Release Notes Apex v2.0-Phase 1.2
  • 20 Nov 2025
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Release Notes Apex v2.0-Phase 1.2

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Let’s dive into the key highlights, exciting improvements introduced, and a few known issues to keep an eye on. Every update brings something new, with a focus on enhancing the experience!

The following section provides key highlights and known issues in Apex 2.0 - Phase 1.2 release.

Key Highlights

Our team’s been on the move, polishing the UI and adding smarter functionality to power up your daily grind. Curious about What’s New? Dive in and explore the latest highlights - they are too good to miss!

Revamp of ITAM Reports

User Persona: Analyst / End User

Enjoy a cleaner, more intuitive Reports UI built for the simplicity and speed. Choose how do you want to see you data - bar graphs, pie charts or anything in between.

And the best part? - You can now create your own Reports and Dashboards straight from your Dataset - quick, smart and effortless.

Perks at a glance

  • Cleaner layouts mean quicker insights

  • Friendly UI makes even long reports easy on the eyes

See what’s new in ITAM Reports.

A Fresh Coat of ITAM UI

User Persona: Analyst / End User/ Admin

A fresh new look with redesigned icons, and static buttons for an uninterrupted experience across every screen. And the best part? - Smooth flow with long pages with streamlined option selection.

Perks at a glance

  • Redesigned icons, static buttons, and a clean modern look make the interface intuitive, consistent, and easy on the eyes

  • Consistent screens ensure a smooth workflow, faster task completion, and fewer errors


See what’s new in ITAM Overview.

Smarter Incident Management with enhanced APIs

The Create or Update Incident API has been enhanced to support additional structured information through the Diagnostic Details and Vendor Details tabs. These tabs now accept arrays, allowing you to pass multiple parameters for richer and more flexible incident data capture.

Additionally, several important fields have been enhanced —improving classification, scheduling, and resource assignment within incident records.

Perks at a glance

  • Removing manual efforts by leveraging APIs for faster and more consistent incident handling.

  • Smarter, sharper API improvements that speed up resolutions and streamline incident operations.

    See what’s new in enhanced APIs.

Adaptive Menus, Made Simple

User Persona: Analyst / End User / Admin

Choose ITAM or ITSM, and the workspace instantly adjusts. The menus reshape in real time to match your flow. No extra noise. No hunting around. Just a calmer, clearer interface that meets you where you are.

Perks at a glance:

  • Focus-first navigation that only shows the menus relevant to your selected product type

  • Less clutter, more clarity for faster decision-making

  • A smoother workspace that feels natural from the very first click

Product Type switches are now fluid, intentional, and easy.

ITSM

ITAM

See what’s new in ITAM / ITSM Menu Revamp.

Glide Through the UI

User Persona: Analyst / Admin / End User

Navigation now feels lighter. Instead of clicking to open menus, simply hover to reveal sub-menus. Fewer steps, fewer pauses — just fluid movement across the workspace.

Perks at a glance:

  • Instant access to sub-menus

  • Reduced clicks and interruptions

  • A smoother, more continuous navigation rhythm

Work should feel this easy!


See what’s new to Navigate - Hover to Discover.

Unified Search, Right When You Need It

User Persona: Analyst / Admin / End User

We’ve added a Search option that works based on the selected Product Type. Just start typing a name, and all matching menus appear in a subtle overlay panel. Pick what you need, and jump directly to that page — no menu drilling required.

Perks at a glance:

  • Search across ITAM or ITSM with product-aware context

  • Overlay search results for quick visual selection

  • Faster navigation to target pages with fewer steps

Go exactly where you need to be — instantly!


Figure: Search Option

See what’s new to Instant Access.

AI-Driven Incident Clustering Experience

User Persona: Analyst

Experience a visual, interactive way to manage incidents with Copilot’s enhanced Incident Clustering powered by generative AI. Get instant clarity with bubble charts that group related tickets by symptoms, descriptions, priorities, and more—making it easier than ever to spot patterns and act swiftly.

The best part? - You can filter, drill down, and even flag critical incidents or trending major issues, all from a single, easy-to-navigate screen. Enable clustering in your settings and unlock smarter, proactive incident management today.

Perks at a glance:

  • Color-coded bubbles spotlight Priority 1 (P1), major, and potential problem incidents

  • Outer circles show shared symptoms; inner circles reveal ticket-level details

  • Effortless filtering to focus on what matters most—recurring issues or critical events

  • Full-screen, print, and multiple image export options for sharing insights

  • Instant access to details with tooltip pop-ups and direct links to records

See what’s new in Incident Clustering.

Custom Script

User Persona: Administrator

Elevate your platform customization game with the latest scripting upgrades in Apex v2.0. Now, admins can craft even more dynamic, responsive user interfaces using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML—directly from the intuitive SCRIPTING interface.

