What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation on premises 23.0.12

Release date: 23 November 2023

IBM Robotic Process Automation version 23.0.12 is now available. This version introduces enhancements and fixes to the product's client and server.

To upgrade to the new version, check out the following documentation:

For previous release notes on the 23.0.x mainstream, see Previous releases.

Enhancements

Audit logs update

Changing a process or chatbot mapping now generates an audit event. To track these changes, the CorrelationId field was added to the audit log files. It links the script update event with a process or chat mapping event update.

For more information, see Viewing audit logs.

Fixed issues

This version fixes previous known issues that are found by users. Customer issues are reported as authorized program analysis reports (APAR), which is how IBM documents, tracks, and fixes problems.

  • [APAR DT224697] Terminal recorder: If the fields in the terminal emulator are empty, the script no longer throws an error message.
  • [APAR DT228593] Terminal recorder: Fixed an issue with the PCOM and HLLAPI providers throwing error messages after interacting with the terminal emulator screen.
  • [APAR DT240263] Terminal recorder: Fixed an issue with the Inspector tab not working properly.
  • [APAR DT241160] IBM RPA Studio: The application now throws error messages if it is unable to write to corrupted log files.
  • [APAR DT242810] Queue provider API: The IBM MQ service now tries to reconnect after a connection issue.
  • [APAR DT242980] Disconnect from Terminal (terminalDisconnect): The command no longer crashes in debugging mode.
  • [APAR DT243125] IBM RPA Studio: The application now also looks for the web recorder extension that is installed in the %APPDATA% folder. In previous versions, it would only look for the extension in the %LOCALAPPDATA% folder.
  • [APAR DT243235] IBM RPA Dashboard: Fixed an issue where the Edit Calculated Field option was not enabled.
  • [APAR DT243401] Audit logs: The script's TargetId is now properly recorded in the log files.
  • [APAR DT243581] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed an issue where the script version history would display unrelated users.
  • [APAR DT244917] Start Browser (webStart): The command no longer tries to use the Google Chrome profile path in the Microsoft™ Edge browser.
  • [APAR DT244898] IBM RPA Dashboard: The application can now properly handle diacritics.
  • [APAR DT245018] IBM RPA SQL drivers: The expected MySQL connector driver version was updated to 8.0.33. You must still provide your own MySQL driver to connect to the database. For more information, see Connect to MySQL (mySqlConnect).
  • [APAR DT245247] IBM RPA Control Center: The Workflow page no longer fails to load if you have several processes in the tenant.
  • [APAR DT245254] Move Email (emailMove): You can now transfer an email from the inbox to a subfolder in a shared mailbox.
  • [APAR DT245373] IBM RPA API: A Tenant Administrator can now transfer ownership of projects that are owned by deactivated users.
  • [APAR DT245683] IBM RPA API: A Tenant Administrator can now reimport a deactivated user from an identity provider.
  • IBM RPA Studio: Fixed an issue where the terminal commands would not work in the test explorer.

Documentation updates