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Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-7191 : Start Time and End time are shown in different format(Worklog).
• SDPMSP-9183 : HTML sanitation while request creation is not working properly.
• SDPMSP-9547 : In Assets list view column chooser, Ip address option is missing.
• SDPMSP-10130 : Purchase Additional fields are missing in column chooser.
• SDPMSP-10208 : Email signature is out of shape when we exchange emails between SDP MSP and Outlook.
• SDPMSP-10272 : Unable to select Server Product Type in certain areas.
• SDPMSP-10276 : Unable to establish remote connection to an asset from request details page.
• SDPMSP-10439 : Multiple rules are not getting copied In Field & Form Rules.
• SDPMSP-10493 : Unable to update the End time using worklog api.
• SDPMSP-10502 : Navigation (to other months) in the calendar - scheduler tab (Home page) is not working for Non-Admin technicians.
• SDPMSP-10504 : While creating new worklog the owner name is not getting updated for the accounts which have contracts associated to it.
• SDPMSP-10511 : When assets are imported via scanned xml and the xml doesnot contain sitename atrribute in accountinfo tag, then the asset is not added under default site of the mentioned account in the accountinfo tag
• SDPMSP-10528 : Custom report does not get filtered based on account.
• SDPMSP-10541 : Error while executing query report with string $Account.
• SDPMSP-10525 : Unable to add / update Business impact details of an account using API.
• SDPMSP-10527 : Additional fields details are not synced in Advanced Analytics integration in certain cases.

Features

• SDPMSP-10373 : Ability to import users from Remote AE like importing assets.
• SDPMSP-10433 : REST API support for Worklog Type and Worklog Additional fields.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10258 : While adding a task through API, the description returns null.
• SDPMSP-10325 : Unable to search email address in description through default search.
• SDPMSP-10331 : In Tasks, "Requires on-site visit" value reset to 'no' on edit and save.
• SDPMSP-10372 : While raising the requests, On Behalf-of pop-up lists users across accounts.
• SDPMSP-10394 : The cursor does not blink in the description area after we click the reply button.
• SDPMSP-10413 : While adding a WorkLog, starttime/endtime field shows different values without considering the personalization setting.
• SDPMSP-10445 : Service catalog is visible even after we downgrade the license from Enterprise to Professional.
• SDPMSP-10458 : Fixed a Performance Issue while accessing Technicians records.
• SDPMSP-10467 : When a Technician sends an email to the incoming mail server address , the ticket is created under the default site of msp account instead of technicians site.
• SDPMSP-10468 : Unable to save QuickBooks configuration in the recent builds.
• SDPMSP-10469 : First Response SLA is violated even though the ticket is in On Hold (stop timer) status.

Features

• SDPMSP-4232 : Ability to create Purchase order based on Account.
• SDPMSP-10094 : Ability to bill worklogs in a month without considering the status of the requests.
• SDPMSP-10327 : Ability to change the Date format in Billing reports (using query).

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-8825 : Site Admin or Custom role technicians are not able to assign change owner.
• SDPMSP-9874 : When a Technician sends an email to Default group mail address configured in Support Group Default settings, then the request will be created under his or associated site.
• SDPMSP-10245 : Unable to export project gantt view as pdf in linux x64 bit environment.
• SDPMSP-10275 : Clicking on Submit for approval throws error when the PO number is alphanumeric.
• SDPMSP-10295 : Newly associated templates are not shown while selecting the Account from request page.
• SDPMSP-10299 : Domains are not populated when account URI is called for the first time in login page.
• SDPMSP-10308 : VM Host Scanning Failed in certain cases.
• SDPMSP-10310 : Account Box gets misaligned when Show Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) menu is not chosen while configuring DC MSP.
• SDPMSP-10326 : Account names are not listed if there is a special character in the Account name in Field and Form rules page.
• SDPMSP-10328 : Request description always shows empty in Ipad app.
• SDPMSP-10329 : In IE browser, Page navigator (forward) button is not working in requests page.
• SDPMSP-10330 : While we change the show per page in list page, other account requests are shown in Link requests / Merge requests.
• SDPMSP-10334 : Import projects is getting failed, if the deleted default priorities are tried to set for the projects.
• SDPMSP-10342 : Error throws when we open a ticket which is not associated to any site.
• SDPMSP-10369 : Unable to create request using quick create from request details page.
• SDPMSP-7415 / 10370 : Group association box in technician creation page is increased for better visibility.
• SDPMSP-10371 : Requests under not associated to any site is shown to technicians other than SDAdmin.
• SDPMSP-10374 : Unable to enable the integration when product is started as service in certain cases.
• SDPMSP-10375 : Zoho Reports Configurations were re-arranged in database after 9200 release.
• SDPMSP-10376 : Additional fields details are not synced in Advanced Analytics integration.
• SDPMSP-10385 : JSP Buffer Overflow error shown in logs while we open / View a request.
• SDPMSP-10436 : Asset - Agent details list view is not account based when we navigate using the forward icon.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10340 : Upgrade to 9206 fails in certain cases.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10219 : All Solutions are visible to technicians irrespecitive of associated accounts.
• SDPMSP-10288 : Exception thrown when we click "Add credential" from Remote AE.
• SDPMSP-10294 : Exception thrown when we try to save credential under Asset Details.
• SDPMSP-10301 : Fields values for the assets will be cleared out when updating assets using the SERVLET API.
• SDPMSP-10302 : The technicians list is not visible in the User List while enabling notification in Notification Rule of the add new Contract page.
• SDPMSP-10306 : Approval API is not working.
• SDPMSP-10280/10316 : Technician list API is not working.

Features

• SDPMSP-10283 : Option to notify Technicians on any action in which he/she is associated with, through SMS Gateway Provider. Earlier SMS could be sent as mails through Mobile service provider. Now, Technicians can be notified through SMS Gateway Providers like Click-a-tell, Bulk SMS and Site 24x7. This feature can be configured under Admin >> Organization Details >> SMS Notification Settings. Refer this link for more details on this feature.
• SDPMSP-10287 : Configuring Organization Roles: Feature to create and associate organization roles to the users to enable the role based approval process in service requests. Once the organization roles are created and users are associated to it, the role based approval process can be configured from the service templates.
• SDPMSP-10300 : Solution Auto Suggest for Technicians: Suggesting solutions for requests based on the keywords found in the requests. This allows the Technicians to try different solutions from the suggestions, copy them as resolutions if applicable, or add comments to the solutions that didn't work while keeping track of the tried solutions.

Behaviour changed

• IE version 8 and below will no more be supported.
• Revamp on Headers and Themes configuration: UI for Header section has been changed. Any theme configured earlier will not be retained. Users are requested to reconfigure the themes after upgrading.
• Theme configuration for subsections has been removed. Users will not longer be able to customize the subsection colors. It is set to grey by default.
• Custom logo size has been modified from the earlier (168*46 ) to (155 * 38). Logos which are greater or lesser than this size will be shrunk or expanded accordingly with the current size.
• Only the users with Admin privileges on Servicedesk plus-Msp Server (where ServiceDesk Plus-MSP is running), will be able to upgrade ServiceDesk Plus -MSP.
• Software Compliance can be scheduled at different time intervals by enabling the checkbox available under Admin » Discovery » Scan settings » Schedule based Software Compliance Calculation.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10198:Unable to set the values through Email parsing in certain cases.
• SDPMSP-10264:Unable to login Android app, when the password contains special characters.
• SDPMSP-10297:Android app and Iphone app gets crashed while selecting the requester from Auto suggest.

Features

• SDPMSP-7751:Integration with ZOHO CRM.
• SDPMSP-10142:Integration with ZOHO Books.
• SDPMSP-10253:Mobile Push Notification support in Android App.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10252: Dynamic notification for request approval is not working.
• SDPMSP-10261: 9202 to 9203 upgrade fails in certain cases.

Enhancements

• SDPMSP-2405/6671 : Account name is added in Request list view column chooser.
• SDPMSP-10234 : Account and Requester REST API enhancements:
  • Ability to Add / Edit / Update an Account using REST API.
  • Ability to Add / Edit / Update Requester using REST API.
• SDPMSP-10243: SLA breached details will be notified through Bell Notification Icon.

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-10161: Mail notification fails when adding /updating leave by Technicians.
• SDPMSP-10210: Unable to access the Change Approval notification link.
• SDPMSP-10211: Unable to access the Survey notification link.
• SDPMSP-10214: Notification Count is not shown in bell notification icon in certain cases.
• SDPMSP-10224: Forgot password feature is not working.
• SDPMSP-10225: Site details is not set while selecting requester during request creation.
• SDPMSP-10250: In the leave notification mail,leave duration dates are shown in reversal order.

Enhancements

• SDPMSP-10118 : Zoho Meeting now renamed as Zoho Assist.
• SDPMSP-10145 : Service Catalog can now be obtained as an Add-on for Standard edition.
• SDPMSP-10146 : Field and Form Rules Enhancements:
  • Ability to copy rules to multiple templates.
  • Action to add/remove options from the Pick List field through UI (except Site & Group fields).
  • Action to set values for fields through UI.
  • Action to remove the value of fields.
  • The introduction of "Email Id(s) to Notify" field.
  • The Resource section is hidden when all the questions are hidden.
  • Accessing requester details of a request while using Custom scripts/triggers.
• SDPMSP-10147 : Option to set Response time for a Service Request and Actions to be taken on escalation of that Request. This is available under Admin>> Helpdesk Customizer>> Service Catalog>> Manage>>Service Level Agreements.
• SDPMSP-10149 : Option to 'Search' in all select boxes in 'Request' module.
• SDPMSP-10150 : Option to add 'Downtime' variable in all Change Notification Templates.
• SDPMSP-10151 : Option to view Project based Reports has been provided under Reports tab
• SDPMSP-10152 : Product can receive notifications related to region-specific announcements and events, new build releases and upcoming features for SDAdmin technicians.
• SDPMSP-10167 : SDPMSP-Zoho Reports/Analytics Plus Integration enhanced with Custom fields sync. Custom fields created for Incident, Service Catalog and Worklog can be viewed in Zoho Reports/Analytics Plus when synced.

