A new function, ${_varEncodeUrl('variable-name')}, takes the value of the specified variable as input and returns a URL encoded string, converting all non-alphanumeric characters  their equivalent hexadecimal escape sequences.

Customers now have the option to Audit the status of "Task Email Notification Actions" and "System Notifications". The status of emails that are sent from Task Email Notification Actions and as System Notifications were previously only visible in the "opswise.log", a new system property has been added to allow customers to audit all notifications or just failed notifications.

This option provides enhanced visibility in situations where these notification emails have failed to successfully send.

A new drop down selection field "UDM Operation" has been added to the UDM File Transfer tasks when using the FORM option to allow users to select between UDM COPY and MOVE functions.

Two new System Operation Actions have been added to allow Triggers to be Enabled and Disabled.

For Bar Chart report types you can now optionally show an average line in the chart. In the Report Definition form under Chart Options, simply check the Show Average option and optionally specify the average line color.   

For Bar Chart report types you can now optionally show a threshold line in the chart. In the Report Definition form under Chart Options, simply check the Show Threshold option, specify the Threshold Integer Value and optionally specify the average line color, and Label.

OMS Server definitions now support the following security features:

1. Business Service assignment.
2. Security Permissions
   
3. Visibility Restrictions
   If the "Strict Business Service Membership Read Constraints" System Property is set to "true", OMS server definitions will not be visible to users who do not have at least read permission to the OMS server. 

OMS Server definitions are encompassed in the following Security Roles:

• ops_admin
• ops_oms_admin
• ops_service

A new Administration Configuration section for Password Settings has been added to a) group local password related properties and b) provide new options to specify requirements for locally defined passwords:

A new system property has been added to allow customers to change the default selection for the Task Launch Skip Condition when creating a new Trigger definition.

A new "Re-run (Suppress Intermediate Failures) Permitted" System Property has been added (Default = true). When set to true specifies that in addition to the Re-run command, a Re-run (Suppress Intermediate Failures) command will be available in the client.

The Re-run (Suppress Intermediate Failures) command is only applicable for task instances that qualify for Re-run and do not already have automatic Retry Options enabled.

The Re-run (Suppress Intermediate Failures) option result in the following:

• All Actions (Abort, Email Notification, Set Variable, SNMP Notification, and System Operation) defined for the task instance on a Failed status will not be processed.
• Workflow conditional path processing; any Successors waiting on a failure path will not be released.
• Task Monitors will not be notified of the Failed status. Also, any Task Monitor task that has a Time Scope in the past will disqualify any matching task instance in the past with a Failed status if the task instance is scheduled for automatic retry and for which Suppress Intermediate Failures has been enabled.
• Any Workflow containing the Failed task instance will not transition to the Running/Problems status.

A new "Operational Memo Reset On Re-run" System Property has been added (Default = true). When set to false the Task Instance Operational Memo field will no longer be reset when the task is re-run.

Certain Universal Templates created and maintained by Stonebranch are now available directly within the Universal Controller product package. A new Administration, Server Operation called List/Load Built-in Universal Templates has been added to allow customer to activate these Universal templates.  Listing and Loading the Built-in Universal Templates will require the ops_admin role or the ops_server_operation_admin role.

After activating a Built-in Universal Template user's with active sessions can Refresh their Navigation Tree to display the new Universal Task under the Automation Center tree menu. Documentation for the Built-in Universal Templates is available here.

Built-in Universal Templates are READ only. If you require to make changes or use the template as a basis for your own Universal Task you will need to first copy the Built-in Universal Template to create your own Universal Template, Stonebranch will not provide support for any templates you create.

Built-in Universal Templates cannot be promoted as they may be Universal Controller version specific, however tasks created from a Built-in Universal Template can be promoted to a Universal Controller instance that is at the same or higher version. When promoting a Universal Task that references a built-in Universal Template, the Universal Template will be included in the promotion payload to ensure that the Universal Task is compliant with the built-in Universal Template on the Promotion Target as well as for auditing and reconciling differences between the incoming built-in Universal Template and the original built-in Universal Template.  Note, however, the original built-in Universal Template will never updated via promotion.

Bulk export and import considerations, the bulk export and import of Universal Controller artifacts is designed for use when applying upgrades to a Universal Controller instance, the importer will fail if a Universal Template exists with the same name or SYSID as the built-in Universal Template being imported.

The following definition types have been relabeled:

• File Monitor Tasks = Agent File Monitor Tasks
• File Monitor Triggers = Agent File Monitor Triggers
• FTP File Monitor = Remote File Monitor Tasks
• FTP File Monitor Triggers = Remote File Monitor Triggers

The definition of Agent, Agent Cluster, Agent Cluster Broadcast, Agent Credential, and related options for all tasks has been moved to it's own section in the task definition form.

System Administrators now have the ability to send system wide notifications to users when they login. A new System Property "Login Notification" has been added to allow the system admins to define a message that will be displayed when a users completes a successful login to the Universal Controller. 

When a user logs into the Universal Controller the defined message will be displayed in the "Console" window, the console window will need to be manually closed by the user.

When Launching a Task With Variables and specifying the Hold on Stat option users can now optionally enter the Hold Reason.

A new System Property Confirm Enable/Disable Trigger Command has been added to control whether a confirmation prompt issued when Enabling or Disabling a Trigger, the default value of this new property is yes.

 

Late Finish and Early Finish options can now be set to compare against the Tasks Average Duration. The User Estimated Duration field will be required for Early Finish Type Average Duration or Late Finish Type Average Duration.  The User Estimated Duration will be used when the Average Duration is not available; for example, on the first launch of a task.

When selecting the Average Duration, you have the option to use the Average Duration as is or specify a duration or percentage offset, for example Late Finish based on average Duration plus 1 minute, or Late finish based on average Duration plus 20%.