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CA Process Automation Service Pack 04.0.01

New features in CA Process Automation 4.0 SP01 include:

• A warning message now displays when CA Process Automation refreshes or closes with unsaved changes.
• Process instance information now displays in the Operations tab for start request forms. You can correlate the start request form instance with the process associated to that start request form. A new Process Instance column displays in the start request form grids under the Operations tab, with the new "Open Process Instance" right-click menu option for each start request form.
• The Assign User Task operator now lets you send a notification that contains the direct URL to a task. A new "Task ID" operator parameter is populated once the operator executes. Users can then use this variable to trigger emails, notifications, and so on.
• New system functions are now available to generate CA EEM tokens:

  getEEMArtifactTokenForUser(username,password)

  This method returns an CA EEM token for single use.

  getEEMCredentialsTokenForUser(username,password)

  This method returns an CA EEM token for multiple uses.

  getEEMArtifactToken (certificateFilePath, certPassword/keyFilePath)

  The input parameters of this method are the relative path of the certificate file and certificate password (in the case of non-FIPS mode) or the relative path of the key file (in case of FIPS mode). This method returns the CA EEM token for a single use.

  getEEMCredentialsToken (certificateFilePath, certPassword/keyFilePath)

  The input parameters of this method are the relative path of the certificate file and certificate password (in the case of non-FIPS mode) or relative path of the key file (in case of FIPS mode). This method returns the CA EEM credential token for multiple use.

  isFIPSMode()

  This method return true if the CA EEM server is running in FIPS mode.

• Web service methods have been updated:
  • A process or a start request form that is initiated through a Web service can now be tagged with a unique user-provided ID. Web service methods have been enhanced to let you obtain the status of a process or start request form that has been submitted with such a tag. If a process starts directly, or if the start request form starts a process, then CA Process Automation returns the task ID of the process. Updated/new Web service methods that are affected by this change include:
    • checkStartRequestStatus
    • executeProcess
    • executeStartRequest
    • getProcessStatus
    • ImportObject
    • ControlProcess
  • You can now control process archiving through a Web service. The executeProcess and executeStartRequest Web service methods have been enhanced to support an additional parameter which lets the caller exempt that process from normal archiving.
• The Value field can now be expanded in the properties of a dataset. This expansion applies for String, Integer, Long, and Double data types.
• Dataset scrolling is improved when expanding nested variables.
• The new getOrchestratorURL() system function returns the URL of the Orchestrator and facilitates the dynamic creation of URLs for use with specific Interaction Request Forms. In the case of a cluster, getOrchestratorURL() returns the URL of the load balancer.
• The existing XML for out-of-the-box content has been updated to include additional features.
• The description for an object in the Library now displays as a tooltip.
• In the Forms Designer, you can now select forms from a drop-down menu that is populated dynamically. Previously, forms were located through a search.
• The Evaluate Expression operator and the Monitor Event operator now include dataset assistance when using of any of their keywords.
• Process dataset variables now display during design time.
• The CA Process Automation installer now supports installation of CA Process Automation in Embedded Mode.
• In the Forms Designer, there is a provision to expand the right-hand side properties of a form, resulting in more space to enter JavaScript functions. You can right-click and select Expand. Also, assistance support has been added on Ctrl+Space.
• Module and trigger properties now open in a new pop-up window.
• For custom operators, there is a new "Read Only" parameter. This property governs whether the given parameter always takes value from the base operator and is not editable for the end users of the custom operator.
• In the Trigger tab of the Configuration Browser, if you open the properties of an SNMP Trigger, a Browse button is now available for the ProcessPath field.
• Dynamic forms now support custom images. You can upload a custom image through Manage User Resources (on the Configuration tab) to a user-created folder, which is accessible over a URL. You can also copy/host the images on another web server as long as they are accessible with an absolute URL.
• A warning message now displays for tear-off windows if you close/refresh them without saving your changes.
• Saving any user preferences through the Resource Editor (such as pagination, the number of records, columns to display and hide, and so on) also saves them in CA Process Automation User Preferences.
• CA Process Automation now provides the ability to right-click a variable in a dataset and select "View Expression". You can also copy the expression for the dataset variable and then paste it wherever needed.
• You can now upload resources (including JARs) to the Agent Resources and Orchestrator Resources in the Manage User Resources palette on the Configuration tab. All JARS uploaded to the Agent Resources are included in the agent’s classpath upon the restart of the agent. All JARS uploaded to the Orchestrator Resources are included in the Orchestrator’s classpath upon the restart of the Orchestrator.
• When creating a custom operator, you can now double-click to select a base operator.