Deprecated and discontinued features

Check for announcements that might affect future releases of the product or service. These changes can affect the way in which you configure or run the installed version of BMC Helix ITSM: Smart Reporting.

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Deprecated features

Deprecated features are still available in the product but are no longer under active development and might be discontinued from the product in the future. We encourage you to plan and implement the recommended change.

Feature

Announcement and recommendations

Smart Reporting

BMC Helix Dashboards is the strategic direction for BMC's investment into innovative reporting and dashboarding capabilities for BMC’s Service and Operations Management solutions. Now that BMC Helix Dashboards is available for both On premises and SaaS deployments, BMC is starting the end-of-life process for Smart Reporting and its use with the BMC Service Management solutions.

For more information, see Statement of direction: End-of-life plan for Smart Reporting for BMC Helix ITSM and BMC Helix Innovation Suite, and transition to BMC Helix Dashboards.

Discontinued features and components

Discontinued features are no longer available in the product or service.

Feature	Announcement and recommendations
In-app self-help	The self-help menu is no longer available. In the coming months, we plan to provide a new self-help system that is streamlined to provide the most useful content. You can continue to find answers to your questions in the online documentation or in our BMC Helix Innovation Studio playlist .
IBM Watson Tone Analyzer integration with BMC Helix Innovation Studio	IBM Watson Tone Analyzer is no longer available from February 24, 2023. BMC will no longer activate new BMC Helix Innovation Studio customers with IBM Watson's Tone Analyzer capability effective April 13, 2022. BMC is reviewing options with IBM for potential replacement capabilities for its intelligent user sentiment detection.

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