DocsInteract 4.4 – September 2021
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Enhancements
The following new features and enhancements are introduced in this version of Interact.
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Interact plugin – Forms |
The Interact – Forms user interface has been further refined to improve usability and readability. For more information about the user interface, please see Creating Interact forms. |
HUB-1093 |
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The following enhancements have been made to the Text capture type:
For more information on the Text capture type, see Text. |
INTER-48 |
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A new capture field type has been added to Interact Forms: Text area. The Text area field can be added to forms and enables users to enter up to 3500 characters in a multi‑line text field. It supports the use of regular expressions and rules. For more information, see Text area. |
INTER-64 |
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A new feature has been added to enable forms to be deleted. For more information, see Delete a form. |
INTER-57 |
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Auditing of Interact Forms events has been added. The audit events can be accessed from the Audit page in SS&C | Blue Prism® Hub. In addition to a new Interact category filter, the following event filters are available:
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HUB-1117 |
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Interact |
An information icon displays next to the field label when the new Purge data on submission option is set for a text field. When the Interact user hovers the mouse pointer over the icon, a tooltip displays informing the user that data in this field will be purged. The data will not be stored in the Interact database; it will only be stored in the Blue Prism database, and any additional storage destinations configured as part of the automation process for the form. |
INTER-48 |
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Interact API |
Functionality has been added to support the Text area field and replacing files. See Web API Service updates. |
INTER-64 |
Fixes and improvements
The following fixes and minor improvements are included in this version of Interact.
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Installer
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The Configure Interact Cache SQL configuration screen has been removed from the installation wizard as this is no longer required for Interact 4.4. |
HUB-1515 |
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The Interact Remote API secret key on longer displays at the end of the installer. The secret key is now generated by a service account in Hub for the Interact Remote API. |
HUB-1564 |
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Interact plugin – Forms
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An issue has been fixed in the Edit rule page. Previously, if a rule was created to restrict uploads to a maximum file size, it was not applied correctly and uploads were prevented even when they were smaller than the maximum size specified in the rule. |
HUB-1233 |
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If a field has been made a key field, the key can now be removed from the field without having to delete the field and recreate it. |
INTER-51 |
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An improvement has been made to the Create form page. When a user clicks Preset icons, the page now scrolls to the end of the list of icons displayed under the Icon category field, enabling the user to easily view and select an icon. Previously, if the Preset icons link was at the bottom of the browser window, the icons appeared below the viewing area and the user had to manually scroll down to find them. |
INTER-50 |
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When a file is uploaded via the Interact Remote API for a form with an upload field and email delivery type, clicking the link sent in the email now opens the uploaded file as expected. Previously, clicking the link in the email would display an error. |
HUB-2168 |
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Interact |
An issue has been fixed where Interact continually attempted to reload while displaying the "Something went wrong" error message. Interact now loads correctly. The issue was due to an incorrect token refresh and was reported in environments that use Windows Authentication to authenticate with the SQL Server. |
HUB-1201 HUB-1299 |
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An issue has been fixed where, after applying an ALM license and rebooting the system, Hub and Interact could not be accessed. When Hub was selected from the selection screen displayed after logging in, an HTTP Error 502.5 - ANCM Out‑Of‑Process Startup Failure message was observed; where as Interact appeared as unavailable on the selection screen. Blue Prism Hub and Blue Prism Interact can now be accessed without experiencing these issues. |
DS‑597 HUB‑2300 IADA-102 |
Web API Service updates
As part of this release of Interact, the Interact API Service release file has been updated to version 1.5.
The following new features and enhancements are introduced to the Web API Service and the Utility - Interact API Blue Prism VBO in this version of Interact.
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Actions
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A new Edit Text Area Field Value action has been added. This field enables the value of a Text Area field to be updated with text up to 3500 characters. |
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A new Edit Upload Field Value action has been added. This field enables a file to be replaced, such as an image or a document. This field can only be used to replace an existing file on a submission, and not to add a new file to a submission. |
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Create Submission and Raise Submission have been improved to enhance the user experience and follows Blue Prism best practices. The actions within the VBO have been simplified to enable users to clearly see the process flow. The static flow that is used by both actions has been moved onto a separate unpublished page (Clean JSON for Submission) to avoid cluttering the user's visual automation process in Object Studio. |
For more information about the Interact Web API Service, see the user guide.
Known issues
A list of any prominent issues with this release is maintained in the knowledge base, click here for more information.
Secure development policy
As part of our secure development policy, Blue Prism products are evaluated against the following security standards:
- OWASP Top 10 –The security vulnerabilities that pose the most risk to applications development. For more information, see the OWASP website.
- SANS CWE Top 25 – The most common software security vulnerabilities found throughout the software development industry. For more information, see the SANS website.
- Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 – U.S. government standard that defines minimum security requirements for cryptographic modules in information technology products.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).
A compliance highlight summary report is available upon request via Product Support.
