infoRPA
Automate manual green screen operations and easily expose legacy IBM i applications as modern APIs. Infoview System’s Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Connector helps companies simulate green screen user actions directly from middleware applications.
Process Automation
Expose IBM i applications as APIs
- Simulate IBM i green screen user actions directly from leading middleware
- Exclusively for IBM i (AS400, iSeries) systems
- Does not require any additional infrastructure or components installed on the IBM i
- Supports TLS connections
Complementing Professional Services Assistance
Architectural
advisory
Middleware platform implementation
Platform and Application Support
infoConnect product implementation
System integration
Custom connector development
Supports leading integration platforms
Modernize legacy applications
- Define a sequence of commands
- Map input and output variables
- Use a Python-based scripting language for advanced screen operations such as flow controls and conditional processing
- Access and modify source code
Feature Comparisons at a Glance
| InfoRPA by Infoview Systems | Other market solutions |
|---|---|
| Supports green screen automation in addition to data replication and API enablement functionality when paired with infoCDC and/or infoConnect | Offers just green screen automation functionality |
| Component is offered and designed exclusively for IBM i (AS/400) systems and is backed by a team of IBM i, middleware, and integration professionals | Supported by a team of IT professionals that may only have experience in IBM i or middleware |
| Offered under a GPL 2 open-source license with commercially available support and SLA’s | Often priced for enterprise sized firms and/or priced in relation to transaction amounts |
| Requires no additional infrastructure to leverage | May require additional infrastructure to leverage |
| Minimal implementation timelines – little to no training for end customer team who will own product operations | Could take longer to implement and often requires heavy training for owners of product operations |
| Supports leading integration platforms including MuleSoft and Kafka (Confluent) | May not work with middleware applications right “out of the box” and could require custom development |
Common Integration Use Cases
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a good fit for companies that only have access to the application via green screen UI and have limited capabilities integrating directly at application program or DB level.
Automate a testing aspect of a CI/CD process whenever an IBM i development team introduces new application change and needs to run through a manual feature and regression test for each scenario
Automate a manual vendor onboarding process that entails navigating to a green screen ERP menu, selecting *add new vendor, *entering said vendor name, location, shipping info, and primary contact information
Automate a manual ERP process that entails navigating to a green screen menu, selecting *update order status, typing in an order reference number, and adjusting status to *shipped, picked, delivered, or processed for each order
Helpful documentation and demonstration examples
User Manual
Release Notes
License Agreement
Launch Announcement
