Release Notes for AspenTech Inmation 1.88
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MongoDB Integration
From 1.88, MongoDB is no longer shipped as part of the AspenTech Inmation setup. For new installations, MongoDB can now integrated as part of the Installation process. Please also check the Upgrade Notes - 1.88 and Compatibility Notes - 1.88 for further details. |
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Removal of the OPC DA XML data source::
The OPC DA XML data source has been removed in 1.88. Existing OPC XML-DA datasource objects will now enter an error state when activated. The ability to create new OPC XML DA datasource objects has been retained for reasons of backwards capability but they are non-functional and will also be in an error state. |
1.88.13 - February 17, 2023
Improved in 1.88.13
- OEE - Stop Record Splitting
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The OEE Feature now supports the splitting of stop records. This helps operators to correctly categorize stops (either at the time or in retrospect) that might be automatically set as uncategorized by the system. Splits can be added in the WebStudio interface for OEE.
- OEE - Support for different products in same day/shift
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Now supported - reporting Overall/TOP OEE for batches that produce different products. Previously the calculation used the performance values of the last produced product.
- GTSB - Context Report compilation MQTT
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Fixed issue with Generic Time Series Buffer where the underlying MQT Lua code was not compiling a context report in the event of an error. Could also affect Cloud Sink and History Sink.
- OPC UA Self Signed certificates
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Fixed issue with OPC UA Self signed certificates where some UA servers would reject the Connector certificate due to being signed by a deprecated signature algorithm (Sha1).
- WebStudio - New
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Chart Widget - Support for Date Ranges - Date ranges can now be visualized in the Chart Widget. The range and label colour can be styled individually.
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Function action - Error return - Using the function action, the server error and HTTP status code can now be included in the payload of the action catch mechanism.
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Compilation Snapshot - Support to delete and compare snapshots. Compilation snapshots can now be enabled directly from WebStudio, rather than having to enable them from the application tab in the browser console. The snapshot manager icon is always available in the compilation editor.
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Match Expression Support in Table Rules - Complex match expressions are now supported in Table option and schema rules.
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Batch Table, Time Period Table and Event Table - Disable Refresh Tool disabled when the duration between start time and end time exceeds maxDuration.
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Table Widget - Drag Support - Drag support for cells in the Table widget has now been added.
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WebStudio Compilation Loading - Auto Context Path - Auto Context Path can now be used Loading Compilations from the WebStudio Folder and subfolders of the WebStudio Info Path.
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stylebyTheme Support for Nested Compilations - Added support for styleByTheme on compilation level.
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Table Widget - Tooltip Support - Table widget supports the display of dynamic tooltips when hovering over the table cells.
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ModelTree Widget - The new ModelTree Widget allows you to display any Model tree from the system in WebStudio. It is also possible to configure the root object for the tree.
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- BREAKING CHANGE - WebStudio URL Compilation Loading - Function Argument 'farg' parameter
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The behaviour of the farg when calling functions in the URL when loading a WebStudio compilation, is now consistent with that of the Web API. If the provided base64 encoded 'farg' URL query parameter is a JSON string, it will be parsed and used as value for the 'farg' field in the request to the server.
- WebStudio - Fixes and Improvements
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Table Widget - Invalid Date - Fixed issue with invalid date returns for time fields loaded from Table Holder object.
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Table Widget - Page Reset - Fixed another issue with page number resetting to 1 when editing cells on later pages of a Table.
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Table Widget - Date Picker Columns - Issue fixed where Date Picker columns could overlap the column cells when scrolling.
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Table Widget - Horizontal Scrollbar - Fixed various issues with horizontal scrollbar on the Table widget.
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Table Widget - Active Filter/Search - Fixed issue with active filter/search not showing after applying Modify Action.
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Table Widget - Filter Mode Dropdown Colour - Issue fixed with wrong colours of text and icons when using dropdown filter options.
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Table Widget - Pagination Tool Display - Pagination tools in the Table widget have been improved to fix issues with displaying unavailable options as active.
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Table Widget - Code completion Collapse and Expand icons - collapseIcon and expandedIcon options are now included in the code completion for Table Widget.
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Table Widget - Read-Write dataSource - Fixed issue where Save button would not be visible in toolbar of Table widget with Read-Write dataSource type.
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Table Widget -, Batch Table, Time Period Table and Event Table - Fixed issue with alignment of column header and cell content in all the table widgets.
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Compilation Import - Compilation model is validated on import along with auto layout and auto ID generation. If the compilation model is invalid a console log and error notification is shown.
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Prompt Action - Fixed issue with Prompt action where widgets would not be shown inside a tab compilation if the ID in the widget model was not defined. Also fixed issue with height definition in percentage not working properly.
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Compilation Model- Background Colour and Colour Configuration - Fixed issue with configured compilation background colour not extending to whole widget height. Also fixed issue with certain colours not displaying for certain widgets when configured in compilation model.
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Chart Widget - Error messages - Fixed issue with the styling of error messages and also and issue where pens deleted from Chart would not be removed from the subscription monitor.
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Chart Widget - Disabling Pens - Fixed widget issue that could lead to instability when disabling certain pens.
