Robot Schedule

Release notes are also available for Robot Schedule for Insite.

September 2017

Version: 12.13
  • After enabling the 'Daylight Saving Time automation' field in System Defaults, you will no longer be required to end/restart your Schedule jobs before Daylight Savings Time.
  • A command has been added that allows you to copy dates from one calendar to another.
  • The performance of user job tracking in the ROBOTSBMJ job has been improved.
  • Jobs with a completion history with a different system name than the system name in product master can now be deleted.
  • Group membership information in the Job Status report is now correct when there are two jobs with the same job number.
  • A parameter called 'Prerequisite user jobs only' has been added to the RBTINSSBM command that allows you to track only user jobs that are defined as a prerequisite to a robot job.

May 2017

Version: 12.12
  • An issue with Robot Schedule’s export functionality has been fixed.
  • Prerequisite jobs only display their run date and time when the job is local
  • Robot Schedule’s EVERY job interval has been updated. It can now run from 1 minute to 1429 minutes.
  • Forecast recalculations are submitted with the forecast object's original description.
  • An issue with adding commands to a job in the GUI has been fixed. If you add a library to the library list, the GUI will now successfully add commands from that library to a job.

February 2017

Version: 12.11

  • See the Robot Schedule Enterprise release notes for information on the new Robot Schedule Enterprise and Automate Premium interfacing.

  • Updated the audit log report to correctly handle the date and time a report runs when scheduled during daylight savings.

  • Jobs are now allowed to use *JOBD as the library list name in send packets.

  • In the event a job completes abnormally and the message is sent to the Network status center, you can now opt to add the job’s application name to the end of the job abnormal end message. The data area RBTINCAPPN must exist in the Schedule product library in order to use this feature.

August 2016

Version: 12.09

  • French-Canadian support in the Robot Schedule GUI has been improved

June 2016

Version: 12.08

  • Our license agreement has been updated.

  • Corrected a formatting error with the date/time audit log entry.

  • Updated packets when sending them to and from the product master.

  • The RBTRCLRPT command no longer produces an error message when running in version 12.04.

  • Added the ability to limit the amount of internal product status messages received in Robot Schedule.

  • Corrected the RBTNETPT user profile to keep Robot Schedule jobs from looking for RBTNETPT if user doesn’t have Robot Network.

  • Added three options to the job import feature in the GUI. These options, Replace: Jobs and Scheduling Objects, Replace: Prerequisites, and Replace: Members/Group Control, allow you to choose which objects you want to replace during an import.

January 2016

Version: 12.06

  • If Robot Schedule is in an IASP, it will now work with Robot Network.

  • The *PUBLIC authority has been enhanced to ensure all objects have *USE and are owned by RBTUSER.

September 2015

Version: 12.05
  • The licensing API has been enhanced so that it can correctly identify partition numbers greater than 255
  • An issue was fixed where you couldn’t use Robot SCHEDULE Explorer (the GUI) to update jobs by using a query to change the pager to *RBTDFT
  • The paging process, via Robot ALERT, was updated so that you’ll only receive a single page when a job is ended abnormally
  • Reserved command variables in agent jobs can now be resolved even if they contain a forward slash (/). You’ll no longer receive an RNX0100 error
  • You can now reset your expired password during authentication while connecting with Robot SCHEDULE Explorer via Host mode
  • The license code will now display correctly in Robot SCHEDULE Explorer (the GUI) when the product library is in an ASPGRP (not in *SYSBAS)
  • The Consolidated Audit Log Detail Report (RBTRPT481) will now correctly display the node’s time zone instead of the host’s time zone when TIMEZONE(*NODE) is used
  • Fixed an issue where the date in a blueprint might get corrupted when you save your changes to the blueprint
  • Updated the RSL072 program and the RSLOID file so that the OID can be updated properly without receiving an RL07201 message

April 2015

Version: 12.04
  • Robot SCHEDULE can now be installed into *SYSBAS and in an independent ASP (IASP). For more information, see “Running the Robot Products in an IASP Environment” under the Robot Support Self-Service tab on our website
  • The RBTCVTSCDE command will no longer fail if the IBM job scheduler’s job has a *MONTHSTR or *MONTHEND date specified

