Hub 4.4 – September 2021
This release note is for the 4.4 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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Application |
The following improvements have been made to the user interface:
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INTER-56 HUB-1557 HUB-1714 |
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The following categories and events have been added to the Audit page:
Audit functionality has been added to support all these events. |
HUB-1117 |
User Management |
It is now possible to create a new user in the Users area when Interact is not connected. |
HUB-944 |
Security |
To improve security, optional Single Socket Layer (SSL) settings have been added for applications that use RabbitMQ. |
HUB-74 |
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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Application
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An issue has been fixed where Hub continually attempted to reload while displaying the "Something went wrong" error message. The issue was caused by an incorrect token refresh and was reported in environments that use Windows Authentication to authenticate with the SQL Server. |
HUB-1201 |
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 |
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Audit |
A minor adjustment has been made to the Edit view pane on the Audit page. The filter category/column heading previously labeled Date time has been changed to Created On for consistency. |
HUB-1127 |
Authentication Server |
A header style error has been fixed on the Authentication Server login page, where changing the width of the browser window to 992px or less caused the language drop-down list to become disabled. |
HUB-1223 |
Environment Management |
An issue has been resolved where the user was unable to add a new environment to the Hub Environment management page following a previous failed attempt. This was due to the environment data not being cleared from connected databases after the failed attempt. |
HUB-1356 |
Installer |
The following changes have been made to the Hub Installer:
For more information, see the Hub install guide. |
HUB-1515 HUB-1516 HUB-1654 |
The installation no longer fails if the machine has no internet access or has an incompatible version of the PowerShell SqlServer module is installed on the machine. Previously, the installation would fail if the column encryption script was run in an offline environment. |
HUB-2020 |
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Host names for all sites can now be custom host names and use mixed case characters (uppercase and lowercase). Previously, if the initial part (application name) of the default host name was changed during installation and mixed case characters were used, a 500 error was displayed when certain pages in Hub were accessed, for example, Email configuration page, Audit page, and when uploading a license. |
HUB-906 |
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LDAP |
Hub can now synchronize with more than 10,000 Active Directory users. Previously, Hub was restricted by the default limit set within MaxTempTableSize on the LDAP server. |
HUB-1538 |
SMTP |
SMTP host names with more than three symbols can now be entered into the SMTP host field. |
HUB-1222 |
Settings
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An issue with the Customization page has been fixed, where attempting to save a theme with incorrectly formatted text in the Name field resulted in the system endlessly attempting (and failing) to validate the name, instead of displaying an error message. |
HUB-1134 |
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On the Add connection page, the Database authentication header on the Add connection page no longer displays on the form when SQL with Windows Authentication is selected. |
HUB-1163 |
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When creating new roles in Hub, all names must now be unique. It is no longer possible to give a Hub role and an Interact role the same name. |
HUB-2036 |
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Service accounts |
A new permission has been added to service accounts: Interact Remote API. This enables service accounts to be created that can be used when setting up the Interact Remote API with other Blue Prism products. |
HUB-1564 |
Plugin updates
Automated Lifecycle Management (ALM)
The following improvements and fixes are included in this version of the ALM plugin.
Area |
Description of Change |
Reference |
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All |
The user interface has been further refined to improve usability and readability when modifying process definitions, wireframes, exceptions, and templates. For more information about the user interface. See the ALM user guide. |
HUB-1093 |
Business processes
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A new Delete button has been added to enable the user to retire business processes. A business process can only be deleted by the business process owner, and it cannot be deleted if it has a process definition or an Interact Form associated with it. For more information, see |
HUB-895 |
When sorting data in the Name and Stage progression columns of the Business processes overview page, the first click now sorts the data alphabetically and the second click sorts in reverse alphabetical order. Previously, the sorting was incorrectly applied the opposite way around. |
HUB-1159 |
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Process definitions |
JSON files exported from Blue Prism Capture versions 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1 can now be imported into ALM. This enables ALM users to quickly and efficiently generate a process definition without manually documenting the steps. The user can:
The following items are included in the import:
For more information, see Upload a JSON file. |
HUB-593 |
Process definitions can now be deleted. A process definition can only be deleted by the process definition document owner, and it cannot be deleted if it is locked for editing by another user. For more information, see |
HUB-896 |
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A new filter called Sign off status has been added to the Process definitions page. This filter enables users to view only those process definitions where sign-off has been started but not yet completed. |
HUB-496 |
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Auditing of process definition workflow events has been added. For information about the events within the Process definition category, see Audit page. |
HUB-1117 |
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The maximum number of characters in the Element name field has been increased from 50 to 75. |
HUB-638 |
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An issue on the Edit definition page has been resolved, where the thumbnail image did not display correctly in the action steps. |
HUB-1234 |
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Wireframer
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Clicking the Send report button no longer results in an error and opens the correct page. |
HUB-1227 |
An issue has been fixed where the incorrect notification displayed when the user set up traditional SMTP settings and clicked Send report. The correct notification now displays. |
HUB-1171 |
Control Room
No changes have been made to the Control Room plugin in this release.
Interact
For the Interact plugin improvements and fixes, see the Interact 4.4 release notes.
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.