Changelog

In this page, you can find a record of all the changes made to this project such as bug fixes, new features, etc.

new feature: mode=debugparam to display parameters in debug mode
new feature: mode=process to increase the speed of automation at scale (Enterprise Edition)
improvement: horizontal scaling (Enterprise Edition)
fixed: param_set doesn’t change the value if the file is empty in some instances
fixed: param_if sign=isnot doesn’t work in some instances
fixed: parameters are not working correctly in some instances
fixed: cmd=soap doesn’t work in some instances
fixed: cmd=import doesn’t import tasks properly in some instances
minor improvements and bug fixes

new feature: param_if to handle conditions within the process
new feature: param_set to change dynamic parameter value in the process
new feature: new parameter: now = current date/time in format “yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”
new feature: loop folder for embedded batch processes
improvement: all plugins work in temp folder
improvement: {task}.tsv file for batch process
improvement: cmd=remove task=xx to remove the most recent task
improvement: advanced performance tweaking features
improvement: plugin name convention
minor improvements and bug fixes

new feature: use task name as an alternative to task id to request the most recent version of the task
new feature: add –context_param taskid={task.id} when import to read script url from technical name
new feature: prefix parameter, add –context_param prefix=[prefix] to add prefix before all task execution lines
new feature: suffix parameter, add –context_param suffix=[suffux] to add suffix at the end of task execution lines
new feature: add cmd=clean to clean database and logs with completed tasks
improvement: debug mode in batch process
improvement: batch removes existing batch file if exist
improvement: execute cmd=update to update all plugins after import
improvement: noimport file to disable import options
fixed: batch process doesn’t execute properly when there is a space in the parameter
many improvements to better support Windows

improvement:dynamic parameters need to be within ||| , for example: run_command=ls -l *.|||ext|||
improvement:cmd=update updates script repository
improvement:cmd=import Hint: use cmd=cleanimport to remove import.tsv file after imported
improvement:cmd=import Hint: use script={url} to import script from the web so you can import files directly from Google Spreadsheet, GitHub, etc.

new feature: WINDOWS support (beta)
new feature: dynamic parameters for all plugins
new feature: remote task repositories with public or restricted access
new feature: display task list as SOAP webservice
new feature: help files for tasks
new feature: remove task from repository
new feature: block individual or multiple commands (process, import, remove, update, force, soap, gettasklist, done and remote)
new feature: hardcode values for individual or multiple dynamic parameters within your task
improvement: import dynamic parameters together with tasks from TSV task file
improvement: even easier way to create custom plugins
improvement: run_command and do_nothing doesn’t require external plugin anymore
improvement: database directory is called db now
new plugin: wait to sleep for set or random number of seconds
new plugins: http_request and http_request_auth to call tasks from remote repositories
fixed: you can use space char in paramaters
fixed: timestamp change after new value updates for parameters
minor fixes in plugins

new feature: display data in SOAP web service format from temp/(requestid)_soap.tsv file
new feature: display request id in web service request
new feature: debug mode added to a web service
new script: soap plugin
fixed: run_command plugin to be able to finish task when deployed as a web service
even more performance improvements

new feature: initial database and plugins are downloaded from internet during first run
new feature: update to update existing and download additional required plugins
new feature: requestprocess to request and process at the same time
new feature: batch process
new script: human task plugin to include human tasks in the task list/process
new script: ssh command plugin to execute tasks on remote computers/servers
fixed: tasks are marked as done after execution and not at the beginning of the stage

new feature: request with additional parameters will change default context parameter value
fixed: changed init db file from pro_cess_new.db to pro_cess_init.db
fixed: import doesn’t import whole parameter with more than one equality sign

new feature: import new task list (process) from csv file
new feature: debug mode
new: Process Template on google docs
extended: display all available features when running from shell when there’s no requests to be processed