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Version 4.4

8 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  • Removed Tables: Eliminated several outdated tables in favor of updated cmdbci* tables for Business Applications, Business Capabilities, Processes, and Information Objects.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