Release date: 9 July 2020

Review the new features, supported packages, changed features, fixed features, and known limitations in the Enterprise A2019.14 (内部版本 5322) release. There are no security fixes in this release.

Enterprise A2019

要验证哪个 Bot Agent 版本与此版本兼容，请参阅 与发布版本的兼容性。

New features
Migration from Enterprise 11 and Enterprise 10 to Enterprise A2019 (currently available only to those in the Migration Early Adopter Program)

Enterprise A2019

Migration to Enterprise A2019 is currently only available to select customers through our Migration Early Adopter Program. If you are interested in learning more about this program or a timeline for when migration will be available to all customers, contact your Automation Anywhere representative.
Bypass legal disclaimer

Enterprise A2019

When you allocate a device license to a user, the Bypass legal disclaimer option is automatically enabled to allow the user to run 机器人 on the device without having to manually acknowledge a disclaimer.

创建 Windows 设备用户

Choose to automatically update Bot Agent (Service Cloud case ID: 00497873)

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

An Control Room administrator can now choose to automatically update the Bot Agent to a later version (Administration > Devices) using the auto-update capability. In the earlier version, each Bot Agent had to be updated manually after logging in to a device, resulting in more downtime.
注： In this release, Bot Agent users have to update each Bot Agent manually. From subsequent releases, the auto-update setting will be applied and each Bot Agent will be updated automatically.
  • For Cloud and Community Edition, the auto-update option is enabled by default.
  • For On-Premises, the default update option is set to manual.

自动更新 Bot Agent

通用录制器 new features

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

  • The 通用录制器 can now capture objects in SAP versions 730, 740, and 760 patch 5.
  • You can build automations in an SAP application using multiple connections (user accounts) and several sessions per connection at one time.
  • You can now record and run 机器人 to capture objects from a Google Chrome browser that does not have a zoom level setting of 100%.
Capture active text, passive text, image button, and scroll in combo box in AISense Recorder

Enterprise A2019

You can now capture active text, passive text, image button, and scroll in a combo box from a remote application when recording a task with AISense Recorder.

使用 AISense Recorder 记录任务

New 数据库 软件包 features (Service Cloud case ID: 00537047)

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

  • The Connect 操作 now enables you to connect to an Excel database.
  • Use the Export to data table 操作 to retrieve records from the database and store the retrieved data in a table variable.
  • You can now store the output of the Run stored procedure 操作 in a dictionary variable.

对数据库使用连接操作 | 使用导出到数据表 操作 | 使用运行存储过程 操作

New Active Directory 软件包 available

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

Use 操作 from the Active Directory 软件包 to manage users across a group or organization. You can perform operations such as create, modify, and delete users, groups, or organizational units with centralized control.

Active Directory 软件包

Log in securely when connecting to Active Directory server

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

You can use the Connect 操作 from the Active Directory to enter your credentials (username and password). You can either insert the credentials from the Credential Vault or insert a variable that holds a credential type value.

使用 Active Directory 的连接 操作 | 机器人编辑器 中的凭据和凭据变量 | 您的变量（用户定义）

Support for Excel cell formats, including Number, Percentage, Currency, Scientific, and Date

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

Use the Get single cell and Get multiple cell 操作 from the Excel 基本版 软件包 and the For each row in worksheet 循环 iterator to retrieve values in the format set in the Excel worksheet. For example, a value from a cell of Currency formatting retains the currency symbol when passed to a table or record variable.

Excel 基本版 软件包 | 循环 软件包

Automate a task on a range of cells in an Excel worksheet

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

Specify a cell range in the Delete cells 操作 to perform the operation on the cells in the range.

Excel advanced cell operations

New PDF 软件包 操作

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

Merge multiple PDF files into a single PDF file using the Merge documents 操作.

使用合并文档 操作

Support for Czech and United States 2 code pages in 终端仿真器 软件包

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

The TN3270E and TN5250E terminal types support the Czech and United States 2 code pages. Use the Connect 操作 to select the terminal type and code page.

