22.1 enhancements and patches

For updates in the previous monthly releases, see 2021 enhancements.

BMC applies upgrades as described in BMC Helix Upgrade policy. BMC applies upgrades and patches during Maintenance windows.

The following video (3:05) provides a high-level summary of the new features and enhancements in version 22.1 of BMC Helix Operations Management.

https://youtu.be/Q9JiZE-9Iyk

22.1.01

Add or modify notes in existing events

Use the following functions to add or modify notes in existing events:

• AddOperation
• AddNote
• SetNote

For more information, see Functions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment.

Use slot placeholders in advanced enrichment functions

Use placeholders for specifying event slots in the parameters for the following functions:

• AddOperation
• AddNote
• SetNote

For more information, see Functions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment.

View event slots according to the data type of function parameters

In an Enrich or Variable action on the enrichment policy workflow, for string-type function parameters, view and select slots that have the boolean data type as the parameter value.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Functions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment
• Actions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment

22.1.00

Publish groups as services

Model and publish groups as services. The published services can be viewed from BMC Discovery and BMC Helix AIOps.

For more information, see Modeling-services.

Enrich slots of incoming events with the timestamp

In an advanced enrichment policy, use the CurrentTimeStamp and the CurrentFormattedTimeStamp functions to enrich slots of incoming events with the timestamp.

For more information, see Functions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment.

Use regular expressions in external source files

In a dynamic enrichment policy, use regular expressions in the external source files for the match slots.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Defining-an-external-source-file-for-dynamically-enriching-events
• Dynamic-event-enrichment-actions

Create incidents from events

If BMC Helix Operations Management is integrated with BMC Helix IT Service Management, create an incident in BMC Helix IT Service Management from an event generated in BMC Helix Operations Management.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Performing-event-operations
• Managing-events-with-REST-APIs

Trigger automation for events

If BMC Helix Operations Management is integrated with BMC Helix Intelligent Automation, trigger automation for events to resolve event alerts.

For more information, see Performing-event-operations.

View the configured date and time format in email notifications

The date and time in email notifications appear according to the date format and time zone configured in the user preferences.

For more information, see Event-based-notifications-for-alerting-users.

Manage data tables by using REST APIs

Use REST APIs to create, retrieve, search, and delete data tables in dynamic enrichment policies.

For more information, see Managing-data-tables-in-dynamic-enrichment-policies-with-REST-APIs.

Advanced and time-based enrichment UI improvements

For an Enrich action on the policy workflow, view functions based on the data type of the slot that you enrich.

For an Enrich or Variable action on the policy workflow, view slots in function parameters based on the parameter data type.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Functions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment
• Actions-for-advanced-and-time-based-enrichment

Repository update

The following table lists the updates made to the repository: