Feb 8th 2022

To:         CA 7 Workload Automation Customers

From:     The Broadcom CA 7 Workload Automation Product Team

Subject:  General Availability Announcement for REST API 12.1.05 for CA 7 Workload Automation 12.1

On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that CA 7 REST API 12.1.05 is now available. 

CA 7 REST API is a capability of CA 7 12.1, providing users with a modern interface to interact with CA 7. This capability helps application developers and automation engineers to automate and integrate existing applications with CA 7 to develop custom solutions.

You can watch a short video about the CA 7 REST API v12.1.05 capability on YouTube to learn about the new features.

New features for CA 7 REST API 12.1.05 include: 

• A single REST API server can communicate with multiple instances of CA 7, leading to less overhead of configuring, maintaining, and managing CA 7 REST API servers.
• Idempotency option is now available for command endpoints. Idempotence is implemented using a transaction key. Critical actions (demand, run, etc.) cannot be issued more than once to prevent unintended consequences.
• Batch – multiple API calls can be executed in the same CA 7 terminal session to reduce the overhead of terminal allocation and deallocation in CA7ONL if you need to execute a long series of API calls.
• Agent Management
• Reduced complexity of REST API installation on mainframe by removing Event Manager, which required a lot of work. One less mainframe component to install.

We also encourage you to visit the CA 7 Workload Automation product information page https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/automation/ca-workload-automation-ca-7-edition/12-1/announcements-and-news.html.

You can download your copy of CA 7 REST API 12.1.05 from Broadcom Support Online https://support.broadcom.com/. If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Broadcom Customer Care online at https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact where you can submit an online request using the Customer Care web form: https://ca-broadcom.wolkenservicedesk.com/web-form?_ga=2.205828371.1432263889.1590607313-713014253.1588711301 .  You can also call Broadcom Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see https://www.broadcom.com/support/software/contact for the local number in your country. 

Should you need any assistance, our Broadcom Services experts can help.  For more information on Broadcom Services and how you can leverage our experience, please visit https://www.broadcom.com/support/ca/services-support/ca-services.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

To review Broadcom Support lifecycle policies, please review the Broadcom Support Policy and Terms located at: https://support.broadcom.com/.  

Thank you again for your business.