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Release notes and notices


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Date

Title

Summary

September 21, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Access service monitoring capabilities
  • Enrich events with external data
  • Advanced and time-based enrichment UI improvements
  • Close alarm events
  • Use-case oriented documentation
  • Self-help
  • Update to BMC Helix Log Analytics cross launch
  • Repository updates

August 23, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Multilevel class hierarchy
  • Cross-launch to BMC Helix Log Analytics from events
  • Repository updates
  • Enhanced error message for alarm policy conflicts

July 27, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Specify slots in the function text string fields
  • Add advanced and time-based enrichment actions from the mini toolbar
  • View instance hierarchy for devices with parent relationship
  • Add alerts in BMC Helix Log Analytics
  • View alarm threshold source in graph legend

May 27, 2021

Update available in this release:

Perform event operations by using API endpoints

May 1, 2021

Update available in this release:

View thresholds for Multi instances alarm policies

April 22, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Provide a separator for the concatlist function  
  • Examples for using advanced enrichment functions

March 20, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Access product features from the common navigation bar
  • Search logs and fetch log fields by using API endpoints
  • Configure blackout policies by using API endpoints
  • Aggregate events by using correlation policies

March 01, 2021

Updates available in this release:

Use the StringMatch function for advanced enrichment

January 15, 2021

Updates available in this release:

  • Support for copying alarm policies
  • Support for enabling or disabling alarm policies
  • Support for setting alarm policy precedence
  • Support for defining multiple conditions for selecting multiple instances in alarm policies

December 30, 2020

Updates available in this release:

  • Support for copying policies and groups
  • Support for running PSL commands without host credentials

December 18, 2020

Update available in this release:

Support for out-of-the-box event policy templates

December 04, 2020

Updates available in this release:

  • Support for agent tags
  • Support for specifying three-digit time values

September 23, 2020

This release provides new features and enhancements.

February 21, 2020

The initial release of BMC Helix Operations Management.

 

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