Login Objects Change TYPE to uppercase on saving them in AWI v24 / v26

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

When editing or creating a Login Object in the Automic Web Interface (AWI) version 24.4.x or 26, the Type field automatically converts to uppercase upon saving.

• Actual Behavior: A user enters a lowercase type (e.g., linux), but after saving and reopening the object, the field is changed to uppercase (e.g., LINUX).
• Impact: This behavior invalidates LOGIN objects for certain configurations and breaks automated scripts that perform case-sensitive selection of LOGIN objects based on the Type value.
• Regression: This behavior is not present in version 21.x, where the casing provided by the user is maintained.

Environment

• Product: Automic Automation / Automation Engine
• Component: Automic Web Interface (AWI)
• Versions: 24.x (including 24.4.2hf1 through 24.4.4) and 26

Cause

A software defect was identified in the AWI validation logic (Loginsheetpresenter.java)

This issue is tracked under Engineering defect DE192250.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in the following versions:

• Automation Engine 24.4.5 (and later versions)
• Automation Engine 26.1.0 (and later versions)

There is currently no standard workaround within the Automic Web Interface to prevent this uppercase conversion. Users must upgrade the AWI component to a fix version listed above.