Flexera SaaS Manager

Release Notes

December 2017 - May 2018

Introduction

Flexera SaaS Manager integrates with a large group of SaaS applications, providing unparalleled business intelligence about when and how your users are interacting with the SaaS products licensed within your organization. Flexera SaaS Manager helps you discover, manage, optimize, and secure your SaaS subscriptions and identifies any unused, underused, or abandoned licenses, helping you rein in runaway spend.

Release History

The following table summarizes the legacy general public release notes for the Meta SaaS SaaS Management platform from December 2017 - May 2018.

Release Date

Release Number

Release Details

May 24, 2018

2018.4

Features: 

Added team member email aliases editing
Added team member email and email alias availability checking
Standardized modal displays and dialogs for apps
Added user name(s) to suspicious users reporting
Added user name(s) to app suspicious users with filter/sort
Consolidated app deactivation/reactivation to single control
Added column and sort/filter by active/inactive app

Bug Fixes: 

License documents were showing duplicates in some scenarios
App wizard license add and delegation fixes

January 30, 2018

v1.41.1

Features: 

Abandoned User Report: Lists abandoned users by application, linkable (when available) to the team member and includes a CSV export capability
Contracts Become Product Licenses: Contract nomenclature did not accurately describe the intent of the product to manage and provide costing for product license utilization
Dashboard Display For All But Employee Role: User will see the summary dashboard for all but the random employee checking for subscribed applications (customer experience in token)

Bug Fixes: 

Removed app cost from listing when user is not in product administrator role
Point of contact assignment filter fixed (now recognizes both username and emails)

Various: 

Added/standardized modal error message for contract save when missing required fields
Displays N/A for “account active date” when the product integration does not offer active date tracking
SSO Managed Apps show last activity as N/A when no activity found instead of Unknown

December 21, 2017

v1.36.1

New Features and Capabilities: 

New app details page with the following metrics: 

User count
Suspicious users
Estimated annual product spend
User activity timeline

Removed "custom reports" nav linkage: 

Prep for removal/replacement of this functionality

Bug Fixes: 

Color standardization across UI elements and charting

December 19, 2017

v1.35

New Features and Capabilities: 

3rd Party Identity Provider (SSO) Support: 

SSO product (Currently supporting Okta and OneLogin and post 4/1/2017 JumpCloud customers) integration creation and product mapping
SSO product application discovery and management

Dashboard Analytics Enhancements: 

Upcoming contract renewals chart depicting number of contracts, total contract value and renewal timing
Active user analytics depicting percentage of users that are of the following statuses:
Active (has used the product within the last 30 days)
Underutilized (has used the product within the last 31 - 60 days)
Abandoned (has not used the product in the last 61 days or more)

Contract Overview: 

More flexible contract renewal overview depicting contract size relative to other contracts and contract renewal timing
Contract listing sortable along several dimensions

Contract Updates: 

Added the following contract fields:

End date
Enable and receive alerts on end dates
Modification date
Enable and receive alerts on modification dates
Termination date
Enable and receive alerts on termination dates
SLA Availability Requirement

December 19, 2017 (continued)

v1.35

Bug Fixes: 

Suspicious users also includes users that aren't in the customer's roster, but are in the product roster. Formerly this included only the user's that have been terminated, yet were still found in the product roster
Fixed managed product search now searches tags AND product/vendor name
Fixed OneLogin token exchange issue, null pointer when SSO doesn't have a label

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