Hub 4.3 – May 2021
This release note is for the 4.3 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 |
Reference |
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Control Room |
A new plugin has been added to Hub; Control Room. This plugin can only be used with Blue Prism version 7.0 or later, and it complements the Control Room features in the Blue Prism interactive client. The new Control Room provides dashboards and data views that allow users to view and manage Blue Prism activity for all their environments. Control Room has four plugin features that complement the existing Blue Prism interactive client functionality:
The Control Room plugin also introduces a number of widgets which can be used on the Dashboard to graphically view the data. |
BP-131 BP-1581 |
Installer |
The following new features have been added to the Hub installer:
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HUB-867 HUB-947 BP-2895 |
Localization |
Support for two languages, Russian and Portuguese (Brazilian), has been removed. English will now be displayed for users who have selected these languages in their browser settings, or using the language drop-down on the login page in earlier versions of Hub. |
BP-3601 |
SMTP |
The Email configuration page has been enhanced to support Microsoft OAuth 2.0 authentication with SMTP, as well as the existing username and password authentication method. Any changes to the SMTP settings are audited and can be seen on the Audit page. |
HUB-713 |
User management |
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HUB-865 |
Fixes and improvements
The following fixes and minor improvements are included in this version of Hub.
Area |
Description of Change |
Reference |
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ALM |
The Uplift License option has been added to the Plugin management page to enable administrators to upgrade the ALM license from an earlier version to a version that is compatible with 4.3. This resolves the previously documented known issue where a warning message was permanently displayed on some pages in the system indicating that the ALM license limit had been exceeded. |
HUB-722 |
The creator of a process definition can now assign their own access level. Previously, they were defaulted to be the owner of the process definition and this could not be changed. They can now select to be a Contributer or a Viewer, however, the process definition can not be saved unless there is at least one owner. |
HUB-866 |
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Audit |
Two columns in the Audit page have been renamed:
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BP-2935 |
Environment |
An enhancement has been made so that Hub now also supports connections to multiple RPA databases that reside on the same server, that is, they have the same server IP or hostname. Previously, multiple databases could only be connected as long as they were on different servers to each other. The connection is configured through the existing Environment management page. |
HUB-723 |
Database connections can no longer be edited on the Environment management page. Connections can still be added, refreshed and deleted. |
HUB-932 |
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LDAP |
The importing of Active Directory users into Hub has been fixed. Previously, when importing Active Directory users into Hub, if any of the Active Directory user accounts were missing one of the mapped attributes defined in the Hub authentication settings, the import would fail for all users. The import now displays a counter with the number of valid users against the total number of users found, and displays the list of valid users so that the administrator can select the required users to synchronize with Hub. In addition, an enhancement has been made to introduce detailed LDAP logging. This can be turned on by updating the appsettings.json file in the Application Server folder. Under Ims > Logging > LogLevel, add the line: For:
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HUB-718 |
If a user who has been imported into Hub using LDAP clicks the Forgot password link, they are no longer sent an email enabling them to reset their password within Hub. Previously, this email was sent, and, if a user went through the process, it created a native user account in addition to their LDAP account. Users who have been synced into Hub using LDAP use their Active Directory domain password to log into Hub. If they need to reset their password, they should do so using Windows. |
HUB-1152 |
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Licensing |
The error messages that display when uploading an invalid license file for a plugin have been improved. If an administrator uploads an invalid file type, or a license file that is too large, using the Renew license key functionality, a more informative message will display. Only .lic files under 100Kb are accepted. |
HUB-841 |
Plugins |
When a user clicks a plugin in the Plugins repository, they now see an overview of the plugin with a link to learn more about the product, which opens the online help. The plugin downloads are available below the overview. |
HUB-972 HUB-1063 |
SMTP |
A change has been made to ensure that emails are sent according to the encryption method selected. For SMTP configurations using the Username and password authentication method, the encryption method can be set to None or SSL-TLS. Previously, Hub was attempting to send emails over SSL regardless of the encryption setting. |
HUB-717 |
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.