What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation on Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform 23.0.16

Release date: 04 June 2024

IBM Robotic Process Automation version 23.0.16 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 to Watson NLP 5.3.0

IBM RPA server now uses Watson NLP version 5.3.0.

Option to define the amount of days to keep files sent in a Chatbot conversation

The Bot Send Media (chatSendMedia) now has the File Expiration Time parameter to define the amount of days to keep a file sent in a Chatbot conversation.

For more information about Chatbots in IBM RPA, see Digital assistant.

Deprecated and removed functions

The Connect to Outlook Desktop Application (outlookConnect) command has been removed. Use Connect to Microsoft™ Outlook (microsoftMailConnect) instead.

For more information about previous deprecated and removed functions, see Deprecated and removed functions

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 DT244980] IBM RPA orchestrator: Fixed an issue that would cause processes in the queue to get stuck in Pending, New, and Cancelling.
  • [APAR DT260338] IBM RPA Vault: Vault credential names can no longer contain special characters such as "& @ % # ~ ^".
  • [APAR DT277083] Handle Error (onError) and Recover From Error (recover): Fixed both commands' descriptions in IBM RPA Studio.
  • [APAR DT277143] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed an issue that would cause a success message to appear after failing to remove roles from a user.
  • [APAR DT277204] Get Table (getTable): Fixed an issue where the timeout parameter could potentially fail if the command took too long to extract the table. This fix also addresses potential performance issues with the SAP drivers.
  • [APAR DT365026] Add to String Dictionary (strDictAdd): The command no longer parses whitespaces as empty values.
  • [APAR DT365038] Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert): Fixed an issue where the command could fail to insert large datasets.
  • [APAR DT365287] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed an issue that would show invalid data in the Process Dashboard page if no filters were applied.
  • [APAR DT365289] Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert): Fixed general performance issues with SQLite.
  • [APAR DT365310] IBM RPA Control Center: Fixed the disposition of boolean parameters in the Run bot page.
  • [APAR DT365384] Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert): Fixed an issue where the command could insert invalid characters in the primary key values of an SQLite database.
  • [APAR DT365580] Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert): Fixed an issue where the command would return the error "ORA-26086" in Oracle databases.
  • [APAR DT366000] IBM RPA Studio: Fixed an issue where the New Variable button would not work in the Workflow Editor.
  • [APAR DT378857] IBM RPA storage provider: The Azure storage provider now uses a proxy connection.
  • [APAR DT379998] Get Excel Table (excelGetTable): Fixed an issue where the command could fail to get Excel worksheets that exceeded the amount of supported rows and columns.
  • [APAR DT380102] Create from Data Table (excelReport): The command no longer creates an extra empty sheet.
  • [APAR DT380281] Get Excel Value (excelGet): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to convert numeric values to a Number type variable.
  • [APAR DT380553] Get Files (getFiles): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to get files that contained special characters.
  • [APAR DT380679] Create from Data Table (excelReport): The command now correctly inserts data with their appropriate data types instead of only text.
  • [APAR DT380926] IBM RPA scheduler: Fixed an issue where deleted schedules could still run.
  • [APAR DT380968] Close Browser (webClose): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to close all the Chrome browser processes in Chrome v124.
  • [APAR DT381087] IBM RPA API: Fixed an issue where the API could fail to synchronize users in LDAP if the user groups were changed.
  • [APAR DT381600] Insert Data Table into Excel File (excelSetTable): Fixed an issue where the command would fill empty cells.
  • [APAR DT382112] Open Excel File (excelOpen): Fixed an issue where the command would fail to load valid Excel files, returning empty spreadsheets.
  • [APAR DT382122] Watch and Select Client Certificate (watchAndSelectClientCertificate): Fixed an issue where the command could return an error after identifying elements on the page. The fix was applied only to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
  • IBM RPA API: Fixed an issue that would cause the "The request body is too large and exceeds the maximum permissible limit" error.
  • Get Value (getValue): Fixed an issue that would prevent the command from retrieving elements if the Update screen cache parameter was enabled.
  • Open Excel File (excelOpen): Fixed an issue where the command would overwrite all the spreadsheets, replacing them with a single empty spreadsheet after saving the file.
  • Recognize Image Text or PDF (recognizeText), Get Control Text by OCR (ocr): The Confidence output parameter now correctly returns values between 0 and 1.
  • Find Image by Similarity (findImage): The asset selector now only shows formats related to the asset type.

Documentation updates