edit rights on machines

C. Yes, without restriction

D. Yes, only if there are edit rights on robots

Ans (B)

What do you understand by transaction?

A. A set of arguments added to queue

B. A set of jobs added to queue

C. A set of processes added to the queue

D. Execution of process

Ans (A)

Can we change a standard robot to floating robot?

A. No

B. Yes

C. Yes, but only for attended robots

D. Yes, but only for unattended robots

Ans (C)

What is the RPA – Robotic Process Automation?

Ans: Robotic Process Automation is the process of training robots and making them act like human beings to perform tedious and time-consuming tasks. In this process, Robots are trained enough to accomplish specific works on their own based on the predefined rules and regulations.

What is Ui Path?

Ans: Uipath is an Automation company founded in 2005 by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca. It is an automation tool used for automating the repetitive works of windows desktop. UiPath is the simplest automation tool that automates repetitive and tedious tasks and eliminates human intervention.

What would be the actual time to build an operational agility framework?

Ans: The average time that it takes to build operational agility is ranged between 4 to 12 weeks from the date of project commencement.

What makes UiPath different from Selenium?

Ans: Selenium is a popular testing tool and used to test various websites and applications. When it comes to the integration part, it is not possible to integrate with other applications. It is even impossible to work with virtual environments like Citrix etc. when it comes to UiPath, and it is a Robot Process Automation tool designed to automate the works that are earlier performed by human beings. Using UiPath, one can automate complex tasks with minimum code requirements.

Explain the difference between the chatbot and RPA?

Ans: There is a big difference between a chatbot and RPA.

Chatbot: A bot is a pre-programmed software which acts similar to a human being. These chatbots help the visitors to take some intended actions. The best thing about chatbots is that they learn from past experiences and act according to the situation.

RPA (Robotic process automation): RPA is a broader concept and chatbot is a very narrow or sub-topic of RPA. RPA is used to automate the complex processes but chatbot can not.

List out the basic requirements of RPA to automate front and backend processes?

Ans: RPA is the well known and robust technology to automate both frontend and backend tasks without compromising on quality and security standards. It is effortless to use and automates the frontend and backend tasks. All most all the automation processes of the backend, as well as front end, are similar to each other, and the users don’t need to worry about it. The configurations are easy to deploy and maintain.

What are the main elements to consider during the phase of the Automation?

Ans: Once you are done with the right Automation tool that works for you, the next thing that you need to do is selecting the best framework. You need to choose the different items which are tagged as In Scope and Out Scope that are preferred based on the type of task. The next thing we need to consider is the test environment, and deliverables identification is also one of the significant factors to consider.

What is meant by information collection in RPA?

Ans: In RPA, robots need raw data or information to execute the functions that they are assigned. As they can reliably perform the tasks based on the information collected from various sources, we can even have a chance to feed the data to robots manually.

What are the flowchart activities in UiPath?

Ans: The flowchart is generally used for general settings purpose in UiPath. You can use these flow charts for various types of projects despite their complexity and length. Flowcharts help the organizations in building and segregating the logical operations, in building the complex business models, and integrate various things.

Explain about Flow Switch in UiPath?

Ans: Flow chart and flow switch both have the same features, but the only difference is the flow switch has an extra feature called as “flow step” which is not restricted by true or false branch.

What do you mean by sequence activities in UiPath?

Ans: The sequence is defined as a small type of projects which clears the path from switching from one activity to another with ease. It acts as a single activity of block, and you can re-use these blocks for any number of times.

What is the State of a machine?

Ans: A machine needs to undergo various states while executing a single task. And these different states are known as machine state. It switches into different states if the action is triggered.

What is the procedure to create a Project in UiPath?

Ans: If you want to create a Project in UiPath, the first thing that you need to do is create a folder with your name and then select a location to save it. The folder which you have created will automatically get stored in the default directory.

How many types of recordings do we have in UiPath, and explain about each of them?

Ans: We have four types of recordings in UiPath, which are essential, desktop, web, and Citrix.

