Blue Prism ATA02 - Architecture Overview

In continuation to my last post,  'Introduction to ATA02 - Technical Architect Exam' for Blue Prism, I am writing this post today to start my online course for all those aspirants/technical folks who want to pursue their career in the field of RPA and want to design complete setup of Blue Prism.

As mentioned in the earlier post, ATA02 certification will help to boost your career in the field of architect where one will be able to design the Blue Prism environment.

So let's gets started....

A good understanding of each and every component is 'a MUST' while designing any new application.

This is valid for any application and it is true for Blue Prism Implementation as well.

That is the reason I am starting this course by introducing basic components of Blue Prism.

Any Blue Prism implementation will have the following components :

• Interactive Client
• Run Time Resources.
• Application Server ( Optional, depending upon the work load)
• Database Server ( Core Critical Component).

• Interactive Client : - 

Interactive Client will be used for development( for DEV region) and for Controlling and Monitoring for UAT and PROD regions. A Blue Prism Interactive Client will be an End-User desktop build , it can be physical as well virtual( depending upon the use case). An Interactive Client will be used to facilitate the setup, development , configuration as well as monitoring various Blue Prism Processes across the environment. 

• Run Time Resources:

Run Time Resources are components we can refer as 'Bots' which run the actual processes. It is best practice to Visualize this component of Blue Prism. Because visualizing Run time resources will have its own advantages ( I will post a detailed description on the advantages in a separate post next week). We commonly refer these machines as 'Software Robots'

• Application Server:

As listed above, application server is an optional component while designing a Blue Prism setup. Please note that it is purely depend on the use case in hand which will decide whether we need an application server or not. 

Also, one should note that key functionality of application server is to marshal all communications between Blue Prism Resources ( Interactive Client, RunTime resources etc. ) to the database.

This is to enhance the security of the data while communicating with database.

Additionally, application server can be physical or virtual windows server.

• Database Server ( SQL Server):

A database server is the most Critical Component of Blue Prism Implementation. Because it stores all the information related to the processes, schedules, audit and user information. Database server will act as a centralized repository to hold all the important information related to any process, user, audit or schedules.

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