Several job plug-ins have been updated and enhanced to address fixes and enhancements.

For more information and download instructions about the job plug-ins and integrations available for Workload Automation, visit Automation Hub.

The following integrations have been updated:

File Transfer
The file transfer integration has been optimized for file transfer operations. See full details of the enhancement in Optimized file transfer operations section in the Summary of enhancements.

SAP Hana Lifecycle Management
The SAP Hana Cloud Platform Application Lifecycle integration enables you to redeploy an application, start an application to trigger the operation, stop, delete and also to know the status of an application.

IBM Sterling
New security feature TLS and TCP added in Protocol field.

Apache Spark
Support has been added for Apache Spark version 2.3.0.

Apache Oozie
The plug-in has been enhanced to include detailed logs on the Oozie server for the script.

A new dashboard is now available for monitoring file transfer jobs.

In addition to the Optimized file transfer integration, you can now download from Automation Hub a separate dashboards for monitoring all your file transfer jobs:

File transfer dashboard: KPI
This dashboard is recommended if you have a large number of file transfer jobs in your environment. It contains two gauges with the most relevant statuses for jobs: error and running. The remaining statuses are available in smaller charts. A pie chart is also available for monitoring your file transfer jobs in all statuses.

Double click on any chart to open a Monitor Jobs panel listing all file transfer jobs in the specified status. 

You can customize the dashboard to match your environment setup and meet all your requirements.

You can now set the riskConfidence optman key to obtain an automatic evaluation of the risk level for a critical job.
If the probability of completing the critical job before the deadline is below the level you set for the riskConfidence key, the critical job is considered at high risk. The calculation is performed by comparing the confidence factor of completing before deadline and the percentage specified in this parameter.
For more information, see the Global options - detailed description section in the Administration Guide.

Customization of the roles in the Dynamic Workload Console.
Now you can manage your custom roles from the Dynamic Workload Console in the Manage Roles page. Edit, delete, duplicate, or create a new role quickly and easily, from a single panel.
For more information, see the Customizing roles section in the Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide.

Configure WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and dynamic agents in SSL mode
You can now configure WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and dynamic agents in SSL mode at installation time.
When you perform a fresh installation from the CLI, you can now optionally specify a set of parameters to have your environment automatically set up in SSL mode. You only need to provide the path to the certificates and the password you want to define for the keystore and truststore. HCL Workload Automation automatically generates the keystore and truststore with the specified password and configures WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and dynamic agents in SSL mode.
For more information, see Master components installation - serverinst script, Dynamic Workload Console installation - dwcinst script, and Agent installation parameters - twsinst script in the Planning and Installation Guide.

You can also see how these parameters are used in a typical installation in Installing the master domain manager and backup master domain manager, Installing the Dynamic Workload Console servers, and Agent installation parameters - twsinst script in the Planning and Installation Guide.

New output in XML format for the REST API requests.
With this new feature, you can now integrate more and more data in your dashboards. You can create new REST API data sources that retrieve data not only in JSON but also in XML format, as output for the REST API request. This enables you to retrieve data from different environments, such as SAP environments.
For information about the monitoring of the workload using a dashboard, see the Monitoring the progress of your plan section in the Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide.

HCL Workload Automation is a containerized product and is now available on HCL Software Factory (SoFy).
SoFy is a catalog of Kubernetes enabled products that can be easily deployed to a cloud-native environment. SoFy uses Docker images and Helm technology to deploy HCL Workload Automation product components to a Kubernetes cluster of your choice (public or private). HCL SoFy provides a temporary environment-sandbox to deploy and test solutions.
For more information see Workload Automation on HCL SoFy.

​A new alerting system has been introduced to allow notifications in case of event. A list of notifications has been introduced in the top bar as a bottom down list.
​For information about the monitoring of the workload using a dashboard see the Monitoring the progress of your plan section in the Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide.

Quickly open your Dynamic Workload Console pages with the launch in context feature.
Thanks to the launch in context feature, you can have all the Dynamic Workload Console pages at your fingertips.
You can obtain the URLs by easily accessing the bookmark icon in the page of your interest. Thus, you can quickly access the Dynamic Workload Console pages without the complexity and waste of time of building the URLs.
Furthermore, you can obtain the URLs with the filters and query parameters that you need to monitor your workload and instantly see the results.
But it is not all, the launch in context is also secure because the Dynamic Workload Console pages are launched accordingly with the user roles and authorizations.
For further information, see the Launching in context with the Dynamic Workload Console section in the Administration Guide.

With the Compression integration, you can compress and extract your files quickly and easily.
Data compression is the process of encoding, restructuring, or otherwise modifying data to reduce its size. Fundamentally, it involves re-encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation.
The main advantages of compression are reductions in storage hardware, data transmission time, and communication bandwidth. This can result in significant cost savings. Compressed files require significantly less storage capacity than uncompressed files, meaning a significant decrease in expenses for storage. A compressed file also requires less time for transfer while consuming less network bandwidth. This can also help with costs, and also increases productivity.
With the Compression integration, you can take advantage of speedy and secure processing to minimize the impact of intensive compression jobs.
For more information, see Automation Hub.