22 April 2021

#Automation_Anywhere

#Automation_Anywhere
Topic - SubTopic Basic Intermediate Advanced Expert
Introduction - Overview, Features, Editions What is Automation Anywhere?, Benefits of RPA, Editions of AA Differences between AA v11 and A360, Control Room overview AA architecture deep dive, Licensing models Enterprise scaling strategies, Governance models
Control Room - Dashboard, Users, Roles Control Room basics, User management, Roles Bot creators vs Bot runners, Workload management Bot insights, Credential vault High availability setup, Multi-tenant Control Room
Bots - Task Bots, Meta Bots, IQ Bots What are Task Bots?, Meta Bot basics Building Meta Bots, IQ Bot document processing Cognitive automation with IQ Bot, Reusable bot components AI/ML integration, Intelligent process automation (IPA)
Recorder - Screen, Smart, Web Types of recorders, Use cases Handling dynamic elements, Image recognition Error handling in recordings, Web automation scaling Recorder optimization, Custom recorder scripts
Variables & Data - Variables, Data Tables, Strings Variable types, Data table basics Variable scoping, String manipulation Complex data handling, JSON/XML parsing Large data sets, Integrating external DBs
Commands - Loops, Conditions, Error Handling Loop types, If/Else, Error handling basics Nested loops, Try-Catch blocks Exception handling frameworks, Custom command library Enterprise exception strategy, Cross-bot error handling
Scripting & Integration - VBScript, JavaScript, APIs Calling scripts, Simple API usage REST/SOAP integration, Passing data Advanced API handling, Custom script libraries Hybrid integrations, Orchestrating across platforms
Workload Management - Queues, SLA Queue basics, Task assignment SLA configuration, Queue prioritization Workload distribution, Multi-bot queues Enterprise-wide workload orchestration
Security - Credential Vault, Roles Vault basics, Role permissions Credential encryption, Access control Key rotation, Compliance auditing Security governance, Zero-trust RPA security
Deployment & Lifecycle - Bot Deployment, Versioning Deploying bots, Scheduling basics Version control, Package manager CI/CD pipelines, Multi-environment deployment Cloud-native RPA, Large-scale migrations
IQ Bot - Basics, Document Processing IQ Bot overview, Training basics Document classification, OCR integration Complex document extraction, NLP with IQ Bot AI-driven IQ Bot, Advanced ML model integration
Analytics - Bot Insights, Monitoring Bot Insights basics, Dashboard usage KPI monitoring, Report generation Real-time analytics, Custom dashboards Enterprise analytics, Predictive bot performance
Cognitive Automation - AI/ML, NLP, CV Cognitive automation basics, Use cases AI/ML model integration, NLP basics Intelligent document processing, Sentiment analysis End-to-end intelligent automation, Hyperautomation
Best Practices - Design, Error Handling, Governance Coding standards, Naming conventions Reusability, Exception handling design Modular architecture, Bot libraries Enterprise COE setup, RPA governance
  1. Basic
  2. Intermediate
  3. Advanced
  4. Expert

Basic (50 Questions)

Introduction & Overview

  1. What is Automation Anywhere (AA)?
  2. Key features of Automation Anywhere
  3. Difference between RPA and traditional automation
  4. Editions of Automation Anywhere (Community, Enterprise)
  5. Difference between Task Bot, Meta Bot, and IQ Bot
  6. What are attended vs unattended bots?
  7. Explain the Automation Anywhere architecture
  8. What is the Control Room?
  9. Difference between AA v11 and AA A360
  10. What are the main components of AA?

Task Bots

  1. What is a Task Bot?
  2. Use cases of Task Bots
  3. How do you create a Task Bot?
  4. What is a recorder in AA?
  5. Explain different types of recorders
  6. What is Smart Recorder?
  7. What is Screen Recorder?
  8. What is Web Recorder?
  9. Difference between screen, smart, and web recorders
  10. Advantages of using Task Bots

Meta Bots

  1. What is a Meta Bot?
  2. Difference between Task Bot and Meta Bot
  3. Benefits of Meta Bots
  4. Where can Meta Bots be used?
  5. How to create a Meta Bot?
  6. Meta Bot Designer overview
  7. What is reusable automation with Meta Bots?
  8. Difference between Meta Bot and Object Repository
  9. How do Meta Bots improve scalability?
  10. Examples of Meta Bot usage

IQ Bots

  1. What is an IQ Bot?
  2. Difference between IQ Bot and Task Bot
  3. What is document learning in IQ Bot?
  4. What types of documents can IQ Bot process?
  5. What is OCR in IQ Bot?
  6. Supported OCR engines in Automation Anywhere
  7. What are IQ Bot training samples?
  8. Benefits of using IQ Bot
  9. IQ Bot vs Cognitive Automation
  10. IQ Bot industry use cases

Control Room

  1. What is Control Room?
  2. Difference between Bot Creator and Bot Runner
  3. What is a license in AA?
  4. What are the different types of licenses?
  5. What is Bot deployment?
  6. What are roles in Control Room?
  7. What is Credential Vault?
  8. What is audit log in Control Room?
  9. What is a dashboard in Control Room?
  10. Control Room vs Client differences

Intermediate (50 Questions)

Variables & Data Handling

  1. What are variables in AA?
  2. Types of variables supported
  3. What is a list variable?
  4. What is a dictionary variable?
  5. How do you declare variables?
  6. Difference between local and global variables
  7. What is variable scoping?
  8. How to handle multiple data types in AA?
  9. What is data table in AA?
  10. How to read/write data in data table?

