Release Notes for Splunk App v8.0.1

Release Version

8.0.1

Release Date

December 8th, 2023

Install Steps

PowerConnect Splunk App Installation

Upgrade Steps

PowerConnect Splunk App Upgrade

Release Notes

New

• "SAP Data Intelligence Overview" under "SAP Cloud" -> "Data Intelligence" menu. 

• "Synthetics Monitoring" under "SAP Cloud" menu. 

• "SAP Cloud - Estimated Billing" under "SAP Cloud" menu. 

• "HANA: Locks" under "Database" -> "HANA" menu. 

• "HANA: Blocked Transactions" under "Database" -> "HANA" menu. 

• "SAP Security Notes (Solution Manager)" under "SAP Security" -> "System Security" menu. 

• "Certificate Change History" under "SAP Security" -> "System Security" menu. 

Updated

• All dashboards have received compatibility updates with the new SAP Systems Lookup. 

• "Wizard for NEW SAP SIDs and Instances Discovery" 

  • Overhauled for new SAP Systems Lookup. 

  • Legacy interface retained. 

• "File System" 

  • Updated aggregation. 

• "Monitor for Processed XML Messages (SXMB_MONI)" 

  • Added drilldown and filtering for parent document. 

• "SAP Security Essentials" 

  • New way of filtering privileged users. 

  • Privileged account login changed to track dialog logins. 

  • Open client and namespace panels changed to latest snapshot. 

• "System Overview (7.x)" 

  • Drilldowns improved. 

• "System Availability Details" 

  • Dashboard overhauled to distinguish between availability measures: 

    • PowerConnect data stream 

    • CCMS availability 

    • NIPING availability (requires standalone NIPING tool) 

Additional App Updates

• The Master Inventory Lookup has been replaced with a new SAP Systems Lookup. 

  • Consolidates all sources across ABAP, JAVA, and SAP Cloud. 

  • The old lookup remains for legacy compatibility of custom content. 

  • A new generator search has been added. 

  • All dashboards have received compatibility updates. 

• CIM Mapping adds STRUST_HISTORY event type under "Change" -> "All Changes" data model. 

• Generator search added for SAP Systems Lookup. 

Known Issues

• The Alerting Framework may not update with the newest searches. A workaround search can be performed to update this manually. See Knowledge Base #181 on a workaround for enabling new content.

• Spool Information – Spool count is inaccurate.

• Spool Monitoring – No value shown on Printing Performance chart.

• System Overview (7.x) – Concurrent Logins not shown.

• SAP Logs Search - Dashboard does not populate data due to a token error. See KB #194 to apply a fix for this issue.

• Database, Cloud, and Java Dashboards - System dropdown may not populate sources due to a macro issue. See KB #195 for a fix.