August 10^th, 2026

To:        Clarity Customers

From:   Clarity Product Team

Subject: General Availability Announcement for Clarity Release 16.4.3

On behalf of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that Clarity Release 16.4.3 is now available for On-Premises and SaaS customers.

With the release of Clarity 16.4.3 we have made enhancements to the following capabilities:

Customer Voice

• Ability to add “Show Today” in timeline layouts
• New progress ring widget (Two-Stage (Denominator) Filter for Accurate Ratios)
• Introducing channels in staffing workspace.

Clarity’s AI Enhancements

• Ability to read/create/update Clarity content using MCP Server
• Ability to enable MCP tools within Clarity AI Agents.
• Ability to enable Clarity Agents for A2A
• Ability to define AI Agents for Staffing and Page workspaces.
• Ability to define AI Agents for subobjects.
• Ability to define the current Saved View as a data source for AI Agent
• Ability to pass user context to AI Agent

 SPM Command Center

• Ability to create a linked hierarchy via Actions and Blueprints
• Enhancements to Scheduler frequency intervals within Hierarchies & Roadmaps
• Introducing Non-Labor Cost Module & Populate Cost Plans Including Unit of Measure (UOM) within Investments.
• Ability to populate free-form rows for Non-Labor cost matching
• Ability to perform transaction adjustments
• Registered grouping attributes are now editable in Transaction ajustments.

 Foundations for Future Insights (fka Business Intelligence)

 Enhancements to Data Warehouse (DWH)

• Added Rates and Costs (nbi_proj_res_rates_and_costs)
• Added Rate Matrix
• Added Timesheet and Investment Attributes
• Added Baseline Usage and Cost on Assignment/Investment/Staff/Task
• Update Actual Transaction with Cost Plan Grouping Attribute Registration

 Enhancements to OData Service

• Added SQL Curve Views with Guardrails to OData
• Added CLOBs and Rich Text support to OData

 Enhancements to Data Providers

• If-Then-Else Conditions in Calculated Attributes
• Conditional Joins (OR)
• Alias for Joining to Same Object in Data Providers
• Queries: Filter with Parameters Not in the Select Statement
• Lookup Value Name Instead of Lookup Code in Concatenated String Calculated Attributes

 Enhancements to Report Designer

• AutoFit Text Attributes in Attribute Groups for Export
• Subreport Mappings is no longer beta
• Option to Repeat Attribute Groups within Page for Multiple Pages (e.g., Risk Register)
• Tables & Attributes: Parameterized Links Passing Variables
• 'Add Link' Action on Name and ID on Attributes
• Separate Per-Period Metric Settings by Attribute in Tables
• Sort Control and Unnesting in Tables
• Support Aggregations on Custom Percentage Per-Period Metrics
• Option to Hide Tab in Single Tab Report
• Show/Hide Filters in Report Modules
• Previous Week/Month Smart Options in Per-Period Settings
• Change Tables to 'Autofit for export'
• Display Expand/Collapse Chevron when Table in Fixed Layout and Auto Expand is Disabled

 Enhancements to Reports

• Jaspersoft will be removed for ALL Clarity Broadcom SaaS customers
• Increase governor limit to 1,000 pages when exporting
• Export/Import of Reports and Data Providers is no longer beta
• Expandable tree is no longer beta
• Ability to export or schedule export expandable tree table for OBS
• Ability to export rich text in attribute group
• New layout format for tables (XLSX)
• Hide object labels in CSV layout
• Ability to schedule report as report bursting
• Enhanced recipient management & leverage actions framework for share actions
• Option to Export the Report-Level Filters, with Values, and Footer Attributes

* Key improvements delivered through the Clarity Customer Innovation Panel process

BETA - This is a beta feature and may contain bugs, errors, and/or other issues. This feature is provided “AS IS, WITH NO WARRANTIES.” Broadcom does not guarantee the availability of this beta feature, and any outages or downtime of the beta feature will not count towards service credits pursuant to Broadcom’s service level agreement. There is no guarantee, representation, or obligation that the beta feature will ever be made generally available in future releases of the product.

This release includes improvements related to the WCAG 2.1 & 2.2 A, AA accessibility standard with the inclusion of numerous foundational accessibility improvements encompassing Visual Design (e.g., color, contrast, visible focus), Responsive Design (e.g., pop-up windows, text areas, and browser zoom), Keyboard (e.g., key input, tab order, & focus), and Screen readers (e.g., semantics, hierarchy, & pages structures).

If you are an On-Premises customer, you can download your copy of Clarity Release 16.4.3 online at Broadcom Support where you can also utilize Broadcom’s case management system. To install your product, follow the installation procedures for your product at Tech Docs. If you are a SaaS customer, your environment will be automatically upgraded to the new release at a scheduled time following the 16.4.3 GA release date. Customers can expect a follow up communication with additional details related to automatic upgrades. If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Broadcom Support.

Should you need any assistance in understanding these new features or implementing this latest release, our implementation services partners can help. Please contact your CA account representative for more information on how they can help. To connect, learn, and share with other customers, join and participate in our Clarity Broadcom Community.

For a list of free Education courses, please visit Broadcom Academy. We update courses based on functional impact as well as high demand; therefore, courses created from previous releases may apply to the current release.

End of Service Announcement for Clarity 16.4.3

In keeping with evolving software industry practice, Clarity Product Management now communicates the End date for each release at the time of release. This change allows customers greater flexibility in your upgrade planning process. In accordance with the terms and conditions, guidelines, and parameters of Broadcom’s support program, documented in the Broadcom Maintenance Policy Handbook, please consider this communication your written notification that support for Clarity Release 16.4.3, all patch levels, all languages, will be discontinued as of November 30, 2028.

• Please review the Clarity Release and Support Lifecycle Dates available at Broadcom Support.

FINAL NOTICE: End of Life announcement for CA Business Intelligence (e.g., Advanced Reporting powered by Jaspersoft)

In accordance with the Broadcom Software Maintenance Policy Handbook, please consider this letter your written notification of the End of Life for CA Business Intelligence. This offering will no longer be enhanced, maintenance & technical support will be discontinued, and the SaaS version of this offering will no longer be accessible effective September 30, 2026.

Clarity SaaS customers

• For Clarity SaaS customers, CA Business Intelligence for Clarity (Clarity Advanced Reporting powered by Jaspersoft) will be removed as part of the production upgrade scheduled for September 11, 2026.

Clarity on-premises customers

• Clarity on-premises customers, having installed CA Business Intelligence (e.g., Advanced Reporting powered by Jaspersoft) prior to September 30, 2026, can continue to contact Broadcom Support (Level 1) after September 30, 2026, for basic administration, configuration, usage, and trouble-shooting of CA Business Intelligence on an "as is" basis if installed in conjunction with a currently supported Clarity version which included CA Business Intelligence.
  • If a workaround cannot be determined, the customer understands that their problem will be deemed "irresolvable."
  • Extended Support contracts are not specifically available for CA Business Intelligence (Advanced Reporting powered by Jaspersoft). Customers do NOT need to make any specific request to receive this Level 1 Support after September 30, 2026.
  • Finally, with the release of Clarity 16.5.0 (November 9, 2026), please be aware of the following conditions:
    • Jaspersoft-based reporting will no longer be available via Reports & Jobs.
    • The Advanced Reporting console will no longer be available to run the following:
      • Jaspersoft Studio Reports
      • Ad hoc Views/Reports
      • Dashboards
      • Domains
    • Classic Object Actions that call Jaspersoft-based reports will no longer function.
    • Modern UX Channels that point to Jaspersoft-based reports will no longer function.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

Thank you again for your business.