使用 终端仿真器 的连接 操作

Proxy support for 软件包

Enterprise A2019

If a device is configured with a proxy, all outbound requests from the following 软件包 are routed through the proxy server:

  • 录制器
  • REST Web Services
  • SOAP Web Service
Form builder enhancements

Enterprise A2019

The form builder now includes the following new elements:
  • Dynamic - Enables dynamic rendering of the selected area.
  • Snapshot - Enables you to take a snapshot of the form.
Enhancements to 操作 in Interactive forms

Enterprise A2019

  • Enhanced highlight 操作

    The Highlight 操作 in the Interactive forms includes a Highlight type drop-down menu. You can use Warning or Error to highlight the selected form element during the 机器人 runtime.

  • New Change label 操作

    Use this 操作 to change the label or title of the selected element of a specific form.

  • Dynamic area 操作
    • The Add row in Dynamic area 操作 enables you to append or overwrite a dynamic element of a form.
    • The Clear 操作 enables you to remove the dynamic elements.

交互式表单包

Retrieve trigger event data

Enterprise A2019

You can now retrieve the trigger event data during 机器人 runtime by defining a variable as the input type.

创建文件和文件夹触发器

Record variable support for schema

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

You can create a new record variable with a schema to set the order of the fields and the type of data that can be entered into each field.

记录变量

Product interface now available in Russian language

Enterprise A2019

Enterprise A2019 is now available in Russian.

国际化、本地化和语言支持

Clone and view content in Control Room

Enterprise A2019

The Control Room now includes the following new permissions:

  • View content: This permission allows you to view the contents of a cloned 机器人. This permission applies to both public and private workspaces.
  • Clone: This permission allows you to create a read-only copy of the 机器人 from the public workspace. The same 机器人 can be cloned by multiple users. This permission applies only to the public workspace.

角色的 机器人 权限

New condition in the If and 循环 软件包

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

Use the Dictionary > Check key condition to execute 操作 based on whether the value of the specified key is Equal to or Not equal to, or Contains or Does not contain the target value.

If 软件包 | 循环 软件包

New encoding type in CSV/TXT and 记录到文件 软件包

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

The UTF-16LE encoding option provides support for files that contain the byte order mark (BOM) Unicode character. In the CSV/TEXT > Open 操作, selecting this option causes the BOM character to be ignored when data is retrieved from the file using a subsequent Read or Loop 操作. In the Log to file 操作, this option inserts a BOM character at the beginning of the file.

使用 CSV/TXT 文件的打开 操作 | 使用将文本记录到文件 操作

Retrieve a list of available users using Device API

Enterprise A2019

Use the Device API to identify all available users with unattended Bot Runner licenses, or to filter for users by name. This API returns details of each user, including the user ID, username, and device name.

设备 API

Manually configure time interval value of database connection retries property (Service Cloud case ID: 00573167)

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

You can manually configure the time interval value of the database connection retries in the cluster.properties file. If the database is reconnected within the time specified in the cluster.properties file, the Apache Ignite cache node in the cluster setup will not restart the Apache Ignite server, keeping the device and the Control Room user connected. The default value of the time property ignite.max.duration.db.connection.retries in the cluster.properties file is 10000. The recommended maximum time for this property is up to 5 minutes (300000 msec).

注： Restart the Control Room services on each node for the manually configured value of the time property to work effectively. Also, set the time in milliseconds.
Run as user to default device mapping in 工作负载 automation (Service Cloud case ID: 00563115)

Enterprise A2019 and Community Edition

工作负载 automation now allows one-to-one (1:1) mapping of the Run As user with default devices when these devices are part of a device pool. Therefore, you can select default devices that are mapped to a Bot Runner to avoid auto-login failures in environments where the security policy does not allow a user to log in to any other device or devices.

