Release Notes for Splunk App v6.9.0

Release Version

6.9.0

Release Date

March 2022

Install Steps

PowerConnect Splunk App Installation

Upgrade Steps

PowerConnect Splunk App Upgrade

Release Notes

New

• PowerConnect Audit

• PowerConnect Extractor Schedule

• SAP Change Documents

• AIF Error Monitoring

Updated/Changes

Changes to Navigation items in the SAP Performance Menu tab

• PowerConnect Health

  • Reordered panels

  • Added “Metric Table Statistics” panel

• SAP Landscape Analysis

  • Added “Active” and “Inactive” sections to the Systems Instance Status panel

  • Added “file Systems with Lowest Disk (%)” panel in the Operating System section

• SAP Security Essentials

  • Added “Executed Debug Mode” panel with drilldown

• Locks

  • Added “Enqueue Server Statistics”, “Active Locks” and “Old Locks more than 24 Hours” panels

  • Added “Active Locks Duration” and “Old Locks more than 24 Hours Duration” panels on drilldown of “Active Locks” and “Old Locks more than 24 Hours” respectively

  • Renamed panel title from “Locks” to “No. of Locks” and “Check for old locks” to “Old Locks by Time”

• SAP RZ10 Profile Parameters

  • Added “Components” and “Type” filters

  • Added “Restriction Value”, “Unit” and “Category” columns in Details table

• IDOC Status for WE02

  • Added “Status Group”, “IDOC Status”, “IDOC Number” and “Show Latest” filters at the top

• Monitor for Processed XML Messages (SXMB_MONI)

  • Added Drilldown in the “XI: Error ID” Column and Removed Some columns from the table

  • Added “Payload Name” and “Path” filter on drilldown of “Message ID”

• SAP Cloud - CPI Message Monitoring

  • Added “CPI Message” related systems in SAP System Filter

• Success Factor Monitoring Dashboard

  • Added “Success Factor” related systems in SAP System Filter

• SAP Cloud - API Management Monitoring

  • Added “API Management” related systems in SAP System Filter

Bug fixes

• Wizard for System Role

  • Fixed performance issue in the dashboard

• System Logs

  • Added “User” filter at the top

• Data Dictionary

  • Added “Event Sub Group” filter at the top

  • Can sort table based on field name

• SAP Security Scorecard

  • Using “SM21_LOG” event type instead of “SM20” to show the “Debug Mode Used” panel

Known Issues

• In Splunk 8.2.X, the Basis Health Checks Dashboard does not feature language translation. The dashboard is rendered using Splunk Dashboard Studio, which does not currently support language translation. Dashboards created using Splunk’s classic (XML) dashboard engine can use this feature.

• Search Head Cluster replication in a distributed Splunk environment does not support the PowerConnect setup page. The setup must be done through the page on each search head. This is a known Splunk issue; see KB-144 for more information.

• If you experience error “[subsearch]: Search auto-finalized after time limit (60 seconds) reached,” add the below stanza to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/BNW-app-powerconnect/local/limits.conf. Create the file if it does not exist.

[subsearch]
maxout = 50000
maxtime = 3600
[join]
subsearch_maxtime = 3600
subsearch_timeout = 360

• Splunk Cloud blocks certain commands by default if they pose a potential security risk. If you see a popup for this when making use of the SAP PowerConnect for Splunk app, please click “Run Query Anyway” to accept the risk. See KB-145 for more information.

• Splunk 8.2.5 experiences a custom Javascript issue with the following error message: “A custom JavaScript error caused an issue loading your dashboard. See the developer console for more details. See KB-147 for more information.