Changes in behavior

This topic describes behavior that is changed in Kofax RPA 11.2.0, including:

Robot names changed

The ongoing transition from WebKit to Chromium introduces two changes to Kofax RPA robot names.

New robot name Original robot name

Basic Engine Robot

Web Automation robot

Robot

Desktop Automation robot

This name change facilitates changes ongoing within Kofax RPA. As more interactions depend on a stream of dynamic data, Robots (formerly known as Desktop Automation robots) will strengthen the leading role of Kofax RPA in the future releases of the product.

The entire Kofax RPA documentation set has been updated to reflect the name change and the ongoing transition to the Chromium browser. In the help system, the Desktop Automation section is renamed to Robot Building. The Web Automation section is renamed to Basic Engine Robots, and it is now located under the Reference section.

For more information, see "About transition to CEF and robot name change" in Help for Kofax RPA.

Product package components renamed

The Kofax RPA product package components are renamed to:

  • KofaxAnalyticsforRPA-2.5.0.zip

  • KofaxRPA-11.2.0.msi

  • KofaxRPA-11.2.0.tar.gz

  • KofaxRPADesignStudio-11.2.0.msi

  • KofaxRPADesktopAutomation-11.2.0.msi

  • KofaxRPADocumentation-11.2.0_EN.zip

  • KofaxRPADocumentation-11.2.0_JA.zip

  • KofaxRPADocumentation-11.2.0_FR.zip

  • KofaxRPADocumentTransformation-11.2.0.msi

  • KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAgent-11.2.0.msi

  • KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer-11.2.0.zip

  • KofaxRPARoboServer-11.2.0.msi

End of 32-bit support for some product components

The following Kofax RPA product package components can be installed on the 64-bit platform only:

  • KofaxRPA-11.2.0.msi
  • KofaxRPA-11.2.0.tar.gz
  • KofaxRPADesignStudio-11.2.0.msi
  • KofaxRPADesktopAutomation-11.2.0.msi
  • KofaxRPARoboServer-11.2.0.msi

The following product package components remain on the 32-bit platform:

  • KofaxRPADocumentTransformation-11.2.0.msi
  • KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAgent-11.2.0.msi
  • KofaxRPAProcessDiscoveryAnalyzer-11.2.0.zip

For more information, see the Kofax RPA Technical Specifications available on the Kofax RPA Product Documentation site.

Naming policy aligned

The naming conventions imposed by Kofax RPA are now aligned in Management Console, Design Studio, and the documentation. For more information, see "Naming policy" in Help for Kofax RPA.

Kapplets no longer require cluster name

Kofax RPA Kapplets now run robots on the corresponding cluster specified for each project. The kapplets.services.execution.cluster-name property is removed from the Kapplets settings.

XML validation with Extract Tree as XML step

When using the Extract Tree as XML step with the Chromium browser, an invalid XML may be produced from a malformed HTML if unsupported symbols, incorrect tags, or incorrect attributes are used. In this case, the invalid elements are replaced, and the XML becomes valid.

For more information, see Robot Building > Robot Steps > Extract Tree as XML in Help for Kofax RPA.

Callback URL in Document Transformation step replaced

The Callback URL option in the Document Transformation step is replaced with the Callback option. With this option, instead of providing the REST URL copied from the Management Console to call the robot when the validation is completed, you can simply specify the robot name and the name of the containing project.

Also, after the validation, the documents sent back to the callback robot will now contain the name of the validating user.

For more information, see Robot Building > Robot Steps > Document Transformation in Help for Kofax RPA.

Database structure compatibility for Kapplets migration

When migrating from Kapplets versions 11.0.0 or 11.1.0, if the database is initialized manually, you need to add the APP_SCHEDULES table from the create-kapplets.sql file to the database. For automatic database initialization, no actions are needed.

HBbase Table and Refind Object steps deprecated

The HBbase Table and Refind Object steps of Basic Engine Robots are deprecated.