Release Notes for system:inmation 1.76

Improvements have been made to the Store and Forward system to fix issues with data delivery to GTSB and Redundant Event Stream.

The LevelDB library has been updated from version 1.19 to 1.23.

The sqlite3 library was compiled with different options, which significantly improves insert performance of the SQL Catalog.

New Tabs widget allows the user to display multiple different widgets by switching between tabs in the same browser tab. Support has been added to allow tabs and nested widgets to be modified without refreshing the whole tabs widget or the whole tab component.

The Chart widget now incorporates the advanced functionality of the Table Widget for the TagTable component. This allows for filtering, pagination and sorting on Tagtables within the Chart widget. See Tag Search Table options for more details.

The Plotly widget has been improved allowing for plotly widget model options to be added/overwritten.

General fixes and improvements to WebStudio to improve the user experience.

Further fixes regarding event handling where historized event data from remote components could be processed in different ways upon reaching the Core. In certain cases, RedStream objects could miss events from Connectors on service start-up or mark events from Connectors as redundant.

Issue fixed for the BatchTracker where BPRs for Partial Batches eventually failed to update correctly.

Fixed issue with Scheduler Items continuing to run past the configured End by time.

Issue fixed with event handling where historized event data from remote components could be processed in different ways upon reaching the Core. This could lead to observable differences in the retrieved historical data, for example, between a RedStream object and its referenced Event Stream.

Fixed issue with Dropzone Datasource where increased memory usage could be observed during file processing.

Issue fixed with Server service instability in certain cases when using the gethistoryex Lua function.

File Pointer Properties are now supported. Files can now be attached to objects through the Attachments property or through properties with the File or Filelist datatype. The files are stored in the MongoDB repository using the MongoDB GridFS specification. Support is currently provided through Lua API functions (getfile, setfile, deletefile, getfilemetadata and setfilemetadata) and Web API endpoints (Read, Download, Upload, Read File Metadata and Write File Metadata).

Improvements made to the Dropzone options with the addition of the Retention Time property. Processed files will be deleted when the retention time is exceeded, this prevents already processed files accumulating and filling up disk space.

Scripted events (created using the setevent Lua function) now support OPC A+E attributes.

Chart widget, number of ticks on the axes of the Chart can now be configured. Also, context information can now be displayed when hovering over cursors added to the Chart.

DataStudio support for property capabilities including Property Panel indication for available/configured capabilities and History Grid support for historized properties.

A new version (0.10.0) of the inmation Python API client is now available from the PyPi page. Includes secure websocket support.

The introduction of the new Lua Static Model makes the definition of all object classes and properties available using the Lua API. It is now possible to browse classes and subclasses for all available properties and performance counters within the Lua scripting environment.

The new Property Capabilities functionality expands the concept and scope of standard properties in the system, essentially allowing for the on-demand assignment of selected properties to actual object properties. This will be expanded in the future but currently allows for historization of select properties and the assignment of language translation tables.

Communication to Siemens Simatic Batch systems using the SimaticBatchBridge package is now possible. The simaticbridge Lua library contains functions to access Simatic Batch systems using the Lua API.

The Profile object has a new Read-Only AdministrativeGroup Property option named "Reviewer". This grants read only access to all system models (excluding the Access Model).

WebStudio now has an integrated Plotly widget for displaying charts and graphs. The Plotly Javascript library contains 40 different chart types with a range of configuration options, accessible from within WebStudio.

Web API now includes a Read Raw Historical Data at Time endpoint, allowing users to read the raw value of an item at a certain point in time, no matter the data type of the value.

Extensions and improvements have been made to the Batch Tracker object enhancing the update, modification and storage of batch records.

Extensions and improvements have been made to the MSI Interface including more flexible tag mapping options and connected historian mapping. Timeout messages have been improved and more optional parameters are available within MSI messages.

Improvements have been made to the History Transfer Chain Objects. Performance Improvements to the History Controller to improve the interface responsiveness of certain properties and improved error messaging. The History Transporter history handover has been revamped and the Statetable extended. The History Sink Item Aspen IP21 interface is improved with sorting data before sending and enabling of the writing of qualities to tags in the system.

Kafka and MQTT interface integration for the Generic Time Series Buffer.

Improvements have been made to the Console and Script Editor display. Scripts can now be loaded and executed from file in the Console. Lua file extension is now suggested by default when loading or saving in the Script Editor display.

Property fields in DataStudio now recognize URL entries and can be clicked to open the link in a browser. This is also possible from the JSON Viewer and Zoom dialog.

When importing Excel files, it is now possible to select individual sheets to import from an Excel workbook containing multiple sheets.