What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service 23.0.20

Release date: 11 January 2025 (BR1, US1, AP1, BR2, EU1, and UK1)

IBM Robotic Process Automation version 23.0.20 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

Update Bot script version during publish

You can now update the script version used by your Bot when you publish it with the IBM RPA Studio. For more information, see Updating the script version used by a bot.

Support for TLS 1.3

The server and client now support the TLS 1.3 protocol.

New parameter on the Add Column (addColumn) command

The Add Column (addColumn) command has a new optional Expression parameter. This capability also has excellent performance gain compared with how this was done in the past, allowing the bot to run multiple times faster (depending on the environment) when adding a column using expression with a lot of records. For more information, see Add Column (addColumn).

Support for deleting queues

You can now delete queues in the IBM RPA Control Center. For more information, see Deleting queues.

Fixed issues

This version fixes previous known issues that were found by users, as well as authorized program analysis reports (APARs), which is how IBM documents, tracks, and fixes problems.

  • [APAR DT397340] IBM RPA Studio: The IBM RPA Studio's offline mode now properly blocks all API calls. For more information, see Starting the IBM RPA Studio in offline mode.
  • [APAR DT399773] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed an issue where the list of bots would not load for users that had no permission to run bots, even if they had the permission to view the list of bots.
  • [APAR DT399986] Close SAP Session (closeSAPSession): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to close the SAP application with the error: "The control could not be found by id.".
  • [APAR DT401012] IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT): The ILMT no longer returns incomplete usage data reports.
  • [APAR DT406701] IBM RPA server installer: Fixed an issue that would cause the UMS service to start again before completing the upgrade process, making the installer unable to successfully upgrade the server version.
  • [APAR DT409027] Download Email Attachments (emailGetAttachment): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to download email attachments with invalid names.
  • [APAR DT409106] Connect to terminal: Added encoding parameter to allow selecting the terminal encoding. See the command's documentation for more information.
  • [APAR DT416725] Open Excel File (excelOpen): The Success parameter now returns True if the command creates a new Excel file.
  • [APAR DT416776] Count Emails (emailCount): Fixed an issue that would cause the command to fail if the email messages were in a shared mailbox.
  • [APAR DT418220] IBM MQ: Fixed an issue where IBM RPA would reset the number of max channels used by IBM MQ to their default values even after manually changing them.
  • [APAR DT418647] Single Sign-On: Fixed an issue that would cause the authentication to slow down if the database was TDE encrypted.

Known issues

  • The client uninstaller might fail to completely uninstall the product with an error message: "This package can only be run from a bootstrapper".

For more information about known issues and limitations, see Known issues and limitations.

Documentation updates