Automation 360 v.26 Release Notes

Release date: 6 October 2022

Review the top 5 features as well as other new features, enhancements, fixes, and limitations in the Automation 360 v.26 release. Automation 360 and IQ Bot are on Build 15459 (for On-Premises and Cloud).

We have released updated builds for fixes after the GA release of v.26 (Build 15436). For information about the fixes in these updated builds, see Updated release builds.

Note: The release builds include Manifest V3 browser extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. For more information, see:

Highlights of this release

Here are the top 5 features in the v.26 release:

Embedded automation with OAuth 2.0

Business users can directly access authorized automation from within their favorite business applications, without having to open a new interface or learn a new app. OAuth 2.0 enables seamless authentication across systems, reducing complexities of system-specific sign-ins.
Image of embedded automation features, including widget and extensions.

Image of embedded automation features, including widget and extensions.

Learn more: Embedded Automation.

Coding standards through code analysis

Administrators can establish coding best practices by setting a code analysis policy and improve their team's code to quickly find and correct rule violations. They can select which rules to check for and enable summary reports for a snapshot of all bots within a project.

Bot builders can quickly check the status of their bots and receive feedback on what to fix, speeding up bot development and deployment and promoting coding best practices.

Learn more: Code analysis.

Package role-based access (RBAC)

Administrators can tailor package access to the business needs and expertise of bot developers and enforce access policies for custom groups. They can maintain policy control and ensure confidence and ease-of-use for developers by providing group-based package access with clear policies.

Citizen developers can access simpler packages and build easy-to-complete automation, and professional developers can access a broader set of complex packages.

Benefits of using RBAC on packages

Learn more: RBAC on packages.

Salesforce integration with command package

RPA developers can build robust integrations with Salesforce through direct API interaction. They can automate repetitive processes involving access and updates to Salesforce data, enabling business users to focus on high-value business tasks such as strategic planning and optimization. Commands available include authentication, database querying, record updates, and file processing.

Salesforce actions package

Learn more: Salesforce package.

Automation 360 integration with Google Cloud Apigee

RPA developers can fast-track end-to-end automation development by combining API components from Apigee and RPA bots from Automation 360 to access any data in the enterprise. Our prebuilt integration packages make the integration seamless, enabling you to drive more value from reusing existing assets created by your organization's automation teams.

Apigee Two Way Integration

Learn more: Apigee integration.

Updated release builds

We have released the following updated builds:

Build 15459 Service Cloud case ID: 01941769, 01945068
This build is updated to include a critical security fix for the issue related to Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) when used with database authentication. This vulnerability is not applicable when using SAML or AD authentication. For more information on this security fix, see Unexpected behavior observed with Two Factor Authentication post A360.26 upgrade, where a valid authenticator code alone is sufficient to login to CR, in spite of an incorrect password.
Note: This issue exists only in Automation 360 v.26 release. For v.26 On-Premises customers using or planning to use MFA with database authentication, we recommend that you install this update at your earliest convenience. No action is required from customers on other Automation 360 releases.
Build 15450 with fixes for the following issues:
- When you import a bot or file that is a manual dependency of other bots using the overwrite option, the import process no longer removes the dependencies from the other bots (Service Cloud case ID: 01911410, 01920508).
- When you have large and complex bots with many dependencies and if the size of the deployment messages that are sent from the Control Room to the Bot Agent is more than 2 MB, the bots run successfully. (Service Cloud case ID: 01882630).
- The following IQ Bot issues were fixed:
  - IQ Bot can now perform post-processing on a field if the custom logic uses Python script containing single quotes, such as print('Test').
  - If your IQ Bot custom logic uses the Pandas library, the script no longer needs to have the import Pandas statement.
  - IQ Bot can now perform post-processing on a field if the custom logic uses Python script containing characters from non-Latin languages (Unicode characters), such as äöüñй.
- Security fixes for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities (Service Cloud case ID: 01843148).
Build 15443 (for US-East and US-West regions only) Service Cloud case ID: 01911410, 01920508
This build is updated to include a fix for the issue related to the manual dependency file that is shared between multiple parent bots upon export and import. If one of the child bot files is exported and imported into the Control Room with overwrite options in the import process, then links to the manual dependency are unlinked from other parent bots. Use Bot Agent version 21.222 for this issue.
Build 15439 (Japan region only) Service Cloud case ID: 01911093, 01911209, 01911190, 01911116, 01911259
This build is updated to include a fix for the following issue: Cannot retrieve values assigned to global values having Japanese characters after upgrading Automation 360. Build 15439 is available for download for On-Premises customers who need this fix.

What's new and changed in each product

Go to the following pages for details on all the updates (what's new, changed, fixed, and limitations) in each product:


RPA Workspace Updating to this release Migration updates
AARI
IQ Bot and Document Automation
Bot Insight