AutoRABIT 19.3 release highlights

General Features

Intuitive UI

  • Introducing “easy navigation” by placing the left menu.
  • Achieve Click Consolidation or Click Reduction.

Support for Salesforce Winter ’20

  • AutoRABIT platform upgrades to support Salesforce’s latest release, Winter ’20 AKA API 47.0.

API Tokens

  • To authenticate any request, an API token will be required. Users can access, manage their API token under the Admin section.

AcceIQ Integration

  • We are extending our test automation capability by introducing a new integration partner, “AccelQ” to meet our growing needs.

Version Control Features

General

  • Auto-Refresh
  • “Quick Merge” accessible from these screens:
  • Commit History
  • Commit & Release Labels

Version Control Operations

Genera

  • Auto-Refresh
  • “Quick Merge” accessible from these screens:
    • Commit History
    • Commit & Release Labels

Version Control Operations

  • Detect duplicate XML lines in Profiles and resolve them post-conflict resolution.
    • Release Manager can quickly check for “duplicate access setting” entries and allow them to be removed from the merged file.
  • Line level Conflict Resolution
    • Apart from the conflict resolution options provided by a standard git flow, users can also perform a line by line conflict resolution.
  • Parallel Commits
    • During gated commit, users will now be able to invoke parallel commits between the same Salesforce org or the same branch.
  • Split a Commit Label
    • Users can now split multiple revisions or grouped revisions under a single commit label as individual commits.

CI/CD

ALM Integration

  • Choose multiple sprints when configuring an ALM workflow
    • Users can now choose ‘All Active Sprints’ or multiple sprints as long as the workflow of the project remains the same.
    • Users will be able to configure independent workflow for each work item type.

Deactivate CI Job

Users can now deactivate a CI job ( Instead of deleting it)

Once a Job is deactivated:

  • Any scheduled Job will be stopped
  • Incoming webhooks will not be processed
  • It will be removed from any Build or Deployment queue
  • It cannot be triggered manually.

A user will still be able to see the results of any previous runs for the deactivated Job

New CI Job Type – Run Test Automation on a Salesforce Org

  • Users will be able to run Test Automation Limitations jobs independent of build or deployment from any supported tool (Provar, AccelQ, Selenium).
  • These jobs can be chained as a workflow to other CI jobs as a Post Deployment activity.

Handling Governor limits during CI Jobs

  • Auto-switch CI job when it runs into Salesforce Limitations retrieval governor limits
  • Any CI job that processes retrieval from a Salesforce org will now have the option to auto-switch to Metadata Mastery logic so that metadata retrieval is performed in logical batches to avoid Salesforce governor limits.
  • Users will have an option to set the batch size for Profiles.
  • Users will be able to use this feature when they want to backup Salesforce Metadata Limitations from a Sandbox/Production to a branch periodically.

External APIs

Extending our API services to support more functions under CI/CD Operations. Please refer to the user documentation for specific API details.

  • Update baseline revision for a CI Job
  • Query latest results of a CI job
  • Poll CI Job status
  • Call Quick Deploy without specifying build number for a CI job
  • Abort a CI job
  • Query All Jobs

Selective Deployments

  • Rollback Operations
    • Exclude Metadata Limitations changes (destructive or constructive) by choice during Rollback operations across the platform.
  • Deployment Manager
    • Salesforce developers can now invoke Static Code Analysis using ApexPMD/Checkmarx and Lightning Lint before commencing a “non-CI” deployment. It is helpful when deploying from a Commit Label or a Release Label.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *