Release Notes for system:inmation 1.80

OEE Realtime KPIs (formerly a preview feature in 1.78) are now fully introduced in 1.80. The main Configuration class is the OEE Equipment Monitor for the ISA-95 Equipment Model and is supported by the time configuration classes TPM Site Configuration, TPM Year Configuration and other classes to provide the information about Shifts and not-scheduled and unscheduled equipment time.

The new Modbus Datasource interface now supports connection to Modbus devices. Both Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU protocols are supported along with read/write support. More information on configuring the Modbus Datasource is available here.

The WebStudio Table Widget now allows tooltips to be added to column headers. These will then be visible when the user hovers the mouse cursor over them.

The WebStudio Editor Widget now has a compare mode to show a diff editor between textual data. The contentToCompare field is configured with any value other than "null" to show the diff editor. The Editor Options can also be configured to choose whether the panels will be editable.

The WebStudio Table based widgets (Table, Batch Table, Event Table and TimePeriodTable) can have two (or more) columns in the table widget with the same accessor (name). This can be used to show formatted data in one column and the original raw data in the other.

The new Advanced Form Widget gives more flexibility when creating compilations based on user input. It is used for editing Big Table records.

A new Webstudio subscription monitor has been added to the connection info panel (click on "Connected" in the WebStudio browser then click Subscription Monitor). This gives an overview of which data changed subscriptions are used in a compilation. The opened table dialog shows the data changed subscriptions per widget and is updated on every VQT change.

The new Health Monitor object provides an in-built solution for system monitoring using performance counters and other useful metrics. The object can be configured to automatically create objects in the KPI model that are subsequently available on Visual KPI dashboards.

The new Read Event History endpoint allows the user to read the event history of an item in the system. The endpoint uses the underlying geteventhistory function to retrieve historical event data from the repository.

The introduction of the new OEE functionality is supported by Big Table capabilities and the new Big Table data store. The new capability is designed to avoid performance issues when handling large property tables operations.

Installation of 1.80 follows secure by default principles, where secure communication, profile creation and API access control are configured at installation. System profile passwords and component passphrases must now follow password policy requirements.

Fixed a potential problem with Local Core re-establishing communication to Master Core when the system has a very large I/O, ISA-95 Equipment &/or KPI Model is present.

The Code Execution Component property allows the user to control the visibility of KPI Model Site and S95 EM Site objects in different Local Core/Master Core contexts.

The Alarm Generator now supports Limit Alarms in addition to the existing Digital Alarm functionality.

SQL Catalog functionality has been improved to decrease memory usage and enhance search performance. SQL search queries can now also be made using using "path" as a key, as well as providing more convenience, it can also better handle ambiguity and resolve properties with the same name/code.

The WebStudio Form Widget now works consistently with relative dates (for example *-1d). Relative dates will by default be converted to regular date format unless the convertRelativeDate property is set to "false".

The WebStudio Chart Widget has an added "Zoom-out" button in the toolbar so all zoom functions can be achieved without the user needing a keyboard.

The WebStudio Chart Widget has a new "Unstack" button in the inspector panel’s y-Axis section to remove the y-axis stacking.

Issue fixed where DataChanged subscriptions would potentially not be restored after a network disconnect.

Support has been added to dynamically update the workmodel of a widget using a dataSource.

In WebStudio, the user is now able to make use of an action action inside a prompted widget to invoke a named action defined in the prompting widget.

The default number of columns in a Webstudio compilation has been increased to 96. This allows the user to more precisely position widgets and have bigger flexibility when defining widget layouts.

The numberOfRows property in a Webstudio compilation can now be set specifically to the number of grid rows the viewport is divided into. This means that the compilation can be constructed to always stretch to fit exactly into the available viewport.

The Light/Dark Theme toggle button can now be hidden when developing compilations. This can be designated in the Loading Options.