Behaviour Changed

• SDPMSP-10153 : Access permission 'Add' and 'delete' Projects has been provided for a project member who can view Associated Projects.
• SDPMSP-10155 :'Select boxes' have been optimized for better search through out Request module. If the Picklist entries exceed 4000, then Picklist field will load slowly in IE browser.
• SDPMSP-10156 : Change Notification Rules Enhancements:
  • The variables Review ($Review), Change Roles ($ChangeRoles) and individual change roles ($ChangeOwner, $ChangeManager, .... ) are made common to all type of notifications and will be present in content only.
  • Requested By ($InitiatedBy) is removed from all type of notifications.
• In "Alert Change Manager, Change Owner, Change Approver, CAB members by Email when any Recommendation is taken on change" notification:
  • Unused variables namely Resolution ($Resolution) and Technician ($Technician) have been removed.
  • The variables Stage ($StageName), Roll Out Plan ($RollOut), Checklist ($CheckList), SLA Name ($SLAName) have been added.
  • The variable Old Status ($Status) is replaced with Status ($StatusName).
  • The variable CAB Approval - Submitter ($Submitter) is added to the notification "Submitting a change for recommendation to CAB".

Issues Fixed

• SDPMSP-8574 : CTI is not working when User's contact number starts with 0 or + .
• SDPMSP-9808 : Request Description shows Page Crashed Exception or shows null in certain cases.
• SDPMSP-10161 : Notification mail fails, when technician add/update his leave.
• SDPMSP-10176 : Custom trigger is not executed when a request is created by API.
• SDPMSP-10177 : While creating a request, only Default Groups are listed for the requesters who are present under Custom site.
• SDPMSP-10178 : Task configured in Default template is not added to the Request created.
• SDPMSP-10179 : Status of the Request moves to 'Closed' when only one of the tasks gets closed instead of all tasks, violating the behavior of closing rules.
• SDPMSP-10180 : Vulnerability while updating/deleting Change workflow.
• SDPMSP-10181 : Vulnerability while trying to delete Change Template.
• SDPMSP-10182 : Vulnerability in scanned XML file.
• SDPMSP-10184 : Issue while importing Requesters via CSV through schedule.
• SDPMSP-10185 : Vulnerability in adding notes for 'Problems'.
• SDPMSP-10186 : Exception occurs when Tabular Custom Report is generated for all Workstations and Servers.
• SDPMSP-10187 : Performance optimized during Asset scan.
• SDPMSP-10189 : Upgrade to 9201 fails when a default report is deleted in lower builds.
• SDPMSP-10190 : Issue while taking backup in 9201 upgrade process.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-10080:Incorrect message thrown while adding account with duplicate Login Web URL in MSSQL.
• MSPSDP-10097:Unable to create ticket through requester login when category field is removed in the template.
• MSPSDP-10098:Unable to add worklog if the "Do you wish to auto populate request's worklog start time and end time?" option in self portal settings is set to NO.
• MSPSDP-10103:Unable to change status from onhold to closed when status comment mandatory is enabled.
• MSPSDP-10107:Description becomes empty when status is changed while replying a ticket.
• MSPSDP-10109:Insert template option is missing while resending a conversation.
• MSPSDP-10110:Clicking on "Return to Home Page" from error page, results in error again.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-9441 : Ability to create changes through API.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9396 : In Technician currently working on, "Add to Worklog" link is not working.
• MSPSDP-9430 : Exception thrown when an option "Disable survey when technicians are the requesters" is enabled.
• MSPSDP-9473 : Incomplete backup if any of the tables primary key is greater than 2^31-1.
• MSPSDP-9652 : Request's Sub Category & Item details are not populated in Analytics Plus(ZOHO reports).
• SPSDP-9684 : Technician field becomes unassigned for "Non-Pending Tickets" when the technician assigned is removed.
• MSPSDP-9747 : Unable to apply or cancel leave.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9131 : Security related fixes.
• MSPSDP-9252 : If we have Incoming Mail server address in cc and technician sends an email , then the tickets are created under "Not associated to any account".
• MSPSDP-9491 : Tickets created with "Html only" mode are shown as html code in UI.
• MSPSDP-9506 : Request bulk edit page loads indefinitely in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9518 : Query report is not working when the query string contains "HOUR" in MSSQL instance.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-2622 : Ability to Assign Request template using Business Rules.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9395 : Unable to save incident template in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9397 : Scheduled AD Sync is considering only ten Domains during import.
• MSPSDP-9400 : Auto assign list is not working when the user list and workstation list is considerably large.
• MSPSDP-9407 : Unable to access the file attachments from Problems in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9448 : Unable to assign group and technician from Task page while editing a service template.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-9154 : Account Based - Advanced search in requests.
• MSPSDP-9157 : Ability to exclude certain email address from receiving Survey.
• MSPSDP-9171 : Option to Start/Stop Work Log Timer for Requests by technicians.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-2547 : Domainname is not populated for requesters.
• MSPSDP-9207 : Mail Spam filter rule gets wrongly updated as "\\", if we provide single slash in the rule.
• MSPSDP-9208 : Space and line formatting are lost while a plain text mail is being processed by the application.
• MSPSDP-9232 : Unable to import AD users data in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9253 : When number of users under MSP account are high, we couldn't reply to any of the requests.
• MSPSDP-9279 : AD import OU tree lists only a single OU/Container.
• MSPSDP-9284 : API: Retreiving request list takes long time to provide the required output.
• MSPSDP-9381 : Scheduled backup is not working in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9385 : Problem while listing windows domains in certain cases.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-9231 : Enhancements in the 'Advanced Analytics' module. It will now include a new option to setup On-Premise integration using ManageEngine Analytics Plus. ManageEngine Analytics Plus is a self-service Business Intelligence and advanced analytics software.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9173 : When we merge two tickets and a reply is sent to the merged request with the request ID of the child request in the subject, the reply gets created as a new ticket instead of getting merged as a conversation.
• MSPSDP-9180 : Unable to pick a ticket in MSSQL 2000 or older versions.
• MSPSDP-9189 : Contract expiry notification is sent everyday.
• MSPSDP-9205 : Schedule tasks are not working in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9240 : In Change - Schedule calendar, day and month are shown as i18n keys instead of the proper strings.
• MSPSDP-9241 : Chinese characters are shows as question marks in Telephony pop-up.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-6920 : Account based enabling/disabling of technician auto-assign.
• MSPSDP-9107 : Stage-wise change closure rules.
• MSPSDP-9112 : Option to show on hold scheduler while changing the status when replying to a ticket.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9094 : "Subject contains" criteria in business rules is not working when criteria value contains special character "\".
• MSPSDP-9144 : Add task gets added under home page instead of under particular module, while adding via API.
• MSPSDP-9145 : Reply template is missing when clicking Resend button.
• MSPSDP-9146 : Some domains are not listed in Forgot Password page.
• MSPSDP-9150 : Tags are not included in the Plain Text Formatting.
• MSPSDP-9152 : Forgot Password feature not working in Linux OS.
• MSPSDP-9172 : MSP Requester page crashes in certain cases.

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-4680 : Customers can reset their password by clicking on the 'Forgot password' option included in the login page.
• MSPSDP-8867 : Option to enable Worklog or Notes addition as First Response by default, is provided in Self Service Portal Page.
• MSPSDP-9103 : Change module Add-on for Standard edition.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9117 : Closure Codes are not populated when closing the request.
• MSPSDP-9143 : Notes addition is not wrapped in Request Details page.
• MSPSDP-9123 : Usage statistics is missed in Self Service Portal Settings.
• MSPSDP-9125 : When notification is sent for change or problem,including E-mail signature causes exception to be thrown.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9030 : Full Backup fails because of presence of 0kb files in file attachments.
• MSPSDP-9056 : Templates associated to all accounts are not shown in catalog drop down for requester. However it is available in new incident page.
• MSPSDP-9088 : When E-mail Command is enabled, notification's From address is showing wrong details in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9089 : Domain name is not populated in "Log on To" box in login page in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-9090 : Worklog UI is distored when two multiline worklog additional fields are defined.
• MSPSDP-9095 : Notifications are not cleared from unread notifications even if it is marked as read.
• MSPSDP-9096 : Error while adding additional cost through API.
• MSPSDP-9099 : Unable to edit the reports.
• MSPSDP-9101 : License page shows wrong details for Project Management and CTI's license information.
• MSPSDP-9102 : Unreplied count is shown wrongly when a conversation is added and it reopens the request from resolved state.
• MSPSDP-9108 : When multiple reports are scheduled at same time then reports received through email are showing incorrect values.
• MSPSDP-9113 : DashBoard page shows Install Missing Plugin even though the flash is up to date.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-9091 : Solutions are not visible after 9000 upgrade.
• MSPSDP-9092 : VIP users custom images are removed during 9000 upgrade.

Enhancement

Request:

• MSPSDP-4105: New Option given to add tasks using Task template, inside Request template(both incident and service request).
• MSPSDP-8228: Group Notification - Notify the selected Technician in the group for the following operations of the Request.
  • PickUp
  • Assign
  • Merge
  • Link/DeLink
  • Problem Associate/Dissociate
  • Change Associate/Dissociate
  • Add/Delete Attachment
• MSPSDP-8230: Option to "close/resolve" parent request under "Admin > Helpdesk > Request Closing Rules", when all the associated tasks are closed.
• MSPSDP-8231: Introduced a new option to disable the new requests from being created through email but existing ticket notifications will be appended properly.
• MSPSDP-8232: Update request status while replying to a request.
• MSPSDP-8233: An option to link requests with comments.
• MSPSDP-8234: The size of the Reply/Forward pop up windows of the request are enlarged.
• MSPSDP-8236: Action based SLA escalations can be configured for each SLA. SLA can be configured to change the priority, group, level and technician automatically,whenever escalation happens.
• MSPSDP-8238: Advanced Search filter for Request list view. Option to search the request based on multiple filter criteria which involves AND , OR combination on different fields.
• MSPSDP-8360: Featuring Request Trash to recover deleted requests.
• MSPSDP-8361: On Splitting a conversation as a new request, Site, Group and Technician of Parent request will be set to the New Request created. NOTE : This is a behavior change, earlier the Site of the Parent ticket alone will be set in the "New Request" created as a result of the split operation.
• MSPSDP-8364: The Request Action Menu is introduced to perform external actions, like JIRA integration and custom script execution, based on custom configurations. Note: For users having ServicedeskPlusMSP with JIRA (provided by us) implementation, the integration will not work post migration. Kindly contact ManageEngine Support for further assistance.
• MSPSDP-8371: Request Extended History-Option to display the time spent details by Group, Technician and Status for the request.