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Chart Widget - addPens - Fixed issue with addPens not completing before the send action ends.
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Chart Widget - Model Updates - Fixed issue with chart modifying. Chart widget model updates when the 'ranges' field is not defined in the work model.
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Chart Widget - Left Panel - Fixed issue with Left Panel data not reloading unless a refresh is done. This occurs when the chart has model root defined.
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Chart Widget - Cursor behaviour - Fixed issue with the cursor highlight appearing in the x-axis when moving the cursor above and below the axis.
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Custom Toolbars - Code Completion - Fixed issue with the tools subType "search" for tools type "input" being marked as invalid in code completion.
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Advanced Form Widget - Submit Button - Fixed issue with the submit button not working for large dropdown menus.
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Table Widget, Batch Table, Time Period Table, Event Table, Form and Advanced Form Date and Time Picker - Date Picker for all Table and Form widgets has changed behaviour, does not close when year number is clicked twice. Issue fixed with relative date input being treated as valid when type is set to number. Issue fixed with incorrect display of time picker when located on right side window. Fixed issue with time intervals modification for the date picker in Advanced Form. An issue has been fixed with the Date Picker calendar not moving during resize of Form and Advanced Form widgets. Also fixed issue with Date Picker in Table Widget not returning to a previous valid entry when an invalid date is entered.
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Batch Table and Time Period Table - Fixed issue with field values being cleared from the work model when focus on inputted invalid dates.
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Tree Widget - Font Size and Vertical Lines - Improved handling of the appearance of vertical lines when font size is increased.
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Tabs Widget - Data Source Refresh - Fixed issue with all tabs refreshing data sources after adding a new tab to the widget.
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Tabs Widget - Icon Alignment and Nav Bar Height - Center Alignment of emoji icons in tabs sidebar has been fixed. Also fixed issue with Nav Bar height not realigning for icons of different sizes.
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Report Viewer Widget - Fixed issue with widget crash when an invalid dataSource path is configured. Time Period Table - Invalid Time Period - Configuring invalid time period will now prevent data being retrieved. Also, refresh button is disabled if invalid time period is entered.
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Caption Bar - Issue fixed with the caption bar demonstrating a stuttering effect in certain circumstances. Theme Icon - Issue fixed with the theme icon flickering in certain circumstances.
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Advanced Form - Light Theme - Issue fixed with the dropdown menu select icons disappearing when the light theme is applied.
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Advanced Form - Horizontal Scrollbar Display - Fixed small issue with the horizontal scrollbar display in the Advanced Form widget.
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Button Widget - Label with Empty String - Fixed issue with setting Button Widget labels to an empty string using actions.
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Compilation Editor Performance Improvements - Improvements to code completion performance in the compilation editor.
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1.88.11 - February 3, 2023
Improved in 1.88.11
- Object Synchronization - Component ID Handling
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More improvements made to the handling of Component IDs to prevent problems with object synchronization when multiple active components are installed at the same time.
- Service Log Messages
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Improvements made to prevent incorrect messages being generated in the Windows Event Log when Local Core connects to Master Core.
1.88.7 - January 23, 2023
Improved in 1.88.7
- MongoDB Connection - LDAP Authentication
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Issue fixed that could lead to slow or unresponsive MongoDB connections in the system when connecting to a MongoDB server with LDAP authentication configured. The slow-down is due to increasing numbers of LDAP connections from MongoDB to the LDAP server, triggered by MongoDB commands executed in the Core and slow responses from the LDAP server. The reduction in the system’s number of executed MongoDB commands requiring LDAP look-ups, now prevents this happening.
- Component ID Handling
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Improvements have been made to the handling of Component IDs in the system to prevent issues with unresponsive objects due to clashing ID assignments. Component ID assignment is centralized in the system’s Master Core.
The introduction of the Component ID handling changes means that any new components created under a Local Core will not become functional until the Local Core is able to connect and communicate with the Master Core.
- Lua API - syslib.execute function
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Improvements have been made to the Lua API syslib.execute function to reduce the slowdown experienced in Master-Local Core communication when the function is used extensively in systems.
- Allen-Bradley PLC Datasource - coroutine.resume error
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Issue fixed with Allen-Bradley - PLC Datasource connections that could lead to the Datasource not receiving data updates and returning a coroutine.resume error.
- Event Stores (System and Custom) - Retention Time
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Issue fixed with the Retention Time configuration for System and Custom Event Stores that could cause event data to be purged earlier than the configured value.
- Lua - esi-state-machine Library
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Fixed issue where the TO_JSON function in the esi-state-machine library would add extra lines to the JSON even when there is no state transition. Added missing luaXP for wildcard transitions and added an extra parameter to the "TO_MERMAID()" function to inhibit creation of new state if wildcard transitions are used. Other improvements to the library code have also been introduced to resolve standing issues.
- Components under Relays - State
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Components under Relays could display a bad state after network reconnection or security changes. This issue has now been fixed.
- Batch Tracker - Partial Batch, MongoDB Outage
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The Batch Tracker option to record Partial Batches has been improved to prevent the potential duplication of batch records during MongoDB outages.
