DEVOPSdigest

UiPath announced new features in its platform designed to enable developers to build, test, and accelerate implementation of automations.

■ UiPath Autopilot for Test Suite: now in public preview, Autopilot for Test Suite provides a collection of advanced AI capabilities designed to boost the productivity of testers throughout the entire testing lifecycle. Autopilot for Test Suite includes:

- AI-Powered Quality Checks: acts as an expert reviewer at a tester’s fingertips analyzing requirements, from popular lifecycle tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps or documents such as a PDD, process design document.

- AI-Powered Test Design: generates manual tests with step-by-step instructions from developers’ requirements and supporting docs, such as workflows or design documents.

- AI-Powered Test Automation: converts any text, including manual test steps, into automated tests in UiPath Studio Desktop with little effort; and

- AI-Powered Test Insights: provides real-time, actionable insights into the test case portfolio, empowering rapid issue resolution and continuous improvement almost instantaneously.

■ UiPath Automation Marketplace and Solution Accelerators: To execute on an automation idea, developers can jumpstart the journey by searching the thousands of building blocks and templates in the Automation Marketplace. UiPath has made key investments in its Solution Accelerators, a pre-built automation framework designed to help developers implement faster and expedite time-to-value. Solution Accelerators are high impact use cases defined by industry experts and customers built using UiPath best practices. A typical accelerator contains workflows, models, process template, custom connector, and documentation – everything developers need to get started.

■ Generative AI Connectors: UiPath continues to support customers’ automation projects by expanding its collection of Generative AI connectors. These connectors accelerate infusing the power of Gen AI into automations. Using Gen AI connectors, developers can easily access curated AI activities designed to weave AI into every use case transaction, and interaction, such as: generating text content and summarization for sales, marketing, social media, and customer support; classifying images into thousands of categories; and using translation and transliteration to support global workforces. Each UiPath connector enables developers to leverage one or multiple of the of industry-leading LLM providers—including OpenAI, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex, Anthropic, and others.

■ Improved developer capabilities for Integration Service: Developers are further supported by new enhancements for Connector Builder, making it easier to create customized API integrations. A new Activity Designer enables developers to visually design their own activities, while taking advantage of improved support for events—all through a low code UX.

■ Availability of new India data center: UiPath Automation Cloud expands globally with new data centers, including in India, as of April 2024. This expansion offers opportunities for public and private sector customers and partners to strategically position their infrastructure, applications, and data. The India data center meets the growing demand for cloud services, focusing on business continuity and compliance. High availability and low latency provide a solid foundation for cloud deployment, improving accessibility and service speed for customers.