Problem:

• MSPSDP-8596: Notes can only be edited and deleted by the one who created it.

Change:

• MSPSDP-8248: Problem & Change : Worklog field introduced for Problem and Change closure rules.
• MSPSDP-8343: An option to Copy Change Request.
• MSPSDP-8392: Providing Group attribute in Change Module.
• MSPSDP-9036: New Change Management with Workflow, Stage and Status, Notifications, Change Roles, Change Template etc.
  • Change Template: Option to create multiple Change Templates and specify a workflow for each template.
  • Change Workflow: To represent the business change process as a workflow. Support for creating a normal template and an emergency template with each having its own workflow.
  • Stage and Status: Six stages of Change path. Submission, Planning, Approval, Implementation, Review and Close. Each stage has their own status list.
  • Change Roles: Defining various change roles being played in the organization e.g Change Implementer, Analyzer, CAB Member, Line Manager, etc... Each role defined with scope on accessing various stages.
  • Notifications: Notifications based on status - Option to configure the roles to whom the notification should be sent when a change comes to a specific status.
  • Others: Support for specifying the closure code, down times, impacted user and assets, reason for change and the risk involved in the change.

Solution:

• MSPSDP-8346: The following enhancements have been done in Solution Module.
  • Solution Topics will be displayed separately in Tree Structure format in the left panel of Solutions list view page.
  • Topics can be managed by clicking on the Settings icon available in the "Topics" panel.
  • Navigation buttons have been included to help users easily move from details page of one Solution to another.
  • Users can now add/delete solution's attachments right from Solution details page.
• MSPSDP-8390: An option to import Solution from XLS.
• MSPSDP-8391: Solutions can be searched with particular field names and values under the Solutions tab (for both Requesters and Technicians). Searching with the format Fieldname:SearchString will retrieve all solutions matching the condition provided. The fields that can be searched for are Solutionid/Id, Topic, Subject/Title, Description, Keywords and Statusname/Status (Field names are case insensitive).

Projects:

• MSPSDP-7110: Technician and Requester can have option to associate the request to the project to which they are associated to. Based on Self Service Portal Settings,Project association to Requesters can be enabled or disabled. By default this option will be disabled.
• MSPSDP-8249: Info related to Project Member Addition/Update/Deletion now gets listed in the project's history.
• MSPSDP-8252: Logged-in project members and Project owner cannot reassign themselves to lower ranked project roles.
• MSPSDP-8253: Project members cannot delete themselves from the project.
• MSPSDP-8254: Attachment related activities - add/delete attachment - now get listed in the project's history.
• MSPSDP-8255: Details page next-previous navigation is introduced in Project and Milestone.
• MSPSDP-8262: Only View control for All Projects, is now possible in Project roles.
• MSPSDP-8270: Project-Change association and dissociation details too get listed in the project's history.
• MSPSDP-8271: Group/Technician Marking option of Task is now available in Project Gantt view.

Assets:

• MSPSDP-3140: Support for scanning HP-UX OS machines.
• MSPSDP-8397: New view for VM hosts and VMs in left panel under Assets tab.
• MSPSDP-8401: Support for scanning Cisco IP Phones.
• MSPSDP-8545: Support for upgrade and downgrade license.
• MSPSDP-8546: "Asset State" and "Expiry Date" filters added in Summary report section.
• MSPSDP-8547: Support to export the software and licenses list view data as PDF/XLS/HTML/CSV.
• MSPSDP-8549 : New enhanced UI is introduced in software details and list view page.
• MSPSDP-8550: Option to configure IP/name of devices which have to be excluded from scan. These devices can be configured under Admin tab --> General settings.
• MSPSDP-8552: Ability to purchase upgrade licenses from Purchase Order.
• MSPSDP-8616: Support for scanning Hyper-V machines.
• MSPSDP-8658: Support for site based software compliance.

Admin:

• MSPSDP-8314: New field 'Reporting To' is included for Requesters and Technicians, using which the 'Manager' of these users can be marked manually. ReportingTo/Manager field can also be imported using CSV/ActiveDirectory import of users.
• MSPSDP-8318: SLA can be configured with Support Group based criteria.
• MSPSDP-8319: Business Rules can be executed based on Operational hours.
• MSPSDP-8320: Business Rules List View Enhancement - Criteria and Actions for Rules is shown in List View
• MSPSDP-8325: Any resources of an request can now be set in the request notifications template. Earlier, only the workstation name can be set in the templates. For this, now the variable $WorkstationName is replaced with the $ResourceName in the request notification templates.
• MSPSDP-8533: Scheduled user import from LDAP can be configured.This can be configured from the Admin -> Active Directory -> Schedule AD/LDAP import. NOTE : User import schedule will work based on Global config entry, with category='Scheduled_User_Import' and parameter='EnabledFor' and allowed paramvalues are BOTH (default), AD and LDAP. If it is BOTH, AD as well as LDAP schedule import will be done. If it is AD, ActiveDirectory schedule alone will be done. Or if it is LDAP, LDAP schedule alone will be done.

Tasks:

• MSPSDP-8302: New filter added to show All Pending Tasks, under Home page task list view.
• MSPSDP-8304: New 'Self Service Portal" option to assign any completed status (like resolved, completed etc.,) as status representing task completion, instead of using the default closed status.An option introduced under Task closing rules - Any completed status of task will be considered as task completed status.
• MSPSDP-8305: Task group members based notifications are moved as separate section under Task notifications as "Task Group Notifications".
• MSPSDP-8307: Global configuration available to enable/disable of task group members notification once the task is assigned to a group.
• MSPSDP-8308: Task escalation notification can be configured under "Admin > Notification Rules > Tasks" and sent to entity owner, task owner / group, when a task is overdue.Task overdue will be marked, if a task is not completed within schedule. Task's % of Completion will be set as 100, when a task is moved to any completed status.
• MSPSDP-8311: Calculation of Task Scheduled End time based on Start time and Estimated Effort. Calculation of End time will consider site's operational hours and SLA(if request's task).Cannot complete child task before parent task is completed. Cannot mark dependency between Closed child and UnClosed parent task. Scheduled Start time will be set for child task when all the parent tasks are closed. Scheduled Start time will be set for Request's non dependent tasks while creating request from request template based on Self Service Portal Setting under Request Feature list.
• MSPSDP-8292: Bulk closure of Tasks now possible from Tasks List View page.
• MSPSDP-8295: Option to add Attachment for Tasks is now available.
• MSPSDP-8297: Task Closing Rules is introduced(under Admin > Helpdesk Customizer), to make task fields as mandatory before Task completion.

My Home:

• MSPSDP-8365: Reminder email will include link to the corresponding entity (Request, Problem, Change).

General:

• MSPSDP-8368: Allowing technicians to create his own API key in personalize option.
• MSPSDP-8372: The time period of SLA Escalation Schedule is changed to 5 Minutes.
• MSPSDP-8375: New button 'TODAY' in calendar to set current date.
• MSPSDP-8378: New Date format is added in Personalize menu( MM DD, YYYY ).
• MSPSDP-8384: The backup process will include the keystore file if exists.
• MSPSDP-8385: Reports: Jasper Report Upgrade.JasperReports jars have been upgraded from version 2.0.5 to 5.5.1.
• MSPSDP-8387: Report an issue : Under support tab administrators can report an issue to the support team and the same will collect the ServiceDeskPlus MSP logs and installation details for analysis. User will have the option to view / restrict the details generated before submitting to the support team.
• MSPSDP-8389: Marked task owner of the dependent task will be assigned once it's parent tasks are closed. Inline edit of task attributes under task list view provided. Dependent tasks will have a dependency icon before title under task list view. On-hovering the same the parent tasks will be highlighted under that list.
• MSPSDP-8720: Enabling high speed Lucene search for request and solution module.

Purchase:

• MSPSDP-8535: Multi-currency support in purchase order for procuring assets/services from different vendors who deal with different currencies.

Service Catalog:

• MSPSDP-4836: Business Rules for Service Request.
• MSPSDP-8277: Ability to create new service request from an incident request.
• MSPSDP-8283: Service Category of Service Catalog can be changed while copying a Service Template.
• MSPSDP-8284: Reordering the resources inside the service catalog is introduced.
• MSPSDP-8603: Service approver list - Approvers will be listed with their email id's and $Reporting to$ option also included in the service approver list.
• MSPSDP-8888: Under Requester login, all the first level approvers configured in the service template in "Select Approver" field will be shown by default.

Integration:

• SDPMSP:8870: SDPMSP - Zoho Reports Integration: Zoho Reports is an online reporting and business intelligence service that helps you easily analyze your business data, create insightful reports and dashboards for informed decision making. Its part of the Zoho online business suite with over 5 Million users and growing. Zoho Reports - SDPMSP Integration enables you to easily analyze your data from ServiceDeskPlus MSP.
• MSPSDP-9029: In ServiceDeskPlusMSP-DesktopCentrol integrated mode, option to invoke the remote desktop using DC's agent instead of SDP MSP's agent. By default, in integrated setups, DC agent will be used. [ Needs DC build 80260 and above ].