- Batch Tracker - Delta Calculation
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Batch Tracker improvements to correctly store the results of Delta calculation.
- OPC UA Client - UA Writes
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Issue fixed with OPC UA Client unable to write to certain UA Nodes on a specific Wonderware OPC UA server. Caused by initial incorrect read for the NodeClass attribute. Also, additional support has been added for writing to tags with custom data types.
- Decimal Places display in ISA-95 Equipment Model
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Issue fixed with items that are linked in the ISA-95 Equipment Model not displaying the number of decimal places configured in the original I/O Model data item.
- Package Management - 32-bit Connector update
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Improved Package Management to fix issue where 32-bit Connectors might not be updated during system updates due to slow transfer of other upgrade files.
- MSI Integration - Auto Mapping
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Improvements have been made to Auto-Mapping functionality of the MSI integration to improve performance and prevent high CPU usage.
- WebStudio - Fixes and Improvements
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Custom Toolbars - Customized Label Text - Fixed issue with configured label text not being displayed.
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WebStudio - Subscriptions - Issue fixed with existing tag subscriptions (and new tag subscriptions added during a disconnect) not updating after reconnect.
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Advanced Form - onChange action - Issue fixed with onChange action not triggering in relation to the onFocus action.
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Compilation Grid Width and resizing - Issue fixed with compilation grid not fitting full width after resizing.
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Login dialog - Issue fixed with the Login dialog not dismissing after entering ADFS credentials.
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WebStudio Index page - Fixed issue with object name handling in context search. Improvements to customization of the WebStudio Index page.
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WebStudio Compilation Loading from Custom Property - Fixed issue with loading compilations from custom property on object in system.
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1.88.5 - November 22, 2022
Improved in 1.88.5
- OEE Improvements
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OEE Aggregation - Issue fixed with high memory usage for shift based OEE Aggregation calculations.
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Monitor State Variables - New Monitor State variables are now available below the Equipment Monitor.
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OEE Microstop Duration Threshold - Fixes made to the Microstop Duration Threshold. Stops classified as failures that exceed the threshold will affect the availability index and those below the threshold will affect the performance index.
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- Store and Forward - Overload Conditions
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Improvements have been made to the Store and Forward (SaF) to handle certain overload situations that previously could cause the SaF backlog to increase following an overload and subsequent data not being forwarded to the MongoDB repository.
- Core Performance - SQL Catalog
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Improvements have been made to SQL Catalog to enhance Core performance.
- MQTT Datasource- Subscriber Callback
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Issue fixed with IO Item subscribe callback on MQTT Datasources.
- PREVIEW FEATURE: Health Monitor Web Dashboard
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The new Health Monitor dashboard provides a pre-configured WebStudio compilation to access the performance counters and metrics provided by the Health Monitor in the I/O Model. It consists of different widgets that allow the user to navigate through the different component counters and then display Charts and Log entries as required. Please see Health Monitor documentation for details of how to load the Dashboard.
Preview features are provided to give our users early access to upcoming features. However, features labelled as "Preview" aren’t entirely complete and are subject to changes in future versions and revisions of the product that could render current deployments of the feature incompatible with upgrades. For that reason, we recommend that Preview features not be implemented in production installations as we cannot guarantee compatibility and legacy support in subsequent versions of the software. - History Transporter - Large Tag Configuration Table
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Improvements made to the History Transporter to prevent errors when processing Tag Configurations with a large number of rows.
- PLC Datasource - Writing Integer Values
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Issue fixed with PLC Datasource where incorrect high digit integer values could be observed after writing to tags with integer datatypes.
- Generic Time Series Buffer - Stability
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Improvements have been made to the Generic Time Series Buffer to improve stability and prevent potential parent component crashes.
- MassConfig - Local Core Data Store Sets
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Issue fixed with MassConfig Display not loading the Local Data Store for the configured Archive Option for a object.
- Deleting Archived Data - Lua API deleterawhistory function
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Issue fixed where archived data deleted with the deleterawhistory could still be retrieved in the History Grid display due to a cache not being cleared.
- WebStudio - Fixes and Improvements
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Load Compilation Action - New Load Compilation action can retrieve compilations stored statically as a JSON on an object property or generated dynamically and returned from a Lua advanced endpoint.
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Tabs Widget - New Left-aligned Tabs template - There is a new Tabs widget template available that has the Tab bar containing tab icons aligned to the left.
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Custom Toolbars - Label Tool - The new Label Tool can now be added to a custom widget toolbar.
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WebStudio Login - Copy Link - Fixed issue with non functioning copied login links.
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SSO Sign In - Fixed issues with Invalid URL error with WebStudio SSO (IWA) Sign in, when hostname/port not provided in URL. Also fixed issue with the SSO options being unselected after logging in/logging out using SSO.
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Advanced Form Widget - Triggering Line Breaks - Issue fixed with enter key not triggering line breaks in advanced form, related to TextArea property and nested UI Schema.
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Chart Widget - Loading Chart without Axes - Fixed issue that could cause widget to crash if loaded without configured axes in initial model.
