Summary

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Solutions allow you to combine multiple cloud flows, desktop flows, and apps to automate an entire process and focus on the tasks that matter most. Now, you've learned how to create a desktop flow that will allow you to automate tasks that use legacy applications on your desktop. The desktop flow will also help you reduce the number of repetitive tasks that you perform daily that are triggered by an event from your typical work process. You can accomplish this task by building a cloud flow that's connected to a program such as Outlook.

Diagram of triggering a desktop flow from an email that's received with a particular subject line and attachment to create a new invoice in the legacy Contoso Invoicing application. Create a new invoice in the Contoso Invoicing application from a received email.

In this module, you've learned how to:

  • Create a new solution to package the complete invoice processing solution.

  • Create a new cloud flow that initiates the invoicing process through the receipt of an email.

  • Integrate an invoicing desktop flow into a new cloud flow.

  • Test the new cloud flow.

Key takeaways

Three key takeaways for this module:

  • Solutions allow you to group and organize multiple flows and apps.

  • You can export and import entire solutions instead of exporting individual apps and flows.

  • Separating your process into small steps and building and testing those individual steps will allow your RPA to be more robust and easier to build.