Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
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A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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Either word in a topic |
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Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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What's new in Service Manager 9.61?
Service Manager 9.61 includes the following new features, enhancements, and support changes:
Big data
Feature | Description |
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Hot Topic Analytics |
This release introduces the following Hot Topic Analytics (HTA) enhancements.
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Disaster recovery | The disaster recovery feature enables you to quickly recover your Smart Analytics data when Smart Analytics crashed. The data that can be recovered includes Hot Topic Analysis data, Smart Tickets data, and Smart Search data. You can recover data from the latest backup, and then perform a delta index to reindex the new data that is created after the backup. |
Mandanten support in Smart Ticket | In previous releases, Smart Ticket supports the multi-company mode only. Now this feature extends the multiple-tenancy function to support Service Manager Mandanten in Smart Ticket. You can enable Smart Ticket for different groups of data separated by Mandanten. |
Usability
Feature | Description |
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Copy and paste images in HTML Editor | Previously, you can only copy and paste images in HTML Editor when you use Chrome or Firefox. Now this feature is also supported when you use Edge or IE. |
Paste screenshots in a record | From a record detail form in the web client, you can press CTRL+V to attach the screenshot saved in your clipboard to the record. If the cursor is placed in an editable field or text area of the record, the text "<Screenshot name>.png" is automatically added right behind the cursor. |
Enable toolbar buttons on ESS pages |
By default, the action buttons on ESS pages are displayed at the bottom of the pages. You can use the esstoolbarbutton parameter to enable toolbar buttons on ESS pages. After you enable this parameter, the action buttons are displayed on the toolbar at the top of ESS pages instead of at the bottom. |
Copy Change models with Task Planner |
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Automatically change tab size | When you opening many tabs in the web client, the system automatically decreases the tab size so that you can see more tabs in a screen and quickly go to different tabs. |
Set the initial state of the command field | By default, the initial state of the command field is collapsed. You can use the Web parameter: expandCommandLine parameter to set the initial state so that the command field is expanded by default. |
Configure virtual group size for inbox views | You can configure the number of records that are displayed as one virtual group in inbox views for both the web client and the Windows client. |
Accessibility
Feature | Description |
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Configurable min-width | In the web client accessible view, you can use the detailViewMinWidth parameter to increase the min-width value of a web page if the system displays some texts incompletely after you enlarge the browser text size or font size. |
Option menu removed | Option menu is removed from the accessible mode to leave more space to the record list. |
Enhanced system navigator |
The system navigator is enhanced as follows:
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Enhanced notebook control |
The notebook control is enhanced as follows:
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User Basic Information Card updated |
The User Basic Information Card is updated as follows:
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Image buttons | The accessibility mode uses image buttons instead of text buttons to avoid button overlapping on UI. |
Message history implemented as a list | In the message history dialog, each message item is not focusable now and the document body receives the initial focus. You can use Up/Down arrow or Page Up/Page Down key to view the messages. When JAWS is running, you can use the JAWS command to navigate through each message item. |
Shortcut list implemented as a list | In the shortcut list dialog, each shortcut item is not focusable now and the document body receives the initial focus. You can use Up/Down arrow or Page Up/Page Down key to view the shortcuts. When JAWS is running, you can use the JAWS command to navigate through each shortcut item. |
Installation and upgrade
Feature | Description |
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Delta Migration Tool improvement | This release improves the stability of the Delta Migration Tool. In addition, the Delta Migration Tool now provides more user-friendly wizard pages for import and export. |
Upgrade improvement |
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Privacy setting configuration
Feature | Description |
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Privacy settings | You can configure the privacy settings and information for administrators and users who are using the Service Manager system. For detailed information, refer to https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/km/KM03264689. |
Integrations
Feature | Description |
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SM-ALM adapter 1.04 | SM-ALM Adapter 1.0.4 is required when integrating ALM with SM RTE 9.61. ALM Synchronizer can connect to Service Manager by using HTTPS URL through SM-ALM adapter. The new adapter is released on Micro Focus Marketplace. |
Localization
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Support localization for inbox | Service Manager upgrade attempts to enable localization for the customized inbox names. If you have customized inbox names, you can search the scmessage record for active languages other than English and then translate the content of Text for the language. |
New parameters, commands, and files
The following parameters, commands, and files were introduced in this release.
Name | Type | Description |
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Parameter: attachedByName | Parameter | This parameter specifies whether the operator name or the contact name is displayed in the Attached By field from the attachment list in the web client. |
Parameter: checkdatetimevalue | Parameter | This parameter determines whether Service Manager validates the date fields, such as the Planned Start and Planned End date fields. |
Web parameter: detailViewMinWidth | Parameter | This parameter increases the min-width value of a web page if the system displays some texts incompletely after you enlarge the browser text size or font size. |
Parameter: esstoolbarbutton | Parameter | This parameter enables toolbar buttons on ESS pages. |
Web parameter: expandCommandLine | Parameter | This parameter determines whether the command/search line is expanded by default or not. |
SQL parameters: pgschema | Parameter | Specifies the schema when you use a PostgreSQL database |
Parameter: sqlcitext | Parameter | Enables case-insensitive when you use a PostgreSQL database |
Web parameter: virtualGroupSize | Parameter | This parameter defines the number of records that are displayed as one virtual group in inbox views. |
Added support
Service Manager 9.61 adds support for the following operating systems and technologies:
Operating systems
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.5
Databases
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PostgreSQL 9.6
- SQL Server 2017
IdM
Service Manager and Service Manager Service Portal (SMSP) now come with the following IdM:
- IdM server 1.20.1
Web tier
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Tomcat 9.x
- Edge
Mobility
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Tomcat 9.x
SRC
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Tomcat 9.x
SMSP
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Edge
For more information, see the Support Matrix.
Related topics
What's new in previous versions
Enhancements
Fixed defects
Known issues
Deprecations