Why use Embedded Automation

Embedded Automation brings the power of AARI directly to any cloud environment or web application packaged in an intuitive widget interface. The capability of Embedded Automation empowers end users with essential access to data across platforms, delivered directly to their core interactive space. This data access could be forms, applications, business history, and more. Whenever users need data, Embedded Automation ensures that it is readily available.
Image presents examples of embedded automations and a few attributes.

Image presents examples of embedded automations and a few attributes.

With automations a click away, there's little need to keep open an additional application in your workspace. Automations can simply be embedded in the familiar space you spend the majority of time. With accessible automations, users are able to quickly reach out, deliver data, keep a customer interaction engaging and progressive, and reduce time spent waiting.

What you can do with Embedded Automation

There are many cases where users can leverage this ever-present access to launch automations and processes in their familiar environment. The following are a few cases where Embedded Automation improves workflow with streamlining and precision:

Fetch case data from user input or from hosting data input: Access, complete, and submit forms with business data onscreen in your web application. This further empowers running attended bots that rely on source context and visual cues while executing.
Launch automation with hosting data input: While updating an account, business users can run a bot that takes a sales order number, fetches additional details as needed, and then pushes all details into the system to immediately begin billing for the sale.
Orchestrate case resolution and business workflow: Automated processes can guide agents through a complex task involving management approval, prompting and alerting team members during process phases to expedite approval, and finally enter customer and business data into a final document rendered for official record.
Automate mundane local tasks: Bots can upload sales leads or contact info from a desktop spreadsheet to web applications with one easy click.

Embedded Automation components

The two main components in Embedded Automation are as follows:

A widget within web application through AARI Integrations: AARI Integrations embeds in web applications as a widget. If you are an end user you can access automated processes and bots without leaving your environment. The widget is composed from an HTML inline frame or simply an iFrame widget that the user can configure and access in supported web browsers.
An extension on Google Chrome browser through AARI Extensions: AARI Extensions embeds in web applications as a side panel rendered by an extension for Google Chrome browser. As an end user, you can access automated processes and bots without leaving your environment. In addition, AARI Extensions offers further adaptability through web page customization, such as mapping an automation to web elements, for example, a button. With an OAuth 2.0 connection, existing access to automations in the Control Room are now shared with AARI Extensions to offer you a seamless user experience.

The AARI admin has the key role of organizing access points for business users using Embedded Automation.

For AARI Integrations, the iFrame widget embeds seamlessly into adjacent content of your web application. The AARI admin must first set up and configure the iFrame widget details using AARI and then assign automations to teams by adding specific members of a team and defining the team owners and admins. After setup is completed business users can deploy automations in their web application using the iFrame widget.

AARI Extensions has a similar setup process, differing in the way the widget is accessed, via an extension for Google Chrome browser. Because of this difference, a developer has to enable web components for the extension. Similar to AARI Integrations, the admin completes the setup and configuration of the iFrame widget using AARI. Next, a bot creator develops a web component using a Page Editor, assisted by the iFrame widget embed code, supplied in AARI. Newly created web components become visible within AARI for Administrators to assign to teams. Assigned users will then navigate to their web application and access the iFrame widget, while logged in to their Control Room.

References

Learn more about the usages of AARI Integrations and AARI Extensions in Automation Co-Pilot (integrations) and Automation Co-Pilot (extensions).

Learn more about Automation Anywhere Robotic Interface (AARI) and its functions in Automation Anywhere Robotic Interface (AARI).

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