添加队列、Bot Runner 和设备池

Authentication proxy support

Support is now available for proxy authentication servers where any application going through the proxy is authenticated and authorized before accessing the internet.
Supported packages
Package Version
Node Manager 12.1.6000
应用程序 2.0.0-20200624-041608
应用程序集成 1.0.0-20200624-041607
Analyze 2.2.3-20200624-011702
Active Directory 2.0.1-20200624-041605
布尔值 2.0.0-20200624-041610
Bot Migration 2.4.0-20200604-174031
浏览器 2.0.0-20200624-041611
剪贴板 2.0.0-20200624-041619
评论 2.0.0-20200624-041619
CSV/TXT 2.0.0-20200624-041620
数据库 2.0.0-20200624-041623
数据表 2.0.0-20200624-042148
日期时间 2.0.0-20200624-041628
延迟 2.1.0-20200624-041629
字典 2.0.0-20200624-041629
运行 DLL 2.0.0-20200630-062222
电子邮件 2.0.0-20200624-041631
错误处理程序 2.0.0-20200624-041636
Excel 基本版 2.0.0-20200630-062144
Excel 高级版 4.0.0-20200630-062063
文件 2.1.0-20200624-041638
File & folders 1.1.0-20200627-151822
文件夹 2.1.0-20200624-041640
FTP / SFTP 2.0.0-20200624-041644
IF/ELSE 2.0.0-20200624-041646
图像识别 2.0.0-20200624-041747
Interactive forms 2.14.0-20200629-185534
IQ Bot 2.0.0-20200415-125005
JavaScript 2.0.0-20200630-062021
模拟击键 2.0.0-20200624-041915
旧式自动化 2.0.0-20200624-041919

1.0.0-20200515-133334
列表 2.0.0-20200624-041923
记录到文件 2.0.0-20200624-041923
循环 2.0.0-20200624-041924
消息框 2.0.0-20200624-041925
鼠标 2.0.0-20200624-041929
数字 2.0.0-20200624-041934
OCR 2.1.0-20200630-062040
Microsoft 365 Excel 2.0.0-20200630-062127
Microsoft 365 日历 2.0.0-20200630-061819
Microsoft 365 OneDrive 2.0.0-20200630-062133
PDF 2.1.0-20200624-042032
PGP 2.1.0-20200630-062139
Ping 2.0.0-20200624-042035
Printer 2.0.0-20200624-042042
播放声音 2.0.0-20200624-042037
提示 2.0.0-20200624-042043
Python 脚本 2.0.0-20200624-042044
录制器 2.0.6-20200626-193519
REST Web Services 2.0.0-20200624-042128
SAP 2.1.0-20200624-042131
屏幕 2.0.0-20200624-042134
SNMP 2.0.0-20200624-042137
SOAP Web Service 3.0.0-20200624-042140
String 3.0.0-20200624-042145
系统 2.0.0-20200624-042146
Task 2.0.0-20200624-103759
终端仿真器 3.2.0-20200625-032209
Trigger Email 1.1.0-20200624-042201
VBScript 2.0.0-20200630-062305
Wait 3.0.0-20200624-042156
窗口 2.0.0-20200624-042224
工作负载 2.0.0-20200624-042158
XML 2.0.0-20200624-042200
Changed features
Changes in the Database > Run stored procedure 操作
  • It is now optional to enter an input or output parameter name.
  • You must specify the data type of an input parameter. Choose from Boolean, date, number, or string date type.
The terminal screen for ANSI and VT100 terminals now displays 24 rows, instead of 25 rows as in earlier versions.
Email > Send 操作 interface changes

For the Use secure connection (SSL/TLS) and My server requires authentication fields, you must now select True or False, or insert a Boolean variable. Previously, the fields were activated by selecting a check box.
Import 机器人 in public or private workspace

Service Cloud case ID: 00456712

Users can now import 机器人 into the public workspace if they have the required permissions, regardless of their licenses. Additionally, users with a Bot Creator license can now import the 机器人 either into the public or private workspace.

