Pending Approval widget added: A Pending Approval widget is now available on the Dashboard that displays and provides easy access to orders that are pending approval.
Composable patterns available: Composable patterns can now be created for Service Chaining that allow the pattern to be provisioned by just filling out a single service offering form, making the provisioning process quicker. For more information, see
Service Chaining.
Tagging schema now enforceable: Enterprise Marketplace supports policies to ensure that the proper tags are added to catalogs. For more information, see
Tagging policies.
Datasources integrated with Enterprise Marketplace: External and internal repositories can now be linked to Enterprise Marketplace as datasources. The use of that data during ordering and provisioning will be implemented soon.
Setting conditions supported by UI: The Service Chaining user interface now supports creating branching chains of services based on conditional nodes, making the creation of conditional chains easier. For more information, see
Service Chaining.
Enterprise Marketplace functions switched to Foundation: The audit, email and configuration services in Enterprise Marketplace are now supported by Foundation-based services.
Service Providers can now remove services from individual clients: Services offered to clients can now be removed from the Catalog page on a per-client basis. For more information, see
Service Provider catalog management.
Notifications can be limited to an access group: Rather being sent to all admins, the email notification can now be sent just to a designated access group or groups. For more information, see the
Limiting email notifications to an access group
section of
Notification preferences.
ServiceNow CMDB entries supported for actions for new tenants: After provisioning, CMDB entry occurs when Day2 actions and decommissioning are performed on stacks in Enterprise Marketplace.
User interface available for ordering composite catalog: Composite patterns can now be ordered using the standard ordering UI. The user orders a single service, and all of the other services are provisioned by inheriting the parameters from the first service. Subsequent services can also be made conditional, allowing alternative services to be ordered depending on parameters chosen. For more information, see the
Ordering composite patterns
section of
Catalog ordering.
Support added for vRA 8.16.2: Enterprise Marketplace now supports the 8.16.2 release of VMware vRealize Automation (vRA).
ITSM supported with Foundation APIs: ITSM integration is now supported by the Foundation APIs.
Sequencing available for Service Chaining: The order in which the catalogs are presented to the user in a pattern can now be set without using link parameters. for more information, see the
Sequencing patterns
section of
Service Chaining.
Enterprise Marketplace Catalog page updated: To improve the usability of the Catalog page, the filter has been upgraded and some design changes have been made.
Update to Washington DC release of ServiceNow: Droplet-scoped applications are now supported for the Washington DC release of ServiceNow.
Demonstration catalogs available for new tenants: Catalogs for demonstration purposes have been added to Enterprise Marketplace. These catalogs are available out of the box and can be used to demonstrate all functions including Service Chaining. They are not to be used in production environments. For more information, see
Demonstration catalogs.
Providers and connections for private providers now available: Providers not supported by Terraform and connections to those providers can now be created in systems using the V3 Authorization model to create a streamlined onboarding experience.
V3 authorization API added for SAS: To support the new V3 authorization model, a new API is available for the SAS solution.
Terraform modules can now be retrieved from secured Git repositories: Terraform templates can be altered so that they can automatically provide authentication when retrieving modules from Git repositories. The feature includes support for nested modules.
Access tags available as context: Access tags can now be used to determine context within catalog personalization policies, approval policies and operation policies, allowing finer control of policy application.
ITSM user interface now supports Foundation APIs: The user interface for integrating with and updating ITSM systems has been updated to support the Foundation APIs.
New authorization model APIs: The APIs for configuration and feature flags have been updated to align with the new Foundation APIs.
SOIs based on Terraform templates are now editable: Stacks based on Terraform templates can now be edited on the
Ordered Services
page. Only attributes that are marked Editable during configuration management can be changed. These providers are supported:
Alibaba Cloud
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
IBM Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Update to Order Status widget: The Order Status widget available on the Dashboard has been improved to better inform the user, including being able to click through to the Order History page with the same filters applied.
Day2Ops supported for Azure Terraform resources: The following Day2Ops Standard Ops are supported for Microsoft Azure resources that were onboarded using Terraform templates:
The following Azure resources are supported:
azurerm_linux_virtual_machine
azurerm_windows_virtual_machine
azurerm_virtual_machine
Scalability improvement for Terraform Engine: The ability of the Terraform Engine to handle concurrent additions of providers and catalog orders has been improved.
Conditional links added to Service Chaining: Catalogs in a Service Chaining pattern can now be linked based on conditions set by the user. This feature is currently supported with APIs only.
Known issues resolved for Angular upgrade: Multiple issues involving the Modern Ops UI being upgraded to version 16 of the Angular framework of the Carbon Design System have been resolved.
Sequencing for Service Chaining Beta release: A new system that allows designers to set the provisioning sequence for offerings in a service chain using APIs has been released to select customers. The full release with UI is coming soon.
Angular upgraded to v16: The Modern Ops UI has been upgraded to version 16 of the Angular framework of the Carbon Design System, which has been upgraded to version 1.1. This Carbon Components upgrade will result in look and feel changes across the UI, as well as slight changes in the functionality of some UI elements.
Status colors restored to Order History page: The colors that help indicate order status on the
Order History
page have been restored.
Integration base images upgraded: Several integration and enterprise platform specific base images have been made specific to Enterprise Marketplace and have been upgraded to enhance security and improve efficiency. The rest of the base images will be upgraded in the coming weeks.