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Task Description: Graphically represent the chain of tasks
to automate Inventory Management using the intuitive Workflow Designer. In this
workflow we represent graphically Inventory Management from checking inventory,
placing order if below set inventory levels and sending email notifications.
| Solution |
| 1. | Create a new
workflow |
- Click on Workflow Designer from the main Automation Anywhere window.
- Drag 'Start' command from Toolkit to the right window Screenshot 1
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| 2. |
Design Workflow |
- Drag the 'Run' command from the Toolkit
- Enter the Run Task parameters. For the purposes of this example, we run a
task to check inventory levels as shown in Screenshot
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A text file will be
created for all items for which inventory is less than or equal to
re-order levels.
- Check for existence of the text file 'Items to Order'. IF file exists then
run the task to place order. Screenshot 3
- If for some reason the above place order task is unsuccessful, send email
notification to the concerned persons.
- The complete workflow for Inventory Management is shown in
Screenshot 4
- Screenshot 5 shows the execution path of the workflow.
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When you run
this workflow, it checks the inventory levels with
re-order levels and creates a text file for all items less than or equal to
re-order levels. Based on that it takes further appropriate actions. |
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