Overview

What is a Solution Accelerator

Solution Accelerators are pre-built modular automation frameworks which accelerate time-to-value for any developer with the most common, high impact use cases through a bundle of pre-designed templates, models, and reusable components, with connectors for the most widely used systems and applications.

Each Solution Accelerator needs to be built according to UiPath best practices and is intended to be tailored to fit the nuances of a use case’s specific needs. Solution Accelerators should not only help organizations accelerate their automation initiatives but also promote development consistency, scalability, and reusability in automation projects across industries. They enable organizations to optimize their processes efficiently and focus on driving innovation and value-add activities.

They can be downloaded from UiPath Marketplace.

What a Solution Accelerator is not

Solution Accelerators are not plug-and-play solutions and should not be developed as such. The Solution Accelerator package codebase should contain reusable components that interact with specific systems and procure a transaction throughout its lifecycle. These components are meant to be used as a starting point or example for how such components should be built in an actual implementation but should not be considered a complete solution for every organization’s needs. They provide a foundation that can be customized and extended to meet specific business requirements, allowing organizations to rapidly deploy automation and realize its benefits.

Benefits of your Solution Accelerator

When creating a Solution Accelerator, it is important to recognize the value eventually provided to the end user. Three key pillars exist across the automation lifecycle: discovery, design, and development. These should all be enhanced when creating a Solution Accelerator as outlined in the table below:

Discovery	Design	Development
Reduced Discovery Time	Reduced Design Time	Faster Time to Production
Top Automation Areas Identified by Industry Experts, Partners, and MVPs	Automation Industry Best Practices Incorporated	Orchestration and Assets Included using Solutions Management
Building Confidence in UiPath Solutions	Modularized Design Enables Easy Application Swaps	Pre-Built Starting Templates for Automation and AI Projects

The Solution Accelerator will accomplish these results by focusing on the following within each pillar:

Discovery	Solution Accelerators should be the result of in-depth analysis of business use cases across various industries by Industry Experts or implementations by Partners and MVPs. They offer modular automation frameworks that expedite time-to-value by addressing common and impactful use cases. They provide value and are created from identified market trends, serving as a compelling business justification for future users to leverage your Solution Accelerator to automate their processes.
Design	The Solution Accelerator's design ensures seamless switching of input and output sources and applications within the process, while maintaining the overall project architecture. The structure of any Solution Accelerator remains consistent, but customization and adjustments are expected for specific customer scenarios and environments. Some example modifications may involve enhancing or modifying queues by adding or removing parameters and embedding application automation steps within the process's input and output areas. These modifications and the way to approach such changes should be intuitive to the end user through design patterns, code comments, code annotations, and documentation. For example, if a Solution Accelerator handles ServiceNow as the ITSM solution for ticketing and an automation is performed in SAP as the ERP system, the required adjustments for adopting different ITSM or ERP systems should be clear to the end user.
Development	Each Solution Accelerator adheres to UiPath's best practices for development, as specified later in this document, enabling it to cater to specific business needs. Solution Accelerators must include pre-designed templates, assets, documentation, Solutions Management packaging, and reusable components, along with Integration Service connectors for widely used systems and applications. This format is defined later in this document. Solution Accelerators can contain reusable components for similar applications, reducing implementation time for customers with similar processes. As a result, reusable and publishable libraries may be an outcome from the development of a Solution Accelerator. Clients can leverage this existing development work, effectively reusing these components and accelerating their implementation journey.