Automic V26 Update & News – User is a new eLearning module at Tricise University that covers the Automic Automation V26 features relevant for users and developers: AI Jobs and AI Connection objects, the Intelligent Assistant, the refreshed Automic Web Interface, the redesigned Workflow Editor and Monitor, native Python Jobs, new regex and text container script functions, cloud integration agents, the Object Versions REST API, and the deprecated RA REST and RA FTP agents. The module launched on September 11, 2026, is included in all Tricise University Flatrates, and costs €200 excl. VAT as a standalone purchase. Prerequisite: Automic User Essentials.
Key facts at a glance
- Module: Automic V26 Update & News – User
- Product version: Automic Automation V26 (on-premises and SaaS)
- Audience: Automic users, developers, and object designers
- Prerequisite: Automic User Essentials
- Format: Self-paced eLearning, English and German
- Structure: 8 feature blocks, 4 Use Cases, 5 hands-on exercises
- Launch: September 11, 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 – User module?
Automic V26 Update & News – User is a self-paced eLearning module that walks Automic users and developers through the most important new features of Automic Automation V26. 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 feature parity between the on-premises and SaaS product lines. Features that were previously available only in Automic SaaS 24.5.0 and 24.6.0 – the AI-powered Intelligent Assistant, the modernized Automic Web Interface, and native Python integration – are now available to every Automic customer. The module explains what changed, shows each feature in a realistic scenario, and lets learners try it in their own V26 environment.
Automic V26 Update & News – User follows a fixed pattern in every block: learn the concept, see it applied in a Use Case, try it yourself in an exercise.
Who should take this module?
Automic V26 Update & News – User is designed for Automic users and developers who build Jobs, Workflows, and scripts in the Automic Web Interface and who are upgrading to V26 or already working on it. It is a user and developer module, not an administrator module.
Prerequisites:
- Completed Automic User Essentials module
- Familiarity with the Automic Web Interface, the Process Monitoring perspective, the Workflow Editor, and the Workflow Monitor
- Basics of the Automation Engine scripting language
- Optional: Automic User Script Essentials (helpful for the scripting blocks)
- A working AWI connection to a V26 system, ideally with the Automation.AI component, to follow the AI exercises
If your environment is still on V24, the Automic V26 Update & News – User content still applies conceptually, but the AI features will not be visible until you upgrade.
Not covered: administrator topics such as Zero Downtime Upgrade enhancements, AAKE infrastructure changes, database utility REST endpoints, agent authentication automation, CAU reset workflows, and HTTPS proxy configuration for agents. These belong to the matching V26 administrator module.
What does the module cover?
Automic V26 Update & News – User is organized in eight feature blocks followed by a closing summary. After completing it, learners can recognize the new V26 user interface, design and run AI Jobs against an AI Connection object, use the Intelligent Assistant and the AI Filter Assistant, build native Python Jobs and pass arrays between Python and Automic, write scripts with the new regex and text container functions, and identify which legacy components must be migrated before upgrading.
The eight feature blocks
| Block | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1. AWI Visual Refresh | Updated color palette and icons, connection color filling the header bar, 25 curated connection colors, new task status colors, minimum browser versions (Chrome/Edge 138, Firefox 140, Safari 18.5), removal of custom theming |
| 2. Workflow Editor and Monitor | Task property icons on task boxes, enhanced filtering (Breakpoint, Calendar, Task Time, Task Status, Pre/Post-Conditions, Rollback, Comments), five traffic lights and progress bars, Time and Dependencies in separate tabs, recalibrated zoom |
| 3. AI Capabilities | Intelligent Assistant hub, Automation Assistant, AI Filter Assistant, MCP integration, AI Connection objects, AI Jobs as a new object type, AI-Augmented Workflow Creation, AI Code Assistant in the Script Editor, Enhanced Report Analysis |
| 4. Python Integration | Python Job types for Windows, Unix, and Generic, PIP package management and PIP report type, _automic_variables and automic_register_variable, Python array support |
| 5. Scripting Enhancements | REGEX_MATCH, REGEX_SEARCH, REGEX_REPLACE, REGEX_COUNT, PREP_PROCESS_REGEX; text container statements SORT, UNIQ, GREP, MODIFY, CAT, CUT, HEAD, TAIL, SWAP; BEGIN_AI_CHAT, END_AI_CHAT, ASK_AI with ChatID |
| 6. Cloud Integrations | New Apache Airflow Agent, containerized agents (Email, Kubernetes, OpenSSH, REST, S3, Azure Data Factory), REST Agent comparison operators, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Integration Suite, and SAP BOBI enhancements |
| 7. REST API | Object Versions endpoints GET …/objects/{object_name}/versions and POST …/versions/{version_number} for external version management |
| 8. Deprecations | RA REST Agent replaced by IG REST Agent, RA FTP Agent replaced by IG FTP Agent, migration planning with the AWI Object Search |
Four Use Cases
| Use Case | Scenario |
|---|---|
| 1 | AI-Powered Incident Analysis with the Intelligent Assistant |
| 2 | MCP-Powered Criteria Evaluation |
| 3 | GCP Firewall Rules Pipeline with a Python Job |
| 4 | Job Report Parsing for SLA Reporting with regex functions |
Five hands-on exercises
| Exercise | What you build | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Workflow generated with AI-Augmented Workflow Creation | Plan-before-execute pattern for conversational workflow design |
| 2 | An AI Job with conversation context against an AI Connection object | Foundation for LLM interactions inside Workflows |
| 3 | A natural-language filter with the AI Filter Assistant | Faster task lookup in the Process Monitoring lists |
| 4 | A Python Job with array transfer to Automic | Bridge between Python lists and Automic arrays |
| 5 | A Job report parser with REGEX_REPLACE | Reusable pattern for in-script text processing |
How does V26 change daily work for Automic users?
