The following are the Release Notes of the Automation Platform UI plug-in for the ECC.
This Service Pack does neither include new functions nor modifications.
This version of the Automation EngineThis component drives an Automation Engine system and consists of different types of server processes. UI plug-in requires the Automation Engine v9 SP6.
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Improved Prompt Handling In its prompts handling, the Process Automation UI Plug-In now supports input assistants and validates constraints on regular expression. Prompts that have only a label are displayed correctly. Various bug fixes. |
Process Monitoring perspective Jobs in waiting or sleeping statusThis represents the condition of a task (such as active, blocked, generating). are now also displayed. "Run per patch" is now available only where it makes sense to use this functionPre-defined run book template in the Automation Engine. One single step only, e.g. Start Windows Service, Copy file,…. |
Note that for using this version of the UI plug-in, the Automation Engine must also be of version v9 SP5. Otherwise, tasks with prompts may hang with the status "Waiting for userIn the Automation Engine, a user is an instance of a User object, and generally the user is a specific person who works with Automic products. The User object is assigned a user ID and then a set of access rights to various parts of the Automation Engine system and product suite. These access rights come in the form of Automation Engine authorizations and privileges, Decision user roles and EventBase rights and ARA web application object rights. You can manage all these centrally in the ECC user management functions. See also, Unified user management. input" or the connection between the ECCAbbreviation for the Enterprise Control Center and the AE can be lost.
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Process Monitoring and Process Assembly perspectives: Tooltip texts for workflowAn object of the Automation Engine that can include several executable objects and which runs them in a specified order. [Formerly called "ProcessFlow" and "JobPlan."] tasks. Tooltip texts are now available for the taskAn executable object that is running. Tasks are also referred to as activities. boxes in the Workflow EditorYou use it to add, arrange, link, define the properties and remove the tasks of a workflow. It is available in the Main Pane of the Process Assembly perspective (definition). (Process Assembly) and the Workflow Monitor (Process Monitoring). They provide information about related tasks. Hover the mouse pointer over a task box, wait a moment and the tooltip text will appear. The tooltip texts now show the alias and/or the title and objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task name. They also include the information whether the rollback function is active and whether pre- or postconditions have been stored. |
Process Assembly perspective: The object selection menu in the Workflow Editor has been changed. The Explorer and Search areas in the object selection menu of workflows have been combined in the Explorer area. The search field is no longer available in a separate area but instead, it is now shown directly above the folderTop level entities such as Environment, Deployment Target, Activity, … are stored in folders. The permissions a user has on an entity depend on the permissions that are set on the folder for the entities. listShows entities in a grid view in the Explorer. When you start searching, a result list now appears instead of the Explorer. The Explorer appears again as soon as you remove the search term. Relevant for users of the product Automic Release AutomationAutomic Release Automation (ARA), is an end-to-end solution for planning, coordinating and automating software release processes, including automated deployment of applications across large-scale server environments and covers all mentioned use cases. [Formerly called "Application Release Automation", "Release Manager" and "Deployment Manager"]: When the clientA closed environment within an Automation Engine system where you can create and run objects. A client name consists of a 4-digit number that must be indicated when a user logs on to the Automation Engine system. Users and their rights are also defined in clients. A particular Automation Engine object type. of the user who has logged on is a deploymentThe deployment of a single application revision to an environment within a single activity. client, the Explorer area points to the folder <root>/UC4.GENERAL and the Functions area points to the path <root>/RUNBOOKS. |
Process Monitoring perspective: New commands are available in the activitiesDeployment-related activities list and in the Workflow Monitor
The following commands have been renamed:
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All perspectives: Improved start and restartA restart refers to the repetition of an object's execution. This action differs from a new start in some parts. behavior The start and restart behavior of Service Catalog objects has been improved and now provides feedback to the user about the status and clearly structures user input via prompts. |
Process Assembly perspective: Editing and reading mode Workflows can now explicitly be opened in reading mode. This means that no write access is required and that there is no need to lock the object for other users. The new Edit button can be used for this purpose, it is displayed right next to the Definition menu item (ECC Main Pane - menu bar). |
Process Assembly perspective: IF and FOREACH Workflow objects can be directly created and inserted. You can use a context menu in the Workflow Editor to directly create and insert IF, FOREACH and standard workflows without expanding the object selection menu or the Navigator Pane. |
Process Assembly perspective: Automated generation of object names A suitable object name is now automatically generated when you create a new object within a workflow and insert ARA Component Workflows. No suffix needs to be appended anymore. If required, the name can be adjusted manually. |
Process Assembly perspective: Indicators for Pre- and Postconditions The Workflow Editor boxes now provide the information whether one or several conditions have been defined for the task (properties: Pre-/Postconditions). It is no longer necessary to open the definition for this purpose. The left edge of the task box appears in dark gray when at least one condition is stored in the Preconditions, and when a condition is stored in the Postconditions, the right edge appears in dark gray. |
Process Assembly perspective: Additional operations in the Navigator's Explorer area The following additional operations are now available in the Explorer area: Move, duplicate and rename. |
Process Assembly perspective: Icons and improved presentation of actions (previously also referred to as runbooks). Actions which are available in the Functions area of the object selection menu are now displayed with an individual content-related icon. Also, the readability of long object names and titles has been improved. Actions are useful for defining Deployment Workflows (Automic Release Automation). |
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Process Monitoring perspective: The new function Workflow Monitor is now available. You can use the activityAn activity (or task) is an entity that can be planned, assigned to a user or a team and tracked with respect to their plan and state (started, cancelled, suspended, completed). list of the Process Monitoring perspective in order to call the monitor of workflows. It lists the workflow tasks and shows general information and details about their runs. |
Process Assembly perspective: The new function Conditions is now available. The new areas Preconditions and Postconditions are now available in the Workflow Editor in the properties of workflow tasks. Here you can define conditions and actions that will either be processed before (Preconditions) or after (Postconditions) the task has run. These conditions and actions are structured as blocks and can also be nested. Depending on the definitions, they can manipulate or delay the task's execution. |
Renaming of the Process Automation perspective to Service Catalog. |
Service Catalog perspective: A new functional area is available in the Navigator Pane. It is called Catalog. The Catalog includes the combined Favorites folders and objects of all user groups to which your user belongs. |
Service Catalog perspective: Favorites area in the Navigator Pane. Folders that are part of the user's Favorites are now also displayed. You can select these folders and list their contents (such as objects and subfolders). |
Process Assembly perspective: Dialogs New Workflow / New Folder You can now select the Folder in which the new workflow or Folder should be created in a column browser. |
Service Catalog and Process Assembly perspectives: Adding and removing Favorites You can now use the context-menu commands Add to Favorites and Remove Favorite in the Navigator Pane in order to add or remove your personal Favorites. The command Add to Favorites is available in the Navigator areas Catalog (Service Catalog), Search and Explorer (Process Assembly). Remove Favorite is available in the Favorites area (Service Catalog, Process Assembly). |
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New perspective Process Assembly |
First releaseReleases combine a set of activities and a set of packages as well as other release artifacts under a timeline (a plan including milestones and phases), which can be planned, baselined and tracked. of the Process Automation plug-in. This plug-in includes the following two perspectives:
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Process Automation perspective |
Process Monitoring perspective |
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