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Release Notes Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1)
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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, improvements introduced and known issues in Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) release.
Post SP1 upgrade
Ensure to configure and execute one time Notification Migration Job on the Scheduler.
Merged Releases
Updates till the following releases have been merged into Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) Release:
All Releases up to 6.3.0 B070 Patch 7 are merged to Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) Release.
New Features
Design Studio
Let's take a quick look at our Design Studio user persona.
The following section provides a sneak-peek of the functionalities added for Design Studio.
Applications
The following section provides key highlights and Application-wise description of new features introduced in Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) Release.
Service Management
Let's take a quick look at our Service Management user personas.
The following section provides a sneak-peek of the functionalities added for Service Management.
Improvements
The following are new enhancements added in Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1):
Platform Studio
Element | Improvement Name | Description |
---|---|---|
Common Masters | Versatility Included for Common Masters: Increased Character Limit and Inclusion of Special Characters for naming Master Type and Master Value | Increasing the character limit for naming Master Type and Master Value along with inclusion of special characters. This enhancement allows descriptive identifiers and reduces ambiguity. For more information, refer to Master Type and Master Value. |
Design Studio
Element | Improvement Name | Description |
---|---|---|
Form Designer | Enhanced Conditional Visibility for Paragraph Form Controls | Introduced Validations tab to set hidden conditions to control a paragraph form control’s visibility. This enhancement ensures it appears only when specific criteria are met. For more information, refer to Paragraph. |
Form Designer | Form Name Flexibility Enhancement: Increased Limit and Special Character Support | The character limit for Form Name field under General step is increased from 40 to 100. It also allows you to include special characters such as $, &, (, ),- and _. Improve form naming by extending the character limit and allowing more special characters for greater flexibility and better user experience. For more information, refer to Define Form Characteristics. |
Notification Designer | Provision to refer Dynamic Fields in Notification Template | Notification Templates are configured with dynamic field attributes from the selected Table. When the template is used within the application only the dynamic attributes are referenced. For more information, refer to Notification Designer. |
Scheduler | Advancement in handling existing notification templates through Scheduler | Run a one time Scheduler Job to migrate the existing notification templates to function in such a way that, only the dynamic operators are referenced when used in the Application. For more information, refer to Scheduler. |
Service Portal | Introduced Incident Management Templates to make workflow more efficient | Introduced Incident Rule Management Templates under the Table dropdown in the Properties of Search Results within the Search Box under General Widgets. This allows users to configure search results with predefined templates, improving incident rule management and search customization. For more information, refer to Search Box. |
Service Portal | New Service Catalogs are here to help you move through tasks quickly and smoothly | Introduced Catalogs under the Table dropdown in the Properties of Search Results within the Search Box under General Widgets. This allows users to configure search results with predefined templates, improving incident rule management and search customization. For more information, refer to Search Box. |
6.3.1 Known Issues
The following section provides details of known issues in 6.3.1 release:
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
76416 | Users are experiencing issues upon configuring the Formula Control for multiple rating controls. | Steps:
| N/A |
77079 | The system is not allowing to save the configured Rating Control. An error message is displayed "<Rating name> already exists as a Rating Control. Please rename /delete the existing control. Please change Data Source Table" even though label name is not matching with the deleted controls. | Steps:
| N/A |
77103 | Change History is displaying numerical values in the place of options for the configured questions on the Business and Operational Risk. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77672 | Users are experiencing lag in text while typing in the Symptom and Description field. | Steps:
| N/A |
77649 | Column Filters are not working on the details page, such as Manage Incident details page. | Steps:
| N/A |
77636 | If the default view filter is cleared and if navigated to other page and back to current page, then records are not displayed as per the applied filter and also on the ‘Tenant’ tab incorrect record count is displayed. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77694 | Error message 'Something went wrong. Please Try again”. validation message is displayed, while saving the 'Create Templates' from Manage Change Record Details. | Prerequisite: Change Request should be created. Steps:
| N/A |
76942 | In the Manage Change Request, expanding the BR History tab initially shows No Records Found. However, when expanded second time, the BR details load correctly. | Steps:
| N/A |
77244 | The Advanced Filter pop-up displays No results found message when the user searches for a value in the Workgroup field, even though the value exists. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77362 | In the Manage Problem Record module, under 5 Why Analysis, consider allowing multiple problem statements to be added before approving the RCA. After the RCA is approved, the system should automatically create the corresponding remediation actions | Prerequisite: In the Manage Problem Record, 5 Why control must be configured in consumer form. Steps:
| N/A |
77518 | End User is unable to view the created Standard Template in the Import Template popup while selecting Change Type as Standard. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77698 | 1. Data is not loading after saving the record with the 5 Why analysis. 2. Data selected in 'Manage Problem Record' is not showing on the 'Approve Problem Record' page. | Prerequisites: 5 Why control must be configured Manage Problem Record form.