Basic: It helps in generating the full selector for each activity but contains no container. So the automation process in this recording is much slower, but it best suits for the single operations.
Desktop: This is suitable for multiple actions and desktop apps. It is much faster when compared to basic and has a container and partial selector features as well.
WEB: It is mainly used for recording the web pages and for browsing. It can create its container.
Citrix: It helps in recording virtualized environments, keyboard automation, images, and permit texts.

What is the need to perform the data scraping in UiPath?

Ans: Data scripting is a technique used to extract structured data from the web or any other application and saves the same to database or spreadsheet or.CSV file. Structured data is a form of information that is understandable and predictable. In UiPath, we use the scraping wizard to extract the structured data.

What is meant by assign activity in UiPath?

Ans: Assign activity in UiPath helps in assigning the values to different variables. In the majority of the cases, they are used when the value of a variable need to be increased or when the loop is presented over there. Here you have two options, after adding the value you can store the values in the same variable or else you can save it in the other array.

What is meant by break activity in UiPath?

Ans: The break activity in UiPath is used to stop a particular loop at any given point, and you can use that time to do other activities.

Explain about Package manager in UiPath?

Ans: A package manager is a bundle of various elements that help to automate the process. A package manager includes various things such as libraries, frameworks, wrappers.

What is the effective process to Log into UiPath?

Ans:

For each activity, there should be a login.
There should be a trace process to know the operations and to correct the errors.
You can specify the login as per your needs in the production environment.

How could you handle the credentials in UiPath?

Ans: Below mentioned are specific proven ways to handle the credentials.

You can do it by using a credential manager on your window.
You can also store the details in Orchester as the credential variable type.
You can either use input boxing to get secure text activity

For what purpose UiPath Robotic Enterprise Framework template is used for?

It acts as a starting point for each project.
It will be used as a source for the front office Robots.
The framework acts as a queue in orchester.

Explain about automatic recording in UiPath?

Ans: Here in UiPath, you can have a facility to record the actions automatically. It can be free to customize and parameterized. Following are the steps that are generated for recording the actions automatically, which are a click, type into, check select items.

What would be the procedure to extract the data from the database?

Ans: We can extract the data by using Linq.

How can we connect and read the database?

Ans: With the help of Database connectivity, we can connect to the database and read the decentralized data activity.

What are arguments in UiPath?

An argument in UiPath will help the program to create any arguments where we can also make some changes. In arguments, we need to mention the title which is compulsory.

What is Flow Switch in UiPath?

Flow decision and flow switch are the same things except flow switch have some difference that, each section of the flow switch is identified as flow step.

What are session variables?

Session Variables in UiPath are particular to one Process of the instance. If more instances of the corresponding process are continuing at the same time, that may have the same session variables but the values will be changed.

What are the properties in UiPath?

In UiPath, we can use many activities which are used for automating the applications of the web apps in the activity panel under UI automation. The general properties of these projects are Delay Before, Delay After, Time out MS, Continue on Error, Wait for Ready, and target.

What is the main difference between Mainframe and Non-Mainframe Applications?

Mainframe applications:

The mainframe is a separate screen and keyboard-based application.
Particularly for mainframe applications, the separate set in-built commands supported by UiPath.

Non-mainframe applications:

Non-mainframe applications include various screens.
Control transfers from one screen to another.

What is branching in RPA UiPath?

Branching in UiPath is a “condition”. This statement will help the program to decide the behavior when any condition will be chosen.

This Branching condition is applied when an exercise is having more than one solution after a specific condition.

What is UiPath state machine?

While executing if any machine starts using a specific state of automation, is known as the state machine. It switches from one state to another if any item is activated.

How to create a project in UiPath?

To create a project in UiPath, before selecting a particular location, we have to create a folder. Then the new folder will be stored in the directory.

What are Wildcards and Selectors in UiPath?

Wildcards assists in restoring the sequences. It is used while dealing with the properties which are dynamically shifting.

The selector used in generating the selection by using the Wildcards automatically.

What is the use of Element Exists in UiPath?

Element Exists is used to recognize the UI Element which is present or not during the performance.

The output of the active support only Boolean in Element Exists.

