Oomnitza Summer 2024 Release

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Unveiling Oomnitza's Summer 2024 Release!

Welcome to our latest product release post, where I’ll guide you through the exciting highlights of Oomnitza's Summer 2024 Release! This release focuses on enhancing software management and reporting, designed to empower users with an enriched experience in managing and analyzing their on-premise software more effectively.

We’ll also explore improvements to the Activity Feed and Notifications, which enhance user engagement, and discuss integration enhancements that optimize troubleshooting efforts. Additionally, we’ll cover upgrades to dashboard widgets, user permission access, and upcoming mobile updates.

Join me as we uncover the key enhancements that define this summer's release, setting the stage for a more modern, robust and user-friendly IT asset management (ITAM) experience. Don’t forget to check out the full release notes for a comprehensive view of all the exciting developments!

Let’s dive into the innovations that shape our Summer 2024 Release!

Enhanced Software Management

Managing the software installed on your employees' devices just got easier with the latest enhancements to Oomnitza's software management capabilities.

Staying on top of software management can feel like a daunting task, and with your ever-evolving enterprise technology landscape, efficient tracking and maintaining of software across devices has never been more critical. Oomnitza understands these challenges and has introduced a suite of robust enhancements to its software management capabilities. These updates are focused on streamlining and elevating software management processes, ensuring that you can keep track of software installations and versions.

So, what’s new? Let’s explore some of the the exciting features that will transform how you manage software across your organization:

• Surface Key Software Management Data. Imagine having all your software and version information at your fingertips, displayed clearly through comprehensive dashboards, charts, and tables. With these latest enhancements, that’s exactly what you get! Our intuitive visualizations provide you with a more rounded view of your software landscape, allowing you to easily monitor installations and versions.
• Alert on Software Management Data. Thanks to our new workflow capabilities, you can now set up automated alerts that notify your IT team whenever software updates are installed. This proactive approach not only keeps your inventory up to date but also drastically reduces the risk of outdated software.
• Enrich your Software Management Data. Every organization has unique tracking needs. That’s why Oomnitza now allows you to enrich your software management data by adding custom fields for essential information. Track crucial details, such as end-of-support dates, and create workflows that alert your administrators before support expires, ensuring timely renewals.
• Organize your Software Management Layout. With the ability to customize page layouts, organize information logically, and group related data, finding exactly what you need has never been easier. This streamlined approach not only enhances user experience but also improves overall management efficiency across roles.

By leveraging these enhancements, Oomnitza continues to empower your organization with better tools needed for effective and efficient software management. It’s time to dive into these features, optimize your processes, and elevate your software management strategy to new heights!

Platform

A Fresh New Look for Oomnitza's Activity Feed

We’re thrilled to introduce the newly upgraded Activities section in Oomnitza! This fresh, modern design not only revitalizes the look and feel of the interface but also introduces a host of new features designed to streamline how you interact with your activity data. With the new update, navigating through your activities is simpler than ever.

Here’s a look at some key updates:

• The interface now boasts an updated chart view, transitioning from a line graph to a more insightful bar chart. You can easily enable or disable the chart view, and your preferences will be remembered even when you navigate away from the page.
• Filtering has been revamped with a new collapsible left-hand panel that is consistent with other parts of Oomnitza's UI. Filters are now saved automatically, ensuring that your settings are preserved between sessions.
• Filter selections have also seen significant improvements, offering a more user-friendly experience. The date range filter now features a convenient pop-up calendar for quickly selecting start and end dates. Additionally, a new user filter allows you to focus on activities related to specific users, and other filters have been updated to provide more understandable and intuitive selections.

This update is more than just a cosmetic change; it’s a leap forward in making activity management within Oomnitza more streamlined and effective. Enjoy a smoother, more intuitive experience with these enhancements that cater to your needs and help you stay on top of your platform activities.

Access Notifications Without Leaving Your Current Page

In our Winter '24 release, we introduced the updated Notifications section, allowing you to view and manage important notifications from within the platform. However, this required you to navigate away from your current page, breaking your flow and causing inefficiencies by navigating between pages. With our latest update, you can now check and manage notifications with ease, thanks to our sleek new popup feature.

This innovative design allows you to stay organized and informed without forcing you to leave your current page.

The notifications menu popup is not only user-friendly but also designed with your efficiency in mind. By streamlining the process of notification management, we’re enhancing your overall experience on the platform. Now you can quickly check for updates, respond to alerts, and manage your notifications, without interrupting your work and impacting your productivity.

Dashboard

Customize Your Dashboards with Widget Copying

Get ready to elevate your dashboard experience with our latest feature, widget copying!

Previously, you might have found yourself in one of two groups:

• The Dashboard Guru: An expert user at managing multiple dashboards but grappling with the tedious task of recreating widgets from scratch, even when some may have had similar configurations.
• The Dashboard Rookie: A new user limited to using only the widgets you created for your private dashboards, which often restricted your customization options due to limited widget-building skills.

