Release Notes

Universal Controller release 7.7.0.0 contains the following high-level features. For a complete list of all the included features and fixes, please refer to the Universal Controller 7.7.x Maintenance list.

Architecture

Backlog	Title	Description
E-02013	OpenAPI / Swagger Integration	The OpenAPI document is exposed via the following URLs. `/resources/openapi.json` `/resources/openapi.yaml` `/resources/openapi` with `Accept` header `application/json` or `application/yaml` You can access the Swagger UI, which is used to visualize and interact with an OpenAPI document, from a new icon on the toolbar. Swagger UI will open in a new browser tab, as shown below.
B-18649	Dashboard Visibility Multiple Group Assignments	The Dashboard Visibility mechanism has been enhanced to allow dashboard visibility selection of either: Me Everyone One or more groups
B-18650	Report Visibility Multiple Group Assignments	The Report Visibility mechanism has been enhanced to allow report visibility selection of either: Me Everyone One or more groups
B-18651	Filter Visibility Multiple Group Assignments	The Filter Visibility mechanism has been enhanced to allow filter visibility selection of either: Me Everyone One or more groups
B-18349	Increase Length of ops_task_file_monitor.'scan_text'	The Agent File Monitor Scan Text field can now accommodate up to 256 characters.
B-19944	Add Optional Universal Event Publication to Simulated Tasks	The publishing of the status change and SLA system universal events is now tied to the Publish Status, Publish Late Start, Publish Late Finish, and Publish Early Finish simulation options, which are false by default.
B-20633*	Provide one time use property to allow maintenance to be run even with exceptions.	An advanced option providing support with more flexibility while aiding customers with a maintenance upgrade.

Data Pipelines

Backlog	Title	Description
B-18740	New Task Instance Built-in Variable for Execution User Email Address	For this, and all other functions, refer to the Function user documentation.
B-20394*	SAP Task : Built in Variables for SAP Credential Name and UUID	For this, and all other built-in variables, refer to the Built-In Variables user documentation.

Secrets Management

Backlog	Title	Description
B-16769	Credential Provider - HashiCorp Vault	A new Credential Provider, HashiCorp Vault, is now supported from the Universal Controller Credentials.

Security

Backlog

Title

Description

E-02008

Security Hardening

The Universal Controller was enhanced to mitigate a number of security related items identified through static code analysis, and penetration testing results gathered both internally and externally.

B-12929: SonarQube: Use another cipher mode or disable padding.
B-17037: Add Content-Security-Policy header.
B-19945: Pentest analysis and mitigation (external).
B-20214: Server-side request forgery analysis, and mitigation.
B-20368: Pentest analysis and mitigation (internal).
D-12789*: SonarQube: Critical and Blocker Bug and Vulnerabilities mitigation.

B-18680

B-20305

OAuth2 - Single Sign-On & API Bearer Token

Universal Controller now supports OAuth2 Single Sign-On, and OAuth2 Bearer Token Web Service API access.

Optionally, you can turn on the provisioning of users through Access or ID Token attributes.

B-20450

Allow manually provisioned user to be updated by SSO provisioning.

Introduction of SAML and OAuth uc.properties applying to Single Sign-On and User Provisioning.

uc.oauth.can_provision_local
uc.oauth.can_provision_any_idp
uc.saml.can_provision_local
uc.saml.can_provision_any_idp

See Properties for specifications.

User Experience

Backlog	Title	Description
B-17885	Add Simulate to Trigger Definition	The Simulate field has been introduced on Trigger forms to specify if the instances generated by the Trigger should execute under simulation mode. This is an enhancement of the existing functionality that allowed users to specify simulation mode on the Trigger Now... command pop-up window.
B-10815	Permissions: Allow Multiple Selection of Commands	You can now assign multiple Commands to a single Permission record.
B-18566	User Preference / System Property "Navigation Bar Auto Collapse".	Introduction of a user preference and system property that can be configured at the user level and/or system level, to control the initial state of the navigation bar on login. You can reopen the navigation bar anytime by clicking on the icon identified below.
B-20491	Trigger Now should launch task in asynchronous process.	To provide an improved command response to the client, the Trigger Now command will create the associated instances in an asynchronous process regardless of the number of tasks associated with the trigger.

Universal Integration Platform (UIP)

Backlog	Title	Description
B-17082	Universal Template - Script Variable Fields	Allow a Universal Script field type to be toggled between a reference to a Script and a variable that resolves to the name of a Script.
B-17083	Universal Template - Database Connection Variable Fields	Allow a Universal Database Connection field type to be toggled between a reference to a Database Connection and a variable that resolves to the name of a Database Connection.
B-20282	Universal Template - SAP Connection Variable Fields	Allow a Universal SAP Connection field type to be toggled between a reference to a SAP Connection and a variable that resolves to the name of a SAP Connection.
B-20256	Universal Template - Static (Non-dynamic) Choice Field Variable Support	Allow a static Universal Choice field type, with pre-defined choice values, to be specified as a variable and resolved at runtime.

Web Service API

Backlog	Title	Description
B-18637	User Preferences Web Service APIs	List, Read and Update User Preference Web Service APIs have been added.
B-18690	Trigger Set Skip Count Web Service API	Set Skip Count Trigger Web Service API has been added.

Workload Analytics / Observability

Backlog	Title	Description
B-19941*	Populate 'uc_license_monthly_executions_used' metric even when licensed monthly executions Unlimited.	The uc_license_monthly_executions_used metric now emits a value even when the licensed Monthly Executions is Unlimited.

Workload Automation

Backlog	Title	Description
E-01963	External z/OS Monitor	You can now monitor on and/or trigger on IBM z/OS jobs not scheduled or launched by the Universal Controller. From Services, you can access z/OS Monitors under Monitors, and z/OS Monitor Triggers under Triggers. B-10831: External z/OS Monitor Task You specify your monitoring criteria from the z/OS Monitor. B-18658: External z/OS Monitor Trigger To monitor continuously and trigger workload based on external IBM z/OS jobs, you can configure a z/OS Monitor Trigger, which requires a z/OS Monitor. B-18659: External z/OS Monitor Trigger - Composite Trigger Integration You can also configure a z/OS Monitor Component as part of a Composite Trigger.
E-01973	IBM i	You can now register IBM i Agents with the Universal Controller and schedule workload using the new IBM i Task, and/or the Extension-based Universal Template/Task IBM i Agent integration. From Services, you can access IBM i Tasks under Tasks, and IBM i Agents and IBM i Agent Clusters under Agents. B-18570: IBM i Native Task Type B-18574: IBM i Agent Type, and Extension-based Universal Template/Task Integration B-18571: IBM i Agent Type B-18576: IBM i Agent Cluster Type B-18577: IBM i Agent Type License Option
E-01975	Workflow - Boolean / Condition Expression	In the Workflow Editor, you can now specify a Condition Expression for the direct predecessor dependencies of a Task vertex. An incoming edge from a vertex denotes a predecessor condition. By default, all predecessor conditions must be satisfied before a task can start. To change the default behavior, you can specify a custom Condition Expression by clicking View/Edit Condition Expression. You can then use the Condition Expression builder to specify your desired expression. For the Condition Expression above, the predecessor dependencies of Task D will be satisfied when the following conditions have been met. (Task A is Success, Finished or Skipped) and ((Task B is Success, Finished or Skipped) or (Task C is Success, Finished or Skipped)) Refer to Specifying a Condition Expression in the user documentation for more information.
B-18517	Support Negative Exit Codes for Windows based Workloads	You can now specify negative exit codes for Windows Task Exit Code Processing Exit Code(s).