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Release Notes v.6.x.x

The Build 6 of RPA Genie has been released on 24 January 2022. This release notes lists out all the additional features, fixes and improvements that have been made to RPA Genie when compared to Build 5.x.x. The first version of RPA Genie is 6.3.0.1 and the final version is 6.8.1. Below you will find the comprehensive details about the features and updates for different versions of Build 6. Our relentless efforts are directed at enhancing its capabilities to deliver the best possible automation experience, exceeding expectations and enabling our users to reach new levels of productivity and efficiency.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.3.0.1)

Release date: 24 January 2022

Features

  • Alert Feature in BMT enables the user to get alerts on item changes in Job, Queue, Robot, and Machine. You can get an email alert whenever the state of the job, Queue, Robot, and Machine changes.
  • Request Stop provides an option for the smooth termination of a job based on the user configuration in the process. Since it prevents the sudden interruption of an ongoing process.
  • Job priority determines which job takes precedence when more than three jobs of different exclusion sets attempt to run simultaneously.
  • Auto Update for Robot enables users to update Genie Studio or Runtime from the Bot Manager Tool without manually updating each of the bot machines.
  • Trigger Enhancement
    1. Queue Trigger allows the robot to start the job on the scheduled machine based on the trigger condition until a new item is added to the queue.
    2. If Prevent parallel job option is enabled, the Job will not be created if the job is already running. This option will help to restart the job in case of failure.
  • The Validation window gives the option to validate a whole project or individual processes or sequences based on which it shows the errors.
  • UI Automation Settings can be used to specify a default value for UI Automation activities properties Timeout, Delay After, and Delay Before.
  • UI Repository
    1. Added context menu item ‘Manage UI Elements’ to add or modify UI Window elements.
    2. UI Element editor window for a UI element.
    3. Repository element property added for UI activities.
    4. Provided element repository quick access over activity canvas.
  • Log files Path Changes – Moved default logging location from files to Event viewer.
  • Project Modules Enhancement
  • New Activities
    1. Get Job Details – this enables you to get a list of items from Job according to the filter options.
    2. Send Mail from Bot Manager – Sends email messages using Bot Manager SMTP Protocol settings.
    3. File Change Trigger Event – Monitors changes on a specified file and executes the block of activities.  
  • Studio Enhancement
    1. Added Filter for search templates while creating the project.
    2. Nu-get manager easy access.
    3. The Activity enables and disables the context menu of the activity canvas.
  • Co-Pilot Enhancement
    1. Search option over the processes.
    2. Animation is added when refreshing the process.
  • Custom Packages
    1. RPA.Genie.Images.Extensions – Encodes image to base64 text and vice versa.
    2. RPA.Genie.Excel.Extensions – provides increased functionalities in addition to the existing Excel activities.
  • Job Faulted error message enhancement to show the correct message while the System shutdown and SQL Server went down.
  • NuGet Secondary Resources allow Genie to fetch NuGet packages from external resources that are not available in primary resources.

Top Fixes

  • Refinements in Argument renaming were updated in all used occurrences.
  • Fixed: Project rename issue while right clicking.
  • Fixed: Validation in publishing the project.
  • Fixed: Preference for Firefox and Chrome browsers.
  • Fixed: Wait for file download does not throw an error if the file does not exist.
  • Fixed: In invoke process; the clear option does not clear the process property.
  • General bug fixes and performance improvements.
  • Improved activity tooltips and validation.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.4.1.0)

Release date: 9 February 2022

Features

  • Stop Job Execution enables the trigger to terminate the running job when the end time is reached.

Top Fixes

  • Fixed: SQL error messages are regulated.
  • Fixed: General fixes on updating the bundle.
  • Fixed: UI window timeout issue.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.0.1)

Release date: 2 March 2022

Features

  • Activity Improvements
    1. Validation messages improved for all activities.
    2. OCR Activity Performance.
    3. All Properties editors are read-only while checked in.
    4. Clipboard activity exceptions are handled.
  • UI Repository supports Maximize, Minimize, and Close Window activities.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed: Downgrade in studio installer.
  • Fixed: Rename argument in all instances.
  • Fixed: Install the NuGet package after deployment.
  • Fixed: Validation in the General setting tab.
  • Fixed: Clearing the FreeRDP cache file in the AppData location.
  • Improvements: Changed SMTP Mail Service to use System.Net.Mail.
  • Improvements: Search tab Enhancement across a project.
  • Improvements: Auto Update UI.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.2.0)

Release date: 22 March 2022

Top Fixes

  • Fixed: Filter Data table property not working.
  • Fixed: JSON and XML alignment issues.
  • Fixed: UI Repository element delete issue.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.3.0)

Release date: 6 April 2022

Top Fixes

  • Fixed: An issue was fixed in month-wise trigger based on the weekdays.
  • Fixed: Issues causing the UI Window to crash if the element is deleted.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.5.0)

Release date: 22 April 2022

Improvements

  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.HTTPClient.Activities – Support request header and Form data content type in the request body.

