Web based viewing of robotic process automation (rpa) packages and workflows

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022066422-A1
Application number	US-202017068734-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 12, 2020
Priority date	Aug 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 3, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system and a computer-implemented method for viewing at least one robotic process automation (RPA) workflow using a web based user interface are disclosed herein. The computer-implemented method includes accessing the web based user interface and identifying the at least one RPA workflow for viewing. The computer-implemented method further includes generating, using a workflow object model component, a workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow. The computer-implemented method further includes rendering, using a web based visualization engine component, the generated workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow and displaying the rendered workflow diagram for viewing of the at least one RPA workflow on the web based user interface.

First claim

1 . A computer-implemented method for viewing at least one robotic process automation (RPA) workflow using a web based user interface, the method comprising:
accessing, a web based user interface; identifying the at least one RPA workflow for viewing on the web based user interface; generating, using a workflow object model component, a workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow; rendering, using a web based visualization engine component, the generated workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow; and displaying, on the web based user interface, the rendered workflow diagram for viewing of the at least one RPA workflow.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein executing the series of operations further comprising providing non-linear navigation function for navigating on the rendered workflow diagram.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein executing the series of operations further comprising:
displaying, on the web based user interface, a list of a plurality of RPA packages selecting, from the displayed list of plurality of RPA packages, at least two RPA workflows, wherein the at least two RPA workflows are selected from same RPA package or from two different RPA packages, in the list of RPA packages; comparing, the selected at least two RPA workflows by generating a visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA workflows; and displaying, on the web based user interface, the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA workflows.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two workflows further comprises a specified color and a specified place to represent the differences on a display.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the visual representation of differences comprises displaying a difference summary, wherein the difference summary includes summary items such as additions, deletions, and modifications.

6 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, on the web based user interface, a list of a plurality of RPA packages, wherein each RPA package from the list of plurality of RPA packages is associated with a version number field; selecting, at least one RPA package from the list of plurality of RPA packages; and generating, on the web based user interface, a visual representation for contents of the at least one RPA package for exploring the RPA package, wherein the visual representation of the contents of the at least one RPA package comprises at least one of package dependencies, file items, package author, and package description.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising:
selecting, from the displayed list of plurality of RPA packages, at least two RPA packages wherein the at least two RPA packages have different associated version number fields; comparing, the selected at least two RPA packages by generating a visual representation of one or more differences between the selected at least two RPA packages; and displaying, on the web based user interface, the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA packages.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a second RPA workflow; generating a second workflow diagram associated with the second RPA workflow; comparing, the at least one RPA workflow and the second RPA workflow to identify one or more workflow differences between the at least one RPA workflow and the second RPA workflow; generating, a visual representation of the one or more workflow differences on at least one of the first workflow diagram and the second workflow diagram; and displaying, on the web based user interface, the visual representation of the one or more workflow differences.

9 . A system for viewing at least one robotic process automation (RPA) workflow using a web based user interface, the system comprising:
memory, configured to store computer-executable instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
accessing, the web based user interface;
identifying the at least one RPA workflow for viewing on the web based user interface;
generating, using a workflow object model component, a workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow;
rendering, using a web based visualization engine component, the generated workflow diagram for the identified at least one RPA workflow; and
displaying, on the web based user interface, the rendered workflow diagram for viewing of the at least one RPA workflow.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to provide non-linear navigation function for navigating on the rendered workflow diagram.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:
display, on the web based user interface, a list of a plurality of RPA packages select, from the displayed list of plurality of RPA packages, at least two RPA workflows, wherein the at least two RPA workflows are selected from same RPA package or from two different RPA packages, in the list of RPA packages; compare, the selected at least two RPA workflows by generating a visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA workflows; and display, on the web based user interface, the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA workflows.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA workflows further comprises a specified color and a specified place to represent the differences on a display.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the visual representation of differences comprises displaying a difference summary, wherein the difference summary includes summary items such as additions, deletions and modifications.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:
display, on the web based user interface, a list of a plurality of RPA packages, wherein each RPA package from the list of plurality of RPA packages is associated with a version number field; select, at least one RPA package from the list of plurality of RPA packages; and generate, on the web based user interface, a visual representation for contents of the at least one RPA package for exploring the RPA package, wherein the visual representation of the contents of the at least one RPA package comprises at least one of package dependencies, file items, package author, and package description.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more processors is further configured to execute the instructions to:
select, from the displayed list of plurality of RPA packages, at least two RPA packages wherein the at least two RPA packages have different associated version number fields; compare, the selected at least two RPA packages by generating a visual representation of one or more differences between the selected at least two RPA packages; and display, on the web based user interface, the visual representation of differences between the selected at least two RPA packages.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein to provide the visual representation of the differences between at least two RPA packages, the at least one processor is configured to generate
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Assignees

• Uipath Inc

Inventors

• Kunnath Liji
• Chakrabarty Arghya
• Verma Prashant
• Kumar Abhishek
• Jagadeesh Sunil Ajjampur

Classifications

• G06F9/45512

  Command shells · CPC title

• G06F8/60

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F8/427

  Parsing · CPC title

• G06F8/35

  model driven · CPC title

• G06F8/30

  Creation or generation of source code · CPC title