API:

• MSPSDP-8416: REST API support for Service Request. Below are the additional operations provided for Service Request.
  • Add/Update Resource Section
  • Add/Update Common Additional Fields and Service Category Additional Fields
  • Add/Update Editor Field
  • Add the Select Approvers Field

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-8990: Shared domains not listed in login page in account specific url.
• MSPSDP-8654: Notification not sent when we are notifying vendor of PO.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8316?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-8785 : Upgraded the application's JRE to 1.7 and fixed encryption vulnerabilities.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-8620 : Unable to add billing worklog after 8312.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8315?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-8642 : Application gets hanged while importing users from AD & crashes in certain cases.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8314?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-8225 : Service Catalog - Resource info list is sorted alphabatically.
• MSPSDP-8256 : Purchase Order - Site name is included in billing and shipping address.
• MSPSDP-8266 : In request history, attachment deletion action is captured.
• MSPSDP-8324 : Option to configure Account specific advisory.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-7671 : Business Rules with condition "TO" or "CC" "does not contain" aren't working properly.
• MSPSDP-8276 : Purchase Order goes back to 'Pending Approval' state while editing the order id.
• MSPSDP-8291 : Business Rules with vip user criteria are not working when cascade execution is turned on.
• MSPSDP-8328 : Performance problem while adding workstation or server.
• MSPSDP-8338 : Unable to add inline image in notes.
• MSPSDP-8339 : Unable to resend a mail conversation.
• MSPSDP-8393 : A requester who had previously been an Account Manager can still access the custom views he/she created.
• MSPSDP-8486 : Self-service login information contains msp's url instead of account specific url.
• MSPSDP-8512 : Survery reports shows data from all the accounts even when the technician has limited access.
• MSPSDP-8551 : Couldn't add inline image in email-signature.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8313 ?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-8179 : XSS vulnerability when adding new software license type and option.
• MSPSDP-8210 : XSS vulnerability in login page.
• MSPSDP-8240 : XSS vulnerability while sending the report by email.
• MSPSDP-8241 : XSS vulnerability in input parameters of 'Add new task' (module & from).
• MSPSDP-8242 : XSS Vulnerability in input parameter (UNIQUE_ID) of Solution module
• MSPSDP-8243 : XSS vulnerability in email notification window.
• MSPSDP-8246 : XSS Vulnerability in request template, reminder and technician calendar.
• MSPSDP-8258 : Access to problem and change details for an unprivileged user along with XSS Vulnerability.
• MSPSDP-8293 : Exception while generating bill in certain cases.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8312 ?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-7393 : When account name has double quote, then error throws while creating the reports and the site is also not populated.
• MSPSDP-7405 : Due by time calculation is incorrect , when a request status is moved from on-hold in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7587 : Renaming a Support Group name in Default settings, doesn't update the same in sites with "Copy default settings" enabled.
• MSPSDP-8066 : When a technician sends an email to the e-mail address configured under server settings, those tickets are categorized into "All Accounts" instead of the MSP account.
• MSPSDP-8071 : Time elapsed field shows negative values in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-8103 : When a survey is sent manually , MSP logo is shown instead of Account specific logo in the survey notification mail.
• MSPSDP-8106 : $AccountName in the Notification rules content variable is not working properly.
• MSPSDP-8152 : While editing technician details, the tool tip for available groups does not work.
• MSPSDP-8181 : When worklog is made as a mandatory field in request closing rules, and if only a worklog under task is added to the request, it doesnt allow to close the request.
• MSPSDP-8189 : Boolean values are not displayed in query reports.
• MSPSDP-8206 : Unable to login in Iphone-App at certain cases. It throws "Provide MSP Server" error.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8311 ?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6876 : Newly created Holiday's date's are wrongly shown in Holiday list view.
• MSPSDP-6933 : Unable to map account additional field while importing account through csv.
• MSPSDP-6982 : Worklog end time shows extra minute from the current time is fixed.
• MSPSDP-7043 : Business rule is not working if the criteria is "Subject begins with".
• MSPSDP-7120 : Deleting the support group from copy site settings deletes the support group from Default settings as well in upgraded installation.
• MSPSDP-7487 : Notification is not sent to technician when a ticket is assigned through iPhone app / API.
• MSPSDP-7629 : MAC OS 10.9 and above version's software's details are not properly listed post scan.
• MSPSDP-7740 : Wrong workstation count is shown in custom query report bar chart.
• MSPSDP-7768 : When default template is having an additional field, then error throws while creating a request through API.
• MSPSDP-7879 : SSL handshake failure while connecting from Remote AE to MSP.
• MSPSDP-7983 : Account additional field's value is getting wiped while updating the account via servlet API.
• MSPSDP-7987 : Unable to import requester through scheduled CSV Import.
• MSPSDP-7992 : Unable to import accounts from Quick Books in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-8054 : "Email me before" option present in task is not working.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8310?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-7370 : API for CTI Integration
• MSPSDP-7774 : Account Login Web URL - You can create your custom URL and users can access the portal through it.

You can provide your custom URL in Account Details -> Account -> Login Web URL.

Example - Instead of connecting the portal through http://servername:port/accountURL, you can customize it and access using http://support.account.com.

• MSPSDP-7807 : Country Name 'Aruba' included in Account/Site Creation page
• MSPSDP-7918 : Technician can create ticket through email for his associated accounts instead of his requesters using its account support email address.

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-7757 : Unable to update workstations using MAC address in servlet API.
• MSPSDP-7760 : Attachments are not visible for the requests added through API.
• MSPSDP-7767 : Contract Name in contract expiry notification mail shows wrong details.
• MSPSDP-7769 : Worklog page gets crashed in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7775 : Request Conversation description keeps loading when HTML content tags are not properly closed in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7791 : Error thrown while updating Routers/Switch created through API.
• MSPSDP-7792 : Processor count & speed details are not saved while adding a Server using Servlet API.
• MSPSDP-7794 : Data fields such as Business Impact & Is VM field resets while updating Servers using Servlet API.
• MSPSDP-7803 : While creating a request with new requester name using API, the requester details doesn't get created in the application.
• MSPSDP-7810 : Unable to schedule AD import for shared domains.
• MSPSDP-7811 : Custom view is not working for account manager login.
• MSPSDP-7853 : Server gets crashed while adding an account in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7920 : Site list is empty while editing CI item.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8309?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-3539 : Option to hide request history tab from requesters through Self Portal Settings.
• MSPSDP-6893 : Option to show all the assets present in an account to their Requesters through Self Portal Settings.
• MSPSDP-7713 : In System log viewer, Change request deletion action is captured.

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-4525 : Requester's are able to see solution topics across accounts.
• MSPSDP-7373 : Request's time elapsed field shows negative value in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7651 : Automatic Backup Schedule page shows "Backup File not Found" in certain cases though the file is present in the mentioned directory.
• MSPSDP-7655 : Error occurred while associating a problem to incidents in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7657 : Contract ID in contract expiry notification mail is showing wrongly.
• MSPSDP-7665 : Requesters are unable to view the request resolution in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7679 : Error occurred while editing a technician in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7710 : Unable to close a request in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7712 : Notifications mails wrongly sent to technicians when intelligent notification is enabled.
• MSPSDP-7717 : Worklogs are not properly synced with Quick books in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7727 : Exception while saving notes with copy pasted inline images in html area (in notes, request html area)
• MSPSDP-7731 : In Russian language, "New Incident" string in Request Catalog drop down is shown as question marks (?) instead of the actual name.
• MSPSDP-7734 : Timeout error occurred while importing OU's in certain cases.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8308?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-7108 : Earlier users included in the 'Email Id(s) to Notify' field will be included for Request Acknowledgement, Resolved, Closed notifications. But for requests created through email, the email CC recipients will not be included in those notifications. Now Request Acknowledge, Resolved, Closed notifications will also include Email CC recipients.
  

  Note : If those notifications should not include the Email CC recipient, it can be disabled in database table 'GlobalConfig' for the entry (category = 'Request_CC_Notification' and parameter = 'Include_CC_From_Email') and set the paramvalue = 'false'.

• MSPSDP-7509 : The country name 'Cape Verde' is not available in Site and Account creation pages

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-7111 : Cannot add container relationship to 'software' for 'workstation' in Professional Edition.
• MSPSDP-7336 : Poodle vulnerability.
• MSPSDP-7508 : NullPointerException while updating Business Rule in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7512 : Cannot add worklog if Time Taken to Resolve is 0 Hours and 0 Minutes.
• MSPSDP-7534 : Release mail being sent daily instead of when a new version of the product is released.
• MSPSDP-7536 : Worklog not synced from ServiceDesk Plus - MSP to Quickbooks if the worklog description size is greater than 300 characters.
• MSPSDP-7548 : Backup not working if the file attachments has colon in it.
• MSPSDP-7624 : Can not download an attached file (Throwing 'file not found' in UI if the uploaded file has some special characters).
• MSPSDP-7552 : Issue while importing OUs from Shared Domain Active Directory - Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'SharedDomainOUMapping_UK0'.
• MSPSDP-7573 : Sites are not listed in 'New Request' page if the 'All Accounts' is selected & if all the Incident Templates except the default template are deleted.
• MSPSDP-7576 : 'OverrideUserSite' option is not working in LDAP if department for the user is not available in LDAP.
• MSPSDP-7581 : Storage Device & Smart Phone's additional fields are not updated.
• MSPSDP-7592 : 'SQL statement is nested too deeply' exception while deleting merged request.
• MSPSDP-7597 : Multiple assets scan using ae_scan script over writes the single asset's details when the asset is scanned behind the firewall/proxy and pushed to sdp-msp.
• MSPSDP-7633 : Duplicate OUs listed in Active Directory import requesters page.
• MSPSDP-7640 : Workstations are not associated to any site during network/distributed asset scan re-discovery.
• MSPSDP-7641 : 'SQL statement is nested too deeply' exception while bulk deleting workstations in CMDB module.
• MSPSDP-7642 : Contract additional fields are not updated.
• MSPSDP-7656 : Number format exception while getting ports of a switch in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7663 : Quickbooks integration not working after upgrading to 8307

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8307?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-4261: Ability to add Requester and Technicians with First Name, Middle Name and Last Name and notification mails can be customized for requesters using this field.
• MSPSDP-6358: Option to reverse the order of request history from ticket details page.
• MSPSDP-7340: Requesters can 'cc' (Notify users) others while replying from a ticket through webportal.
• MSPSDP-7516: API for Work log additional fields

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-6932: Projects -> Milestones notification is not working.
• MSPSDP-7084: Account and Site list view alignment issue is fixed.
• MSPSDP-7120: Unable to delete support group in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7126: String changed to 'Select Owner' in assigning owner in Project -> Tasks
• MSPSDP-7145: Pie chart reports is not working in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7252: Unable to send notification mail regarding notes addition in certain cases
• MSPSDP-7281: Unable to import workstation , if the vendor name and Account name are same.
• MSPSDP-7319: Custom role technician with "Allow Stop Timer" option disabled can still view the Status with "Stop timer" enabled from request detailed page.
• MSPSDP-7334: "Pick up option" is available for custom role technician with "Assigning Technicians" option in roles page is disabled
• MSPSDP-7337: Unable to integrate with QuickBooks , if SDP MSP is running in "https" mode.
• MSPSDP-7361: Unlike custom reports,edit and delete option is available for query reports created by other technician
• MSPSDP-7367: Database Backup now contains notes inline images as well.
• MSPSDP-7369: Technicians list is not loaded while creating a request with a requester who is not created in the application.
• MSPSDP-7380: Tomcat Version is removed from the Header information
• MSPSDP-7403: Numbers and bulletins are not shown in request detailed page
• MSPSDP-7432: Site list is empty while giving credentials for Distributed Asset scan
• MSPSDP-7467: Wrong time is shown for worklogs which is created in DST.
• MSPSDP-7476: SLA escalation failed in certain cases.
• MSPSDP-7490: Few performance related improvements
• MSPSDP-7549: Requester's site is wrongly shown in requester's login.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8306?