| N/A |
77630 | Even though values are selected in the drop-down, the check boxes are not selected. | Steps:
| N/A |
77697 | When a form name with 100 characters is specified, in the Role Template, Screen Selection stepper does not display the form name correctly. | Prerequisite: Application Designer must be on the Form Designer List page. Steps:
| N/A |
77653 | An Analyst who is part of the Information Technology tenant's Master Workgroup can access records they should not see, even though they do not have access to the Human Resource tenant workgroup. Additionally, the Save button is incorrectly enabled for them in this context. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
76936 | In the Problem Management module, the validations on the RCA tab are not functioning according to the specified conditions. | Prerequisite: Validations must be configured for the fields in the RCA multivalued group. Steps:
| N/A |
77600 | The configured Workflow on a Sub Form that is further with configured with Create Record functionality, is not working as expected. Record is not created after workflow initiation. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77641 | The changes made in the properties of the Methodology attribute in the Manage Problem Record form is reflecting in the Approve Problem Record form. This is also seen the other way round.
| Prerequisite: Clone Approve Problem Record Form from Manage Record Form. Steps:
| N/A |
77004 | Fishbone view diagram is not displaying upon clicking the icon that is present in the Approve Problem Record page. Upon clicking the icon, the entire panel is collapsing and inconsistency observed in Fishbone icon on the Manage Problem Record and Approve Problem Record pages. | Steps:
| N/A |
77624 | After Reconciliation acceptance, the workflow timeline was not displayed. None of the workflows were picked. | Prerequisite: Asset must be displayed in Instore, Allocated, Deactivate and Reactivate statuses. Steps:
| N/A |
77291 | Symptom/Description text disappeared in the UI. | Steps:
| N/A |
6.3.1 Fixed Issues
No bugs resolved in Crescendo 6.3.1 release—just enhancements to improve your experience.
6.3.1 Patch 1
Following are Fixed and Known issues in 6.3.1 Patch-1:
Fixed Issues in Patch-1
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Resolution |
---|---|---|---|
168956 | Service Request was not getting resolved automatically, for one of the catalog. The SR had a Workflow mapped which creates the WorkOrder. Upon resolving the Work Order, the related SR was not getting resolved automatically. | Prerequisite:
Steps:
| Service Request is now getting resolved automatically when the related Work Order is resolved by an Analyst which is configured in the Workflow for respective SR. |
166727 | It was observed that after a Service Request was raised and in progress, the Workgroup and Analyst fields appeared blank. | Steps:
| The application automatically displays the Workgroup and Analyst fields when a Service Request is raised and in progress. |
168662 | Workorders were not generated for the requests raised from the below Catalogs.
| Prerequisite: Create workflow for SR to create Workorder when raised with the below Catalogs. • NDA and Evaluation Request Workflow Issue • Microsoft Sentinel SIEM Access Steps:
| Workorders are generating for the requests raised from the below Catalogs.
