Automic V26 Update & News Operator is a new eLearning module at Tricise University that covers the Automic Automation V26 changes relevant for operators: the refreshed Automic Web Interface with new status colors and connection colors, the redesigned Workflow Monitor with five traffic lights, task property icons and per-task progress bars, the Intelligent Assistant with the Automation Assistant and the AI Filter Assistant, AI Jobs and Python Jobs in the Tasks list, automatic Agent authentication, and the deprecations and end-of-support announcements to track for the next change window. The module launched on September 18, 2026, is included in all Tricise University Flatrates, and costs €200 excl. VAT as a standalone purchase. Prerequisite: Automic Operator Essentials.
Key facts at a glance
- Module: Automic V26 Update & News – Operator
- Product version: Automic Automation V26 (on-premises and SaaS)
- Audience: Automic operators, shift teams, and control-center staff
- Prerequisite: Automic Operator Essentials
- Format: Self-paced eLearning, English (German version to follow)
- Structure: 6 topic blocks, 5 Use Cases, 5 hands-on exercises, quick reference
- Launch: September 18, 2026
- Price: Free in all Tricise University Flatrates, €200 excl. VAT standalone
- Provider: Tricise – largest official Broadcom partner for Automic Automation training
What is the Automic V26 Update & News Operator module?
Automic V26 Update & News Operator is a self-paced eLearning module that walks Automic operators through the changes they will see in daily monitoring after the upgrade to Automic Automation V26. It is the operator counterpart to the Automic V26 Update & News – User module and focuses on reading the new interface, triaging with the new Workflow Monitor, and using the Intelligent Assistant in a shift routine. Every fact in the module is based on the official documentation at docs.automic.com and can be looked up and verified.
V26 is the convergence release of Automic Automation by Broadcom. It brings the features that previously appeared in the SaaS-only releases 24.5.0 and 24.6.0 – the AI-powered Intelligent Assistant and the modernized Automic Web Interface – to on-premises and SaaS customers in one common version. For operators, the interface remains familiar: right-click context menus, the Process Monitoring perspective, the Executions lists, and all task functions keep the same logic and the same access paths. What changes is what you see – new visuals, a new bot icon in the menu bar, new task status colors, and new controls in the Workflow Monitor.
Automic V26 Update & News Operator follows a fixed pattern in every block: learn the change, see it applied in an operations Use Case, try it yourself in an exercise.
Who should take this module?
Automic V26 Update & News Operator is designed for operators who monitor tasks, restart jobs, open reports, and hand over incidents in the Automic Web Interface – shift teams, control-center staff, and first-level support who are upgrading to V26 or already working on it. It is an operator module, not a developer or administrator module: configuring AI Jobs, Python Jobs, or Agents is out of scope; recognizing them in the Tasks list and reacting correctly is in scope.
Prerequisites:
- Completed Automic Operator Essentials module
- Familiarity with the Process Monitoring perspective, the Tasks list, and the Workflow Monitor
- Routine in restarting, cancelling, and analyzing tasks and opening reports
- A working AWI connection to a V26 system, ideally with the Automation.AI component, to follow the Intelligent Assistant exercises
- A browser that meets the V26 minimum: Chrome 138+, Edge 138+, Firefox 140+, or Safari 18.5+
If your environment is still on V24, the Automic V26 Update & News Operator content still applies conceptually, but the AI features and the new status colors will not be visible until you upgrade.
What does the module cover?
Automic V26 Update & News Operator is organized in six topic blocks followed by a quick reference and a summary. After completing it, operators can read the new connection and status colors, use the five traffic lights, task property icons, and progress bars to read a Workflow without opening individual Properties panes, run context-sensitive prompts in the Automation Assistant, filter lists with the AI Filter Assistant, recognize AI Jobs and Python Jobs in the Tasks list, read the Agents list for authentication status, and track the V26 deprecations for the next change window.