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Chart Widget - Grid Lines/Axes - Fixed issue with Chart gridlines not displaying across full chart width. Also fixed issue with chart axes not displaying when switching between tabs.
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Chart Widget - Stacked Y-Axes - Fixed issue with the chart trend and axes not redrawing correctly after stacking the Y-axes.
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Chart Widget - Failed History Call Handling - Issue fixed where in certain circumstances, failed history calls could cause widget to crash.
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Chart Widget - Crosshair Button - Issue fixed with Crosshair button being highlighted/turned on when not supposed to.
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Chart Widget - Invalid Path for Pens - Error message - Error message is now displayed if a Pen with an invalid path is loaded.
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Chart Widget - Y axis update - Pen removal - Y-axes domain ranges now update without needing to refresh when a Pen is removed.
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Tabs Widget - Floating Tabs - Issue fixed with floating tabs not opening if added by modifying the work model. Also fixed an issue where floating tabs could not be modified with modify action more than once.
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Tabs Widget - Tab Name usage - Fixed issue with tabs displaying unexpected titles or names beside icons.
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Custom Toolbars - Tooltips - Improvements made so that tooltips can now be added to custom default tooltypes.
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Custom Toolbars - Icon Display - Fixed issue with inconsistent display behaviour when hovering over icons. Also fixed issue with pagination icons not taking the icon style from the model.
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Custom Toolbars - Code Completion Warnings - Added code completion warnings for required "leftOrTop" and "rightOrBottom" properties.
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Custom Toolbars - Custom Button Tool - Fixed issue with the text of disabled custom buttons not being greyed out.
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Table Widget - Slider Filter - Fixed issue with the slider filter occasionally flickering in certain circumstances.
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Time Period Table - Issue fixed with starttime and endtime configured in the widget model not being also updated in the time period tool.
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didLoad Action - Fixed issue with didLoad action not working after prompting widget.
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Custom Toolbars - Custom Tools and - Form - Icons - Standardized opacity level across tools and icons in relevant widgets.
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Form Widget - Custom Submit Button Text Colour - Text colour of customized submit button is now white.
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Advanced Form Widget - Clearing Errors - Errors for entries such as required properties are now cleared on refresh.
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Compilation Reload on Disconnect - Fixed issue with compilations reloading after disconnection and current model state being lost.
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Advanced Form - onSubmit Payload - Fixed issue with onSubmit payload for datepicker being single value string rather than an array with multiple values.
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Advanced Form, Form, Table and - Custom Time Period Tool - Hide time selection in widgets with timeIntervals property.
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Table DateTime Picker - New DateTime picker component extended to the Table widget. Supports relative date, date format conversion, signaling invalid date entries.
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WebStudio - Customizable Index/Landing Compilation - Option to create custom compilation that is the default when WebStudio is loaded without custom URL query parameters.
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Batch Table, Time Period Table and Event Table - The time period for which to fetch data can be restricted with a configurable maxDuration property. The widgets will indicate if the time period entered exceeds the configure maximum duration.
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Compilation Snapshots - A snapshot is now autosaved each time the compilation model is changed. Previous snapshots can be restored from Snapshot list accessible from the model editor toolbar.
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1.88.2 - October 14, 2022
New in 1.88
- OPC UA Method Support
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The OPC UA Server now supports the UA service set, allowing you to make UA Method Calls from external clients.
- OEE - New Features
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Individual OEE Top and OEE Solitaire Calculations and Metric objects in the ISA-95 Equipment Model.
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Stop Reasons - Customizable stop reasons and classification of stops (Planned, Unplanned etc.). In WebStudio, Stops input table can now be filtered for either Line Restraints or failures.
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Added Availability options for the calculation of OEE Top metrics.
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Stop Reasons mapped to State Time categories (Failure Time, Maintenance Time etc.).
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Product Options, use product ID to select product.
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- Query Routing - Master Core to Local Core
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Query routing from Master Core to Local Core components is now possible. This enables History queries on Time Series Data stored in specific local Custom Time Series Data stores from the Master Core level. Support provided in the History Grid and History Trend displays.
Modified history information is currently not supported when routing history queries. The History Grid and History Trend are not able to display information about modified history for routed queries currently. - WebStudio Login - Copy and Share Login URL
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The URL to login to WebStudio can now be copied and shared from the login dialog with the new copy link button.
- WebStudio - Customize Widget Toolbars
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WebStudio now includes support to customize widget toolbars.
- WebStudio Table Widget Column Filter Visibility
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The Table Widget now allows the option to have the Column Filters panel and Search panels to be displayed automatically on opening a saved compilation.
Improved in 1.88
- Batch Tracker - Dynamic Delay Tracking
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The Batch Tracker delayed tracking functionality has been enhanced to dynamically extend the delay for the retrieval of configured Tag data. This improves on the static delay configuration that was previously available.
- Object Model - Memory Usage
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Considerable improvements have been made to the memory usage of objects in the system . This will have a significant effect on memory consumption in large installations.
- Modified History Support for Lua API gethistoryex function
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Support for modified history has been extended to the gethistoryex Lua function. This enables the retrieval of modified history data from external OPC UA Servers.
