Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide a high-level overview of the Nintex RPA Platform’s system components and security features.

Unless stated otherwise, information in this document refers to common RPA use cases, including unattended and attended.

Unattended robot

A lightweight desktop client installed on a virtual machine that runs a predefined sequence of actions on target applications with no human intervention.

Attended robot

A lightweight desktop client that runs a predefined sequence of actions on users’ desktops. A Nintex attended robot performs actions for the user by moving his or her mouse and navigating the target application to complete the desired task. It can also educate the user on new applications, by navigating the user through the application and pointing to the exact location where he or she needs to click or enter text for each step of the task.

Studio

Studio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that enables easy editing of simple and advanced automation workflows. Automation developers can add and edit desired workflows, comments, instructions, and links to other knowledge sources using an intuitive interface and robust toolbox of available commands.

RPA server

A software-based application server whose primary function is to serve as a central repository for automation workflows. It also functions as the core application for administration, provisioning, monitoring, authorizing permissions, managing licenses, and collecting end-user statistics.

Console Plus

The central orchestration unit that manages unattended robot execution, prioritizes tasks, and schedules recurring processes. Console Plus displays monitoring information and status of all task executions and active robots, along with historical aggregations of successful completions, exceptions, and execution time.

API integrations

As an I/O integration platform, Nintex I/O acts the hub of all cross-departmental applications regardless of their technology or formal APIs. With Nintex I/O at the center, legacy sub-systems (including ERP, CRM, billing and mainframe applications) can seamlessly collaborate.

Nintex I/O uses proprietary service-bus and control-flow technology to connect any legacy or mainframe application to modern applications, including: SaaS applications, desktop applications (MSOffice), web applications (HTML/JavaScript), modern APIs such as REST, WSDL web services, and SAP applications.