Whether you're tweaking field behaviors, injecting custom styles, or embedding interactive HTML snippets, these enhancements make it faster and safer to iterate without disrupting live workflows. Toggle into Maintenance mode for safe testing, then publish with confidence. The best part? Built-in Quick Help now surfaces ready-to-use code snippets across all scripting languages, so you spend less time googling and more time innovating.

Perks at a glance:

  • Searchable, categorized code examples for JS, CSS, and HTML—grab snippets for events, styling, or dynamic inputs on the fly.

  • Preview, edit, and delete snippets with enhanced list controls; dynamic IDs prevent conflicts and auto-generate for seamless integration.

  • Embed #tags# like #url# for runtime prompts, keeping sensitive data secure while enabling flexible, API-driven customizations.

See what’s new in Custom Script.

Merged Releases

Code changes from the following releases are incorporated to Apex 2.0 - Phase 1.2 release:

  • Elbrus SP3 HF11 B038 Patch 7

  • Apex Phase 1.1 - Patch 2

Additional Notes

Quick hits before you move on!

Note

GI Database
The GI database will be released along with version 1.2 and can be used for POC or demo purposes. This GI database can also be repurposed for any pre-production instances (all test users and test data will be cleaned up accordingly).

License

Raise a new license request for any upgrade or new instance setup for Apex 2.0 version 1.2 and above.

Database Merge
Starting from Apex 2.0 v1.2, Service Automation v8.1 will no longer use a separate database. Service Automation database objects have been merged into the Apex 2.0 database, resulting in a unified database structure.

Service Automation v8.1 cannot be upgraded to any existing Summit version.

To upgrade to Service Automation v8.1, you must have installed Apex 2.0 version 1.2 or higher.

Known Issues

The following section provides details of known issues in Apex v2.0 - Phase 1.2 release:

Issue ID

Issue Description

Scenario

Workaround

85882

In this scenario, the incident cannot be logged as the fields under Incident Details are not displayed.

Prerequisites:

  1. The Log Incident page must not be configured on the web. Open the Mobile App.

  2. Enter the configured Web Service URL and proceed.

  3. Enter the username and password of an End User.

Steps:

  1. Log an incident using any of the following options:

    a. Log Incident Widget
    b. The + icon c
    c. Navigation Drawer
    d. Incident Rule from the Search bar
    e. Assets Tile

N/A

86114

In My Service Request > Approve Service Request, the Refer Back Level and Forward To fields are not highlighted in red.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to Approve Service Request page.  Select the record.  

  2. Click on the Eclipse icon.  

  3. Click Refer Back Forward. Click Refer Back or Forward button.  

  4. Verify the Refer Back Level or Forward To field.

N/A

87140

The asterisk symbol is not red throughout the application.

Prerequisites:

  1. Open the Mobile App (V5.12.3) as End User and Analyst Persona.

  2. Enter the configured Web Service URL and proceed.

  3. Enter the username and password of an End User.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to Service Request List page. Select the any record.

  1. Verify the asterisk symbol for mandatory fields.

N/A

87351

Open status is displayed in Upper Case.

Prerequisites:

  1. Open the Mobile App (V5.12.3) as End User and Analyst Persona.

  2. Enter the configured Web Service URL and proceed.

  3. Enter the username and password of an End User.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to Service Request List page.

  2. Click Filter icon.

  3. Select the Status.

  4. Verify the open status.

N/A

87495

End Users are not receiving the OTP required for re-authentication when logging a Service Request.

Prerequisites:

  1. Open the Mobile App (V5.12.3) as End User and Analyst Persona.

  2. Enter the configured Web Service URL and proceed.

  3. Enter the username and password of an End User.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to New Service Request List page.

  2. Select the Category > Catalog.

  3. Enter all the fields, click Submit.

N/A

87800

On the Asset Reusability > Filters, alignment issue is there in the Approval tab.

Prerequisites:

  1. Login to the application as an Admin.

  2. Fixed Assets must be present in the Asset Inventory with status Allocated.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to Asset Module > User > Manage Assets > Asset Reusability. The Asset Reusability page is displayed.

  2. Select tenant from Tenant dropdown.

  3. Click Filters in Approval and Requests tabs.

N/A

89462

While using the MobileApp for specific scenarios, Incident fields are not displayed in the Log New Incident page.

Prerequisites:

  1. The Log Incident page should not be configured on the web.

  2. Open the Mobile App (End User & Analyst Persona) – Version 5.12.5.

  3. Enter the configured Web Service URL and proceed.

  4. Log in using valid end user credentials.

Steps:

  1. Click New Incident.

  2. Select a Tenant.

N/A

91883

Product Price list page is consuming more time to load.

Steps:

  1. Log in to the application as an Admin.

  2. Click Asset Module > User > Configuration > Other > Product price.

  3. Click Filter icon and select the Tenant.

  4. Verify the Product Price list page.

N/A

92886

Search Value and Store field controller has an alignment issue In the Asset Physical Verification details page.

