UI Action Logger to Investigate Potential Robotic Process Automation Routines.

Abstract

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a cost-effective technology that emulates human tasks, reduces errors and enhances business performance. However, identifying ideal processes for RPA implementation can be challenging. Process Mining is a strategy that leverages User Interface (UI) logs to delve into processes and generate "process maps." These logs record user actions during processes, necessitating the use of a tool   such as UI Action Logger to capture and transmit them to a cloud-based application for logging. Subsequently, Process Mining frameworks like ProM utilize these logs to construct process models, aiding in the identification of repetitive processes suitable for RPA automation. This innovative study shifts the focus of process mining from event logs to UI logs, simplifying the detection of potential routines. Enriched UI logs are valuable for creating RPA bots, conducting in-depth process analysis, task mining, and training RPA bots through machine learning, and selecting processes for automation. In summary, UI Action Logger offers distinctive features, capturing user interactions at a coarse level conducive to RPA implementation.