Hub 4.2 – April 2021

This release note is for the 4.2 release of Blue Prism Hub delivered in an on-premise configuration.

Enhancements

The following new features and enhancements are introduced in this version of Hub.

Area

Description of Change

Application

The Hub user interface has been redesigned.

The help has been updated to reflect the changes, see the Hub user guide. The help can also be accessed from the link in the side navigation in Hub.

Configuration

An RPA database with no dependencies can now be removed from Hub.

For more information, see Environment management.

Installer

The following new features have been added to the Hub installer:

  • Notification Center SQL configuration and IIS setup – The Notification Center is required to enable the new notification functionality within Interact.
  • License Manager SQL configuration and IIS setup – Control of the licenses has been moved from within Hub into the new License Manager. The benefit of this is that Interact can still be accessed even if Hub is unavailable. Previously, if Hub was unavailable, Interact would be too.
  • SignalR IIS setup – This was has been taken out the Interact installer and moved into the Hub installer.

Licensing

A new website (License Manager) has been created to handle license tasks. The advantage this provides is that if Hub is offline, users can still access Interact. Previously, Hub handled license tasks and if Hub was offline, Interact was unavailable too. The new website is installed and configured using the Hub installer.

Hub now displays warnings if all the licenses have been used. For example, if all the ALM licenses have been assigned, a message is displayed against the users and/or roles:

Localization

The IMS login page and Hub now display in the language compatible with the user's language settings set in their browser. If the user has an unsupported language selected in their browser settings, English is used as the default. If required, the user can manually change the language they want to use from the drop‑down list on the login page.

Supported software

Hub now supports the use of Azure SQL Database.

Fixes and improvements

The following fixes and minor improvements are included in this version of Hub.

Area

Description of Change

Audit

The following event options have been added to the Audit page:

  • Forms submitted
  • Forms declined
  • Forms approved

The Digital Worker category has been removed from the Audit page, this also removes the following event options:

  • Edited Digital Worker Log
  • Retired Virtual Worker Log
  • Made Live-Virtual Worker Log

Configuration

The following fields have been removed or replaced:

  • The SMTP host field in the email configuration has been modified to remove the restrictive validation that was in place. Your organizations SMTP hostname can now been entered and accepted by the field.
  • The IADA URL field has been removed from the database connection information accessed from the Environment manager.
  • The Create a password for user check box has been removed from the Create user page. Instead, a new Create password dialog displays upon completing the new users details and clicking Create user. Form this, the administrator can selected whether to create a password or send the user a password update email.

User Interface

The level of visual customization has been reduced. UI customization is now restricted to:

  • Theme name
  • Brand color
  • Brand logo

For more information, see Customization.

Known issues

A list of any prominent issues with this release is maintained in the knowledge base, click here for more information.