Top Fixes

  • Fixed: Wait for File Download Activity does not throw an error if the file does not exist.
  • Fixed: Issues in getting the global variable if the bot starts using auto-login.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.9.0)

Release date: 7 June 2022

Features

  • RPA Genie Event log size is set to a maximum of 102400 KB ≈ 100 MB during installation.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed: Module path for package items gets trimmed.
  • Fixed: Auto-Update popup is not closed after installation.
  • Fixed: Job unresponsive status update in BMT on provided time.
  • Fixed: Project property validation.
  • Fixed: URL issue in local studio installation.
  • Improvements: Clearing service cache on agent exist.
  • Improvements: Updated Identity service logging level to a warning.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.5.11.0)

Release date: 26 July 2022

Features

  • Recovery Mode: RPA.Agent.Service restarts automatically when an unhandled issue occurs.
  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Outlook.Extension – Added Reply to and Send & Receive emails Activities.
  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Element.Extension – Added Get Window Count, Get window by process id activities.
  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Password.Generator – Added Generate password activity.
  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Network.Activities – Added Ping IP Address and Execute command activities.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed: Agent initialized multiple times and the job remains scheduled.
  • Fixed: Closing the agent in a specified time interval if the agent is not responding.
  • Fixed: Popup named Agent service is already running and is hidden in auto login sessions.
  • Fixed: Get credential resource return invalid password when special characters are included.
  • Fixed: Service installer navigation issue in an upgrade option.
  • Improvements: Machine audit details (Login, Logout, Lock, Unlock, Connect and Disconnect).
  • Improvements: Machine & Robot disconnect update issues in sessions.
  • Improvements: Expiry time fixed in the trigger and Error reason updated for the expired job.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.6.2.0)

Release date: 4 September 2022

Features

  • IE Mode is added in Edge Browser.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Get Queue items activity will not return a null value if Items exist.
  • The service installer upgrade option is fixed.
  • Mail notifications for all unresponsive activities are fixed.
  • General bug fixes

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.6.3.0)

Release date: 6 September 2022

Features

  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Teams.Activity – this package will help to send messages in Teams channels with the help of connectors.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • RPA Genie local service crashing issue is fixed.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.6.4.0)

Release date: 23 September 2022

Features

  • The Co-Pilot Icon is added to the desktop after RPA Genie installation.
  • Custom Package: RPA.Genie.Outlook.Extension – Added Get outlook account activity which will help to retrieve all the available accounts in the system.

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Unlock web server authentication by service installer is automated.
  • Nuget Package installation in local service is fixed.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.7.1)

Release date: 6 October 2022

Features

  • .Net framework migration to .Net 6.0 from .Net 5.0

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.7.2)

Release date: 19 January 2023

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed: Advanced logging is enabled for RPA.Genie.AgentService crash issues due to the unhandled exceptions.
  • Fixed: Sometimes due to network issues the Job may result in ‘error’ and the same has been marked against that particular JOB in the Bot manager. But most of the time in this scenario Jobs will be still running in bot manager. This issue is fixed and whenever the job is in error, the Job will stop running in the background.
  • Fixed: When the SQL server is down for a certain time period, RPA Genie Agent would be in a disconnected state. This issue is fixed.
  • Improvements: Retry Logic has been handled for access token API.

RPA Genie Release Updates (Version 6.8.1)

Release date: 3 March 2023

Top Fixes and Improvements

  • Fixed: Agent Service crashed due to the SQL server & RPA Genie Service was down at same time is fixed.
  • Fixed: Queue Scheduler is executing in disable state is fixed.
  • Fixed: Trigger Stop Request and Expiry time was not working is fixed.
  • Improvements: Migrated explorer process timeout to App Config File.
  • Improvements: Implementing the retry logic for fetching AccessToken.
  • Improvements: Recovery Mode for RPA Genie Agent Service.