导入 机器人

Fixed features
Service Cloud case ID Description
00554068 In the Community Edition, when you upgrade your Bot Agent to a later compatible version, 任务机器人 created with system variables of numeric type now run successfully. The Control Room does not show a preprocessing error when you deploy the 任务机器人.
00443421 The Run stored procedure 操作 in the 数据库 软件包 runs as expected with Oracle 数据库 when you use input and output parameters.
00557374 The 通用录制器 now consistently captures objects from an SAP application and identifies the technology for those objects as SAP when all prerequisites are met.
00611874 An error is no longer encountered when a variable containing Japanese characters is used in the Write to file 操作 of the 数据表 软件包.
00564534 A modified dependency file with the same name as the original file and a new size is now successfully checked in from the private to the public repository. The old file that was previously checked in is no longer referenced after the modified file is checked in to the public repository, thereby preventing a 机器人 execution failure.
00570537 When you clone a 机器人 with or without dependency files, the cloned 机器人 now displays the actual file size for the 机器人 and its dependency files.
00577247, 00587976 Fixed an issue where the Email > Move all 操作 did not move emails when a 机器人 ran the 操作 on an OS configured with the Japanese language setting.
00552729 The PGP > Decrypt 操作 now works for PDF files.
00487805 You can now access the TN3270 terminal without the terminal screen displaying all text with strike lines. Before using any type of terminal to execute terminal commands, install the latest VC ++ package.

Latest supported Visual C++ downloads

00584051 Python 3 script now supports using Unicode characters in input variables. 机器人 error messages are no longer displayed when Python 3 is used to pass Japanese characters to a variable.
00540651, 00587963, 00593302 You can now use the Assign, Join, Merge, and Sort 操作 from the 数据表 软件包 when you change the default language from English to Simplified Chinese.

You can also use the Assign 操作 when you change the default language from English to Japanese, Korean, and other non-English languages.
00577284 The Split document 操作 in the PDF 软件包 now executes correctly for a horizontal PDF file, and the large-width output file is not cut off from the sides.
00595357 You can now export and import two different 机器人 (with the same name) in different folders from a staging environment into a production environment.
00569527 You can now perform a check-in and check-out of 机器人 with dependencies.
00574309 You can now update or remove Cluster ip addresses from the Elastic search disaster recovery backup cluster setting from the Control Room Administration page.
00525854 When a file type variable is used to open an Excel, CSV, or Java script file, 机器人 can now be executed successfully when the file variable is used as an input.
00609184 After the existing license expires, the admin user can now successfully install a new Control Room license for a Control Room hosted on Linux CentOS.
00576202 You can now insert a user-defined string variable in a message box display when the string variable is included in the expression for multi-line values.
00560706 You can now view the actions menu (vertical ellipsis) to edit or delete the variable string name when the character length is more than 35 characters.
- For the Checkbox element, changes made to the check box names in the Checkbox content field are now updated when you enable Advance behaviors > Make default selections.
- You can now set the default selection in Advance behaviors for the Radio button element in a form.
00557395 You can now check in 机器人 that use the variable $prompt-assignment$ without receiving an error message. Previously, when you opened the 机器人 in List view, an error icon was displayed next to the 操作 that contain the variable.
00560356 Previously, when a task that consisted of one or more subtasks was run, the In Progress entry for the task was moved into a historical report with the completion of the first subtask, not the entire governing task. Now, the In Progress tasks are not moved to historical status until the completion of the entire task.
00556113 In Community Edition opened in Google Chrome, you can now select the device icon in a non-English language, and the [link] and [icon] tags are no longer displayed.
00559360 You can now re-import a 机器人 that has failed previous imports. The query did not return a unique result: 2 displayed during re-import attempts is now fixed.
00443590 Fixed an issue where after a 机器人 is deployed on a Bot Runner device, that device is in a different state compared to the state before the 机器人 deployment. For example, if a Bot Runner device is locked before 机器人 deployment, after it is unlocked to deploy the 机器人, it will now be moved back to lock status.
00559507, 00594149 Support for scheduling 机器人 with Internet Explorer version 11 is now improved. Users in the Control Room can scroll through multiple pages of scheduled 机器人 without issues with scrolling through the interface.
Known limitations
In Enterprise A2019 On-Premises, a security scan might report the 录制器 package as malware because the check.exe file is missing the root identification certificate.

You can contact Automation Anywhere Support to get an updated package with the signature fix and upload it to your Control Room.