|
168477 | User was unable to update the CMDB CI into Retire status. | Steps:
| The Retire status change in Infrastructure as a CI List page works successfully without any issues. |
168496 | The user was developing a Service Request workflow that included a wait condition. However, after adding an “If” condition, the workflow did not function properly. | Steps:
| The workflow with “If” condition works successfully in the Workflow Designer without any issues. |
169685 | Users were experiencing issue in mapping analyst role template. In User Role Mapping role for analysts, on the Publish To step, the dropdown values for Category attributes were not loading and extra values were displayed. | Steps:
| In the Publish To step, the dropdown values for Category attributes are loading as expected. |
168697 | The Workgroup field was blank after submitting, assigning, or approving the Service Request. | Prerequisite: Business Rule must be configured for routing Service Requests to the workgroups. Steps:
| The Workgroup field shows the selected workgroup after submitting, assigning or approving the Service Request. |
77649 | Column Filters were not working on the details page, such as Manage Incident details page, etc. | Steps:
| Column Filters are working on the details page, such as Manage Incident details page, etc... |
77636 | If the default view filter is cleared and if navigated to other page and back to current page, then records were not displayed as per the applied filter and also on the ‘Tenant’ tab incorrect record count is displayed. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| If the default view filter was cleared and if navigated to other page and back to current page, then records are displayed successfully as per the applied filter and also on the ‘Tenant’ tab correct record count is displayed. |
77694 | Error message 'Something went wrong. Please Try again”. validation message was displayed, while saving the 'Create Templates' from Manage Change Record Details. | Prerequisite: Change Request should be created. Steps:
| You can now save the 'Create Templates' from Manage Change Record Details page successfully. |
77244 | The Advanced Filter pop-up displayed No results found message when the user searches for a value in the Workgroup field, even though the value exists. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| Issues is fixed and no error message is displayed when the user searches for a value in the Workgroup field. |
77518 | End User was unable to view the created Standard Template in the Import Template popup while selecting Change Type as Standard. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| End User is able to view the created Standard Template in the Import Template popup while selecting Change Type as Standard. |
77698 | 1. Data was not loading after saving the record with the 5 Why analysis. 2. Data selected in 'Manage Problem Record' was not showing on the 'Approve Problem Record' page. | Prerequisites: 5 Why control must be configured Manage Problem Record form.
| 1. Data is loading after saving the record with the 5 Why analysis. 2. Data selected in 'Manage Problem Record' is correctly displayed on the 'Approve Problem Record' page. |
77630 | Even though values were selected in the drop-down, the check boxes were not selected. | Steps:
| The check boxes were selected successfully, after selecting the values in the drop-down, . |
77697 | When a form name with 100 characters is specified, in the Role Template, Screen Selection stepper did not display the form name correctly. | Prerequisite: Application Designer must be on the Form Designer List page. Steps:
| When a form name with 100 characters is specified, in the Role Template, Screen Selection stepper displayed the form name correctly. |
77653 | An Analyst who is part of the Information Technology tenant's Master Workgroup can access records they should not see, even though they do not have access to the Human Resource tenant workgroup. Additionally, the Save button was incorrectly enabled for them in this context. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| An Analyst who is part of the Information Technology tenant's Master Workgroup cannot access records they should not see, such as Human Resource tenant workgroup. The Save button is disabled for them in this context. |
77641 | The changes made in the properties of the Methodology attribute in the Manage Problem Record form is reflecting in the Approve Problem Record form. This is also seen the other way round.
| Prerequisite: Clone Approve Problem Record Form from Manage Record Form. Steps:
| N/A |
77004 | Fishbone view diagram was not displaying upon clicking the icon that is present in the Approve Problem Record page. Upon clicking the icon, the entire panel is collapsing and inconsistency observed in Fishbone icon on the Manage Problem Record and Approve Problem Record pages. | Steps:
| Fishbone view diagram is displayed successfully upon clicking the icon that is present in the Approve Problem Record page. |
77624 | After Reconciliation acceptance, the workflow timeline was not displayed. None of the workflows were picked. | Prerequisite: Asset must be displayed in Instore, Allocated, Deactivate and Reactivate statuses. Steps:
| After Reconciliation acceptance, the workflow timeline is displayed successfully and workflows are successfully picked. |
169731 | The New Subform (Catalog Form) created for Service Request were not displayed on the list page and on the New SR list page. | Steps:
| The New Subform (Catalog Form) created for Service Request are now displaying on the list page and on the New SR list page. |
Known issues in Patch-1
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
77672 | Users are experiencing lag in text while typing in the Symptom and Description field. | Steps:
| N/A |
76942 | In the Manage Change Request, expanding the BR History tab initially shows No Records Found. However, when expanded second time, the BR details load correctly. | Steps:
| N/A |
77362 | In the Manage Problem Record module, under 5 Why Analysis, consider allowing multiple problem statements to be added before approving the RCA. After the RCA is approved, the system should automatically create the corresponding remediation actions | Prerequisite: In the Manage Problem Record, 5 Why control must be configured in consumer form. Steps:
| N/A |
76936 | In the Problem Management module, the validations on the RCA tab are not functioning according to the specified conditions. | Prerequisite: Validations must be configured for the fields in the RCA multivalued group. Steps:
| N/A |
Known issues in Patch-2
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
77291 | Symptom/Description Text Disappears in Specific Scenarios. | Steps:
| N/A |
76910 | Classification value is not getting retained for Resolved Incidents. | Steps:
| N/A |
77863 | When a workflow is configured on a Sub Form and the 'If' condition criteria are based on the Main Form, the 'No' flow is executed even when the condition is satisfied. | Steps:
| N/A |
77868 | The values of the Operating System Version field are not displayed in the other panels under Asset Information tab. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77773 | Alignment issue in the dropdown control on the consumer form. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77870 | Analyst is unable to select a value on the Source field for some specific incidents.
