If you’re using test automation and recently began looking into RPA, or if you are new to test automation but using RPA as a means to achieve efficient operations, you might at some point have wondered what the difference is between the two often interchanged terms, as well as if you can use the same tool for both.

An increasing number of companies are seeing the benefits of RPA in Workday®. Unfortunately, developing RPA functions is costly and time-consuming, requiring new personnel with specialized and expensive skills. So how can a company get the most out of automation without incurring massive implementation and maintenance costs?

Data is found everywhere. Whether you are testing an application’s functionality with different data parameters or automating the process of moving data from A to B, you have probably realized by now that data is found to be a key component in most automation cases.