将 软件包 添加到 Control Room

Version Enterprise 10 or Enterprise 11 机器人 containing commands that have white space in the credential attributes cannot be migrated to Enterprise A2019. The migration process stores some credential attributes in global values in Enterprise A2019. Global values do not support white spaces.

To migrate 机器人 that use credential attributes, you can remove the white spaces or replace them with characters.
If you use the Get action for an empty dynamic element of a form, errors are displayed during 机器人 runtime.
If you use Trigger loop: Handle within a 机器人, link it to a form with Select File element, and set the Select action trigger > Lost focus, the next event is not triggered when you click Browse.
The Set focus action in Interactive forms does not work when you use it to link the fields between two different forms.
In the form builder screen, text is displayed in English even when you change the display to non-English language.
You might see the schedule automation name instead of the 工作负载 automation name in the Workload > Queue > View Activity in progress and Run bot with queue > View pages when 工作项 are processed for automation in the Bot Agent. This occurs if the 工作负载 automation ID and schedule automation ID are the same in the Control Room database.
The Task bot > Run 操作 only supports files selected from the Control Room repository. Also, this 操作 only supports file type variables with a set default value and the input option disabled. You cannot modify the file variable value using the File > Assign 操作.
When you edit a 机器人 using a previous package version (for example, an Enterprise A2019.13 version) and the Desktop session automatically starts, if you exit the 机器人编辑器 while the Desktop session is trying to launch, the previous package version will be displayed when you open a new 机器人编辑器 instance. However, you should see the Enterprise A2019.14 package version associated with the new 机器人编辑器 instance. If you close and reopen the new 机器人编辑器 instance, the Enterprise A2019.14 package version will be displayed.
There is an issue for a specific, manually generated license key file supplied by Automation Anywhere to upgrade from Enterprise A2109.13 to Enterprise A2019.14.
This issue applies only to customers who are in the following specific category (all must be true):
  1. Control Room is at the customer premises
  2. Control Room is running Enterprise A2019.13 or earlier
  3. Installed a license file that was provided to them in July 2020 (not self-generated through the customer self-service license portal)
  4. User has upgraded the On-Premises Control Room to Enterprise A2019.14.

For this issue, contact Automation Anywhere for updated license files.

重要： Users who self-generated their license files through the A-People License portal are not affected by this issue. Cloud customers are also not affected by this issue.
A 机器人 that contains the Capture 操作 from the 录制器 软件包 fails when both the HTML InnerText and InnerHTML object properties are selected.

Workaround: Select only one of the object properties.
The 通用录制器 fails to perform a click, set text, or append text 操作 on the correct control when a debug window or download bar is open. This occurs only in the Google Chrome browser with the device display set to 100%.

Workaround: Disable the Google Chrome download bar.
When you create, edit, or run a 机器人 from the 机器人编辑器 window, close the 机器人编辑器 window when the socket connection has just been established, and then navigate to the My bots page, the 录制器 window opens for a moment and then closes.
Known limitation

IQ Bot

The IQ Bot A2019 On-Premises version supports all the features and functionality available in IQ Bot 版本 11.3.4.2.

Automation 360 IQ Bot 功能比较表

Review the compatibility of the IQ Bot On-Premises version with the corresponding Control Room On-Premises version.

Automation 360 IQ Bot 版本兼容性

The IQ Bot A2019 Cloud version is available for this release and supports all features and functionality available in IQ Bot 版本 11.3.4.2. This version provides users with automatic provisioning for up to three environments such as Development, Test, and Production. Users can migrate learning instances between environments using APIs.

New features
Delete 机器人 option in IQ Bot 设计程序 (Service Cloud case ID: 00096258, 00595526)

IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

Users with Edit 机器人 permission can view and use the Delete bot option in the 设计程序. After a 机器人 is deleted from the system, it will not be displayed in the Learning Instance or Bots listing pages.

IQ Bot removes all document details from staging, and all unprocessed production documents are moved to the 验证程序.
注： The Migration Utility > Import/Export functionality is not affected in any way by the Delete 机器人 feature.