| Steps:
| N/A |
77601 | Selected multi choice values are not displayed under multi valued group after the creation of Service Request. | Prerequisite: Add multi valued group in the multi choice drop - down in the Catalog Form. Steps:
| N/A |
77600 | The configured Workflow on a Sub Form that is further with configured with Create Record functionality, is not working as expected. Record is not created after workflow initiation. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77672 | Text input lag occurs in the Symptom and Description text fields while typing. | Steps:
| N/A |
77801 | After configuring and saving the Set Value component, if you navigate back to the Properties popup, the dropdown fields do not retain the previously selected values. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
77877 | When you configure the Workflow on the Sub Form with Wait for Condition at the beginning, it triggers from the start again even after completion. | Prerequisite: Configure the workflow on the Sub Form (VPN Access). Steps:
| N/A |
Fixed issues in Patch-2
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Resolution |
---|---|---|---|
168662 | Work Orders are not getting created, when the Work Orders are added as part of a Workflow. | Steps:
| Workorders are getting created automatically for a Service Request, when a Work order is added as part of a Workflow for the respective Ticket. |
168496 | While creating a Service Request workflow that includes a wait condition, the workflow did not function as expected after adding an 'If' condition. | Steps:
| While creating a Service Request workflow that includes a wait condition, the workflow is working as expected after adding an 'If' condition. |
168241 | In the customer instance when users changed the Form Status of the below forms to Maintenance then an error toast message was displayed stating "An error occurred while processing your request". Module: Interaction Form: My Interaction Module: Service Request Form: Service Request Details form | Steps:
| In the customer instance when user changes the Status of Service Request Details Form and My Interactions Form to Maintenance then no error is displayed. |
169731 | The New Sub Form (Catalog Form) created for Service Request were not displayed on the list page and on the New SR list page. | Steps:
| The New Sub Form (Catalog Form) created for Service Request are now displaying on the list page and on the New SR list page. |
Patch 3
The following section provides key improvements introduced, Fixed Issues and known issues in Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) Patch 3 release.
Merged Releases in Patch 3
This Patch 3 release is merged with the following releases:
Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) build# 20250415.2 Release
HF10 Patch Releases
Crescendo 6.3.0 Patches
Note:
Performance related changes are merged with this release.
Improvements
The following are new enhancements added in Crescendo SP1 (6.3.1) Patch 3:
Design Studio
Element | Improvement Name | Description |
---|---|---|
View Attachment | Increased Attachment File Size Limit for Increased Efficiency | File Size limit for Attachment control has been increased from 4MB to 25 MB. This enhancement allows users to attach all the relevant attachments to the tickets. For more information, refer to View Attachment. |
Mailbox Configuration | Forwarding of Unprocessed Emails for Better Clarity | Enabled option to forward unprocessed emails to selected recipients. This enhancement notifies selected recipients if there are any unprocessed emails that require action. For more information, refer to Mailbox Rules. |
Workflow Designer | Enable Special Approver | The Enable Special Approver section within the Workflow Designer feature enhances the approval process by Static and Dynamic Approval Types tailored specifically for the role of Change Managers. For more information, refer to Define Workflow Characteristics. |
Workflow Designer | Notification Component | In the Notification component of the Workflow Designer, selecting Power Approver as the recipient triggers an email notification to the approver configured in the admin form, by default. The Power Approver option is available only for the Approvers role recipient. For more information, refer to Notification. |
Fixed Issues in Patch-3
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Resolution |
---|---|---|---|
169952 | The User page did not load, and all user details appeared blank on the User Details page. | Steps:
| The User page is loading, and user details are displayed without any issue. |
168976 | On the Manage Incident details page, images were not displayed in the Symptom and Description fields while reporting an Incident, although the text was visible. | Steps:
| On the Manage Incident details page, images are successfully displayed along with the text in the Symptom and Description fields when reporting an Incident. |
168900 | The Child field was not displayed while accessing a newly created Service Request with parent-child dependency. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| The new Service Request correctly displays the linked Parent and Child fields. |