Commands

  1. What are AA commands?
  2. Loop command usage
  3. Types of loops in AA
  4. Difference between While and Each loop
  5. How to use If/Else in AA?
  6. Try-Catch in AA
  7. Error handling command
  8. Break command usage
  9. Delay command usage
  10. Exit command usage

Recording & Automation

  1. Difference between screen and smart recorder
  2. How to handle dynamic elements?
  3. How to automate desktop applications?
  4. How to automate web applications?
  5. How to automate Excel using AA?
  6. How to automate Outlook email?
  7. How to automate file operations?
  8. How to automate FTP/SFTP?
  9. How to automate PDF extraction?
  10. How to automate image-based applications?

Control Room & Scheduling

  1. What is bot scheduling?
  2. Difference between on-demand and scheduled bot runs
  3. How to create a schedule in AA?
  4. What is queue management?
  5. How to prioritize tasks in Control Room?
  6. What is workload management in AA?
  7. How to manage sessions in Control Room?
  8. What are Bot Insights?
  9. What is audit trail in Control Room?
  10. How to monitor bot performance?

Security

  1. What is Credential Vault?
  2. How to store credentials securely?
  3. Role-based access control in AA
  4. What is encryption in AA?
  5. What are secure bots?
  6. What is multi-factor authentication in Control Room?
  7. How to manage bot runner permissions?
  8. How to integrate AA with Active Directory?
  9. What is token-based authentication?
  10. Security best practices in Automation Anywhere

Advanced (50 Questions)

Process Design

  1. What is reusable bot design?
  2. Best practices for bot development
  3. Difference between linear and modular bot design
  4. How to implement reusable logic?
  5. How to design bots for scalability?
  6. Difference between attended vs unattended architecture
  7. What is a bot library?
  8. How to manage dependencies in AA?
  9. What is process discovery?
  10. What are task runners?

Workload Management

  1. What is workload management?
  2. How to configure queues?
  3. What is SLA-based processing?
  4. How to distribute workload among multiple bots?
  5. Difference between queue prioritization and scheduling
  6. How to configure queue retry logic?
  7. What are deferred queue items?
  8. Queue metrics monitoring
  9. Benefits of workload distribution
  10. Workload vs Scheduler differences

Exception Handling

  1. What are exceptions in AA?
  2. System exceptions vs business exceptions
  3. How to handle exceptions in loops?
  4. How to log exceptions?
  5. Retry mechanism in AA
  6. Best practices for error handling
  7. How to use global error handling?
  8. Difference between exception and error
  9. What is exception bubbling?
  10. Exception handling design framework

Integration

  1. How to integrate AA with REST APIs?
  2. How to integrate AA with SOAP APIs?
  3. Database integration in AA
  4. How to integrate with SAP?
  5. How to automate Citrix applications?
  6. How to automate mainframe applications?
  7. How to integrate with Salesforce?
  8. How to integrate with ServiceNow?
  9. How to automate emails with IMAP/SMTP?
  10. API authentication methods supported in AA

Deployment & Lifecycle

  1. What is release management in AA?
  2. How to export/import bots?
  3. How to manage versions in AA?
  4. Deployment best practices
  5. Multi-environment setup
  6. CI/CD integration with AA
  7. How to rollback a bot version?
  8. Deployment pipelines in AA
  9. What are package dependencies?
  10. Lifecycle management framework in AA

Expert (50 Questions)

Architecture & Enterprise Design

  1. What is the enterprise architecture of AA?
  2. Control Room high availability setup
  3. Horizontal scaling in AA
  4. Vertical scaling in AA
  5. Multi-tenant Control Room architecture
  6. Cloud vs On-premise AA setup
  7. Hybrid RPA models
  8. Centralized vs decentralized RPA governance
  9. Enterprise RPA CoE setup
  10. RPA maturity model

Performance & Scalability

  1. How to optimize bot performance?
  2. Performance tuning strategies
  3. How to handle high-volume processes?
  4. Scaling workload management
  5. How to manage concurrency in bots?
  6. Performance benchmarking in AA
  7. What is bot monitoring strategy?
  8. How to optimize Control Room performance?
  9. Scaling IQ Bots
  10. Performance KPIs for bots

Security & Compliance

  1. How to ensure GDPR compliance with AA?
  2. SOX compliance in RPA
  3. PCI DSS compliance in RPA
  4. Role of encryption in compliance
  5. Secure bot design best practices
  6. Advanced credential management
  7. How to audit bots for compliance?
  8. Risk management in AA projects
  9. Cybersecurity threats in RPA
  10. Compliance audit framework

Cognitive & Intelligent Automation

  1. What is intelligent automation?
  2. Difference between RPA and cognitive automation
  3. How does IQ Bot use ML?
  4. NLP integration with AA
  5. Cognitive automation use cases
  6. AI/ML model integration with AA
  7. Computer Vision with AA
  8. Predictive analytics with AA
  9. How to integrate AA with Azure Cognitive Services?
  10. How to integrate AA with Google Cloud AI?
  1. How to integrate AA with DevOps pipelines?
  2. CI/CD strategies for AA
  3. RPA + AI convergence
  4. What is hyperautomation?
  5. Role of Automation Anywhere in Digital Transformation
  6. Cloud-native AA deployments
  7. Bot lifecycle management at scale
  8. Advanced analytics with Bot Insights
  9. RPA orchestration with other platforms
  10. Future roadmap of Automation Anywhere