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This documentation supports the 20.08 version of BMC Digital Workplace Advanced, which is available only to BMC Helix subscribers (SaaS).
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BMC Digital Workplace Advanced 20.08

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With BMC Digital Workplace, your end users can request IT, HR, and other company services through a social media-like interface. Administrators enable self-service features for end users and set up the catalog of services. 
Release notes and notices
updated 19 Jun

This section provides information about what is new or changed in this space, including urgent issues, documentation updates, service packs, and patches. 

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DateSummaryReference
June 13, 20221This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
January 7, 2022This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
September 24, 2021This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
August 23, 2021This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
July 28, 2021This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
June 21, 2021This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
May 19, 2021This update includes defect fixes.20.08 patches
December 16, 2020

This version provides updates in the following areas:

  • Disable in-app notifications
  • Hide URLs to how-to resources and quick links
  • Display service description in approval request details
  • Configure the view of the application chooser page for shared links
  • Push and email notifications for collaborator groups
  • BMC Helix Platform page and external page in a new tab
  • Support for variables in the BMC Helix Platform page URL
  • Configure impersonation button view
  • Simplified switch from one impersonated user to another
  • Simplified request of the same service on behalf of multiple users
  • Support for all fields in the Create Incident and Create Incident With Identifier activities in the Remedy connector
  • Comparison operators (>, <, ≥, ≤) support for Remedy forms
  • Reopen associated activities
20.08 patches
September 23, 2020

The 20.08 release provides enhancements in the following areas:

  • Custom email, push, and in-app notifications for new approvals and requests submitted
  • Enable Remedy with Smart IT to embed BMC Digital Workplace
  • Enable approvers to see approval details in a BMC Business Workflows case
  • Highlight incomplete required fields for end users
  • User interfaces for analytics, to update attachment settings, and Browse categories
  • Additional language support for Czech
20.08 enhancements

1 - There are no patches with version numbers 20.08.06, 20.08.07, 20.08.08, and 20.08.11.

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Getting started

 

Creating and managing the service catalog

 

Create catalog sections, service categories, services,bundles, and banners

Deploying clients

 

Rebrand and make the application available to end users

Enabling self-service in an organization

 

Configure self-help resources, locations, and appointments

Administering

 

Set up users and groups, customizing, enabling features, sending broadcasts, and more.

Integrating

 

Integrate with other products.

Troubleshooting

 

Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support.

Product trials

Communities

Knowledge Base

Videos

Education


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Videos

Videos are available in the following areas:

Getting started videos

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Integration videos

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Enabling self-service in your organization videos

The following topics in the Enabling self-service in an organization section contain videos that supplement or replace the text-based documentation:

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Troubleshooting videos

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Frequently asked questions

Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions about the BMC Digital Workplace product.

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Frequently asked questions about BMC Digital Workplace

BMC Digital Workplace is a set of applications that enable employees to interact with their IT and HR departments efficiently and "in the moment." You can find details about BMC Digital Workplace capabilities in Use cases.BMC Digital Workplace Catalog provides web-based administration of the next-generation service catalog. BMC Digital Workplace Catalog aggregates service catalogs from different sources and orchestrates fulfillment of service requests. For more information, see Creating and managing the service catalog.

BMC Digital Workplace is aimed at consumers of IT or other services, while BMC Remedy IT Service Management (ITSM) is aimed at staff members delivering or supporting IT or other services. Both BMC Digital Workplace and BMC Remedy ITSM offer mobility UI options. For BMC Remedy ITSM, mobility was, in the past, delivered via BMC Mobility products, but it is now delivered via BMC Remedy with Smart IT.

BMC Digital Workplace is aimed at consumers of IT or other services. Remedy with Smart IT is the new user experience for BMC Remedy ITSM, which is aimed at staff members delivering or supporting IT or other services. Both these solutions must be enabled and used independently. For best results in service management, the use of both components is recommended. BMC Digital Workplace has specific user licenses, whereas Smart IT is licensed via standard BMC Remedy ITSM user licenses.

You have several options to change the terminology, rebrand BMC Digital Workplace, and icons. For details, see:

As an administrator, you can manually update the status of any asset. "Down" printers are shown as red icons, for example, instead of green. Future releases will automatically update status icons of assets on maps.

