2021 enhancements
Review the BMC Helix Portal 2021 enhancements for features that will benefit your organization and to understand changes that might impact your users.
May 27, 2021
The following video (3:23) provides a high-level summary of the enhancements in the May release.
Sync LDAP groups and users
Download and configure the LDAP sync agent to sync LDAP groups and users into BMC Helix Portal.
For more information, see Syncing LDAP groups and users.
View groups and roles assigned to a user
View groups and roles assigned to API users and users who require console access.
For more information, see Setting up API users for programmatic access and Setting up users for console access.
View changes to the user interface
This release introduces the following changes in the BMC Helix Portal console:
- The Common Services menu is renamed to User access.
- The Group Management page is renamed to User groups.
- The Role & Permission page is renamed to Roles and permissions.
For more information, see the instructions for creating users, API users, groups, and roles.
Access BMC Helix Discovery
You can now access BMC Helix Discovery from the BMC Helix Portal console.
For more information, see Product overview.
April 22, 2021
View permissions assigned to an API user
You can view permissions assigned to an API user. To learn more, see Setting up API users for programmatic access.
View your own permissions
You can view your own permissions in your profile. For more information, see Viewing your profile information.
Search for objects with additional fields and with multiple values via APIs
While running the search API endpoints, you can search for:
- Users, groups, and roles by specifying IDs.
- Tenant-level access keys by specifying the access key.
In addition, you can pass multiple values for the fields supported for searching users, groups, roles, and access keys.
March 20, 2021
Sync BMC Helix ITSM users into BMC Helix Portal
You can request the BMC SaaS Operations team to sync BMC Helix ITSM users into BMC Helix Portal. This capability enables cross-product access and allows BMC Helix ITSM users to authenticate into BMC Helix Portal with their existing credentials. For more information, see User identities.
Cross-launch products
You can request the BMC SaaS Operations team to enable cross-launch for the following products from BMC Helix Portal:
- Remedy with Smart IT (available with BMC Helix ITSM)
- BMC Helix Digital Workplace
- BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog
- BMC Helix Innovation Suite
For more information, see Product overview.
Access integrated products
BMC Helix Portal supports the following products:
- BMC Helix Capacity Optimization
- BMC Helix AIOps
- BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations
For more information, see Product overview.
February 19, 2021
Search users by additional fields
You can search users by additional fields such as the user type, login ID, email ID, and so on.
For more information, see User endpoints in the REST API.
Add subgroup to a group
You can directly add subgroups without manually editing an existing group.
For more information, see Setting up groups.
February 05, 2021
View permissions assigned to a user
You can view permissions assigned to a user. For more information, see Setting up users for console access.
Edit the user profile information
In addition to your first name and last name, you can edit your email address in the My profile page.
For more information, see Viewing your profile information.
January 15, 2021
Search groups and tenant-level access keys via APIs
You can search for groups and tenant-level access keys by running the API endpoints.
For more information, see the following links:
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