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Version 4.4

11 months ago

This release introduces new features like Editable Hierarchy Map, Treemap, and Relationship Picker improvements while addressing various bug fixes and removing legacy tables and reports to streamline functionality.

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📀 See upgrade instructions here

Introducing New Functionality

  • Hierarchy and Visualization Tools: Replaced existing Hierarchy Map and Treemap with new versions; added PNG export for Hierarchy Map, Treemap, Chord, and Sankey diagrams; updated Relationship Picker with new capabilities and tooltips.
  • New Tables and Settings: Introduced "Business Function" and "Business Events" tables; added a new global setting to support data quality verification; created a new "dq_admin" role for data quality oversight.
  • Additional Features: Introduced the ability to undo changes in Relationship Picker's commit window; references to Organizational Units in cmdb_rel_ci; a new License Management Dashboard.

Updates & Improvements

  • Design and Interaction: Updated the Relationship Picker with a new design, including popups and tooltips; updated Chord and Sankey diagrams with new right-hand panels.
  • Global Settings and Conventions: Improved naming conventions by replacing underscores with periods; moved Hosting Designer app.min file to the ServiceNow instance for enhanced performance.
  • Table and Field Renaming: Standardized names and references across various fields to ensure consistency.

Bug & Issue Fixes

  • Relationship Picker: Fixed various issues, including inability to change relationship types, auto-search not functioning correctly, and support for long strings.
  • Data Quality: Resolved errors in the Data Quality script during relationship commits; fixed the scheduled job that was running for multiple days; addressed security concerns by removing "function constructors."
  • Widgets and Visualization: Fixed the Data Quality widget showing incorrect labels; resolved issues with the Chord diagram not displaying on Safari.

Removing Legacy Functionality & Tables

  • Removed Tables: Eliminated several outdated tables in favor of updated cmdbci* tables for Business Applications, Business Capabilities, Processes, and Information Objects. No existing customer data will be removed during this upgrade.
    • x_inpgh_upmx_business_application & replacing with cmdb_ci_business_app
    • x_inpgh_upmx_business_capability & replacing with cmdb_ci_business_capability
    • x_inpgh_upmx_business_process & replacing with x_inpgh_upmx_process
    • x_inpgh_upmx_information_object & replacing with cmdb_ci_information_object
    • x_inpgh_upmx_information_object_attribute & replacing with cmdb_ci_information_object
    • x_inpgh_upmx_report_proc2app2sftprd
    • x_inpgh_upmx_report_app2infobj2infobjattr
    • x_inpgh_upmx_report_app2swp
    • x_inpgh_upmx_report_cap2app2dbs
    • x_inpgh_upmx_report_cap2app2swp

  • Removed Reports: Discontinued various legacy reports.
    • UPM-X APM App2Swp Risk Score next year
    • UPM-X APM CSDM App2Swp Applications under Technology Risk
    • UPM-X APM CSDM App2Swp Risk Score next quarter
    • UPM-X APM CSDM App2Swp Risk Score today
    • UPM-X APM CSDM App2Swp Risk Pareto today
    • UPM-X APM CSDM App2Swp Risk by App Criticality
    • UPM-X APM Initialization Score
    • UPM-X APM Standards Map
    • UPM-X APM Non-Productive Score
    • UPM-X APM SaaS Applications Score
    • UPM-X TPM App2Swp Risk Pareto next 6 month
    • UPM-X TPM App2Swp Risk Pareto today
    • UPM-X Business Application Rationalization List
    • UPM-X APM Top Rationalization Candidates
    • UPM-X APM Rationalization Matrix
    • UPM-X APM Productive Score
    • UPM-X APM Functional Redundancy
    • UPM-X APM List
    • UPM-X APM App2Swp Risk Pareto next year
    • UPM-X APM App2Swp Risk Pareto today
    • UPM-X APM APO Profile
    • UPM-X APM Expiration Score
    • UPM-X APM App2Swp Table
    • UPM-X APM App2Swp Risk Pareto next 6 month
    • UPM-X Business Application Internal Lifecycles
    • UPM-X Business Application Business Criticality
    • UPM-X Business Application Hosting
    • UPM-X APM Security Classification
    • UPM-X APM Secret Applications
    • UPM-X APM Confidential Applications
    • UPM-X APM Days to EOL vs. Days in Prod
    • UPM-X APM Business Capabilities under Technology Risk
    • UPM-X APM Hosting Overview
    • UPM-X APM to be assessed for Cloud
    • UPM-X APM Cloud Ready
    • UPM-X APM Expiring Map
    • UPM-X Business Application Utilization
    • UPM-X APM Internal Lifecycle vs. Recommendation
    • UPM-X Business Application Top Rationalization Candidates
    • UPM-X Cap2App2Swp Impacted Capabilities List
    • UPM-X Business Application List
  • Other removed features: Removed the UPM-X Portal from the application menu.
    • UPM-X Portal
    • Portal in the application menu