TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform 19.2

TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform is a web-based reporting application that provides extensive reporting capabilities related to your data-center servers that are managed by BMC.

Release notes and notices Updated 16 Dec 2019

This section provides information about what is new or changed in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform, including urgent issues, documentation updates, feature packs, and fix packs.

Date

Title

Summary

November 12, 2019

Lists the enhancements introduced in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform version 19.3.

Tip

  • To stay informed of changes to this list, click the watch.jpg icon on the top of this page.
  • Ready-made PDFs are available on the PDFs page. You can also create a custom PDF.

    Click here to see the steps.

    The BMC Documentation portal gives you the ability to generate PDF exports of multiple pages in a space.  

    Creating PDF exports

    You can create a PDF of a page or a set of pages. (Non-English page exports are not supported.) You can also create a Word document of the current page.

    To export to PDF

    1. Click the Export icon in the upper-right. 1744830844926-963.png
    2. From the Export menu, select PDF.
    3. Follow the prompts for page selection and other options.
    4. Click Export.

     


Planning

Concepts, architecture, deployment, planning, and system requirements.

Installing

Information about installing the product.

Upgrading

Information about upgrading the product.

Troubleshooting

Issues resolution, error messages, logs, and contacting Support.

Administering

Security, system administration, maintenance.
What's new?

This topic contains an overview of the enhancements in this version of TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.

Upgrade

TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform can now be upgraded from version 19.01 to version 19.2. You can upgrade the product by using the wizard or silently.

For more information, see Upgrading.


Out-of-the-box reports

The following out-of-the-box reports are added in this version of TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation:


Documentation highlights

Separate spaces for the platform and component documentation

The TrueSight Server Automation Reporting content and TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform content is now provided in separate documentation spaces. These spaces have seamless interlinking between them for ease of use.

Use this documentation space to view information about TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform including installation and upgrade procedures.

To view information about TrueSight Server Automation Reporting, see the TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation documentation.


Easy-to-follow upgrade instructions

The TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform upgrade documentation is designed for ease of use. The highlights are:

  • A sequenced path to perform the upgrade.
  • Easy navigational assistance with the “Where you are” map and link to the next step in the upgrade process.

For more information, see Upgrading

Frequently asked questions and other information

This section answers some frequently asked questions about TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.


Where can I find information about the components currently supported for TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform product versions?

You can find information about supported platforms on the Component-compatibility-matrix page.


How do I manage users in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform?

You cannot modify the TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform Admin user. You can modify Reporting users. For more information, see the component documentation.


How can I use custom properties in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform?

Custom properties are not supported in this release of TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.


How to create user groups in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform?

For information about creating user groups, see User Groups (https://wiki.yellowfinbi.com/display/USER80/User+Groups) in Yellowfin documentation.


Does TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform require a database? Is the database included as part of the out-of-the-box installation?

Yes. TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform uses a repository database, and the following databases are supported:

  • Postgre SQL
  • Oracle
  • SQL

Postgre SQL is the default database and is shipped with TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform.


Can I install TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform silently?

Yes. See the Yellowfin documentation for information about silent installation.


After adding a component, how do I see the reports?

You can launch TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform from your component console. You can view the out-of-the-box reports or you can create your own reports.


Can I upgrade to TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform version 19.3 from version 11.3.01?

No. These two products are different, and an upgrade is not possible.


After adding a datasource for a component in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform, can I add another datasource for the same component?

No. Only one datasource can be added in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform. See Adding-a-component-in-TrueSight-Smart-Reporting-Platform


Can I use existing an existing application of Yellowfin, for example Remedy Smart Reporting?

No. You must use the Yellowfin application that is provided in TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform because TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform uses other components as data sources.


Is TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform included in perpetual licenses?

No, TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform is not included in perpetual licenses because it is a new offering from BMC.


Do I require a license key for TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform?

No. The TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform license key is included in the TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform installer.


Does TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform support the disaster recovery mode or a high-availability architecture?

No. TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform does not support the disaster recovery mode or a high-availability architecture.



PDFs


This topic describes and links to PDFs and other documents that support this product release. If the ready-made PDFs of this space do not satisfy your requirements, you can export a custom PDF.

Tip

You can create a custom PDF for a specific topic, a topic and its children, or a group of topics with a specific label. For information about how you can export a custom PDF from this space, see Exporting-to-PDF-and-other-formats.

Ready-made PDF of this space

The following table provides a ready-made PDF that contains a snapshot of the content in this space. Although this PDF contains all topics, the content of some topics is better suited for online viewing.

Ready-made PDF

You must log in or register to view this page

Related topic

FAQs-and-additional-resources

 



 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*