- PIBridge - DataPipe
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The PIBridge service now has support for the OSI PI server DataPipe functionality. This enables the Connector to receive historical data via an event subscription.
- MassConfig Display - Reference validation
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The MassConfig display now has an in-built validation of references on all objects.
- Product License Key Management
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The Product License Key for an existing installation can now be managed in DataStudio and the Lua API.
- Audit Trail Display - Column Selection Presets
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The Audit Trail Display now has preset column options when changing between different types of audit trail entries.
- WebStudio - Fixes and Improvements
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Table Widget - Issue fixed with cell height not adjusting to text size when Table add to a Tabs Widget.
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Table Widget - Issue fixed where selected value in dropdown menu would be displayed twice.
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Advanced Form Widget - Fixed issues with onChange/onChanged actions not triggering in certain circumstances.
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Advanced Form Widget - Issue fixed with schema definitions not working during Modify Actions.
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Tree Widget - Fixed issue with horizontal scrollbar not appearing when node text does not fit in widget.
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Notify Action - Fixed issue with Notify action execution regarding compilation and widget context.
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Report Viewer Widget - Issue fixed with display of reports in compilations with multiple Report Viewer widgets that reference the same report ID.
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Browser Console - Issue fixed with the browser console failing to open from Sign in panel and server info panel.
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SSO Sign In - Fixed issues with WebStudio SSO (IWA) Sign in, failure to construct URL/Invalid URL.
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Editor Widget - Support for language value "txt".
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Editor Widget - Code Completion - The code completion now works when setting or removing schema properties with the Modify Action.
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Editor Widget - contentToCompare - Issue fixed with diff editor not working after using Modify Action.
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Widget Resizing - Fixed issues with layout changes after resizing widgets.
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Chart Widget - Cursor Rendering - Fixed issue with cursor display when defined as an array of numbers.
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Chart Widget - onDataPointClick Action - Issue with onDataPointClick displaying wrong value when preceded by a null value has been fixed.
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Chart Widget - Start/End Time selection - Selecting the start and end time using drag tool now works correctly.
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Chart Widget - dataSource and Refresh Interval Support - Improvements to Chart Widget to support dataSource property and refresh interval functionality.
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Plotly Widget - Gauge Resize - Issue with labels not moving when gauge is resized has been fixed.
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Invalid Widget Handling - Error handling now introduced when attempting to save/import compilations containing invalid widget types.
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Image Widget - SVG display - Issue fixed with certain SVG images not displaying properly.
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Upgrade Notes - 1.88
- MongoDB Integration
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From 1.88, MongoDB is no longer shipped as part of AspenTech Inmation and is instead integrated as part of new installations. Existing installations are unaffected. 1.88 has been tested and is compatible with MongoDB version 5.0.12. To perform the upgrade manually, please visit the MongoDB upgrade instructions for Standalone, Replica Sets or Sharded Clusters depending on your own installation.
- WebStudio Advanced Form - onChanged action trigger
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The onFocus event hook in the Advanced Form Widget for a numeric input field will be a number and not a string as in previous versions.
- OPC UA Server - Event Filters
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The improvements to the handling of event filters can change the previous behaviour when subscribing to event notifiers using external clients. For example, warnings that could potentially be issued by UaExpert when subscription to ModelChangeEvents is enabled, will no longer be triggered.
- OPC UA Server - Event Support
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There are changes to the Server object from its behaviour in versions <1.84, due to the improvements to the OPC UA Server event support functionality. After installation/upgrade a hierarchy of objects with the following path "<SERVER_PATH>/Types/EventTypes/ForwardedEventType" is created in the Server Model to represent the new EventType. Also, event objects are exposed as nodes when connecting to the UA Server with an external UA client. In versions <1.84 they were exposed as variables.
- OEE - MongoDB Version
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The OEE Aggregation functionality requires MongoDB version 4.4 or above to correctly calculate aggregate values. Updating your system does not automatically update the existing MongoDB version so it must be upgraded manually. Please see the upgrade note above for more details on how to do this.
- Disabled Saf Mode
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Custom Time Series/Event Data Stores or Generic Buffers created in versions <1.84 which are subsequently updated to the latest version will have the Disabled SaF Mode set to "Keep" after update. In versions <1.84, the behaviour of disabled Custom Data Stores/Generic Buffers matched the "Keep" setting so the update will maintain consistency. Please change the property to "Discard" after update if you wish change the setting to the default behaviour for newly created objects in the latest version.
- Archive Selector - Event Objects
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Event Stream objects (Event Stream, Internal Event Stream and Script Events, Redundant Event Stream) created in versions <1.84 with Event historization selected will be updated with the Archive Selector property configured to "All Event Stores" (this means the data will be stored in any custom event stores that exist in the tree above the object AND the System Event (A&E) Data Store). In versions <1.84, the behaviour of historized Event Stream objects matched the "All Event Stores" setting, so the update will maintain this consistency.
- Audit Trail - Property Changes
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From 1.84 onwards, the Audit Trail properties ObjectAuditTrailStrategy and ComponentAuditTrailStrategy no longer exist but have been carried over into the AuditTrailStrategy.
