What's new in Netcool/Impact

This documentation applies to Netcool/Impact 7.1.0 and all fix packs, unless indicated otherwise.

The following features were new or enhanced in Netcool®/Impact 7.1. Other changes have subsequently been made through the release of the various Fix Packs.

User experience improvements

Faster and simplified installation process, due to changes in the product installer and the incorporation of IBM Installation Manager.
User Interface: Netcool/Impact has a new user interface that is more intuitive and provides a greater user experience.
Expanded Netcool/Impact integration with Jazz for Service Management.

Time to value features

Communication with a web services provider by using a proxy. For more information about using a proxy, see Enabling and disabling proxy settings using WSInvokeDL in the DSA Reference Guide.
Host name and port reconfiguration scripts: Scripts are available to change the host name or HTTP port of the Netcool/Impact installation. For more information, see Changing the host name of a Netcool/Impact installation and Changing the HTTP port topics.

Features that require Jazz for Service Management

Federation into Dashboard Application Services Hub (DASH): You can integrate Netcool/Impact with the Dashboard Applications Services Hub to view the Netcool/Impact GUI. The Dashboard Application Services Hub is a component of Jazz for Service Management. For more information about integration with Dashboard Application Services Hub, see Integrating IBM Dashboard Applications Services Hub.
UI Data Provider visual display enhancements: Enhanced the visual display of the status and percentage in the Dashboard Application Services Hub, and display of the topology widget.
Column labels in the Dashboard Applications Services Hub can be displayed in the locale of the browser. For more information about new column labels, see Column labels in the browser locale inside the console in the Solutions Guide.
Large data model support in UI data provider: Added support for Derby DB and HSQLDB. For more information about large data model support, see Large data model support for the UI data provider in the Solutions Guide.

General Netcool/Impact improvements

Support for Netcool/OMNIbus controlled failback feature.
Security configuration procedures are improved and simplified.
JavaScript engine supports the JavaScript 1.8 standard.
WebServices: Passwords are encrypted and there is improved exception handling.

Serviceability improvements

Policy debugging: Automatic policy logging by current context, function variables and query diagnostics. For more information about policy debugging, see Policy logger service in the Solutions Guide.
Introduced two new policy functions. The Escape function escapes special characters in an input string in a policy. The Illegal function produces an exception in a policy when the input in the policy has malicious content. For more information about both functions, see Working with functions in the Policy Reference Guide.

Features deprecated by fix pack

Table 1. Deprecated features
Component	Version	Notes
Integration to IBM Connections	7.1.0.20	IBM Connections (w3 Connections) sites sunset on December 31, 2020. The IBM Connections functionality is now deprecated
Jabber 3rd party extensions	7.1.0.20	The following instant messaging services are no longer supported: AIM, Yahoo and ICQ .
Event Isolation and Correlation	7.1.0.20	IBM Netcool Operations Insight introduces seasonality function for advanced analytics of event information. For more information about the seasonality function, see IBM Netcool Operations Insight documentation.
Simple email notification	7.1.0.26	New notification features such as ChatOps are available from IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps. Email notifications are also available with the SendEmail policy function which can send emails when a preset set of conditions or events occur.
Jabber	7.1.0.27	Jabber is no longer supported. When migrating or importing to FP28 or higher from a lower Fix Pack release, the Jabber Service and the Jabber Reader are no longer supported, so you will need to manually delete them from the server. You will also need to manually delete any user-created Jabber readers from the server. Similarly, you will need to delete any `SendInstantMessage` calls used in any policies.
View Links	7.1.0.31	Planned for deprecation in Impact 7.1.0.31 release (scheduled for 3Q2023). The View Links option in the View Data Items table will be removed from the Data Model user interface.