The six topic blocks
| Block | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1. AWI Visual Refresh | Refined palette and icons, connection color filling the entire menu bar and browser tab icon, 25 curated connection colors, minimum browser versions (Chrome/Edge 138, Firefox 140, Safari 18.5), new status color mapping ABEND Red, BLOCKED Amber, WAITING Grey, ACTIVE Blue, OK Green, UNKNOWN Grey |
| 2. Workflow Monitor | Five traffic lights including Green for OK, task property icons with tooltips (Breakpoint, Rollback, Calendar, Time, Time Checkpoint, Dependencies, Pre- and Postconditions), per-task progress bars, improved zoom with persistent Full Card view, new filter criteria, Time and Dependencies in two tabs |
| 3. Intelligent Assistant | Bot icon in the menu bar, Automation Assistant with context-sensitive predefined prompts in Tasks, Agents, and Users lists, follow-up questions, AI Filter Assistant via Filter pane, token usage pie chart, New chat |
| 4. AI Jobs and Report Analysis | Enhanced Report Analysis with Analyze Report and Analyze Execution, AI Jobs in the Tasks list, reading an AI Job’s report, documenting operator decisions with Comments |
| 5. Python Jobs and Agents | Windows, Unix, and Generic Python Jobs, the new PIP report type and the operator reading order (PIP report first, Job report second), automatic authentication for Agents created in V26 with the LOCAL method, Status and Authenticated columns in the Agents list |
| 6. Deprecations and End-of-Support | RA REST and RA FTP Agents replaced by IG REST and IG FTP, custom AWI themes deprecated, V26 as the last version supporting the Automation Engine on AIX and on DB2 |
Five Use Cases
| Use Case | Scenario |
|---|---|
| 1 | First look at the V26 dashboard on the Monday after the upgrade |
| 2 | Triage with the refreshed Workflow Monitor |
| 3 | Morning triage with the Automation Assistant |
| 4 | Acting on an AI Job’s output |
| 5 | Tasks waiting on a specific Agent before shift handover |
Five hands-on exercises
| Exercise | What you do | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWI orientation in V26: browser check, connection color, new status colors, bot icon | Baseline for every V26 shift |
| 2 | Reading a Workflow with traffic lights, property icons, and progress bars | Triage without opening individual Properties panes |
| 3 | First conversation with the Automation Assistant: predefined prompt, follow-up, token chart, new chat | Scoping the Tasks list at the start of a shift |
| 4 | Reviewing an AI Job’s output and documenting the decision with a Comment | Turning AI analysis into an operator action |
| 5 | Reading the Agents list manually and with the AI Filter Assistant, drafting a handover note | Checking Agent authentication before escalating |
How does V26 change daily work for Automic operators?
Automic V26 Update & News Operator covers the four areas that V26 changes for operators:
- The visual baseline is new. The connection color fills the entire menu bar as a production safety signal. The status color mapping – ABEND Red, BLOCKED Amber, WAITING Grey, ACTIVE Blue, OK Green, UNKNOWN Grey – is consistent across the Workflow Monitor, Tasks list, Dashboards, and Widgets. Free-form themes are replaced by 25 curated presets.
- The Workflow Monitor reads faster. Five traffic lights now include Green for successfully ended tasks. Task property icons show Breakpoints, Rollback, Calendars, Time, and Conditions directly on the task box. Per-task progress bars and recalibrated zoom reduce the need to open Properties panes during triage.
- The Intelligent Assistant joins the shift routine. The bot icon opens the Automation Assistant with context-sensitive prompts such as “Show blocked workflows”. Analyze Report and Analyze Execution deliver summaries and root-cause analysis. The AI Filter Assistant turns natural language into list filters.
- New object types and awareness items appear. AI Jobs and Python Jobs are monitored, restarted, and analyzed like any other task; Python Jobs add a PIP report. Agents created in V26 with LOCAL authentication are auto-authenticated. RA REST and RA FTP Agents are deprecated, and V26 is the last version supporting the Automation Engine on AIX and DB2.
How much does it cost and when can you book it?
Launch date of Automic V26 Update & News Operator: September 18, 2026
Automic V26 Update & News Operator is included in all Tricise University Flatrates at no additional cost – Single-User, Team, Department, and Division tiers unlock immediate access. For learners outside the Flatrate model, the module is available as a standalone purchase at €200 excl. VAT. Both options include lab access, the full source documentation manifest, and identical content depth. The module is delivered as self-paced eLearning in English; the German version follows. Content is reviewed at least every six months.