- Code Execution - S95 EM Area objects
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In existing installations, if a Local Core is already assigned to the parent S95 EM Site objects, the Code Execution property for this S95 EM Area object can not be configured.
- Code Execution Component Property
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The Code Execution Component property is not configurable in DataStudio for KPI Model Site, S95 EM Site and S95 EM Area objects created in 1.78 or earlier. Please contact the support team for more information on configuring this property in your existing system.
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Upgrade to Stateful Relay Objects
When upgrading a system older than 1.82 containing Relay objects, there are certain existing configuration types that might need to be checked in order to upgrade in a controlled manner without problems. contact the support team before upgrading an existing installation to the latest version. |
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Components - Encrypted Connections Only property
The Encrypted Connections Only property on the Root object should only be activated once the Security Mode for all connected components has been configured to use Secure Communication (for example, TLS_SRP). If not, they could be locked out, without the possibility to remotely reconfigure for secure communication. |
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Web API Encryption - Encrypted Connections Only property
From 1.82, the Web API - Core communication has encryption enabled by default. If the Encrypted Connections Only property (introduced in 1.82) is activated, older Web API versions (<1.82) will not be able to communicate with the Core. It is recommended to update the old Web API service and reinstall with the default encryption enabled. Additionally, a Web API 1.82 or higher installed with default encryption will be unable to communicate with Core service versions <1.82. Please visit the Web API installation section for more installation options. |
- Web API - Authentication
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From 1.80 onwards, a new installation of the system requires that a non-default authentication profile and password be specified for Web API communication to the Core. If using an older Web API version (that is not updated together with a Core on the same host) to communicate with a newly installed 1.80 or above Core service, the Web API might not be able to communicate using the default profile. It is recommended to update the old Web API service and reinstall using the new authentication profile and password.
- Security Improvements
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Introduced in 1.80, the password policy related to Profile objects and component communication passphrases will still be compatible with existing passwords on existing deployments. However, it may have an effect on custom deployment scripts. If those scripts automatically change such password/passphrase properties, they might fail due to violating the new policies.
- Continued usage of older component versions with new Core
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The system allows the user to control component updates and configure how these component updates are verified when the Core service itself is updated. The system also provides a level of Backwards Compatibility and defined user states for objects with mismatched class versions. However, it is not recommended to leave Core/component versions unaligned for extended periods of time as this can potentially lead to communication issues between the components. Maintaining objects under components with different class versions to the Core could also lead to unexpected behavior. PLease see the documentation for more information.
- Interoperability of 1.72 and older Components - Store and Forward (SaF)
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Connectors and Local Cores with versions <1.74 will be unable to forward historical data or events to parent Cores versions 1.74 or newer. This affects only the systems where said components are configured for the manual-permissive software update mode. The data will be stored locally at the outdated component (within the configured storage limits) until the component is updated, then the previously stored data will be forwarded normally.
Compatibility Notes - 1.88
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Deprecation of the Web Chart, File Browser, Report Viewer and Entry Widget Web Apps
With 1.88, Web Chart, File Browser, Report Viewer and Entry Widget have been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Users are advised to use WebStudio instead. |
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Removal of the OPC DA XML data source::
The OPC DA XML data source has been removed in 1.88. Existing OPC XML-DA datasource objects will now enter an error state when activated. The ability to create new OPC XML DA datasource objects has been retained for reasons of backwards capability but they are non-functional and will also be in an error state. |
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Compatibility of 1.88 with MongoDB 5.0
AspenTech Inmation v1.88 has been tested and is compatible with MongoDB version 5.0.12 window="_blank" and this version is recommended when integrating MongoDB with AspenTech Inmation. |
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Deprecation of the SCI
With 1.82, the Simple Call Interface (SCI) API has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Users are advised to use WebAPI’s REST API directly or any of our other API clients. |
- OPC Classic Event Handling
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The previous way of returning classic OPC COM events in getvalue as a flat list of key/value pairs (version 1.76 and older) is deprecated. The defaults switch introduced in 1.78 is now the default.
- Administrative Group Property
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In 1.76, the AdministrativeGroup Property of the Profile class changed from a boolean datatype to integer with codings available in the AdministrativeGroup Coding Group. This is only an issue if upgrading from versions older than 1.76.
- Password Policies
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The Password Property of the Profiles class can now be null. Existing Lua scripts that use getvalue with this property need to be able to handle the case that the returned value can be nil. A login with a profile with a null password is not possible.
- Deprecation of os.setlocale function
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The Lua os.setlocale library function was deprecated in 1.76. Although the function will still work in this release, it will be replaced or removed in a future release.
