Universal Controller 7.3.0.0 Release Notes
Release Notes
Universal Controller release 7.3.0.0 contains the following high-level features. For a complete list of all the included features and fixes, please refer to the Universal Controller 7.3.x Maintenance list.
Architecture
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-15913 | Refactor 'generate list report' logic | The generate list report logic has been refactored to avoid unnecessary initialization of PDF related objects when generating reports of type CSV, TSV, or XML. |
B-15889 | Update jackson FasterXML dependencies | Upgraded to current level dependencies. |
B-15816 | Add parallel schema execution for maintenance updates | Performance improvement for maintenance updates. |
B-16120 | Node Heartbeat Monitor recovery mechanism | If the Cluster Node Heartbeat thread is not processing normally, then after 1 minute, an additional Heartbeat thread will be created to take over the Heartbeat processing and the previous Heartbeat thread will be informed to shutdown. This can happen repeatedly until either the Heartbeat processing has resumed normal operations or until the Heartbeat reaches the stale threshold (3 minutes) which will cause the Node to restart and cause a fail-over if there is another Cluster Node running in Passive mode. Additionally, the time outs for each of the 3 database connection pools can be specified individually as follows:
For Oracle these timeouts are used by setting the following 2 properties:
For MySQL the timeout value is used as part of the JDBC connection URL by adding the following parameter:
For SQLServer using the JTDS driver, the timeout is used as part of the JDBC connection URL by adding the following parameter:
The Heartbeat thread uses the reserved pool. Requests coming in from the client (UI & Web Services) will use the client pool and internal controller processing uses the server pool. |
B-16136 | Update MySQL JDBC driver (mysql-connecto r-java-8.0.30). | The packaged MySQL JDBC driver has been upgraded. |
Functions & Variables
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-15840 | New Variable functions equivalent to Output functions | The following new functions have been added for processing Variable data:
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B-15841 | Variable Path feature equivalent to Output Path feature. | Task Instance Variable Path. Returns a token representing the path to a temporary file containing the value of the specified variable. application.exe -file ${_varPath('my_variable')} > application.exe -file $(ops_variable_path_my_variable_txt) application.exe -file ${_varPath('my_variable', 'csv')} > application.exe -file $(ops_variable_path_my_variable_csv) |
B-06269 | Allow variables and functions to be specified in Set Variable Action variable names. | Set Variable Actions can now use a variable as part of the variable name, for example a workflow has the following set variable action to set the current date / time in order to record the last run date for each region. The Triggers that launch the workflow, one for each region, set the region variable to the region's 2-character short code, US, EU, AP, etc. The Global variables are set as follows: |
Lifecycle Management
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-16147 | Add promotion/promotion target support for personal access tokens | Personal Access Tokens can be used for promotion. This enables Single Sign-on users to perform promotions via the UI or APIs. |
Security
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-13974 | Assignment to Business Service on Agent Registration | When a Universal Agent is first started and registers with a Universal Controller the Agent can be configured to join specific business services using one of the following methods:
If the Agent’s configured |
B-15894 | Enhancement of Permissions on Agents associated to Business Services | New Agent Cluster option Once an agent is added to a cluster with |
B-14538 B-16121 B-16122 B-16123 B-16124 B-16125 B-16126 B-16131 B-16132 | External Secrets Manager support for Credentials | Credential now support integration with external Secrets Managers: Provider and Provider Parameters are introduced on the credentials definition, with a default local provider of Universal Controller. You can select between the following Provider options.
When switching the Provider option, the default Provider Parameters for each provider will be populated. When switching to the Universal Controller provider, the Provider Parameters will not be displayed. If a provider parameter is sensitive, it will be masked and encrypted, and the server will never send a secure parameter value to the client. |
B-15832 B-16020 | Email Connection OAuth 2.0 Authentication Method | Email Connections now support OAuth 2.0 as an authentication method. |
UIP (Universal Integration Platform)
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-16097 | Inbound Webhook endpoint for third party Webhook integration with Universal Events | Universal Events now support external inbound webhooks, any application that supports outbound webhooks can generate Universal Events, this makes event driven automation even easier and more efficient than before. |
B-15621 | Universal Monitor - Add ability for Universal Monitor to pass variables to launched Universal Task Publisher | A new “Universal Task Publisher Variables” field has been added to the Universal Monitor in order allow customization of variables being passed down to the launched universal task publisher. Variables order of precedence: 1) Universal Monitor - Universal Task Publisher Variables 2) Universal Monitor Trigger 3) Universal Monitor Publisher task |
B-15626 | Prevent Universal Monitor from specifying time scope in past if the selected System Template can only have a TTL of 0. | Prevent Universal Monitor from specifying time scope in past if the selected System Template can only have a TTL (Time to Live) of 0. |
B-15607 | Universal Template - Array Field with predefined values | When defining Array Fields for a Universal Template you can now optionally provide predefined list of names and/or values for user’s when they create new Tasks from the Template. |
B-15860 | Universal Template - Auto Fit Text Type Plain Large Text Fields | Allow Auto Fit behavior for Large Text Fields (Large Text Field 1 - Large Text Field 4) when Text Type is Plain, comparable to when Text Type is JSON or YAML. |
B-13119 | Universal Template - SAP Connection field type | A new Field type for SAP Connections is now available. |
B-15842 | Add ability to send output for a cancelled extension task in the task cancel message from UAG | Ability to send output for a cancelled extension task in the task cancel message from UAG |
B-15837 | Universal Extension - Task Instance Extension Status Field | This enhancement adds a new Task Instance base table field "Extension Status" that can be mapped to a single Output Only field from the extension template definition. This allows Universal Extension Template developers to use a consistent output field to display status information for their extension. |
B-14025 | Universal Extension - Dynamic Configuration Refresh | The Universal Agent definition will reflect Universal Agent changes when a configuration refresh is performed for the following UIP related configuration options:
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B-16167 | Show Running Universal Task Publisher Status in Universal Monitor Instance Form and Universal Monitor Trigger | The task instance forms for the Universal Monitor and Universal Monitor Trigger now display the status of it’s corresponding Universal Task Publisher Instance. |
User Experience
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-16091 | Reinstate Banner Background Color | The |
B-14508 | Multi-Update: Hide "Clear Field Value" checkbox for user-defined fields if they are required. | If User Defined fields for Tasks and/or Triggers are set as Required, the Multi Update Dialog for Tasks and/or Triggers does not show the “Clear Field Value” checkbox. |
B-15629 | Recently used items in Services are removed if user's roles are updated and access no longer permitted. | Recently used items in the services menu may have contained services that have had authorization removed. In this case, there will now be some cleanup performed to avoid this. |
Web Services API
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-10643 B-16146 | Personal Access Token Authentication for Web Service APIs | You can now generate and use “Personal Access Token(s)” for Web Services API authentication. Optionally you can also disable the use of Basic Authentication for Web Services via a new In the user definition if If the Expiration is left unspecified, the token never expires. Once generated a Personal Access Token cannot be viewed again.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ucp_OyGyWb7ujBlTD0VACjUmeRSY5UrG81aRYMIQqeRA" https://localhost:8443/uc/resources/task?taskname=Example
curl https://localhost:8443/uc/resources/task?access_token=ucp_OyGyWb7ujBlTD0VACjUmeRSY5UrG81aRYMIQqeRA&taskname=Example
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B-15853 | List Task Instances - Add templateid and templatename query parameters | Template ID (Sysid) and Template Name have been added as query parameters for the Task List Web Services API. For example: <generic-query-filter> <name>*</name> <templateName>PGP Tasks</templateName> </generic-query-filter> |
B-15854 | List Tasks/List Tasks Adv - Add templateid and templatename query parameters | Template ID (Sysid) and Template Name have been added as query parameters for the Advanced Task List Web Services API. For example: 1https://localhost:8443/uc/resources/task/listadv?templatename=PGP+Tasks |
B-15625 | Agent Cluster - List Adv | New Advanced Agent Cluster List Web service API that supports URL query parameters and returns the complete definition(s) matching the query. |
B-15878 | Monitoring API Enhancements | The Universal Controller Metrics (Prometheus) Web Service API has been enhanced to include the following information:
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B-13268 | List Task Instance with Output | A new Web Service API (Advanced List API) end point that returns task instance output along with selected task instance meta data. This API does not retrieve task instance output, but only returns whatever output is already in the database. { "name": "*", "instanceOutputType": "STDOUT", "responseFields": "name,businessServices,status,startTime,endTime", "updatedTimeType": "today" } [ { "businessServices" : [ "QA_Ops" ], "endTime" : "2022-08-10 13:41:20 +0000", "name" : "QA_sample", "output" : [ { "attemptCount" : 1, "commandName" : null, "outputData" : "[empty]", "outputFileName" : null, "outputType" : "STDOUT" } ], "startTime" : "2022-08-10 13:41:20 +0000", "status" : "SUCCESS", "sysId" : "16601367702211025607OKO044T0DQ84" }, { "businessServices" : [ "QA_Ops" ], "endTime" : "2022-08-10 15:58:00 +0000", "name" : "TEST : Variable Functions", "output" : [ { "attemptCount" : 1, "commandName" : null, "outputData" : "[BusinessService_github_demo.json,Script_dev-uac_compose_file.json,Script_dev-uac_copy_import.json]\n[\n[\n", "outputFileName" : null, "outputType" : "STDOUT" }, { "attemptCount" : 2, "commandName" : null, "outputData" : "[BusinessService_github_demo.json,Script_dev-uac_compose_file.json,Script_dev-uac_copy_import.json]\n[\n[\n", "outputFileName" : null, "outputType" : "STDOUT" } ], "startTime" : "2022-08-10 15:57:59 +0000", "status" : "FAILED", "sysId" : "1660140660404071560E2UHGZ4FUY0SE" }] |
Workload Analytics
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-05760 | Attach Reports to Email Tasks in additional formats, comparable to Run Report Web Service API | Reports attached to Email Tasks are now available in additional formats. |
E-01732 | Allow specification of Critical End Points for Critical Path Calculations | For Workflows with the Calculate Critical Path option Specified. One or more Tasks (including Sub Workflows) can be designated as Critical End Points for the purposes of Critical Path Calculations. |
B-14640 | Manual Launch Reason | A new system property |
Workload Automation
Backlog | Title | Description |
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B-15836 | Variable / Function Evaluation for for Workflow Edge Conditions | A new |
B-06269 | Allow variables and functions to be specified in Set Variable Action variable names. | You are now allowed to use variables and functions as part of the name field in |
B-14158 | Mutually Exclude a Task from Itself | You can now set a task not to run against itself. This can be set via a new |
B-14639 | Limit Number of Agents in Agent Cluster | You can now specify a limit to the number of Agents that can become members of an Agent Cluster. |
B-10132 | Add System Affinity field to zOS Task | zOS tasks now support the ability to override the System or System Affinity parameter. |