February 2021

What's New in this Release

Dashboard

The following feature is introduced in the Cisco Spaces Dashboard:

  • Role-based access control is introduced for the following apps:

    • Business Insights

    • Impact Analysis

    • Camera Metrics

    By default, Cisco Spaces Dashboard administrators have access to these apps. Using the Admin Management option, these administrators can manage user access to these apps.


    Note


    In the Cisco Spaces Dashboard, the Business Insights, Impact Analysis, and Camera Metrics app tiles appear disabled for users who do not have access to the apps.



Note


Static device filtering is now disabled in the Right Now app in the Cisco Spaces Dashboard.


Partner Dashboard

The following feature is introduced in the Cisco Spaces Partner Dashboard:

  • During app activation, you can now see the groups defined under IoT services. However, these groups are displayed only if you have selected one of the following events:

    • IOT_TELEMETRY

    • IOT_USER_ACTION

    • BLE_RSSI_UPDATE

    To manage the groups selected during app activation, in the Activation window, click the Groups tab. Here, you can add or edit the groups.


    Note


    • For this feature to work, you must enable IoT services for the specified Cisco Spaces account. You must enable IoT services through both the Cisco Spaces Dashboard and the Cisco Spaces - Partner Dashboard for EXTEND accounts in order to use this feature.

    • You can see the groups mentioned above during app activations for activations done through both the Cisco Spaces Dashboard and the Cisco Spaces - Partner Dashboard.


What's Changed in this Release

Partner Firehose API

The following enhancement is made to the Cisco Spaces Partner Firehose API:

  • IoT telemetry event with PIR trigger information: When the PIR sensor is triggered, information related to the PIR trigger and the PIR timestamp is updated under the IoT Telemetry event.

Issues

Issues describe unexpected behavior in the Cisco Spaces application. The Resolved Issues and Open Issues sections list the issues in this release.

The following information is provided for each issue:

  • Identifier: Each issue is assigned a unique identifier (ID) with a pattern of CSCxxNNNNN, where x is any letter (a-z) and N is any number (0-9). These IDs are frequently referenced in Cisco documentation, such as Security Advisories, Field Notices, and other Cisco support documents. Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) engineers or other Cisco staff can also provide you with the ID for a specific issue.

  • Description: A description of what is observed when the issue occurs.

This section contains the following topics:

Cisco Bug Search Tool

Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST) is a gateway to the Cisco bug-tracking system, which maintains a comprehensive list of defects and vulnerabilities in Cisco products and software. The BST provides you with detailed defect information about your products and software.

Open Issues

This section lists the open issues in this release of Cisco Spaces.

Table 1. Cisco Spaces Open Issues
Issue Identifier Issue Description

CSCvu98859

Telemetry such as Button Click and Movement data gets reset to 18+ hours when applying new configuration

CSCvv16880

During gateway deployment workflow, the AP is sometimes erroneously categorized as needs config mode due to timing issues.

CSCvv28936

Under Detect & Locate, provide an option to filter Kontakt BLE devices.

CSCvv34216

Connector restarts in HA pair causing ControllerChannel and APChannel to split between connectors

CSCvv64362

Provide an option to auto-enable GRPC and app host for custom AP groups

CSCvv91424

Density rule reports does not show up when the specific rule's match/skip count crosses a threshold

Resolved Issues

This section lists the issues that have been resolved in this release of Cisco Spaces.

Table 2. Cisco Spaces Resolved Issues
Issue Identifier Issue Description

CSCvw96992

CP Runtime—The CPF field validates only the format, but not the verification digit.