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.