What's new in IBM Robotic Process Automation on premises 23.0.7

Release date: 29 June 2023

Version 23.0.7 of IBM Robotic Process Automation brings scheduling bots as its main feature. The new scheduler brings more recurrency options, a more complete view on each schedule and their logs, more options to filter your schedules, and more! This version also fixes problems detected by users or reported by developers in previous versions. Find out more by browsing the sections of this document.

For previous release notes on the 23.0.x mainstream, see Previous releases.

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Enhancements

This version introduces the following enhancements:

Scheduling bots

With the new scheduler, you can create, edit, delete, and disable schedules directly in the IBM RPA Control Center. You can schedule your bot to run weekly or daily, and get information about each schedule, as well as their logs.

Starting from this version, individual script scheduling is deprecated. Create a Bot in a project to use the new scheduler.

Here's a quick demo on how to create a new schedule:

To learn more about the new scheduler, see Scheduling a bot.

Changing the system queue provider without reinstalling the server

Starting from this version, you no longer need to reinstall the server to change the system queue provider. See Changing System Queue Provider from MSMQ to IBM MQ and Changing System Queue Provider from IBM MQ to MSMQ for more details.

Support for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022

IBM Robotic Process Automation client components now support Microsoft Windows™ 11 and Windows Server 2022™. IBM Robotic Process Automation server now supports Windows Server 2022™.

Fixed issues

This version fixes previous known issues that are found by users. Customer issues are reported as authorized program analysis reports (APAR), which is how IBM documents, tracks, and fixes problems.

Client-side fixes

  • [APAR DT209489] Fixed an issue where the Bulk Insert with SQL (sqlBulkInsert) command was unable to insert Date Time values into databases.
  • [APAR DT215388] The Read Email (emailRead) command no longer gets the HTML body of the email instead of the body text when connecting to Microsoft Outlook™ using the Connect to Microsoft Outlook (microsoftMailConnect) command.
  • Fixed an issue where the Start Browser (webStart) command was not working with Mozilla Firefox.
  • Fixed an issue where the Delete File (fileDelete) command was deleting the directory on Google Drive™ connections.
  • Fixed an issue where the Inclusive Words parameter of the Apply Search Filters (emailApplySearchFilters) command was not working in Microsoft Outlook™ connections.
  • The Launch and Attach Window (launchWindow) command no longer allows an invalid path in the Executable parameter.
  • Improved error message in the Assign Value to Office (officeSet) command when trying to enter invalid values in Microsoft PowerPoint™.
  • Fixed an issue where environment variables would not show error details in scripts with the Handle Error (onError) command.
  • Fixed an issue in which you could not edit the connection to a 5250 terminal mainframe emulator with the HLLAPI connection in the IBM RPA Studio's recorder.
  • The If File Exists (ifFile) command no longer returns false in a valid connection with Microsoft OneDrive™.

Documentation updates