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Compatibility of 1.88 with Visual KPI 5.96.7.565
v1.88 is compatible with Visual KPI versions 5.55.1.344 and greater, with the exception of 5.57. v1.88 has been tested with Visual KPI version 5.96.7.565. Also visit the Transpara Release Notes for detailed interoperability information. |
Supported Operating Systems and other Applications in 1.88
Please see the System Requirements section of the documentation for more information and recommendations regarding installation environments.
| Component | Supported Operating Systems and Applications |
|---|---|
Core Service (64bit) |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 Prof. SP2 (64-bit) Windows Vista SP2 (64-bit) |
Web API Service (64bit) |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 |
Connector, Relay, Server Service (64bit) |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 Prof. SP2 (64-bit) Windows Vista SP2 (64-bit) |
Connector, Relay, Server Service (32bit) |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 Prof. SP2 (64-bit) Windows 7 Prof. SP1 (64-bit) Windows 7 Prof. (32-bit) Windows XP SP1 (32-bit) |
DataStudio |
Windows OS must support .NET 4.6.2 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 Prof. SP2 (64-bit) Windows 7 Prof. SP1 (64-bit) Windows 7 Prof. (32-bit) |
Visual KPI |
Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 11 Windows 10 |
WebApps |
Google Chrome > 88.0 Microsoft Edge (Chromium version) > 88.0 Microsoft Edge (old version) 44.0 Apple Safari (macOS) > 14.0 Apple Safari (iPadOS experimental) > 14.0 Mozilla Firefox > 86.0 |
Fixed Issues in 1.88
| TFS ID | Title | Area | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23792 | WebStudio - Chart: Issue with Webstudio Y-Axis Trend component | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2023-02-15 |
| 23716 | esi-mqtt-publisher fails to compile a context report in case of an error | system:inmation | 2023-02-10 |
| 23525 | Incorrect service log when a local core connects to the master core | system:inmation\Services | 2023-01-26 |
| 23479 | Object synchronization can fail when multiple active components are installed at the same time | system:inmation | 2023-01-25 |
| 23299 | Self-signed UA certificates are using deprecated signature algorithm (Sha1) | system:inmation\Services | 2023-02-13 |
| 23287 | WebStudio - Table: Table with read-write datasource doesn't show save button | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2023-02-15 |
| 23128 | Event store purge logic deletes all events if retention time (days) > 24 | system:inmation\Services | 2023-01-03 |
| 23127 | Webstudio - Advanced Form: Submit button is not working on a large dropdown | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2023-01-19 |
| 23070 | esi-state-machine - when there is no state transition, RUN() creates a new current state row in stateResults | system:inmation\Services | 2022-12-12 |
| 23053 | Synchronous syslib.execute can cause slow communication between Master- and Local-Cores | system:inmation | 2023-01-16 |
| 23041 | Duplicate ComponentIDs can cause unresponsive object model | system:inmation | 2023-01-16 |
| 23027 | WebStudio - Chart: LeftPanel from chart does not load till manually refresh is done | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2023-02-14 |
| 22916 | WebStudio: Advanced Form - onChange doesn't always trigger | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-12-09 |
| 22871 | BatchTracker: mongo outage can potentially produce duplicated batch records when Partial Batch is enabled | system:inmation | 2022-12-05 |
| 22848 | Components under Relays are in bad state after network reconnect or security changes | system:inmation\Services | 2023-01-06 |
| 22773 | Webstudio - ADFS Login: Login modal is not getting dismissed when we sign into ADFS | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-11-23 |
| 22742 | UA write on NodeClass Unspecified fails | system:inmation | 2022-12-06 |
| 22724 | Webstudio - Advanced Form: Errors not cleared after refresh | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-11-17 |
| 22686 | Message processor mapping table causes high cpu usage | system:inmation | 2023-01-11 |
| 22671 | Stability issues in the connector when using GTSBs | system:inmation\Services | 2022-11-18 |
| 22624 | Webstudio: Advanced Form - TextArea: enter key is not triggering line break | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-11-09 |
| 22621 | PLC Datasource - Write issue with high integers | system:inmation\Services | 2022-11-17 |
| 22560 | OEE Indexes and aggregates are in bad state due to the aggregation not finishing | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-27 |
| 22541 | OEE Monitor Equipment State variables are not up-to-date | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-28 |
| 22538 | OEE Monitor Microstop Duration Threshold is ignored | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-31 |
| 22460 | WebStudio: SSO log in not working correctly with WebStudio log in when hostname and port are not provided in the URL | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-10-19 |
| 22412 | WebStudio - Advanced Form: schema definitions don't work during modify action | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-10-13 |
| 22366 | Connection issues during/after update | system:inmation\Services | 2022-12-06 |
| 22351 | MassConfig does not load local core Data Store Sets | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-11-17 |
| 22346 | esi-state-machine: Missing luaexp for wildcard transitions | system:inmation | 2023-01-09 |
| 22339 | Events or VQT data from a connector is not historized when data store set configuration is modified | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-13 |
| 22279 | Possible Core connection issues if large LDAP directories are present | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-14 |
| 22244 | History Transporter - PI Bridge interface may not work when the tag configuration table has high amount of rows | system:inmation\Services | 2022-11-21 |
| 22235 | WebStudio: SSO log in not working correctly with Webstudio log in | system:inmation\Web API | 2022-10-13 |