Bot

Extract data from a table that spans across multiple pages (Service Cloud case ID: 00371795)

IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

IQ Bot can now extract data successfully from an entire table that spans across multiple pages and has a table header only on the first page.
Add fields and field alias to custom domain (Service Cloud case ID: 00471075)

IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

You can now add additional fields (form or table) and field aliases to a custom domain for an existing learning instance.
Alert for successful or pending document validations

IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

Document validation status is now displayed on the Learning instances page. A green icon is used for all successful document validations, and a red icon shows any pending validations.

Changed features
Import custom domains from the staging to the production server in any order (Service Cloud case ID 00472445)

You can now edit and update an existing custom domain multiple times and import them to the production server multiple times, and in any order, before importing the learning instances. After importing the learning instances, the system classifies all documents in the production server correctly, allowing for successful processing of documents.

IQ Bot 中的自定义域

验证程序 enhancements (Service Cloud case ID: 00470258)
Some of the 验证程序 enhancements are as follows:
  • You can now hide the Skip to next file and Mark as Invalid options using configuration settings. The options are currently enabled by default.

    To enable the option to hide them, contact Automation Anywhere Support.

  • You can now hide the Hide successful fields and Hide optional fields options using configuration settings. The options are enabled by default.

    To enable the option to hide them, contact Automation Anywhere Support.

    注： Selecting the Hide successful fields and Hide optional fields check boxes hides all the valid fields and reduces the display of a large number of fields, thus making correction easier. However, if there is an invalid field, it continues to be displayed because the invalid field requires correction.
  • Clicking in any column field expands the column width to accommodate the text entry. The 验证程序 shows the value of the field that is being validated, in the document.
  • Draw an area around single or multiple values in the document image to automatically populate a field in the 验证程序. This function is similar to the 设计程序.
Fixed features
Service Cloud case ID Description
00552830 You can now use the unique validation link to access the documents without any errors.
- When you use table extraction from a document with multiple tables, the data from the specified table is now extracted correctly.
00551886 Unicode issue with table validation for Asian languages is now resolved.
00538480 The Options method is now disabled for HTTP requests.
00538480 Cross origin resource sharing is now restricted in IQ Bot.
00421067 The activities time stamp is now captured correctly in the Control Room Audit Logs tab.
00522817 The TestRun output of a custom logic now displays the characters without any distortion, irrespective of the language you select.
00605420, 00605741, 00606561 After upgrading to IQ Bot Cloud if you restart the Control Room, you can now view or create learning instances immediately without restarting the IQ Bot service.
Known limitations
IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

If you create a learning instance and click Learning instances > Edit, a blank page is displayed.

Workaround: Clear your browser cache and try to edit the learning instances.
IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

If you log in to the Control Room as an IQ Bot administrator, a 502 system error is displayed when you click the IQ Bot tab in the navigation bar.
IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

You can view the ValidatorURL error message for a validated document along with the corrected field in the .csv output file.
IQ Bot On-Premises and Cloud

In Internet Explorer, you cannot save a document or mark it as invalid in the learning instances validator screen.

Workaround: Use the Google Chrome browser to access the learning instances validator screen.
IQ Bot Community Edition

If you remove a 机器人 (Delete a bot) associated with the document from the staging environment, you must create a group before uploading this document to the production environment. However, after deleting the 机器人 from the staging environment, you cannot create or edit the group when you upload the same document to the production environment.

Bot Insight A2019

New features
Line Bar Chart widget available

Enterprise A2019

The Line Bar Chart widget enables you to view and analyze information about your metrics and attributes. You can input two metrics and one attribute and display a bar graph when only one attribute is selected or display a clustered graph when two or more attributes are selected. You can use Date types as interval options, grouped by Day, Week, Month, and Year.

Bot Insight 可视化

Advanced settings for a query

Enterprise A2019

You can use the Advanced Settings option to configure more of your queries when you create a new widget. You can now set limits to your attribute values as grouped by 10, 20, 50, and 100 values. You can also sort your data by ascending or descending order.

配置条形图查询