If you are locked out and cannot access the features of the app, BMC Digital Workplace provides a convenient link to enable you to call your IT department on the spot. See the Example: Locked-out user account in the requesting services and apps use case.

This is by design. Only requests with Open status are displayed on the Request Timeline.  If a request has been set to cancel or closed, they are removed from the Requests view. To view additional requests, click the filter icon and select additional status values.

The email conversation between support staff and an end user is not stored in the BMC Digital Workplace activity feed history. These conversations are stored only in fulfillment records such as incidents and work orders. 

  Turning off location service affects the positioning on any of the relevant screens (your locations, nearest locations, and their distance).

For information about which consoles are localized, see Supported languages and locales. For more information about localizing content in BMC Digital Workplace, see the Localizing titles and messages.

No, BMC Digital Workplace does not replace BMC Service Request Management. Instead, it adds value to the solution. BMC Service Request Management comprises a service catalog to publish services, a workflow engine to process requests, and a self-service portal to request services. BMC Digital Workplace replaces the current self-service portal, which customers can still access if they choose to.If you use BMC Digital Workplace Catalog, instead of fulfilling service requests directly through BMC Service Request Management, you can fulfill service requests through BMC Digital Workplace Catalog workflow. This workflow calls BMC Service Request Management activities.

No, it is not. As explained in Managing assets on floor maps, BMC Digital Workplace is not integrated to update BMC CMDB.

One set of users can use BMC Digital Workplace, and another set can use BMC Service Request Management, which is comprised of a service catalog to publish services, a workflow engine to process requests, and a self-service portal to request services. You can configure BMC Digital Workplace to use the same service request definitions (SRDs).

As of today, your users can use the BMC Service Request Management self-service portal and BMC Digital Workplace. However, you can replace the self-service portal with BMC Digital Workplace.

Yes, they need only a People entry with a Read license.

One. Only BMC Remedy Incident Management uses the floating license. BMC Digital Workplace does not have floating licenses.

No, BMC Digital Workplace supports Microsoft Exchange only.

No, BMC Digital Workplace does not check for licenses. However, you can run a report to review usage, as described in Reviewing active users.

Yes.

The list of supported file extensions is set in the BMC Digital Workplace Admin console, as described in Updating the attachment settings for service requests.


BMC Digital Workplace is multitenant capable. The application code and the data that powers the application are shared between tenant instances. However, all customer data is stored separately for each tenant.

Frequently asked questions about using BMC Digital Workplace on mobile devices in version 19.02.00 and later

The native mobile clients have been deprecated in 19.02 release, and replaced with new mobile client user interface. All the features are available across supported desktop and mobile devices.

No. You can use the BMC Digital Workplace app available from the App Store.

Yes. The BMC Digital Workplace app will work with BMC Digital Workplace 19.02 and later.

That depends on whether you use the BMC Digital Workplace app available from the App Store or use MDM to sign and distribute the App.

BMC will renew the certificate if you download the BMC Digital Workplace app from the App Store.

If you download and use the BMC Digital Workplace app from the App Store, you will not need to download, resign, or manage certificates for the App.

Try using the mobile browser to access BMC Digital Workplace.

If you are using an Android mobile device, you can access BMC Digital Workplace seamlessly using your mobile browser. If you are using the App on an iOS device, you must send the crash report to BMC Support.

From the popup displayed when an exception is encountered on the BMC Digital Workplace App, select the option to send the crash report to BMC. You must also record the region and time of the crash, and send it to BMC Support. If you are using a crash reporting tool for troubleshooting, you can also send the crash report recorded using that tool to BMC Support.

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For additional troubleshooting information, see  Troubleshooting iOS App resigning issues Open link .

Frequently asked questions about BMC Digital Workplace and BMC Helix Remedy

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about BMC Digital Workplace used in BMC Helix Remedy environments.


BMC Digital Workplace will run on servers different from your BMC Helix Remedy servers.

Yes.

Yes. The BMC Remedy AR System API is always automatically encrypted.

You will use a different URL.

Yes, users can be logged on to both at the same time.

If it works using BMC Remedy Single Sign-On with BMC Remedy Mid Tier, it will also work with BMC Digital Workplace. BMC does not do anything special beyond how it works with BMC Remedy Mid Tier.

It is a shared cluster sized for many customers. No specific provisioning of resources is required per customer. The environment is monitored and sized for growth.
 


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