What's new in Universal CMDB Browser 4.14

This release contains the following new features and enhancements:

• UCMDB Home

  This release introduces a new customized landing page for UCMDB, with out-of-the-box report widgets, and ability to set your own widgets. Also, you can navigate through the available web-based UCMDB modules and access them directly from the left navigation menu. You can access the UCMDB Home page from the UCMDB Browser 4.14 landing page.

  For more details about UCMDB Home, see the Universal CMDB Home Help.

  • Introduced new software teaching and recognition module Smart Software Analytics (SSA) in UCMDB Home

    This release introduced a new software teaching and recognition module Smart Software Analytics (SSA) in UCMDB Home. SSA relies on data analytics to analyze large amount of scan files and suggest new software signatures, that can be used to recognize installed software. It automatically teaches unrecognized software by intelligently using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning technology. With SSA, users can have an enhanced software recognition ratio with less manual effort.

  • Added new module CI Search in UCMDB Home

    CI Search is the module for UCMDB Browser in UCMDB Home.

  • Made the following modules in Admin UI also accessible from UCMDB Home:

    • LDAP Mapping
    • Package Manager

• Improvements to widgets

  • History widget. The History widget now has an improved comparison mode, making it easier for the user to view the changes that took place between two points in time, grouped by months and days. For more details, see History Widget in the Use section of the Universal CMDB Browser Online Help.

  • Embedded widgets. Now you can visualize the CI Overview mode for the embedded History widget, Impact Simulation widget, and Get Related widget, by adding a new parameter in the URL. For more details, see "Load Embeddable Widgets in the Universal CMDB Browser Online Help.

• Reports Improvements

  • As a user you can select an email template whenever you schedule a report.
  • As an administrator you can create email messages, save them as templates, and then other users can reuse them at any time when scheduling a report.

  For more details, see "Reports in the Universal CMDB Browser Online Help.

• Documentation

  • In-app interactive walk-throughs available

    The new in-app interactive walk-throughs help improve your experience with the product, by guiding you through some possible flows. The step-by-step instructions, together with the possibility to do it yourself, leads you to a simple and smooth experience, eliminating the confusion. Currently, the walk-throughs are available in the LDAP Manager module and UCMDB Home.

  • Universal CMDB Browser Sizing Guide

    The Sizing section of the Universal CMDB Browser Help aims to help you to right size the CMS infrastructure to support your UCMDB Browser strategy. The objective of the sizing is to estimate the system resource required to ensure that the deployed system meets the performance objectives. You can download the Sizing section of the Universal CMDB Browser Help from ITOM Marketplace.