What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation on premises 23.0.11

Release date: 19 October 2023

Version 23.0.11 of IBM Robotic Process Automation brings the Delete computers feature and fixes issues that were detected by users or reported by the developers in previous versions. Discover more by browsing the sections in this document.

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

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Enhancements

This version introduces the following enhancements:

Delete computers

Now, users with the Tenant administrator role can delete computers or computer groups that are not being used.

A computer must not be associated with the following resources before you delete it:

  • Computer groups
  • Process steps
  • Chatbot mappings
  • Old Schedules
  • Script Brokers

A computer group must not be associated with the following resources before you delete it:

  • Process steps
  • Script Brokers
  • Unattended Bots

See Deleting a computer.

Update ABBYY version

The embedded ABBYY™ OCR provider was updated to version 12.5.15.0. Scripts that rely on ABBYY's optical character recognition technology might need adjustments to conform to this new version.

Update IBM MQ version

The supported IBM MQ version is 9.3.3.

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.

Server-side fixes

  • [APAR DT243235] Fixed an issue where the Edit Calculated Field function of the Dashboard tab in IBM RPA Control Center was disabled.
  • [APAR DT241760] Fixed an issue where the IBM RPA Watson NLP certificate always generated the machine name as localhost.
  • [APAR DT239527] Fixed an issue where LDAP users with more than one tenant were unable to login to IBM RPA Studio.

Client-side fixes

  • [APAR DT239563] Scripts with breakpoints no longer fail to load on IBM RPA Studio.
  • [APAR DT241604] The error message for the Download from File System (downloadStorage) command makes it clearer that the information to download the file is missing.
  • [APAR DT239353] Fixed an issue where the Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert) command did not add the NULL value to empty columns.
  • [APAR DT240326] Fixed an issue where the Terminal Recorder display was cutting off the first column of the terminal causing the Get Text (terminalGetText) command to behave inconsistently.
  • [APAR DT240549] Fixed an issue where the Send Keys to Terminal (terminalSendKey) command's F17 key would not work on the terminal emulators.
  • [APAR DT240738] Fixed an issue where the Close SAP Session (closeSAPSession) command was not closing SAP.
  • Fixed an issue where the Get Parameters (getParameters) command was not getting parameter values.

Documentation updates

  • New Support section. This section teaches you how to open a support case and how to subscribe to security bulletins.
  • Improved the Execute Script (executeScript) command documentation with new examples.
  • Improved the Handle Error (onError) command documentation with new examples.