Automic V26 Update & News – User covers the four areas that V26 changes for users and developers:
- AI becomes part of Workflows. AI Jobs and AI Connection objects make LLM interactions an integrated object type. The Intelligent Assistant hub combines the Automation Assistant and the Documentation Assistant under one bot icon. The AI Filter Assistant accepts natural language to filter lists. AI-Augmented Workflow Creation generates complete workflows from a description. The Code Assistant supports Python, BAT, PowerShell, and Shell scripting.
- The Workflow UX is redesigned. Task properties are visible directly on the task box. The Workflow Monitor gets a fifth traffic light (green for OK) and per-task progress bars. Time and Dependencies move to separate tabs. The AWI adopts a refreshed palette and a curated set of connection colors; custom theming is removed.
- Python is a first-class scripting target. Three Python Job types, PIP package management with a dedicated PIP report, and native list-to-array transfer replace previous workarounds.
- Scripting and cloud integrations are extended. Five new regex functions with full Boost syntax, nine text container statements, Object Versions via REST, a new Airflow Agent, SAP suite enhancements, and additional REST Agent comparison operators. The RA REST and RA FTP agents are deprecated and must be rebuilt as IG REST and IG FTP Jobs.
How much does it cost and when can you book it?
Launch date of Automic V26 Update & News – User: September 11, 2026
Automic V26 Update & News – User 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 and German, with content reviewed at least every six months.
Key takeaways
- Automic V26 Update & News – User is the Tricise University module for the V26 convergence release of Automic Automation.
- It covers eight feature blocks: AWI refresh, Workflow Editor and Monitor, AI capabilities, Python integration, scripting enhancements, cloud integrations, REST API, and deprecations.
- Four Use Cases and five hands-on exercises in Automic V26 Update & News – User map every feature to a realistic scenario.
- Prerequisite is Automic User Essentials; a V26 system with Automation.AI is recommended for the AI exercises.
- Available since September 11, 2026 – free for Flatrate users, €200 excl. VAT standalone, in English and German.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the prerequisite for Automic V26 Update & News – User?
The prerequisite for Automic V26 Update & News – User is the Automic User Essentials module. Learners should be familiar with the Automic Web Interface, the Process Monitoring perspective, the Workflow Editor and Workflow Monitor, and the basics of the Automation Engine scripting language. Automic User Script Essentials is optional but helpful for the scripting blocks.
Do I need a V26 system to follow the Automic V26 Update & News – User exercises?
A working AWI connection to a V26 system is recommended, ideally with the Automation.AI component available for the AI exercises. On a V24 system the concepts still apply, but the AI features are not visible until the upgrade.
Does the module cover AI Jobs and the Intelligent Assistant?
Yes. The AI block covers the Intelligent Assistant hub, the Automation Assistant, the AI Filter Assistant, MCP integration, AI Connection objects, AI Jobs as a new object type, AI-Augmented Workflow Creation, the AI Code Assistant in the Script Editor, and Enhanced Report Analysis. Three of the five exercises are AI exercises.
Does the module cover native Python Jobs in Automic V26?
Yes. The Python block covers the Windows, Unix, and Generic Python Job types, PIP package management and the PIP report type, the _automic_variables dictionary and automic_register_variable, and the new Python array support. Exercise 4 builds a Python Job with array transfer.
Which deprecated Automic components does Automic V26 Update & News – User cover?
The RA REST Agent and the RA FTP Agent are deprecated. They are replaced by the IG REST Agent and the IG FTP Agent cloud integrations. Existing RA REST and RA FTP Jobs must be rebuilt as IG Jobs. The module shows how to identify affected Jobs with the AWI Object Search and how to plan the migration.
Is Automic V26 Update & News – User available in German?
Yes. The module is delivered in English and German as self-paced eLearning. Both language versions contain the same content depth, the same four Use Cases, and the same five exercises.
Does the module cover administrator topics such as Zero Downtime Upgrade or AAKE?
No. Administrator topics – Zero Downtime Upgrade enhancements, AAKE infrastructure changes, database utility REST endpoints, agent authentication automation, CAU reset workflows, and HTTPS proxy configuration – are covered in the matching V26 administrator module.
How long does Automic V26 Update & News – User 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.
