Automation 360 v.26 Community Edition Release Notes

Release date: 22 September 2022

Review what's new in the Community Edition of the Automation 360 v.26 (Build 15450) release. Build 15450 replaces Build 15439.

Note: The v.26 build supports Manifest V3 browser extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. For more information, see Chrome and Edge Manifest V3 extensions.
This release includes an optional Bot Agent update. You can continue to run your existing bots without updating the Bot Agent. However, if you want to use the new features in Automation 360 v.26, you must update the Bot Agent available with this release. For more information on updating to this release, see these resources:

Automation Workspace

What's new
Community Edition users provisioned to closest region

Registered Community Edition users are now provisioned to a region that is closest to their country (either in the US or EU). Provisioning is based on the country of the users account.
Support for Manifest V3 extensions
Automations that use Google Chrome Manifest V2 based extensions will stop working sometime after June 2023. The deprecation timelines of Manifest V2 based extensions are currently under review and subject to change by Google.This might impact your existing automations that use Manifest V2 based extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. Automation 360 v.26 and later includes Manifest V3 extensions by default to support features that use Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.

You can automatically enable Manifest V3 based extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on all the Bot Runner devices by enabling the Browser extensions option from the Control Room. Enabling this option applies the browser extension settings on all the registered Bot Agent devices.

Note: We will continue to support Manifest V2 based extensions for Google Chrome until June 2023. To know about Microsoft Edge Manifest V2 based extensions timelines, see Overview and timelines for migrating to Manifest V3.
Note: Manifest V3 extension is supported on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers version 91 and later only.

Configure browser extensions | Chrome and Edge Manifest V3 extensions

Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise now supported (Service Cloud case ID: 01252605, 1252605, 1253745, 01255134, 01379865, 01801610, 01810148)

We now support Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise, so you can now install and update the Bot Agent and run bots on the Windows 11 Enterprise operating system.

Bot Agent compatibility

Salesforce command package

You can now authenticate from Automation 360 to access Salesforce and run several command actions by using the new Salesforce command package.

Salesforce package

SAP GUI 770 version now supported (Service Cloud case ID: 01793132, 01792775, 1776805, 01792623, 787725, 01805482, 01805479,01792623, 01810356, 01822839, 01851451, 01853577, 01860050)

SAP GUI 770 (patch 6) is now certified and supported with Recorder and SAP package.

Recorder actions supported in various SAP versions

Configure and use custom proxy configuration in REST Web Service package (Service Cloud case ID: 01271527, 01765084, 01839282)

REST Web Service package is now enhanced to support custom proxy configuration for each Delete, Get, Patch, Post, and Put action. This provides you more flexibility in calling REST APIs with different proxy configuration and allow you to create hybrid API automation.

REST Web Service package

Keyboard shortcuts to reduce scrolling

When developing large bots, you can now use keyboard shortcuts to expand and collapse individual or all sections and move through the lines of code quickly instead of scrolling and minimizing sections individually.

Keyboard shortcuts to expand or collapse elements in bot logic

Set value in any editable control field to be blank in SAP application (Service Cloud case ID: 00821861, 01807129)

When you use the Set text action of the SAP package, you can now set the value in any editable control field in the SAP application to be blank. For example, you can set the value in the text field or the date field to be blank.
Loop through emails and move them one at a time (Service Cloud case ID: 00749763, 01807189, 01840743)

You can now loop through all the emails in a mailbox and move one email at a time to a destination folder by using the Move action in the Email package​.

Move action

Configure p12 certificate for SOAP-based automations (Service Cloud case ID: 00757213)

In the SOAP Web Service action, you can now select the p12 certificate file and provide a password for user authentication. With this enhancement, you can now access web services that use the p12 certificate-based authentication (a more secure type of SSL certificate).

Example of using the SOAP web service action

Improved accessibility, usability of content on Terminal Emulator window (Service Cloud case ID: 01609467)

You can now have improved accessibility and usability of the content displayed on the Terminal Emulator window. When you use the enhanced Get text action of the Terminal Emulator package, you can now view and extract all the lines and text present in the Terminal Emulator window and perform an operation based on your requirement.

Using Get text action for Terminal Emulator

Run bots with or without window title matching in letter case

You can now run bots even when the title of a captured window does not match the letter case. For a bot to identify a static window or browser titles and titles with a wildcard character, you can opt for a case-sensitive match if you want the letter case to be matched, or a case-insensitive match otherwise, by using the Case sensitive option.
Control image preview and storage in Control Room during secure recording

You can now choose whether or not the object images are available for preview and stored in the Control Room during secure recording by enabling the Recorder preview image setting. When you enable the setting, the image is previewed in the Bot editor and stored in the Control Room for 60 minutes. If you choose not to preview, images are not captured.

Secure recording | Secure recording mode | Configure Settings

Automate Microsoft Excel spreadsheets from SharePoint

You can now automate Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that are uploaded and shared on SharePoint. Use Excel advanced > Open action to open the Microsoft Excel spreadsheets from SharePoint location.

Using the Open action for Excel advanced

Automate Citrix Virtual Apps in Edge with IE mode

When using the Recorder, you can now automate Citrix Virtual Apps running on Microsoft Edge Chromium with IE mode.
Automate controls using Microsoft UI Automation (COM) technology
For automation, you can now use the Microsoft UI Automation (COM) technology in the following scenarios:
  • Capturing controls with secure recording mode
  • Capturing and automating combo box and list view controls
  • Using Object exists and Object does not exist Recorder conditions in If, Loop, and Wait packages

Capture using specific technology | Actions performed on objects captured with Universal Recorder

Seamless automation of Citrix Virtual Apps and other Citrix applications

With the new Automation 360 remote agent for Citrix, you can now seamlessly automate all types of Citrix Virtual Apps and other Citrix applications that are supported on desktop applications using the Recorder.

The new Automation 360 remote agent for Citrix supports the following browsers and technologies:
  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Edge with IE mode
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Java
  • Electron apps
  • Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA)
  • Microsoft UI automation

Installing Automation Anywhere remote agent on Citrix servers | Using the Recorder on Citrix Virtual Apps servers

Implement coding standards with code analysis
You can now implement best coding practices by configuring coding rules in the Control Room. This feature helps you prevent potential errors, improve bot reliability, and makes the code more uniform, accessible, reliable, and efficient.
  • As an administrator or a user with View policies and Manage policies permission, you can configure the code analysis policy for all users.
  • As a Citizen Developer, you can run code analysis to analyze your bots against readability, maintenance, security, and compliance best practices.

Code analysis

Fetch execution details for specific execution IDs with new Control Room API

You can now fetch the execution details, such as botOutVariables and CallbackInfo, for a specific execution ID by using the new API endpoint, V3/activity/execution/<id> API.

Automation Co-Pilot for Business Users

What's new
Embedded automation with OAuth 2.0

Embedded automation streamlines access to the automation experience.

Embed automations in your application using Automation Co-Pilot

  • Automation Co-Pilot Integrations embeds in web applications as a widget, so if you are an end user, you can access automated processes and bots without leaving your environment.
  • Automation Co-Pilot Extensions offers further adaptability through Chrome browser extensions, enabling automation directly in any web scenario. Business users can now access automations through a widget, available through an extension in their web browser.
  • With an OAuth 2.0 connection, existing access to automations in the Control Room are now shared with the Extensions to offer you a seamless user experience.

Embed automations in your application using Automation Co-Pilot

Delete files permanently from Automation Co-Pilot cloud storage

You can now delete files permanently from Automation Co-Pilot cloud storage. When you delete a request, the associated file is also permanently deleted now and not just sent to the recycle bin.

Cloud storage usage

Append or overwrite operations in your form

Append or overwrite operations in your form by using the Assign form rules for the web, with the Checkbox and Radio Button elements, which now support form rules.

Assign dynamic values with support for new elements in your forms

When you use the interactive forms package, you can now assign dynamic values with the Assign action, which now supports Checkbox and Radio Button elements in your form.

You can also change the label of the selected form elements with the Change label action for the Button element.

Interactive forms package

IQ Bot

What's new
Search for form or table fields

When creating a learning instance, when you are configuring fields, you can now search for fields by field name, field label, or data type.