Notes de version Automation 360 v.22 Édition Community

Date de publication : 15 septembre 2021

Passez en revue les nouvelles fonctionnalités dans la Édition Community de la version Automation 360 v.22 (Build 10535).

Espace de travail d'automatisation

Nouveautés
Introducing Text file package

A new Text file package is now available and includes the Get text action. Use this action to extract text from files that have Japanese characters with Shift-JIS encoding and then save the content in the files to a string variable.

Fichier texte package

Share session across robots

Share a DLL, Excel, and Terminal Emulator session across multiple robots using the Global session option. You can also share a session with specific child robots using the Variable option and share a session with only the current robot using the Local session option.

Partage de sessions entre robots

Enhancement to AISense Recorder

AISense Recorder now enables automation of applications that use Russian and a combination of Russian and English interfaces.

AISense pour l'enregistrement de tâches à partir d'applications distantes

Enhancements to recorder conditions for packages
  • Use the new Object does not exist condition from the Condition list of any package to verify whether a specific object in a window exists and then execute actions based on the result.

    This condition works with SAP technology as well.

  • The existing Object condition is now renamed as Object exists.

Boucle package

Enhancements to Excel avancé package
  • Open files with .xml and .txt extensions using the Open action.
  • Use the wildcard character (*) in the Open action for file names to search based on the wildcard pattern.
  • When you use the Run macro action and specify an argument that has a blank value, this blank value can now be passed to the macro.
New option in Database: Disconnect action

In the Database: Disconnect action, you can now use the Keep database schema in cache until bot finishes running option to enable the Loop action to iterate the dataset by using cached schema after disconnecting from the database.
Use regular expressions in File > Open action (Service Cloud case ID: 00737614)

Use regular expressions (regex) in the Open action of the File package to support pattern-based search.
Specify timeout for robots (Service Cloud case ID: 00667049, 00690892, 00699158, 00706491, 00739420, 00739415, 00741590, 00769795)

You can now specify the amount of time by which the execution of a robot must be completed. The system stops the robot execution if it is not completed within the time you specified.

Configurer le délai d'attente pour l'exécution du robot

New Exchange version supported in E-mail package

In the E-mail package, when you choose an EWS server to establish a connection, you can now use the Exchange2013 option in the Exchange Version field.
New actions in Fenêtre package
  • Use the Close all action to close all windows or programs running on the system, except the windows added in the Add window field.
  • Use the Restore action to restore the size of a maximized or a minimized window or application running on the system.

Fenêtre package

New option to search text within robot content in Éditeur de robots (Service Cloud case ID: 00735685, 00736201, 00739122, 00740481, 00733885, 00748970, 00746459, 00738181,00756441,00759037,00761453,00764478)

In the Éditeur de robots, use the search box in the Flow, List, or Dual view to search for text, variables, or actions in the entire robot content such as package name, action name, string name, or variable name. This feature helps you to view or edit a robot with long code lines to determine where the searched text, such as variables, strings, or actions, is used and in which line.

Actions permettant de créer des automatisations

Enhanced support for Service Web SOAP URI (Service Cloud case ID: 00759811)

In the Service Web SOAP package, if the input to the Address location field is empty, the robot now retrieves the address location from the WSDL file.
New option in Service Web SOAP package

Use the Build SOAP request option in the Service Web SOAP package to retrieve SOAP request details from the SOAP URI or the WSDL file. You can now select any operations from the list of services and ports available in the SOAP Request to automatically populate data in the fields of the Service Web SOAP action.

Exemple d'utilisation de l'action Service Web SOAP

TNS name supported for Oracle Database connection

TNS (Transparent Network Substrate) name is now supported in the Oracle Database. You can connect to the Oracle Database by specifying the TNS name and path of the tnsnames.ora configuration file.
Wait time option in Google Sheets package (Service Cloud case ID: 00738249, 00817449, 00814775)

When you use the Connect in the action in the Google Sheets package to establish a connection with the Google server, you can now set a wait time in the Wait for actions to complete field when performing actions such as Get, Set, or Delete. For example, if you have a large file that takes a long time to open, you can now set the wait time for the file to open before the system executes the next set of actions.

New option for Put action in Dictionnaire package

You can now assign a static value to a key for a dictionary variable by using the Static value option in the Put action in the Dictionnaire package.

package Dictionnaire

Relative click and occurrence supported in packages (Service Cloud case ID: 0055643,00754173)

When you capture a target image using the Reconnaissance des images package, you can now use the Preview option to select a specific captured occurrence and position your click location relative to the image.