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-7529 : SDP-MSP to DC-MSP integration is made secure with API key based communication. Note : This is supported only with the DC-MSP build version "90109" and above.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8305?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-7489: Ability to create reports based on WorkLog Additional Fields
• MSPSDP-7509: Country name "cape verde" is added to the country list in the site creation page

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8304?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-2034: WorkLog Additional Fields

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8303?

Issue Fixed

• MSPSDP-7480: If Service and incident templates are not 'merged', UI goes blank after login

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8302?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-5121: Backup technician can be assigned based on request creation time
• MSPSDP-5280: Customizable dashboard
• MSPSDP-7386: Create/Update/Delete support for Accounts through REST API
• MSPSDP-7376: Performance improvements in login, request/problem/change creation and list view
• iPhone App - Request due by time can be synced with iPhone calendar

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-7289: Special characters in worklog description are replaced with HTML ampersand character codes
• MSPSDP-7299: Editing a support group shows an error in some cases
• MSPSDP-7302: QuickBooks integration fails in some cases when customer count crosses 150
• MSPSDP-7304: Password is not saved on editing windows domain scan settings
• MSPSDP-7305: Error while fetching OUs after deleting existing OUs
• MSPSDP-7308: Requesters imported from CSV are listed under 'All Accounts'
• MSPSDP-7314: 'Dameware' remote control tool not working
• MSPSDP-7327: Notification for new request addition fails when more than one technician needs to be notified
• MSPSDP-7339: Account Manager can see reports folder structure of other accounts
• MSPSDP-7341: Description in request details view page is not aligned properly when description is large
• MSPSDP-7347: QuickBooks Integration - some accounts are not added to QuickBooks
• MSPSDP-7354: Application fails to start if database backup fails during upgradation
• MSPSDP-7358: E-Mail request from a new requester is categorized under 'All Accounts' if multiple e-mail addresses are set in the 'To' field
• MSPSDP-7374: Worklogs not exported to QuickBooks in some cases
• MSPSDP-7391: Search icon not present on the left side list view pages when upgrading from an older build

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8301?

Enhancements

• MSPSDP-6561: A technician can create requests for his associated sites[on his own name] from the web interface, API, E-mail command
• MSPSDP-7203: If a requester is the last person to have replied to a request, the number of replies he has sent after the technician's last reply is displayed on request list view page
• MSPSDP-7256: 'Request Type' field is now available in Standard and Professional editions
• MSPSDP-7288: 'Vendor' can be added as a column in Asset List view
• MSPSDP-7292: When 'IT Assets' are received from a purchase order, if the asset license count is insufficient, an alert message is displayed
• MSPSDP-7349: Usability: Request list view column search icon will be shown on the left side of the page also

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6947: If a requester who is not already in the system sends an e-mail, notifications are not sent to the technician who is assigned the ticket
• MSPSDP-6952: If a requester who is not already in the system sends an e-mail and the technician assigns the ticket to an account and site, a duplicate requester is created
• MSPSDP-7048: Unable to enable 'Notify technician when a request is updated by editor' in Notification rules
• MSPSDP-7117: Account Manager is unable to create a ticket through E-mail command for requesters in his account
• MSPSDP-7287: Switch ports added under CMDB are counted in the license as IT Assets
• MSPSDP-7290: Unable to login using LDAP if two users have same username but they are in different domains
• MSPSDP-7291: Unable to take a scheduled backup in Postgres if database size is large
• MSPSDP-7293: Performance improvement while accessing accounts page
• MSPSDP-7294: Unable to view notes from request detailed view when notes content is large
• MSPSDP-7296: When a new request is added to a group, the group's technicians are not notified
• MSPSDP-7262: Unable to add Relationships in CMDB
• MSPSDP-7312: Backup File is not deleted during scheduled backup cleanup
• MSPSDP-7318: QuickBooks log is not displayed properly in some cases
• MSPSDP-7333: Performance issue when request notes contains XML data

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8300?

Major Enhancements

QuickBooks integration

ServiceDesk Plus - MSP now provides out-of-the-box integration with QuickBooks:

• Synchronize ServiceDesk Plus - MSP's Accounts and QuickBook's Customers and avoid manual entries
• Schedule export of [Request, Problem, Change, Project] worklogs from ServiceDesk Plus - MSP to QuickBooks as invoices

Criteria based billing

• Define rules for how you want to charge for requests
• Charge differently for the same request based on your requirements
• Setup multiple bill rules for the same account

CTI Integration

• View caller's information before answering the call
• View pending requests, requester details, account and site details as soon as you get a call

iPhone push notification

• A request is assigned to a technician
• A request is sent for approval
• A requester replies to a request
• Notes are added to a request
• A request sent for approval is approved/rejected

Minor Enhancements

• MSPSDP-6970: Requests approval using the iPhone app
• MSPSDP-7105: API Key is generated automatically for technicians who try to login through the mobile app if it is not already generated
• MSPSDP-7138: Surveys can be enabled/disabled for individual accounts
• MSPSDP-7140: 'On Hold Schedule' can be enabled/disabled
• MSPSDP-7141: Domain field added on Mobile web-UI
• MSPSDP-7192: Worklog Type can be configured for worklogs

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5363: Requester and department values displayed as garbled text in 'Russian' language
• MSPSDP-6172: Software license page crashes partially in some scenarios for Account admin
• MSPSDP-6538: Some dashboard charts are not displayed properly in some scenarios
• MSPSDP-6699: Unable to download attachments with '#' symbol in the file name from Purchase Orders
• MSPSDP-6942: Dashboard not loaded properly in 'Spanish' language
• MSPSDP-7055: When the 'approval' link is clicked from an approval e-mail, request details are not displayed
• MSPSDP-7056: If a custom filter is selected in Request List view page, if the technician count is 99, technicians are not retrieved
• MSPSDP-7062: When a technician with custom role logs-in, 'Helpdesk' module is not displayed on the dashboard
• MSPSDP-7073: Service request status mail is sent twice
• MSPSDP-7078: 'Switch Ports' added under CMDB are counted against asset license
• MSPSDP-7102: If 'CMDB' module is not enabled, departments under 'Default Site' cannot be added or edited
• MSPSDP-7128: When an 'Account Manager' types a requester name, 'autosuggest' displays information of requester from other accounts
• MSPSDP-7152: If a requester's name has more than 40 characters, he cannot be 'Changed as a Technician'.
• MSPSDP-7155: If a support group is edited and the checkbox for 'Send notification to group technician(s) when a request in this group is updated' is checked, page crashes
• MSPSDP-7157: When a new request/requester is allocated to an account by matching 'domain', the domain comparison needs to be case insensitive

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8211?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-7031 & 7032: Unable to add or modify worklogs for problems and changes in some cases
• MSPSDP-7034: Scheduled backup failing in some cases after upgrade to 8210
• MSPSDP-7035: After scheduled backup runs, application shows 'backup file not found'

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8210?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6533: Description field for 'Support Group Description' is missing if CMDB is not enabled
• MSPSDP-6606: If pre-defined CI Types like 'account', 'people' are edited, their additional fields are not displayed
• MSPSDP-6900: Issues in backup and restore
• MSPSDP-6926: Requesters are created under MSP account when importing requesters through CSV for a new account
• MSPSDP-6946: When creating a new business rule, if the 'E-mail Template' is changed, templates for existing business rules are also changed
• MSPSDP-6948: When editing a requester, 'Cost per hour' field is not updated
• MSPSDP-6953: When changing an MSP Requester to a technician, if 'Groups' are associated, error occurs
• MSPSDP-6961: Custom request filters do not work with boolean criteria
• MSPSDP-6968: Disabling Worklog start and end time auto-populate is not working in resolution page
• MSPSDP-6974: Error editing Support groups in some cases

Enhancements Made

• MSPSDP-2271: Capture SLA Escalation in History tab
• MSPSDP-2510: VIP requesters:
  • Ability to mark a requester as a VIP User
  • Technicians can prioritize a request with different SLA and business rule for a VIP User
  • Reports can be generated for VIP User requests
• MSPSDP-6949: Technician with 'View All Requests' role can see the requests dashboard

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8209?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6461: Notification is not re-sent on contract expiry even if the contract is edited
• MSPSDP-6705: Work log description is not available in request print preview
• MSPSDP-6732: Error when clicking on assets icon to assign asset in requests
• MSPSDP-6781: IP Address field is made not mandatory for assets
• MSPSDP-6811: CSV Import on a new CI type with site field fails in some cases
• MSPSDP-6815: If an asset does not have site associated with it, error occurs when changing the asset's state
• MSPSDP-6851: Work log count does not reflect work logs added for tasks
• MSPSDP-6882: Mail fetching stops if a network time out occurs
• MSPSDP-6884: Incorrect translation in Portuguese for some keys
• MSPSDP-6888: Request gets reopened in some rare cases
• MSPSDP-6891: Incorrect calendar displayed in some cases due to daylight saving time
• MSPSDP-6892: Backup/Restore fails in some cases with long descriptions
• MSPSDP-6894: Upgrade does not start in Linux 64 bit in some scenarios
• MSPSDP-6895: Resolution escalation mail not triggered properly in certain cases
• MSPSDP-6897: Unable to apply the upgrade for Turkish Locale users
• MSPSDP-6902: Scheduled report shows tickets from other accounts in some scenarios

• MSPSDP-6673 & MSPSDP-6842: Support for LDAP authentication in iOS and Android apps
• MSPSDP-6782: Send notification to a group when a request is updated
• MSPSDP-6848: If account based URL is not used, option to show only MSP's domains

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8208?