Key takeaways
- Automic V26 Update & News Operator is the Tricise University module for operators working on the V26 convergence release of Automic Automation.
- It covers six topic blocks: AWI visual refresh, Workflow Monitor, Intelligent Assistant, AI Jobs and report analysis, Python Jobs and Agents, deprecations and end-of-support.
- Five Use Cases and five hands-on exercises in Automic V26 Update & News Operator map every change to a shift situation – from the first V26 login to the handover note.
- Prerequisite is Automic Operator Essentials; a V26 system with Automation.AI is recommended for the assistant exercises.
- Available since September 18, 2026 – free for Flatrate users, €200 excl. VAT standalone, in English (German to follow).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the prerequisite for Automic V26 Update & News Operator?
The prerequisite for Automic V26 Update & News Operator is the Automic Operator Essentials module. Learners should be familiar with the Process Monitoring perspective, the Tasks list, the Workflow Monitor, and the standard task functions such as restart, cancel, and opening reports.
Do I need a V26 system to follow the Automic V26 Update & News Operator exercises?
A working AWI connection to a V26 system is recommended, ideally with the Automation.AI component available for the Intelligent Assistant exercises. Your browser must meet the V26 minimum: Chrome 138+, Edge 138+, Firefox 140+, or Safari 18.5+. On a V24 system the concepts still apply, but the new colors and AI features are not visible until the upgrade.
What are the new task status colors in Automic V26?
ABEND is Red, BLOCKED is Amber, WAITING is Grey, ACTIVE is Blue, OK is Green, and UNKNOWN is Grey. The mapping is the same in the Workflow Monitor, the Tasks list, Dashboards, and Widgets, and it drives the five traffic lights in the Workflow Monitor status bar. The module trains reading the new colors in Exercise 1 and Exercise 2.
Does the module cover the Intelligent Assistant and the AI Filter Assistant?
Yes. Automic V26 Update & News Operator covers the bot icon in the menu bar, the Automation Assistant with context-sensitive predefined prompts and follow-up questions, Analyze Report and Analyze Execution, the token usage pie chart, and the AI Filter Assistant in the Filter pane. Exercise 3 and Exercise 5 use the assistants directly.
Do operators need to configure AI Jobs or Python Jobs?
No. Configuring AI Jobs and Python Jobs is a developer task. Operators see both in the Tasks list and the Workflow Monitor like any other task and use the standard restart, cancel, and Analyze Execution functions. The only new element is the PIP report for Python Jobs, which the module recommends checking before the standard Job report when a Python Job fails.
Which deprecations does Automic V26 Update & News Operator cover?
The RA REST Agent and the RA FTP Agent are deprecated and replaced by the IG REST and IG FTP Agents. Free-form AWI themes and custom connection colors are replaced by 25 curated presets. V26 is the last version that supports running the Automation Engine on AIX and using DB2 as the backend database. The module explains what each item means for daily monitoring and for change-window planning.
Is Automic V26 Update & News Operator available in German?
Not yet. Automic V26 Update & News Operator is currently available in English. A German version is in preparation and will contain the same content depth, the same five Use Cases, and the same five exercises.
What is the difference between the Operator and the User module?
Automic V26 Update & News Operator focuses on monitoring: reading the new interface, triaging in the Workflow Monitor, using the assistants in a shift routine, and tracking awareness items. The Automic V26 Update & News – User module focuses on building: AI Jobs and AI Connection objects, Python Jobs, the new regex and text container script functions, cloud integrations, and the REST API.
How long does Automic V26 Update & News Operator take to complete?
The module is self-paced. The recommended path is to follow each topic block with its Use Case and hands-on exercise in your own AWI Client. Most learners complete the full module across multiple sessions.
Is certification included?
Tricise University offers certified Automic Automation training paths aligned with Broadcom Automic best practices. Course completion contributes to the certification path. For full certification requirements, consult the Tricise University catalog.
