Release notes - April 2023
As IBM Support Insights continues to evolve, here are the details of the application's current progress.
Fixed issues and upgrades
Following is a list of improvements and new implementations in the application.
General improvements
- Using the new Security announcements tab, Cisco CSPC users can be quickly informed on security threats to their inventory, and can download a list of their infrastructure portion directly affected by a particular event.
- In addition to the Security announcements tab, Cisco CSPC users will also start receiving proactive e-mail notifications of new security vulnerabilities that may directly affect their inventory.
- The data points selection used for Global filtering in the application is now expanded, with the addition of the Coverage status field to the available options.
- The local table filtering experience is further enriched with the introduction of time-related filters, namely Is later than, Is earlier than and Is between.
- Local table filtering is additionally expanded with the introduction of number-related filters, namely Is greater than, Is less than and Is between.
Known issues and limitations
Following is a list of usability constraints or challenges in the current version of the application.
| Area | Issue | Workaround |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory management - Asset table | Priority is not displayed for some hardware components. | To be fixed in a future release. |
| Risks & Recommendations - General | Some OS/Firmware alerts might be missing if multiple data collection methods are used. | To be fixed in a future release. |
| Risks & Recommendations - Security & Hardware lifecycle | When selecting All product families from the dropdown on the top right-hand side, the bar chart disappears. | To be fixed in a future release. |
| Risks & Recommendations - Security | Assets with 0 security risk are currently shown as having 1 security alert in the asset details table on the page. | To be fixed in a future release. |
| Risks & Recommendations - Hardware lifecycle | The chart's months distribution is misaligned visually. | To be fixed in a future release. |
| Administration - Users | Users with an apostrophe in their names cannot be added. | Add the user by manually removing the apostrophe. |
| Administration - Users | Bulk users load cannot be performed with mix-case e-mail IDs. | Make sure all e-mail IDs in the template are lower-case. |