Release Notes

The release notes outline the features, updates and patches that are included in each version of BigFix ServiceNow Dataflows, including the latest application updates.

09/30/2022

The BigFix team is very pleased to announce the release of version 1.2 of BigFix ServiceNow Data Flows! This integration enables organizations to harness the wealth of near real-time endpoint data that BigFix makes available to automatically enrich ServiceNow® CMDB. Conversely, it also provides BigFix with access to endpoint metadata and business contexts defined in ServiceNow® CMDB. This enables you to:

Better discover, track, and understand your assets with BigFix endpoint data available in ServiceNow®

Quickly identify, prioritize, and remediate issues by having the business context of your endpoints (such as Department, Location, and Environment) from ServiceNow® directly within BigFix. Even deploy actions targeting these attributes!

The main features of this release are:

  • Simplified Deployment, Configuration, and Management of ServiceNow Data Flows through Fixlets

    • You can now deploy as well as configure ServiceNow Data Flows through a single Fixlet to get up and running that much more quickly and easily! For more information, please see the Deployment and configuration1 section of the documentation
    • Additional Tasks are available to simplify upgrades, as well as general management and configuration of ServiceNow Data Flows including data synchronization schedules, credentials, and service states. Please see the Fixlets and Tasks section of the documentation for more information.

  • Improved logging

Resolved Defect Articles:

  • KB0096631: Mailboxes are not created as expected
  • KB0098267: ServiceNow Dataflow not working if Computer ID changes
  • KB0098476: ServiceNow dataflow mismatch

Published site version: 5

Useful links:

For more information, please see the documentation.

The BigFix team is very pleased to announce the release of version 1.1 of BigFix ServiceNow Data Flows! This integration enables organizations to harness the wealth of near real-time endpoint data that BigFix makes available to automatically enrich ServiceNow® CMDB. Conversely, it also provides BigFix with access to endpoint metadata and business contexts defined in ServiceNow® CMDB. This enables you to:

  • Better discover, track, and understand your assets with BigFix endpoint data available in ServiceNow®
  • Quickly identify, prioritize, and remediate issues by having the business context of your endpoints (such as Department, Location, and Environment) from ServiceNow® directly within BigFix. Even deploy actions targeting these attributes!

The main features in this release are as follows:

  • Improved Scalability
    • BigFix ServiceNow Data Flows now supports up to 300K devices!
  • Better scheduling support
    • You can now define granular schedules for BigFix ServiceNow Data Flows to better control and manage when data will be synchronized and processed
  • Proxy support
    • Communications from BigFix ServiceNow Data Flows can now be directed through a proxy for improved security
  • Other minor enhancements and bug fixes

BigFix ServiceNow Data Flow is currently available with BigFix 10 Patch, Lifecycle, Compliance, or Inventory.

Useful links:

For more information, please see thehttps://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/integrations/Ecosystem/Install_Config/integrations_imp_guide.html