With our latest update, you can effortlessly copy widgets from any accessible dashboard into your private or other editable dashboards. This streamlines the customization process, allowing you to build a functional and personalized dashboard without starting from scratch. This enhancement saves you time and provides flexibility, making it easier for both experienced users and newcomers to create dashboards that truly reflect their unique needs and preferences.

Dive in and start customizing—your perfect dashboard awaits

Permissions

Enhanced User Role Visibility Restrictions

Managing roles within your organization just got a lot more intuitive with our latest enhancement in user role visibility restrictions.

Now, users will only see the roles they are specifically assigned to across all scenarios—be it saved searches, screen builders, subscriptions, or workflow blocks. This update ensures that your visibility is restricted to only the roles you’re meant to access.

Embrace the ease and clarity this update brings to managing roles—ensuring everyone has exactly the access they need and nothing more.

Integrations

Take Control of [Stopping] Your Integrations

In the fast-paced world of data management, efficiency isn’t just a perk—it’s a necessity. Imagine starting an integration, only to discover a configuration error midway through processing. Previously, you’d be left waiting for the integration to finish, wasting precious time and resources. We've listened to your feedback and made a significant upgrade to our system: the ability to cancel integrations on demand!

Users can now take immediate action from the Integrations Sync Session page. With just a click, you can halt the integration and prevent any further unwanted processing. This allows you to swiftly address and correct any issues and get back on track without the typical downtime. This update not only saves you from unnecessary delays, but also allows you to remain focused by reacting promptly to any configurations that need adjustments.

By incorporating this new feature, we empower you to take charge of your integrations. No more waiting around for potentially problematic data to process!

Simplified Integration and Credential Troubleshooting

Navigating integration issues can be challenging, especially when the necessary troubleshooting information is buried in cryptic error logs. Recognizing this, we've improved our integration and credential debugging service to simplify your experience and enhance the way you manage integrations.

We understand that efficient troubleshooting relies on clarity and accessibility. That’s why we’ve revamped our integration error logs to provide meaningful troubleshooting information based on HTTP response codes. This update enables you to quickly pinpoint the source of your integration issues and resolve credential problems faster than ever.

Having clear, actionable insights when addressing integration errors is invaluable. It means you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time focusing on what really matters: driving your business forward.

Jump on board as we reshape your integration experience, turning inevitable challenges into manageable tasks. Happy troubleshooting!

New Integrations

We continue to expand our integration portfolio with more than 1,500 integrations across over 170 vendors. New integrations added since the prior release are highlighted below.

Please refer to the release notes for a more detailed list of integrations recently added and updated.

Mobile (Expected soon after Summer 2024 Release)

Streamline Your Asset Management with Bluetooth Scanners

Are you frustrated with using your smartphone camera to scan assets, especially in challenging environments like warehouses with poor lighting? In our next mobile release, The Assets by Oomnitza mobile app will offer support for external Bluetooth scanners, providing a more efficient scanning solution.

Here’s How It Works:

1. Easy Connection: Pair your Bluetooth scanner with the Assets by Oomnitza app, and you’re ready to go!
2. Seamless Scanning: Simply point and click to scan barcodes. No more fumbling for the right light—it's as easy as a quick trigger pull!
3. Rapid Asset Actions: From physical inventories to receiving and returning assets, you’ll breeze through those tasks in no time.

Whether you're managing inventory in a warehouse or keeping track of assets in your office, utilizing a Bluetooth scanner gives you another option in making scanning assets easier than ever.

Customize Mobile Asset Actions

Many organizations struggle with cumbersome processes and information overload when tracking assets. Asset Actions is here to simplify mobile asset management!

Asset Actions allows administrators to create customizable mobile asset action packages tailored to their specific organizational needs. This powerful platform enables the definition of targeted actions like receiving, moving, and disposing of assets while controlling user access and visibility of fields.

What does this mean for your users? It means a guided experience through targeted actions, where they are presented with only the information they need to see or update. No more needless distractions or the risk of mistakes due to information overload!

By reducing the clutter, we ensure that each user has a clear path to successful outcomes. Think about it: quick, effective asset management leads to enhanced productivity, reduced errors, and incredible savings of time and resources.

Additional Release Updates

Explore several other updates designed to streamline your experience and boost performance:

• Enhanced Store Features: Discover the new change log tab within packages, offering a clear outline of all package changes. Plus, enjoy the new filtering option to easily view new, updated, and installed packages.
• Performance Upgrades: Benefit from extended connectors in bulk mode for faster data processing, more resilient workflows to prevent timeouts, and optimized dashboard widgets for quicker data retrieval.

These enhancements not only improve efficiency but also ensure a smoother, more reliable experience across the platform.

Additional Details

As always, a majority of new features in this release were based on customer feedback. Oomnitza always strives to be customer-centric and these enhancements are a testament to that. We encourage our customers to continue providing us with feedback and suggestions for enhancement.

For an in-depth exploration of all the features and improvements, we encourage you to review the extensive Summer 2024 Release Notes.

Be sure to watch the Oomnitza Summer 2024 release webinar. In under an hour, we walk you through each of the new features in more detail, with live demos.