IT360 Integration

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8207?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5310: Average values are not displayed as exact float values in Reports
• MSPSDP-6650: Work log total cost does not reflect for few technicians in worklog and bill generated
• MSPSDP-6701: Warning message shown wrongly when request closing rule is executed
• MSPSDP-6727: Save and AddNew WorkLog not working
• MSPSDP-6728: Enabling Notification rule for a single Account is reflecting for AllAccounts in Professional Edition
• MSPSDP-6730: If all the worklog(s) in a request is Non-Billable, then the bill can not be generated due to an exception
• MSPSDP-6761: Technicians are not populated automatically when adding worklogs
• MSPSDP-6773: In Chrome, Notes are missing in request detailed view

Enhancements made

• Account Manager:
  • Able to view all requests,problems,changes and assets created in his account
  • Option to shedule or run reports
• Option to create custom filter for viewing requests
• MSPSDP-2980: Worklog description field size increased
• MSPSDP-5142: MSP address and Account address are included in the billing report
• MSPSDP-6768: Option to disable auto-fill of start time and end time when adding worklogs
• MSPSDP-6476: WorkLog Additional cost: Option to pre-register WorkLog Additional cost items that can be used in Billing enabled Request's WorkLog Additional cost
• MSPSDP-6812: Option to schedule a status change from on-hold to in-progress through on-hold schedule

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8206?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6644: SLA escalation flag is not set if 'Escalate Before' is configured
• MSPSDP-6658: Merging of requests does not work in 8205
• MSPSDP-6677: Email fetching stops in certain cases
• MSPSDP-6696: Applying service pack fails on some Linux machines

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-6647: Technician can obtain a 'sign off' from a requester using the iPhone App
• MSPSDP-6653: Start Time and End Time will be auto-filled when adding worklogs

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8205?

Issues Fixed

• Upgrade to 8204 failed in certain cases

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8204?

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-3459: Ability to share an MSP domain with other accounts
• Notifications displayed to a technician on the web application UI for:
  • Request assigned to technician
  • Requester replies to a ticket assigned to technician
  • Request submitted to technician for approval
  • Task assigned to technician
  • Notes added to a request assigned to technician
  • A request sent for approval by a technician is approved/rejected

Third-party integration

• The above notification events can trigger third-party scripts/java code

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8203?

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-4560: Customizable Mail Sender name for each account
• MSPSDP-6548: Ability to customize Reply Templates
• MSPSDP-6556: Account Additional Fields in Standard/Professional editions
• MSPSDP-6576: Ability to view table schema dynamically

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6541: All Account's tasks are shown in MSP Preventive Maintenance tasks' list view
• MSPSDP-6543: Total Time Taken shown in Work Log List view is incorrect
• MSPSDP-6544: Unable to Zero out technician charges while adding a Work Log
• MSPSDP-6553: Users are imported without site from Active Directory in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-6558: MSP Requester with 'Project Admin' role unable to add a project
• MSPSDP-6559: Unable to send email from the application in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-6560: Unable to login through iPhoneApp when any of the Account's name has single quote
• MSPSDP-6574: Table Schema not updated for Project and Task modules
• MSPSDP-6577: Unable to view request's resolution in certain scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8202?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6215: Unable to create account through Servlet API
• MSPSDP-6266: Certain aggregate functions in query reports do not work in postgres DB
• MSPSDP-6489: Service categories are not sorted in new request form
• MSPSDP-6517: Cannot add attachments while creating an account
• MSPSDP-6521: While importing requests through XLS, completed date is always imported as current time
• MSPSDP-6527: Sender name is sent wrongly in notification emails
• MSPSDP-6532: Users are unable to login using 'Local Authentication' when 'AD Authentication' is enabled
• MSPSDP-6535: Assign technician pop up does not close after assigning a tech in request detailed view
• MSPSDP-6537: Technicians are unable to login from iPhone app using 'Local Authentication'

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8201?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6519: Unable to add / edit purchase orders in some cases after upgrading from 8106
• MSPSDP-6524: Upgrade from 8106 fails in some cases when database is installed on an external server

Features in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.2 (8200)

Project Management

You can now manage your Projects with ServiceDesk Plus - MSP. With Project Management you can:

• Configure and manage Projects for individual Accounts
• Create Milestones and track the progress of a Project
• Create tasks and track the time spent on tasks involved in a Project
• Configure custom colours for Project status

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

The CMDB provides a complete view of the business critical CIs, their relationships with other CIs and the business impact caused due to malfunction of a CI.

• Define various Configuration Item Types (CI Types) and Relationship Types
• Create Parent - Child hierarchy for CI Types
• Define attributes and relationships for each CI Type. The Child CI Type will inherit the attributes and relationships configured for the Parent CI Type
• Configure Relationships between the CIs. The relationships can have relationship attributes
• Account is now a CI Type. Add relationships between an Account and its dependencies
• Visualization map providing a detailed view of the CI relationships which will help in identifying the dependencies and impact of CIs before performing any changes or in case of any problems
• View the pending requests, problems and changes raised for Assets, Business Service or IT Service from the relationship map
• Localize or Modify the names of default CI Types, Product Types and CI Relationship Types

UI Enhancements

• Account based themes: Configure different top header background, tab color, LHS and RHS section headers and their font colors for individual accounts
• Floating actions bar: Actions bar stays at the top of the page. So, you need not scroll-up to perform any actions

Service Catalog Enhancements

• Multi-level approval stages for service requests
• Support for request approvers to be shown with approval information of other service request approvers
• Option to display Approvals tab (in the Requests module) for Requesters
• The 'Agreed upon time' (SLA) for a service request would be displayed to the requesters before creating the Service Request
• Ability to select a requester to edit and fill-in the required information for a service request

REST API Enhancements

• Request:
  • Assign Request
  • Pickup Request
  • Reply Request
  • GET Requests
  • GET Notification
  • GET Notifications
  • GET Conversation
  • GET All Conversations
  • Add Attachment
  • Add, Edit and Get Resolution
• Sites:
  • GET All Sites
• Technician:
  • GET All Technicians
• Admin:
  • GET and GET All operations for various configurations viz. - Status, Level, Impact, Urgency, Priority, Category, Subcategory, Item, Request template.

Translations

• Support to translate the display text from the application client

Requests Enhancements

• Import Incident Requests from XLS
• Convert Incident Request to Service Request
• Ability to mark first response while adding a work log
• Earlier when a request is assigned or pickedup by two or more technicians at the same time, the latest technician would be saved. Now, in such cases, a dialog box indicating the conflict requests would be displayed based on which the technician can decide whether to assign/pickup or cancel the operation
• Requests created through emails and conversation will now show the To and CC fields in the request details page
• Resolved time of a request will set when request is moved to resolved status. Timespent will be calculated when a request is moved to resolved or closed status
• Support to add inline images or paste images from Clipboard while replying / forwarding to a request
• Support to show the request link information in the request list view itself
• Inclusion of Group and Technician in the Archived Requests exclusion criteria
• Ability to associate the change due to which a request was created from the Request details page
• Option to add attachments from the Actions menu in the requests details page
• Inclusion of a new field to track the last updated time of the request. This field will be set when a request is updated, or when a note is added to the request, or when a reply sent by the technician
• Support to search requests based on service request common additional fields

Assets Enhancement

• Asset Depreciation
  • Calculate the depreciation of assets and components
  • Provide four methods viz. declining balance, double declining balance, straight line and Sum of the Years digits - to calculate asset depreciation
• Ability to perform remote control using other tools like Windows Remote Desktop, VNC, Team Planner, DameWare etc.,
• Ability to scan the VM Host machines and also determines the VMs running on the host
• While scanning MS SQL server software from the machine, the edition of the software is also fetched
• Support for sending notification to user(s) upon installation of prohibited software
• Support to enable or disable the Scan option (permission to scan workstations from the workstation details page) while creating/editing a role
• Date fields in all the Asset forms can be edited manually without choosing the calendar
• Option provided for additional comments while changing the state of assets or assigning it to a user/department
• Scan script for Mac machines
• RAM frequency in Windows OS is fetched during workstation scan
• Users configured in a workstation will be fetched and listed in 'System' tab of workstation details page

DC Integration Enhancements

• Execute scripts from ServiceDesk Plus - MSP to ManageEngine Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central)
• Mobile devices information scanned in ManageEngine Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) can be accessed from ServiceDesk Plus - MSP web client
• Technicians can initiate chat session to Requester through Chat feature available in ManageEngine Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) (DC version 80238 and above). Also, the chat conversation can be added as note or as resolution or can be created as a new ticket
• Mobile Devices (IPhone and IPad) once scanned through ManageEngine DesktopCentral can be pushed to ServiceDesk Plus - MSP and these devices would be added as assets in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP under product types - Smart Phone and Tablet

Tasks enhancements

• Task count will be shown in Request list view and Request count will be shown in Task list view
• In Request list view, ability to view whether a Request has tasks and details of tasks for the Request
• In Request list view a new filter 'My Pending Requests or Tasks' has been added. This will list Requests that are pending for the technician or Requests with in which task is pending for the technician
• Technician role scoping will be applied when viewing Tasks from Home section. If the technician has restricted role (Site restriction, Group restriction, Assigned to self), then Tasks allowed for the technician role alone will be shown in Home Tasks section
• Separate Tab introduced for Task notification in 'Admin > Notification Rules' and some new task notifications were included
• Introduced 'Task Types' under Admin > HelpDesk. Task Types can be configured along with color code
• Ability to include the 'Associated Entity Id', 'Associated Entity Owner', 'Associated Entity Title, 'Associated Entity Link' & 'Associated Entity Module' in Task Notifications template
• MSPSDP - 5279: Work logs can be added for Tasks
• Ability to generate reports for 'Tasks'
• Task's History will be shown in task details page

Roles Enhancements

• Technicians can be restricted to edit 'Closed' tickets by assigning them a new restriction permission 'Editing Closed Requests' in the roles section
• Technicians can be restricted to delete notes by assigning them a new restriction permission 'Edit / Delete own notes' in the roles section
• Non-Admin technicians can also create query report by enabling fine grained authorization check "Create Query Report" while adding or editing a role

