Deprecated and dropped features


Check for announcements that might affect future releases of the product. These changes can affect the way in which you configure or run the installed version of TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation.

Important

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Deprecated features

Deprecated features are still available in the product or service. However, they 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

Announcements and recommendations

Using the user_roles.csv file for reports access

Support for managing the reports access by using the user_roles.csv file is deprecated in version 21.02 of TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation. We recommend using the roles and reporting authorizations defined in TrueSight Server Automation to grant access to view or manage reports. For more information about these changes, see Changes to the reports access management.

Dropped features and components

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

Feature

Version

Announcement and recommendations

TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform TEXT columns in the SQL Server reporting tables

23.1

Support for TEXT columns in the following SQL Server reporting tables is dropped in version 23.1 of TrueSight Smart Reporting - Platform. The data type of these columns is now changed to VARCHAR(MAX) to avoid any future impact because Microsoft has deprecated TEXT data type support in SQL Server.

Table

Column(s)

Old data type

New data type

D_SERVICE

DEPENDENCIES

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

D_SOFTWARE

DESCRIPTION

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

STG_COMPLIANCE_RULE_RESULT

RULE_RESULT_STRING_LONG

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

F_COMPLIANCE_RULE_RESULT

RULE_RESULT_STRING_LONG

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

SOFTWARE_HOTFIX_INFO

BULLETIN_SUMMARY
REASON
SHAVLIK_COMMENT

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

F_JOB_RUN_EVENT

MESSAGE_LONG

TEXT

VARCHAR(MAX)

 

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