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New Features and Enhancements

The following features have been added in CA Performance Center 2.4.1 and Data Aggregator 2.4.1.

Note: For a complete list of new features and enhancements, see the GA Release Letter. For information about late-breaking changes, see the product Readme files.

Usability Enhancements

Improved Navigation

Enhanced breadcrumbs provide faster access to groups and sites, which simplifies navigation. A full path to the currently selected group now appears. Users can click a site or group to change the context of the dashboard.

Enhanced Site List Views

The ability to edit view settings for the site list is now available. Four selections are available:

Raw CSV Export

Export to a CSV file in RAW format without units. The units are now listed in the column headers in the CSV file.

Non-Integer Scorecard Threshold Values

Scorecards now supports decimals when showing metric values. Users can also enter decimal numbers in the scorecard’s view settings.

Drill from Views into DA Admin Page

Access the DA administrator page directly from a page associated with the DA. The new role right "Drill from Views into DA Admin Page" has been created for this purpose.

Changing Dashboard Layout No Longer Removes All Views

When a user changes a dashboard layout, no views are removed, but are instead moved to the first pane of the new layout. All view edits are preserved when the views are moved to the new layout.

Improved Component Level Poll Controls

Poll filtering now applies to all metric families. In addition, a new UI has been created to support the creation of filter expressions. Expressions involving logic are supported, including nested AND/OR/NOT expressions.

User Interface Enhancements

Fixed Context Views

A new ‘Context’ drop-down lets users fix a dashboard to a specific group from the dashboard settings dialog. A lock icon now indicates whether a view is fixed to the selected context or whether it is fixed to the page-level context.

Configuring URL Parameters of a Browser View

When configuring the browser view, a number of URL parameters are now available. URL parameters can set the language, resolution, and other properties. Identifiers can also be added to each URL parameter to act as meaningful labels.

Group Tree Enhancement

The group that is currently selected is highlighted in the group tree when users switch between groups.

View Dashboards Results at Higher Resolution

The new "Run Dashboards at Higher Resolution" role right lets users select more granular time ranges when viewing dashboards. Users without this role right are still limited to the default time ranges set by CA Performance Center.

Reporting

Customize Access to On-Demand Reports

Two new role rights can be assigned to limit access to viewing and managing on-demand reports:

Create On-Demand Report Templates

Lets users create, edit, and delete on-demand report templates. This role right also determines who can view the on-demand report templates.

Run On-Demand Report Templates

Lets users run on-demand report templates.

API

Open API

New public API for building queries to access configuration information and metric data. The OpenAPI query builder produces a URL using the OData 2.0 standard, which lets you view custom metric data in the specified format.

Vendor Certifications

New XML Attributes

Two new XML general attributes have been created for vendor certifications and metric families.

Certification Migration Tool

Upgrading to a new version of Data Aggregator now requires users to run the certification migration tool, which is included in the installer package. The migration tool moves vendor and CAMM certifications and metric families to the appropriate directory.

Certification Installer

In addition to using a REST client to import a certification, users can now use the new certification installer. The installer can install single or multiple certifications, and certifications that are located in specific directories. The certification installer does not have to be run on the Data Aggregator machine. The installer has both Windows and Linux versions, with a UI available for both, and command line available for Linux.