November 2014

Version: 12.03
  • Use the user profile that signed onto the GUI instead of RBTNETPT
  • Excluded RBTENTUSR from the Audit Log Report
  • Added a new command (Run Command and Ignore Error, RBTRUNCMD) that allows you to run an IBM i command and ignore up to ten specific errors
  • Removed the license check from Domino interface objects
  • A value of *NOMAX is now allowed in the TIMEOUT parameter on the RUNAGTCMD command
  • A late start monitor will no longer send a ‘Not Found’ error on the message queue, *USRPRF
  • Corrected an issue with the RSTOBJ command
  • Added an option to the GUI to add Run History for a Forecast Schedule
  • Exporting jobs to XML using the GUI no longer fails if the Report distribution is set to Y
  • The GUI will now refresh the *INTERNAL forecast
  • Corrected the errors when importing a job from an XML file that contained an event monitor, agent event, or user job
  • Corrected errors that occurred when using the Send To function to send a reactive job or group job

September 2014

Version: 12.02
  • Updated the license agreement
  • Adjusted the product so it will always use Current User profile
  • The RBTBLDHAWK command is obsolete and cannot be used any longer
  • When using the RBTBCHUPD command on a group member, the default value for the OPALNNM and GRPSHED fields is now blank
  • GUI: When adding a file transfer function to a job, the choices in the Built-in Function Builder window were corrected to: FTP or FTPS
  • GUI: When clearing history, the next runtime is now reset

July 2014

Version: 12.01
  • Updated the RBTCVTSCDE command so that it will work with Robot/SCHEDULE version 12

June 2014

Version: 12.00
  • Enhancements: Create updateable RBTMRGLIB
  • New: Version 12 shipped!
  • RBTCVTSCDE to convert native scheduler jobs now compatible with version 12
  • RSLSETIOID fails with MCH3401 cannot resolve to object

April 2014

Version: 11.18
  • Enhanced RBT400 security report output
  • Add Hold Application/Release Application to the RBTBCHUP command

(Note: If updating to Robot/SCHEDULE 11.18 and your current version is R11M16 or below, you must apply this IBM PTF: License Program 5770SS1/SI52159 before doing the update)

December 2013

Version: 11.17
  • CNLIDLEJOB enhanced for canceling a Robot group job
  • Enhance AGEIFS to allow purging files using a wild card. For example *.PDF. Additionally the command was enhanced to allow your choice of purge dates: *ACCESS, *ATTRIB, *CREATE and *DATA, each corresponding to the date you see when you display the attributes of the stream file

August 2013

Version: 11.15

Enhancement:

  • Interface now available to create a dependency between a Robot/SCHEDULE job and a Skybot Scheduler job.

Fixes:

  • Submit delay model job is on hold but still runs
  • Delete remote dep records to use Network
  • QTEMP objects from menu created with owner of current user
  • Message text truncated on RBT481 report
  • Some attributes on new Robot jobs were not defaulted correctly
  • Duplicate history in GUI for jobs with prerequisite
  • DB format sharing without inter library dependency

July 2013

Version: 11.14
  • Unable to delete Schedule Job in Product Master
  • SNDRBTDTA allows Robot jobs to be entered for 'Prerequisite User job name'. This field should only accept user job names
  • Joblog keeps showing “Trying to establish communication” with Enterprise Server
  • Error prompting a command in the GUI with negative sign in numeric field
  • Some conjunctions are missing when looking at a jobs Prerequisite Status through the GUI

June 2013

Version: 11.13
  • Remove old RBTJT rec if duplicate - job tracking
  • Remote member failed on submission code
  • Wrong description for remote group member
  • Check for E1 Data areas existence
  • No pop-up windows for different library list name
  • Omit remote group member stops group processing
  • AGEIFS command failed with MCH3601
  • Local group member ran twice
  • Received RB40123 from running the Schedule of Jobs
  • Fix Exit Program that changes DistList to NodeGrp
  • Print job report for agent jobs doesn't always
  • CVTSPLF errors when prompting in gui
  • GUI viewing JSL via Grp w/Mbr Filter wrong ovr
  • Audit rpt creating splf for 1 hr prior to reqst
  • RBT014 not returning CORRECT DAY OF WEEK
  • RBTDUPSPLF to more than 4 output queue fails
  • Agent Event Hist not getting cleaned up. Leaving orphans in RBTAEX file.
  • Could not save Robot Job. Issue w/AUTL
  • Override not showing correctly when sorting by Group Member Jobs

 

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