April Release Notes

Service ownership is basically everything. If you don't have owners assigned to manage your services, they can quickly start to take a dive in performance. But keeping everything up-to-date and accurate isn't always so easy, at least it wasn't before. This month OpsLevel shipped an exciting new service ownership feature plus many more updates to help teams streamline their day-to-day processes and keep those service levels high.

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Keep your catalog accurate and up-to-date with recommended service owners

With the release of the ownership suggestions, OpsLevel now includes a list of suggested owners for new services detected through git providers. The suggested owners are based on the top three contributing teams to that service. A tooltip describes the number of times each team member has contributed recently to help users make an informed decision when assigning ownership. This makes it much easier for users to ensure that every service is accurately assigned and up-to-date without having to spend valuable time hunting for answers. 

Check out the blog post and visit our docs.

New access role: Standard Admin

We're excited to introduce the new Standard Admin role in OpsLevel, tailored for team members managing service maturity programs without needing full admin rights. This role lets you safely expand access within your team while maintaining strict control over permissions, ensuring compliance with role-based access control (RBAC) standards. Deploy the Standard Admin role to enhance operational efficiency and safeguard your system's integrity.

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Run Checks on packages to quickly identify vulnerabilities

You can now create checks for package versions by uploading a software bill of materials (SBOM) to OpsLevel. SBOMs are a data-rich list of all of the components included in your software. Now, when a new vulnerability or zero-day is announced, OpsLevel users can quickly assess the impact and begin remediation without having to waste precious time running a scan of their entire system. 

Mediums

Easily create charts and diagrams from text in OpsLevel

OpsLevel now supports Mermaid in Markdown to quickly create charts and diagrams through text definitions. This saves a huge amount of time for developers who need to share complex information across teams. The new feature is available in:

• Tech docs
• Team/user/system/service/domain descriptions
• Check success/error messages
• And any place where Markdown is available in OpsLevel

Enable user notifications to stay ahead of checks before they fail

Users can now set reminders to send notifications via Slack and email when a check is about to expire. This new feature gives teams a more tailored and less tedious way to stay on top of their check maintenance, particularly if they are managing a high volume. Failing to curate checks leads to issues going unnoticed and an eventual loss in service levels.

Manage your newly detected services by date

Users can now sort service suggestions by the date they were detected. This helps teams quickly figure out which suggestions are newer and which ones have been lingering, helping users make better decisions on what to ignore or accept. This is especially useful for teams who have just added an integration and need to quickly assess everything associated with the new addition. 

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Get a fast overview of your checks

A new check report widget is now available on the dashboard. This report displays the top six checks that your team has deemed most important to focus on. This new feature gives users the ability to see immediately what they should be focused on when they log into OpsLevel and set team-wide priorities. 

Quickly generate a services CSV report

Users can now generate a CSV file directly from the Services page. This new feature lets teams create and export a filtered list of services that can be used for projects such as assigning a set of failed checks to individuals rather than entire teams. Additionally, this allows users who do not code and cannot easily self-serve through the CLI or API to surface this data for shareable reporting.

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Watch a short video here.

Smalls

• The info.description field in API Docs tab is now displayed
• Service ownership checks now have the ability to require the owning team to have a manager defined
• Scorecard checks now have a link to "View Report" from their Rubric grid
• Users can now view fifty items per page on Detected Services
• Users can now assign an owner to their service suggestions if they’re registering a new service directly from the suggestions table

Do you want to learn more about any of these new features? Schedule a 1:1 demo with one of our IDP experts.

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