Build Robots

Use a robot to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks by recording its steps in an application's user interface.

 

Fulfill Your Business Goals

Goal	Details	How robots help
Reduce manual, repetitive tasks	Without automation, people spend time completing manual, repetitive tasks.	Robots let you automate, even when an application has no APIs. And no need to install a separate desktop suite. Oracle Integration has everything you need.
Eliminate automation silos	When API and UI automation teams work independently, automation silos form.	Oracle Integration facilitates collaboration between RPA and business IT teams, so organizations can deliver automation solutions together.

 

Robot Essentials

Area	More information
Definition	A robot, also known as robotic process automation (RPA), completes a task by working in an application like a person does.
Usage	Employees are essential to your business's success. However, employees often feel burdened by manual and repetitive tasks. The work is tedious and boring, without opportunity to add value. When your organization is dealing with manual, repetitive tasks, give this work to a robot so that people can add value in other ways and so that you can improve the overall efficiency of your business processes. For example, a robot can help with the following tasks: Downloading a report from an application that doesn't have APIs Modifying business objects in an application that doesn't have APIs Getting information from a business object (such as an invoice or purchase order) in an application that doesn't have APIs Build a robot only when you can't automate using an integration. See Explore Options for Connecting Applications. To see more real-world case studies, see Review Use Cases.
AI-powered capabilities	Robots are brittle. Even small changes to a user interface can break them. AI can help. When a robot fails, an AI engine can analyze the structure of the page that it's working on and suggest updates to your robot. These built-in AI features help you keep your business on track by improving the stability of your robots. To explore all AI features, see AI Innovation and Oracle Integration in Using Integrations in Oracle Integration 3.
Primary users	Robot center of excellence. See Users of Oracle Integration.
Availability	Robots are available in select Oracle Integration editions and regions. See Oracle Integration Editions and Availability in Provisioning and Administering Oracle Integration 3.

 

Good to Know

Area	More information
Deployment	Simplify your CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment) pipeline by working in a project. A project is a single workspace for designing, managing, deploying, and monitoring your automation solution. A project offers fine-grained control over code promotion, including selecting the individual components and their versions to promote to higher environments. See Projects.
Error handling	You have the following options for managing robot-related errors: Decide what happens when an error occurs using an option in a foreach loop. See Add a Foreach Loop in Using Robots in Oracle Integration 3. Use the error handling framework for an integration. See Integrate Applications. When a robot fails, get intelligent recommendations from an AI engine to fix the robot. This feature is especially helpful when UI elements have changed in a web application.
Monitoring and troubleshooting	Use the built-in observability features to monitor your automation solution and detect issues. See Observability.
Time-saving options	You don't have to build every automation solution from scratch. Instead, get results faster by installing a predefined automation solution. See Recipes and Accelerators.

 

Explore Your Next Steps

Goal	More information
Learn about and plan automation	Compare and Plan Automation Review Use Cases
Start building	Get Started with Robots in Using Robots in Oracle Integration 3 Best Practices and Guidelines in Using Robots in Oracle Integration 3
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