What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service 23.0.13

Release date: 16 December 2023

IBM Robotic Process Automation version 23.0.13 is now available. This version introduces enhancements and fixes to the product's client and server.

Note:IBM Robotic Process Automation as a Service skipped version 23.0.12 to synchronize release dates with the on premises offerings. All the changes that landed on version 23.0.12 of the other offerings are now available in this version.

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

Support for more variable types in the Bots API

The Bots API now supports more variable types. Along with this change, Bots can now run from the control center with partially supported variable types.

For a full list of supported and partially supported variable types, see Supported data types for input and output parameters.

New cursorKeysState parameter in Terminal commands

The cursorKeysState parameter was added to the Connect to Terminal via SSH (terminalSshConnect) and Connect to Terminal via Telnet (terminalTelnetConnect) commands. This parameter defines the behavior of cursor keys, with which you can choose between Normal and Application mode.

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 DT215196] Storage providers: Fixed an issue that would cause a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) error when trying to connect to storage providers.
  • [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 DT246329] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed an issue where you could get an error after editing a process.
  • [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.
  • [APAR DT246344] IBM RPA Control Center: Resolved an issue where the Instances page from a process would display "undefined" instead of the name of the instance.
  • [APAR DT246496] Send Key to Terminal (terminalSendKey): Improved the validation of keys on the command.
  • [APAR DT246637] IBM RPA Control Center: The Processes page no longer shows an incorrect amount of valid computer runtimes.
  • [APAR DT246936] HTTP Request (httpRequest): Resolved an issue where the command would fail to send cookies even if the Cookie Container (cookieContainer) parameter was specified.
  • [APAR DT247277] IBM RPA Control Center: Resolved an issue where, upon logging in with SSO, the list of tenants would diplay tenants where the user has been deactivated.
  • [APAR DT247338] Save Excel As (excelSaveAs): Saving an Excel file with the command now applies the right extension to the file.
  • [APAR DT247358] Download Email Attachments (emailGetAttachment): The Accept Inline Attachments (acceptinlineattachments) parameter is no longer obsolete.
  • [APAR DT248066] Set Value (setValue): Resolved an issue where Java applications would fail to clean previous values on the selected field.
  • IBM RPA Control Center: Resolved an issue where the user could return to the login page even after a successful login.
  • IBM RPA Control Center: Improved performance of the Teams page.

Documentation updates