What is the Delay Activity in UiPath?

The delay activity is used for making pause/stop the automation. This is also applied in projects like waiting and then start of particular applications for processing information.

What is the Assign Activity?

Assign activity is preferred as it assists in selecting tasks to the variables. They are mostly used for increasing the value of the variables. We can add and then store the value to another variable and it supports in assigning the value.

How many ways we can create Variable in UiPath?

In 3 ways we can create the variable in UiPath,

We can perform the variable applying the variable tab from the Control bar.
From the Output column and Properties window, we can create the variable.
We can create the variable, by Selecting Create variable from Ribbon tab.

What is meant by Switch Activity?

Switch Activity is used to accept objects based on the defined values of the characters. It uses the integral argument as default from which can change it by proceeding to the properties panel and choosing the expected Type of Argument.

What is the Generic variable in UiPath?

It is a type of variable which can collect any variety of data types like dates format, int, string, and arrays.

The Generic Variables are used only in RPA UiPath.

What is the Difference between Basic and desktop recording?

Basic Recorder	Desktop Recorder
1.Each activity Generates full selector	On each Activity, it Generate only partial selector.
2. Used for single activity	Used for multiple activities
3. Much Slower in Operation	Faster in Operation
4. Generate container for each Activity.	It also Generate container for each activity

What is meant by the While Activity?

This activity serves in preparing a special activity regularly when a special status is true. The difference between while and do while is in the former the state will be decided and then the circuit will be completed.

What Is Meant by Break Activity?

By using Break Activity, we can simply check a special circuit at any point and we can also continue with additional activity at the same time.
What is Automatic Recording?
The Automatic Recording will provide a support of the complete company methods from which we can easily customize the project.

How to activate UiPath Studio license?

Once the Registration window is displayed, click on the Activate License.
Give Email address on the field of Email address.
Provide the license key you received.
Now, Select the Automatic activation
Select the Activate Your UiPath license to activate.

What are the Differences between Basic and Desktop Recording?

Desktop Recorder	Basic Recorder
Generate only partial selector on each activity	1.Each activity, it Generates full selector
Suitable for multiple activities	2.Suitable for single activity
Faster than Basic	3. Slower than Desktop recorder
Generate container for each activity	4. Do not generated container for each activity

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Introduction to Robotic Process Automation

Why RPA?
Industry Implementation of RPA
RPA Growth Trends
Different RPA Tools
Types of Bots
Why UiPath?
UiPath Installation
Getting Started with UiPath
Project and Project Types
UiPath Dashboard
UiPath Overview

Important components of UiPath

Introduction to UiPath Studio, UiPath Robot and UiPath Orchestrator
Working with variables
Managing control flow
Excel Automation
Gmail automation with UiPath

More about RPA

Ui Path Studio Components
Passing Value from one task to another in Ui Path

Programming, Debugging and Exception Handling

Programming Activities in UiPath
Debugging errors in a UiPath Project
Different ways of Error Handling in UiPath
Browse through the log files related to UiPath Project

Connect Orchestrator with UiPath

UiPath Orchestrator Overview
Orchestrator activities

RPA Tools like REFramework

Introduction to REFramework
Purpose of REFramework
Using State Machine Layout
State Machine States
Workflows Involved
Exception Handling and Logging

Programming Activities Using Data Table

Programming activities using Data Table
Learn Data Table Structure, Comprehend Searching Method and Data Table Activities
Create an environment and associate the workflow
Creation of Collection
Email Automation
Understanding Sequence and Flowchart
Automate Sending and Reading of Email Message

Data Scrapping

Importance of Data scraping with UiPath
Data scraping aspects: Taking screenshot, Activating, getting text, highlighting and selecting item, loading image and more

Desktop Automation

RPA Project

Excel Operations Automation using Ui Path

UiPath Orchestrator

Orchestrator Overview
Orchestrator Account Creation
Connecting a Robot
Create an Environment and Associate the Robot
Publish a Package
Create a Process from the Package
Running a Robot and Examine Logs
Scheduling and Running of Unattended Robot

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