Other Enhancements

• Self-Service Portal Settings:
  • Option to combine and display the Incident Templates and Service Request Templates under Request Catalog in Self-Service Portal
  • MSPSDP-3388: Option to disable the default request template for requesters
  • Option to include a static HTML file in the Self-Service Portal
  • Option to configure 'Number of retries' and 'Lock for' time period when users enter incorrect password
• Import contracts from XLS
• Apart from selecting technicians for contract expiry notification, you can also configure E-mail IDs to be notified before the contract expires
• Option to send multiple expiry notifications for a contract
• Multi level approval support in Purchase Order
• Option to add attachments for Purchase Orders without editing the PO
• Service tags can be imported while receiving workstations/servers in Purchase Order
• Change technicians to requesters
• Support to paste images from Clipboard to the Rich text area
• In scheduled backup configuration section, an option is included to configure deleting scheduled backup data
• File attachments can now be stored in other drives in the server machine instead of the default path. The path can be configured in "Admin -> Self Service Portal Settings -> Path for attachments"
• Option to copy the Service Templates is available. Which helps technicians to create new Service Templates quickly from the existing templates
• Product,Product Type, Serial Number and Site info will be shown on list view in 'Select Assets' popup while assigning assets to incident Support to paste images from Clipboard to the Rich text area
• Option to import selected users from the Active Directory based on login name of the user
• Feature to show Incident / Service Request templates for technician, based on the support groups associated to the templates and technicians.If no support group is associated to templates, then it will be shown to all the technicians
• Leave Types can be denoted with the help of color codes
• Support to access Self-Service Portal (for requesters) from Mobile Client
• Support to access application from iPad browser client
• Right to left support rendered in the browser for languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and so on
• MSPSDP-5039: Ability to configure 'Account' as a criteria while creating custom views for request list view
• MSPSDP-5883: Ability to hide the 'Contract Usage' icon from the new incident form

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5089: Non-Admin technician cannot view Archived Requests list view
• MSPSDP-5802: Cannot navigate to more than 25 records in Preventive Maintenance Tasks list view
• MSPSDP-5864: UI is broken when certain Request links are clicked from Dashboard
• MSPSDP-6099: Removing the SLA from a service template also removes the Accounts associated with the service
• MSPSDP-6247: In professional edition, service categories are not listed once account is selected
• MSPSDP-6250: Service Catalog 'Quick links' on the header does not show any data in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-6291: While creating a new incident, associated Group of the template gets reset after choosing a requester name
• MSPSDP-6461: If a notification is sent for an asset contract, even if the contract is edited again to send the notification, notification is not sent

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8211?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-7031 & 7032: Unable to add or modify worklogs for problems and changes in some cases
• MSPSDP-7034: Scheduled backup failing in some cases after upgrade to 8210
• MSPSDP-7035: After scheduled backup runs, application shows 'backup file not found'

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8210?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6533: Description field for 'Support Group Description' is missing if CMDB is not enabled
• MSPSDP-6606: If pre-defined CI Types like 'account', 'people' are edited, their additional fields are not displayed
• MSPSDP-6900: Issues in backup and restore
• MSPSDP-6926: Requesters are created under MSP account when importing requesters through CSV for a new account
• MSPSDP-6946: When creating a new business rule, if the 'E-mail Template' is changed, templates for existing business rules are also changed
• MSPSDP-6948: When editing a requester, 'Cost per hour' field is not updated
• MSPSDP-6953: When changing an MSP Requester to a technician, if 'Groups' are associated, error occurs
• MSPSDP-6961: Custom request filters do not work with boolean criteria
• MSPSDP-6968: Disabling Worklog start and end time auto-populate is not working in resolution page
• MSPSDP-6974: Error editing Support groups in some cases

Enhancements Made

• MSPSDP-2271: Capture SLA Escalation in History tab
• MSPSDP-2510: VIP requesters:
  • Ability to mark a requester as a VIP User
  • Technicians can prioritize a request with different SLA and business rule for a VIP User
  • Reports can be generated for VIP User requests
• MSPSDP-6949: Technician with 'View All Requests' role can see the requests dashboard

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8209?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-6461: Notification is not re-sent on contract expiry even if the contract is edited
• MSPSDP-6705: Work log description is not available in request print preview
• MSPSDP-6732: Error when clicking on assets icon to assign asset in requests
• MSPSDP-6781: IP Address field is made not mandatory for assets
• MSPSDP-6811: CSV Import on a new CI type with site field fails in some cases
• MSPSDP-6815: If an asset does not have site associated with it, error occurs when changing the asset's state
• MSPSDP-6851: Work log count does not reflect work logs added for tasks
• MSPSDP-6882: Mail fetching stops if a network time out occurs
• MSPSDP-6884: Incorrect translation in Portuguese for some keys
• MSPSDP-6888: Request gets reopened in some rare cases
• MSPSDP-6891: Incorrect calendar displayed in some cases due to daylight saving time
• MSPSDP-6892: Backup/Restore fails in some cases with long descriptions
• MSPSDP-6894: Upgrade does not start in Linux 64 bit in some scenarios
• MSPSDP-6895: Resolution escalation mail not triggered properly in certain cases
• MSPSDP-6897: Unable to apply the upgrade for Turkish Locale users
• MSPSDP-6902: Scheduled report shows tickets from other accounts in some scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8106?

Enhancements Made

• MSPSDP-4575: Account Combo's location in header can be customized
• MSPSDP-5846: Option to resend a reply in request

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5736: Service Categories are not shown based on the selected account while creating a request
• MSPSDP-5744: Performance issue while updating request
• MSPSDP-5783: Umlauts and other special characters are not displayed properly in iPhone app
• MSPSDP-5916: Technician details are overwritten while importing requesters from CSV
• MSPSDP-6031: Incident/Service templates are not shown based on the selected account in quick links

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8105?

New Feature :

Integrate ManageEngine Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) MSP with ServiceDesk Plus MSP to manage your mobile devices. MDM allows your to Configure, Manage Apps, Monitor and Secure your mobile devices.

Benefits of Integration :

• Track and manage mobile assets
• Secure them with restrictions and passcode policies
• Remote wipe to prevent corporate data theft
• Distribute Apps

Enhancements Made

• MSPSDP-5374: Option to hide solutions tab in Requester login

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5296: Adding E-mail Signature as inline image in personalize does not work
• MSPSDP-5341: Requester gets created multiple times in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-5349: Not able to add custom filter by selecting more number of groups
• MSPSDP-5368: Garbled text is getting appended when clicking Spell Check
• MSPSDP-5371: Performance Issue while loading Incident templates
• MSPSDP-5372: Dynamic tables not restored after restoring data
• MSPSDP-5373: Conversation becomes private when a requester has capital letters in email address
• MSPSDP-5380: Unable to start application as service after Data restore
• MSPSDP-5455: Performance related Issue in Request list page
• MSPSDP-5548: Account name showing wrongly in reports
• MSPSDP-5554: Scheduled report have email content of other account
• MSPSDP-5558: Mail fetching stops in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-5559: Performance Issue while loading Technician page
• MSPSDP-5739: While selecting approver in service catalog it automatically selects another unwanted approver

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8104?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-5336: Exception thrown while drill down into the requests.
• MSPSDP-5338: Unable to apply Service pack(PPM) in MSSQL installation in certain cases.

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8103?

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-3515: Option to choose "Logged in Technician" while creating custom filters in requests
• MSPSDP-5272: Ability to import accounts and sites while importing requesters from csv
• MSPSDP-5300: Account contract details can now be viewed while creating a request

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-4718: Custom filters with site criteria do not work
• MSPSDP-4947: Asset warranty information not pulled from Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) MSP
• MSPSDP-5297: Unable to add a Service Level Agreement with priority as a criteria in Italian version
• MSPSDP-5301: Unable to push data to central ServiceDeskPlus-MSP server from remote AssetExplorer server in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-5313: Unable to customize notification template for the notification 'Notify technician when a note is added' in standard edition
• MSPSDP-5316: Hardware summary report does not work in Italian version
• MSPSDP-5317: All requesters in an account are not displayed while assigning a user to an asset through Auto Assign
• MSPSDP-5234: Javascript error occurs in the user interface while navigating to Preventive Maintenance Tasks

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8102?

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-4878: If data is migrated from ServiceDesk Plus to ServiceDesk Plus - MSP, 'Request Archive' does not work
• MSPSDP-5192: Request history is not chronologically ordered in postgres
• MSPSDP-5255: Unable to change a private conversation as public conversation in mysql
• MSPSDP-5263: After data backup and restore, some reports do not work
• MSPSDP-5266: Audit history by workstation report throws an exception in mysql
• MSPSDP-5273: Unable to retrieve sites from SDP-MSP server to the remote AssetExplorer in some cases

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8101?

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-2725: Ability to mark first response time in 'Requests' while adding notes
• MSPSDP-5134: Bulk association of licenses to software installed in different machines
• MSPSDP-5155: Ability to add message and select format of the bill while sending regenerated bill

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-4320: 'New Request' page is crashed in certain scenarios and technicians cannot see some requests
• MSPSDP-5027: Editing scheduled report throws exception in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-5088: Organization logo is shown in generated scheduled report even its disabled in 'Organization Details' page
• MSPSDP-5108: 'Submit Request' button is grayed out while creating a request through 'Add more Details'
• MSPSDP-5147: Request detailed view crashes when an account name has '\'

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8.1? (Build Number 8100)

Features in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.1 (8100)

Billing Module

You can now automate your billing process. With Billing Module you can:

• Create Service Plans
• Set up Account Contracts
• Capture the number of hours worked and additional charges in worklogs
• Automate the bill generation
• Create Ad-hoc bills

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-3113: 'Suggested Owners' are not listed in Workstation Auto-Assign
• MSPSDP-4784: Cannot edit technicians when there are a large number of technician groups
• MSPSDP-4828: Mail Fetching stops while processing a request conversation in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4879: Requester cannot close a request using 'Close Request' link in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4880: Mail sender info in technician notification is incorrect in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4944: Domains are not listed in login Page for technicians
• MSPSDP-4946: Tasks created in a request disappear in certain scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8.1? (Build Number 8100)

Features in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.1 (8100)

Billing Module

You can now automate your billing process. With Billing Module you can:

• Create Service Plans
• Set up Account Contracts
• Capture the number of hours worked and additional charges in worklogs
• Automate the bill generation
• Create Ad-hoc bills

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-3113: 'Suggested Owners' are not listed in Workstation Auto-Assign
• MSPSDP-4784: Cannot edit technicians when there are a large number of technician groups
• MSPSDP-4828: Mail Fetching stops while processing a request conversation in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4879: Requester cannot close a request using 'Close Request' link in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4880: Mail sender info in technician notification is incorrect in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4944: Domains are not listed in login Page for technicians
• MSPSDP-4946: Tasks created in a request disappear in certain scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8004? (Build Number 8004)

Enhancements made

• MSPSDP-2542: Ability to choose 'Account' variable in notification templates
• MSPSDP-2699: 'Site' field can now be imported from LDAP
• MSPSDP-2705: Notification template content for requester notifications can be customized for individual accounts
• MSPSDP-2743: Request's account details can now be viewed from within a request
• MSPSDP-3841: Hide/show support tab only to technicians with chosen roles [Eg: SDAdmin]
• MSPSDP-4625: Support to mark conversations private
• MSPSDP-4658: Compatible AssetExplorer for 'Distributed Asset Scan' can now be downloaded from the product itself
• MSPSDP-4674: Trigger surveys manually
• MSPSDP-4894:Ability to configure "Requires on-site visit" in tasks.