The feature is supported in the following packages and actions:
  • Reconnaissance des images > Find image in window
  • Reconnaissance des images > Find window in window
  • If > Image Recognition condition
  • Boucle > While > Image Recognition condition
  • Wait for condition action > Image Recognition condition

Utilisation de l'action Rechercher une image dans une fenêtre|Utilisation de l'action Rechercher une fenêtre dans la fenêtre

Enhancements to execution type key in AATaskExecutor variable
  • When you schedule a robot to run, the Execution_Type key in the AATaskExecutor variable now returns information about the execution type with schedule type (frequency) such as Run as schedule Daily, Run as schedule Weekly, or Run as schedule Monthly.
  • When you use a trigger in a robot, the Execution_Type key can be accessed through the trigger data. The Execution_Type key returns the Run through Trigger as a string for triggers.
Language support for variable names

Variable names now support Greek and Japanese languages. You can now create variable names using the following characters:

  • Greek uppercase and lowercase characters
  • Japanese Katakana full-width and half-width characters.
New option in Service Web REST (Service Cloud case ID: 00764198, 00800287)

In the Service Web REST package, you can now use the Allow insecure connection when using https option to skip SSL certificate validation and to allow non-secure connections.
Work item ID and time filters for workload automations

Combine the work item ID and start time of a queue to search for specific work items and monitor the progress of these work items. The start time filters the list of all work items that start between specified start date and start time.

Actions autorisées sur la page d'affichage de la file d'attente

Enhancements to the robot structure

We have enhanced the overall readability of the robot structure and updated the node labels of the robot to show selected properties and parameters of each action in detail in the Flow, List, and Dual views. You no longer have to expand each action to view these details.

The Flow, List, and Dual views display the following properties of actions:

  • The value you enter for actions such as Set text for all supported technologies
  • Names of objects on which actions such as Set text, Click, Left click, Get property, and Select item by index are performed
  • Name of the object property mentioned in the action
  • Name of the return variable if some value is assigned to a variable
  • List of properties for the Get property action
Java applications supported in App integration package

The App integration package now supports Java applications that are based on the Standard Widget Toolkit and Abstract Window Toolkit, which can draw text using Windows text-drawing APIs.
Direct download support in Bot Store

Users who cannot connect their Control Room to the internet can now directly download Automation 360 robots and packages locally from Bot Store and then import them to their Control Room.

Téléchargement local et importation de robots et de packages du Bot Store vers la Control Room

Automation Co-Pilot pour utilisateurs professionnels

Nouveautés
Select File element input supported for Create a Request action

The Create a Request action in the Process Composer package now supports passing input in the request creation forms for the Select File element. You can now use robots to create a request and upload or download files as input with the Select File element. These input files are uploaded to the storage service to be available for further processing in the request.

Output variables support in Process Editor

The Output variables section in the process editor enables you to create a user-defined variable that can be set as an output to any process. This helps you pass the output from the child (sub) process, which was called in the Process Task, to the parent (main) process.

Afficher les résultats de l'automatisation de processus enfant

Detail view in Tasks page

The new Detail view option in the Tasks page provides better insight into individual tasks for better task management. The detail view previews each task in its respective request view page without opening another page, which helps organize and correspond your tasks with the available requests. Users can interact with their tasks as well.

Discovery Bot

Nouveautés
View Groups of steps

When reviewing a process view, you can now use the group option or icon to display groups of steps that belong to the primary level action and secondary level action (and subgroup level actions) used during the recording session.

Use the group icon to help you decide what groups of steps to select for a task you want to automate. For example, a primary level action displays Microsoft Outlook, a secondary level action displays Outlook mail notification, and subgroup level actions display terms such as Email -Add To, Email – Add Subject.

Créer une vue de processus avec des branches et des opportunités

Use Dynamic option for system-generated views

You can now use the Dynamic option from the Model options to view recordings where groups of steps display a set of repeating patterns that belong to the same application or same primary level action used during the recording session.

Use this option to decide the context of the process or the task you want to automate. Groups of steps that are labeled belong to supported applications such as Microsoft (Excel, Outlook, and Notepad), Notepad++, text editors, most windows use cases, and Chrome browser functionality.

Créer une vue de processus avec des branches et des opportunités

Enhancements to PDD Word document

The PDD Word document now includes a process recording flow chart and the time on each individual step in hours, minutes, and seconds.

Passer en revue les opportunités et les convertir en robot