169439 | In the Notification Parser, when sending an email with the same subject, it was creating new ticket instead of updating the email. | Prerequisite: Send an email to the mailbox and then send another email with the same subject to the same mailbox. Steps:
| The Notification Parser updates the existing ticket when it receives an email with the same subject. |
167864 | In the Incident module, on the Form Relations user had set the Target Module field as Incident for the WO form in the IM to WO form relation, but while creating the WO from IM, it was not setting any value. | Steps:
| While creating WO from IM, values are setting according to the configuration in the Form Relation. |
169612 | The Graph Legend was displaying as N/A instead of 'Analyst name' in the X-Axis. | Steps:
| The Graph displays Analyst Name in the X – Axis. |
169278 | Ticket was logged from mail, but SLA was not initiating. Post creation of the Incident user was unable to save the Incident. | Prerequisite: Log an Incident from mail. Steps:
| The SLA is starting successfully for incidents logged via email, and the user is able to save the incident without any issues. |
169877 | Workflow was not triggering when users created Service Request from Manage SR form via Call module. | Steps:
| Workflow is triggering when users create Service Request from Manage SR form via Call module. |
170351 | In the Approve/Reject email notification process, when the first approver submitted their approval, it worked as intended. However, when the second or third approver submitted their approval, a new incident was being created. | Steps:
| The Approve/Reject email notification functionality works successfully without creating any new incidents. |
169771 | In the Service Request module, the Scheduler job was not executing and displayed the following error message:
“The scheduler job is already in progress and will proceed once the previous execution is completed” | Steps:
| The Scheduler job under Service Request module executes successfully without any issues. |
168999 | The drop-down values were loading inconsistently when the Data Source was set to a Common Master with a parent-child relationship. | Steps:
| The drop-down values load all the data consistently when the Data Source is set to a Common Master with a parent-child relationship without any issues. |
168144 | While creating new Operation Incident form by copying the Manage Incident form via the Link tab, the Tier Transfer and Category child fields from the Manage Incident were not displaying any data in the Operation Incident form before the record was saved. | Steps:
| While creating new Operation Incident form by copying the Manage Incident form via the Link tab, the Tier Transfer and Category child fields from the Manage Incident are displaying data in the Operation Incident form before the record is saved. |
170298 | Deactivated categories were getting displayed in Bulk Update pop-up. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| Deactivated categories are not getting displayed in Bulk Update pop-up. |
170593 | The subject line of the MS Teams meeting invite scheduled using the Major Incident was blank. | Steps:
| The subject line now displays the ticket number, label, and the symptom of the major incident in the MS Teams meeting invite. |
Known Issues in Patch-3
Issue ID | Issue Description | Scenario | Workaround |
---|---|---|---|
78582 | When an SR record is created from a BRD and later updated with the Category as VPN Access, a workflow is triggered; however, the Set Value and Notification actions are not being executed. | Prerequisite:
Steps:
| N/A |
77924 | The “No Data” message does not appear on the list page when searching for invalid data, unlike on other pages. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
78595 | The overall file upload limitation toast message is not displayed, even though the inline validation messages for individual controls are shown. | Steps:
| N/A |
78157 | Notification is not being triggered to the approver upon initiation of the second Workflow after completion of the first. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
78699 | When the Actual Approver and the Power Approver are the same user, their details appear twice in the 'Approval Timeline – Tabular View’. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
78695 | In the Approval Timeline -Tabular view, though the Power Approver has not approved still the Power Approver details are captured. | Prerequisite: Workflow should be configured with Enable Special Approver. Steps:
| N/A |
78747 | When the Workflow is on a Sub Form and a Special Approver Condition is defined on the Main Form, the record does not appear on the Approve Service Request list page for the Power Approver to update and approve. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |
78557 | In the Change Management module, workflows that are created with the conditions Enable Special Approver set to Yes and Approval Type set to Static are not being triggered, despite meeting these conditions. | Prerequisite:
Steps:
| N/A |
78696 | In the Approval Timeline, when Level 3 refers the request back to Level 2, the status appears as Pending for Approval instead of Referred Back to Level 2. | Prerequisites:
Steps:
| N/A |