Introduction to Nintex Studio
Nintex Studio is the tool with which you can create and manage automation content for Nintex Robots. Automation wizards are recorded by the RPA developer in Studio and then accessed by end users who run it on their own computers (attended automation) or by robots who run it on virtual machines (unattended automation).
Glossary
The following terms are essential to understanding Nintex RPA functionality and are used throughout this guide.
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Business Intelligence (BI) |
The handling of organizational data. BI systems are capable of retrieving data from various database, such as the Nintex Database. |
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RPA developer |
A Nintex Studio user who creates, edits and manages Nintex automations |
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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) |
A form of process automation technology based on the notion of software robots. A robot is a software application that replicates the actions of a human being interacting with the user interface of a computer system. For example, the execution of data entry into an SAP system – or indeed a full end-to-end business process – would be a typical activity for a software robot. The robot operates on the user interface (UI) in the same way that a human would. In addition Nintex's technology can run background activities using web services, SQL queries, DLL and integration technologies (such as SAP, HTML, .NET, Excel, PDFs, emails, etc.) |
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Index |
A number representing the position of an item in a series or array of items. In Nintex Studio, indexes are used in some advanced commands. |
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Nintex RPA Server |
The Nintex RPA Platform is a client-server solution. Nintex robots, running on client desktops/VMs, are connected to a central server (repository) to obtain and execute automation wizards. The Nintex RPA Server is a central repository that stores all automations, collects end-user usage statistics, and manages licenses and permissions. |
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Catalog |
A hierarchical tree of libraries, categories and automations for predefined applications |
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Category |
A library subfolder that contains automations |
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Automations |
Wizards and sensors listed in the catalog |
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Library |
The top-level folder in the catalog, containing the categories that, in turn, contain automations |
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Sensor |
A powerful guard that intervenes only when a predetermined criteria is met, as if there were a trainer watching over the user’s shoulder Sensitive to the context on the screen and to user behavior, sensors are used to push notifications and relevant information, as well as to validate user input and block user errors. |
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An intelligent pre-developed script – created using Nintex Studio, stored on the Nintex RPA Server, and run by Nintex robots
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Robot |
A lightweight client that runs wizards on target applications
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