What's new for IBM watsonx.governance as a Service on AWS

Week ending 30 May 2025

Bug fixes and security fixes

Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 2 May 2025

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Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 11 April 2025

Using views to send input fields to custom models

In previous versions of OpenPages, an administrator could specify object fields to use as input to a custom model. Administrators can now configure a Task or Report View that contains the OpenPages fields that they want the model to process. Except for chart relationship fields, all object fields and relationship fields in the view are sent as input to the model. Users can access the insights from a model from the View AI insights button that the administrators can add to a view in View Designer.

Exporting data

You can export data from OpenPages® to be used outside of OpenPages in dashboarding and reporting applications, for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and for other AI-based models. You must have the All Permissions/SOX/Administration/Data Export permission to run data exports.

Using @ mentions in object comments

In a comment on an object, users can now use @ mentions to tag other users. When they type @ followed by a few characters of the first name, last name, or username, a list of users is displayed. The user can then choose a name from the list.

Adding a Comment Activity panel to the dashboard

Users can add a panel on the dashboard to see the comments that they made and the comments in which they were mentioned.

Customizing email templates for comment notifications

Administrators can customize the template for emails that users receive when they are mentioned in a comment.

Reordering answers in questionnaire templates

Questionnaire template authors can now reorder the answers to a question.

Reflagging questions in questionnaire assessments

When a reviewer flags a question in a questionnaire and sends it back to the user to make changes, even if the reviewer accepts the new answer, the reviewer can later reflag the same question.

Using response actions in questionnaire templates to set an answer to an enumerated field

A questionnaire author can now use enumerated fields to set a field in the response actions of a questionnaire template.

Nested grids

An administrator can set up a nested grid for a Grid View or as a relationship field in a Task or Admin View. A nested grid displays the children of a specified object type and descendants of specified object types for each child. Each level of objects is indented to provide a visual representation of the relationships between the objects.

Ordering workflow actions

Administrators can now set the order of actions that a user sees when they click Action in a Task View. For example, an administrator can edit the properties of a stage to display the actions in the order of most often used to least often used.

Determining where fields are referenced

Administrators can now determine whether the references to a field are still needed by running a field reference analysis report. The report checks Views, Workflows, Profiles, Calculations, Security Rules, Filters, Dashboard Views, Field Dependencies, and Regulatory Event Rules for references to the field.

System migration - Exporting dependencies

You can export an item without exporting other items that it depends on. For example, you can export a view without its dependent object and field definitions. Also, unrelated content is no longer included in the export, which means that only items that are referenced by the exported item are included in the export.

System workflows

Only a scheduler job or another workflow can start a system workflow. When you use a system workflow, you ensure that the workflow runs consistently and at the right time, minimizing the risk of variations or errors.

Arabic (Saudi Arabia) and Arabic (United Arab Emirates) locales are available

Administrators can now add Arabic (Saudi Arabia) and Arabic (United Arab Emirates) as new locales. However, all numeric data such as currency, decimals, and time, use Western Arabic numerals, regardless of the regional preference.

Bug fixes and security fixes

Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 28 February 2025

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Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 31 January 2025

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Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 13 December 2024

Enhancements to the integration with Amazon SageMaker

• Cross account roles: You can now use a cross-account role instead of access keys to connect to Amazon SageMaker.
• Multiple accounts: You can now set up multiple connections to a single Amazon SageMaker. Each connection is to an account. You can create up to ten connections, each connected to a separate account.
• Model Registry: The integration now uses the model registry. Model cards are no longer required.
• Model groups: When a use case is approved, a model group is now created automatically in Amazon SageMaker. As a result, models that are created in Amazon SageMaker for a use case are now automatically associated with the use case in IBM watsonx.governance.
• Model Lifecycle: The workflows in watsonx.governance now support the model lifecycle statuses and stages in Amazon SageMaker.

For more information, see Integrating watsonx.governance as a Service on AWS with Amazon SageMaker.

Enhancements to the watsonx.governance Model Risk Governance solution

• The new AI Model Onboarding Risk Identification questionnaire template is used during the model onboarding process to help identify the risks associated with a model. This questionnaire template is used in the Foundation Model Onboarding workflow.
• The new AI Use Case Risk Identification questionnaire template is used to help identify the risks associated with AI use cases. This questionnaire template is used in the Use Case Review workflow. This new questionnaire is intended to replace the AI Risk Identification Questionnaire.
• The new AI Use Case and Model Risk Identification questionnaire template is used to help identify the risks that are associated with the combination of an AI use case and a model. This questionnaire template is used in the Use Case Development and Documentation workflow.
• The AI Assessment Workflow is now disabled by default. It is replaced by the Questionnaire Assessment Workflow. You can now set questionnaire templates directly in the Use Case workflow.
• The workflows, views, and dashboards were updated.

For more information, see Solution components in Governance console.

Bug fixes and security fixes

Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 8 November 2024

Region support

You can now deploy in the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region.

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Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 28 October 2024

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Bug fixes and security fixes were applied.

Week ending 27 September 2024

Week ending 28 June 2024