PowerConnect SP 8.01 Release notes (ABAP)
Upgrade
Upgrade steps are described in the following KB: Upgrading PowerConnect ABAP 8.X to latest release
!Important notes:
Please perform Metric queue cleanup step before the upgrade
Authorization objects are updated in this release, auth transport needs to be re-imported after the upgrade
Known problems
ST03_TIME/ST03_TIME_TOT might raise a dump
Changes
New
New BizEvents integration (Dynatrace platform)
Improvements
LTRC: Enhance to use S/4HANA logic (CDS view based)
SCU3: performance improvements
STRUST: is now able to collect client dependent certificates
LOGS: is now able to parse the DEFAULT HTTP format
LOGS: DIR_LOGGING is added into the filter as default path for data collection
HDB_DBCC_SQLPL: HDB SQL Plan cache extractor can pull delta data based on execution time
SM37: filter priority is determined based on the job name pattern length
ST13_TBI: new variables, which could be defined in the filter
OSQLSCRIPTS: max run interval is increased to match group definition max interval (x15 multiplier)
SM51_QUEUE: is enhanced with additional fields (average load)
GRC_LOGS: enhanced with additional text fields from GRC request
ST22: added functionality to send dump info texts in another subgroup
STATS: filter is enhanced with priority field
STAD: filter is enhanced with priority field
SM59: filter changes are now recorded as part of PowerConnect audit log
SLM configuration changes are now recorded as part of PowerConnect audit log
Popup is now shown for inline parameters in all filter dialogs for SQL Scripts extractors
Bug fixes
Group definition filtering issue fix
TABLE_COUNT query bug fix (Sybase)
SU01 address flag bug fixes
SU01 duplicated users bug fix
ST03_TIME/ST03_TIME_TOT incorrect numbers bug fix
STRUST_HISTORY missing timestamp for deleted PSEs bug fix
Metric Collector Gen3 job task data cleanup bug fix
RZ10 dynamic value missing bug fix
HDB_REPL_STATE secondary connection bug fix
Obfuscation Ruleset match issue bug fix
BPM_EWM_SMQ error logs when the extractor is not supported fix
AIF_ERROR long field names issue fix
TREAD_DYN date/timestamp delta is now accepted if no conditions are defined
SM59_RFCDES: missing RFC name bug fix