Steps:

  1. Log in to the application.

  2. Click Asset > Configurations > Others > Asset physical verification list page.

  3. Select the Department values.

  4. Click Add New.

  5. Click on the 'Store' & 'Search Value' field drop down controller as the alignment issue

93915

Fixed Asset details pop-up page has alignment issue in the Unmapped Software Details tab.

Prerequisites:

  1. Log in to the application as an Admin.

  2. Fixed assets Category should be created, and Assets should be present in the Asset Inventory with status as In-Store, Allocated, and Inactive.

Steps:

  1. Log in to the application.

  2. Navigate to Asset Module --> User -->Manage Assets -->Asset Inventory.

  3. Select the 'Fixed' Asset type in the 'INVENTORY' page.

  4. Select tenant from Department dropdown.

  5. Click on Allocated asset hyperlink for any Category.

  6. Verify the fixed list page displayed.

  7. Click on the Asset ID hyperlink.

  8. Search for Asset ID -143.

  9. Navigate to asset details pop-up and select the 'Asset information 'in the vertical scroll bar and 'Un mapped Software Details ' in the Horizontal tab.  

N/A

95063

The Installer Status is not moved to Completed. Hence,  Forward hyperlink is not displayed in the Previous Request Details popup.

Steps:

  1. Login to the application.

  2. Click Admin >Advanced > Automation >Asset Installer request.

  3. Verify the Installer Status is not moved to Completed.

  4. Select any record from the list - click on Previous Request from action panel.

  5. In the Previous Request Details Popup list -> Verify Forward from any record.

N/A

95180

The Category Name does not appear on the Asset Details page in My Assets.

Prerequisite:

Allocate asset to a user having My asset access.

Steps:

  1. Open the Mobile App and login as an End User having allocated assets.

  2. Enter the username and password of an end user.

  3. Navigate to My Assets and click Asset.

  4. Verify the category details.

N/A

95235

The Asset count does not match the number of records displayed on the My Assets page.

Prerequisite:

Allocate asset to a user having My Asset Access.


Steps:

  1. Open the Mobile App and login as an end user having allocated assets.

  2. Enter the username and password of an end user.

  3. Navigate to My Assets and verify the Category Details.

N/A

95263

The Priority Value does not display fully for the Incident module in the Self-Service Portal.

Steps:

  1. Open the Mobile App and login as an End User.

  2. Enter the username and password of an End User.

  3. In the Self-Service Portal, verify the Incident cards (Resolved Incidents, and Open incidents).

  4. The Priority value does not display completely for the Incident module in the Self-Service Portal.

N/A

95270

The Approve Change Records widget is not available on the Self-Service Portal page.

Prerequisite:

Change Records should be in the ‘To Be Approved’ status.

Steps:

  1. Open the Mobile App and login as an End User.

  2. Enter the username and password of an End User.

  3. In the Self-Service Portal, verify 'Approve Change Records' widget is present or not.

N/A

95272

The Approve Change Record details widget is not available on the Self-Service Portal page.

Prerequisite:

Change Records should be in the ‘To Be Approved’ status.

Steps:

  1. Open the Mobile App and login as an End User.

  2. Enter the username and password of an End User.

  3. In the Self-Service Portal, verify 'Approve Change Records' widget is present or not.

N/A

95281

Users are not able to search for the asset in the search bar using the Asset ID in My Assets.

Prerequisites:

  1. Allocate the asset to a user having My Asset access.

  2. Open the Mobile App and login as end user having allocated assets.

  3. Enter the username and password of an end user.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to My Assets.

  2. Click on the Search bar and enter the required Asset ID.

  3. Verify the issue.

N/A

95342

Column Headers are not visible in the Asset Usage Type Excel Export.

Prerequisite:

Allocate the asset to a user with My Asset access.

Steps:

  1. Log in to the application.

  2. Navigate to Asset > Configuration > Asset Usage Type.

  3. Click Export to Excel or Export All icon.

N/A

95422

In the Filter popup, the Close icon is displayed twice.

Note

Same issue is observed in My Incidents page Filters and Approver Service Request page Filters also.

Steps:

  1. Navigate to My Service Request.

  2. Click on the Filter icon.

  3. Verify the Close icon.

N/A

95438

After login, Analyst Dashboard becomes unresponsive and remains blank for over 30 seconds.

Chrome DevTools > Elements tab: DOM is completely empty (no HTML rendered).

Network tab: Multiple requests are in pending/stalled state for a long time.

Console tab: No specific client-side error, but UI is stuck in loading state.

Steps:

  1. Launch the URL using browser or during xk6-browser execution.

  2. Enter credentials and click Login.

  3. Wait for Analyst Dashboard to load.

  4. Open Chrome DevTools (F12) > Inspect Elements, Console, and Network tabs.

N/A

95451

Data not displaying in the approve problem record tile view. Pagination is not aligned correctly.

Steps:

  1. Login to application by entering above valid credentials.

  2. Navigate to Problem > Approve Problem Record list.

  3. Verify the data.

  4. Verify pagination.

N/A

Fixed Issues

There are no fixed issues for this release.


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