Issues Fixed

• MSPSDP-2733: 'Sender does not contain' rule in spam filter does not work when 'sender' is configured with more than one value
• MSPSDP-4413: Other account domains are shown in account specific login page when a username from another account is typed
• MSPSDP-4535: Able to configure 'Incoming Email Address' as the 'Support Email' under MSP Organization details
• MSPSDP-4610: Junk notification filter does not work on notifications sent for request conversations
• MSPSDP-4613: 'Organize task' window in incident template does not show all the tasks configured for the template in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4615: Certain translation issues in 'Brazilian Portuguese' are fixed
• MSPSDP-4631: Unable to reset site option to 'Select a Site' in service template
• MSPSDP-4633: Able to save MSP Organization Details with invalid data
• MSDSDP-4641: Unable to generate API key for technicians in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4646: In request list View 'unassigned requests' are not shown in bold in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4647: Service template associated with a particular user group is not displayed for users in the user group in certain scenarios
• MSPSDP-4683: Cannot update a request if site name contains single quote
• MSPSDP-4701: Cannot import requesters through CSV in certain scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP build 8003? (Build Number 8003)

Issue fixed

• MSPSDP-2566: Request update notification is sent unnecessarily on closing a request
• MSPSDP-4023: When two requesters in a site have the same name, request is always created with the first user
• MSPSDP-4340: Category/Subcategory/Item are not sorted alphabetically in IE9 & Chrome browsers
• MSPSDP-4567: Cannot generate custom report when the report's filter has the same column in both 'Group by' and 'Order by'
• MSPSDP-4568: When a new user sends an email and if the setting "Do you want to provide login access to users created through e-mail requests?" is set to 'NO', the user is created without a site/account.
• MSPSDP-4569: When the setting "Do you want to process emails received from new email addresses?" in Self Service Portal settings is set to 'NO', new requests are not created if a user sends an email from his secondary email address
• MSPSDP-4571: Cannot start the product as a service on a windows machine after restoring a backup taken from a linux set up
• MSPSDP-4585: Categories are not populated in 'New Incident' page when any of the categories contain umlauts characters
• MSPSDP-4592: Solution cannot be viewed, if any of the associated account is deleted
• MSPSDP-4615: Some of Portugese(Brazilian) translation issues are fixed
• MSPSDP-4624: When re-importing from LDAP, already configured users are moved to the default site
• MSPSDP-4625: When replying to a request, cc address is not populated if the request's account does not have support email address
• MSPSDP-4634: Deleted users are shown in contract notififcation list
• MSPSDP-4635: Cannot select users for contract notification in firefox and chrome browsers
• Chrome Issues:
  • MSPSDP-3592: Auth error thrown when a user tries to update his details
  • MSPSDP-4321: Unable to create service templates

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.0? (Build Number 8002)

Issue fixed

• MSPSDP-4551: Solution search does not work
• MSPSDP-4558: Cannot add technican groups for an account that has all the sites in refer settings
• MSPSDP-4563: Request issues in chrome browser
  • Conversations do not load.
  • Spot and Inline edits do not work.
  • Could not attach a file.
• MSPSDP-4564: Links in notifications are sent with 'http' even if the server is configured on 'https'
• MSPSDP-4565: Could not generate certain custom reports when there are a large number of sites in the application

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.0? (Build Number 8001)

Issue fixed

• MSPSDP-4554: Groups and Sub-Categories are not listed while creating / editing requests in some scenarios

What's new in ServiceDesk Plus - MSP 8.0? (Build Number 8000)

Service catalog

Service catalog is the list of services that you provide to your accounts. With the service catalog module, you can:

• Offer different services to different accounts
• Create and group services into service categories
• Setup an SLA for each service that you offer for each account
• Offer services to different 'User Groups' within accounts
• Setup additional fields similar to requests

Technician auto-assign

• Automatically assign requests to technicians in a round-robin manner or based on their workload
• New requests can be automatically assigned to technicians thereby reducing the burden on your helpdesk co-ordinator

User groups

Group requesters in your account to different user groups allowing you fine-grained control over the following modules:

• Announcements - thereby making announcements account based
• Request and service templates
• Solutions

Agent based scanning

• Deploy agents on your end users' machines to reduce burden on the server
• Agents have the ability to push only 'delta-changes' thereby reducing network utilization and providing faster scans

Integrate with Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) MSP

Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) allows you to manage desktops and perform operations such as:

• Installing and uninstalling software
• Patch management and service-pack deployment
• Enhanced remote desktop
• Apply uniform policies for users, groups, firewall, security, power management, environment variables, printers etc.

Other enhancements

• Requests
  • Linking requests: Link multiple requests together which allows you to copy resolution, worklog and notes from the parent request to the child [linked] requests
  • Support for request closure code when closing a request
  • Searching a merged request ID will bring-up the parent request
  • Stop timer when waiting for approval: Option to stop the timer when a request is sent for approval
  • Option to reopen/create a new request/append as conversation when a requester replies to a closed request
  • Site details of a request can be viewed from the request details page
  • Create SLAs to take into account weekends and holidays
  • If a technician replies to a notification mail[using his e-mail client] and includes the requester e-mail address in the to/cc list, that reply will be considered as response for the request. It will be added as conversation and if it is the first response, first response time for the request will be set
• Dashboards
  • Predefined dashboards with predefined widgets
• Software
  • Separate dashboard page for software
  • Support for different license types like OEM, concurrent, free, named user
  • Store license agreement information from different vendors
  • Import license details from CSV files
• Purchase order
  • Additional purchase order states - Ordered, Invoice received and Payment done
  • Configure mandatory fields that need to be filled before closing a purchase order
  • Invoice and payment details can be added to a purchase order
  • Configure individual tax rates for different items purchased as part of a single purchase order
  • Configure a purchase order approval limit for requesters and technicians
  • Reconcile assets received as part of a purchase order and those discovered during asset scan
• REST API: API module enhanced to support REST API
• Auto Sync distributed scan data: Data scanned using remote asset explorer installations are automatically pushed to ServiceDesk Plus - MSP server at periodic intervals
• Backup technician: Setup a backup technician to take care of requests when the originally assigned technician is on leave
• List logged-in technicians: View technicians currently logged-in to the ServiceDesk Plus - MSP server
• Security: MSPSDP 3863 - Technician / Requester login will be disabled after three consecutive login failures. They will be automatically enabled after 30 minutes or after a password reset
• Internationalization: Create your own key values for text displayed on the product. Eg: New Incident can be changed to New Ticket / New Request

Behavioral changes

• Assign solution[s] to account[s] directly: No more topic groups
• Global view and Asset View from the home page are moved to a separate page called Dashboard
• When a merged request is split, it will be assigned a new request ID instead of re-using the old one
• Purchase order will not automatically move to the 'closed' state when all items are received
• The 'Approval Status' of a request will change to 'Rejected' only if all approvers have rejected the request

Issue fixed

• MSPSDP-2461: Users are not populated when changing asset status to 'In Use' in some cases
• MSPSDP-2553: LDAP authentication is not working
• MSPSDP-2605: First response SLA is violated even if response is sent within the response due-by time
• MSPSDP-2687: Unable to create an SDAdmin with 'Default Technician' enabled in MSSQL
• MSPSDP-2700: Unable to edit a technician with a custom role if all sites are in refer setting
• MSPSDP-2713: Month names in reports are sorted in alphabetical order and not by their logical [calendar] order
• MSPSDP-2765: Site details are not set when importing assets using distributed asset scan
• MSPSDP-2779: Remote support across networks is not working in Internet Explorer 8
• MSPSDP-2784: Surveys are not sent if requests are set to close automatically
• MSPSDP-2785: Business rule is not applied when editing a request even if the rule is configured to be executed when requests are created or edited
• MSPSDP-2790: Windows domain scan is not working properly
• MSPSDP-3105: Downloading attachments in chrome does not show the correct file name
• MSPSDP-3121: A technician can reopen requests even if he doesn't have the permission to do so by changing the status from closed -> on hold -> open
• MSPSDP-3512: A technician with a custom role who has permission to add a requester cannot see the option in 'Quick Actions'
• MSPSDP-3527: Assigning a site to a workstation from workstation list view throws error
• MSPSDP-3547: If pass-through authentication is enabled and AD settings are not saved, AD password is displayed on the UI
• MSPSDP-3648: Adding a business rule with a lengthy criteria throws an error
• MSPSDP-3885: If more than one requester's address is present in the TO field of an e-mail, the e-mail gets sent from MSP's outgoing e-mail address rather than the account's support e-mail address
• MSPSDP-3963: Notification mails sent to requesters do not contain the account based URL
• MSPSDP-3977: E-mail SPAM filter criteria matching is incorrect when matching 'CC' addresses
• MSPSDP-4110: If all sites in an account are in refer default settings, when creating a business rule and choosing criteria, exception is thrown on the UI
• MSPSDP-4254: When bulk-editing requests, if the site is changed, technician for those requests are set to 'Unassigned'