| 22179 | WebStudio: Console opens only once in Webstudio | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-09-28 |
| 22126 | Allen-Bradley device type - coroutine.resume error | system:inmation\Services | 2023-01-12 |
| 22124 | WebStudio: Farg argument is not consistent when passed as a query param from the browser | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-12-01 |
| 22051 | UA Datasource can not re-subscribe and OpcUa_BadInvalidState error spams the logs | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-12 |
| 22014 | Copying table holder data - missing headings | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2023-02-07 |
| 22003 | WebStudio - Advanced Form: onChange doesn't trigger as expected when removing the input for an enum property using the 'X' button. | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-10-13 |
| 21953 | UA datasource cannot write on particular tags | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-23 |
| 21902 | System object in warning state after upgrade | system:inmation | 2022-09-05 |
| 21901 | Local-Core with large model doesn't reconnect after network failures | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-14 |
| 21879 | Scheduler Item - Setting "End by" date to null does not work | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-09-15 |
| 21878 | esi-objects fails to create IO-Items with non-default IoType value | system:inmation | 2022-09-08 |
| 21877 | SQL Catalog backlog is drained very slowly | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-16 |
| 21867 | 32-bit connector not updated by 1.86.3 core | system:inmation\Services | 2022-12-07 |
| 21847 | Local-Core in bad state after a network disruption as long as the Client Timeout period | system:inmation\Services | 2023-01-12 |
| 21840 | Passphrase is mandatory for GUI installation but not for command line installation | system:inmation\Setup | 2022-08-29 |
| 21827 | SaF data transport might stall in certain overload conditions and not recover again (until a service restart) | system:inmation | 2022-11-21 |
| 21812 | Windows event log after installation shows 'SQLite returned: 1' | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-02 |
| 21807 | esi-ip21 fails with 'invalid use of '%' in replacement string' | system:inmation | 2022-08-29 |
| 21789 | WebStudio - Selecting a row in one of the pages of a table redirects to the first page | system:inmation\WebStudio | 2022-09-09 |
| 21788 | AuditTrail in PropertyPanel creates error "dkjson not enough memory for buffer allocation" | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-08-24 |
| 21785 | Test MSI_MessageProcessorHelperTests is failing after changeset 42108 | system:inmation\Services | 2022-12-14 |
| 21723 | Item in ISA-95 Equipment Model is not displaying the correct decimal place. | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2023-01-10 |
| 21721 | MSI: autogeneration of central mapping is slow | system:inmation | 2022-09-13 |
| 21714 | syslib.deleterawhistory does not work as expected | system:inmation | 2022-11-14 |
| 21667 | Server service loses connection after 1.82 upgrade | system:inmation\Documentation | 2022-08-08 |
| 21618 | DataStudio - MassConfig Excel export has a tab named '3705' when an Equipment Module is in object tree | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-08-05 |
| 21575 | BatchTracker: Result of the Delta calculation is not correctly stored | system:inmation | 2022-12-09 |
| 21544 | Error being thrown when clicking "Sign In" using Integrated Windows Authentication | system:inmation\Web API | 2022-08-03 |
| 21493 | Relay receives more objects than it should from the core | system:inmation\Services | 2022-07-20 |
| 21439 | Connector leaks memory when UA client is connected to a particular UA server | system:inmation\Services | 2022-08-16 |
| 21405 | MSI Interface - SF_TO_MES using japanese characters does not work properly | system:inmation\Services | 2022-07-08 |
| 21393 | DataStudio: numeric inputs to non numeric field rounded | system:inmation | 2022-07-28 |
| 21389 | gethistory of object with ProcessValue linked to redundant item does not return history | system:inmation\Services | 2022-07-07 |
| 21311 | MSI: Mapping AutoGeneration does not accept Object with special characters in path | system:inmation | 2022-08-03 |
| 20820 | ODBC Datasource throws an error if the return of the query has no column names | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-09-26 |
| 20612 | Object State changes are not always reflected in IO model | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-07-08 |
| 18338 | ModObjectState no longer documented after v1.70 | system:inmation\Documentation | 2022-08-15 |
| 13493 | UA Client builds a different hierarchy than UA Server's namespace | system:inmation\Services | 2022-08-05 |
Known Issues in 1.88
| TFS ID | Title | Area | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9345 | Web API - Authentication; ’sub’ claim in token not always the same for same Active Directory user. | system:inmation\Web API | 2019-06-14 |
| 6296 | The UA connection is functional despite 'Server Certificate Endpoint Host mismatch (creating session)' error | system:inmation\Services | 2018-08-02 |
| 6264 | Changing the port of the Core is not working | system:inmation | 2018-08-01 |
| 22421 | Flex Mapping is not working correctly when the Message Broker is in Configuration Mode | system:inmation\Services | 2022-10-13 |
| 22410 | Advanced endpoint query parameters processed incorrectly | system:inmation\Web API | 2022-10-13 |
| 22053 | 32-bit Connector Service stops running randomly | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-15 |
| 22049 | PLC Datasource cannot browse User Defined Type Arrays | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-14 |
| 22031 | Unexpected non-purging of SystemTestStore | system:inmation\Services | 2022-09-13 |
| 21930 | Exporting table holder data | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-09-05 |
| 21761 | Renaming a reference in DataStudio causes deletion of reference | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-08-12 |
| 21717 | Audit trail entries for change in path on system update | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-08-09 |
| 21663 | Browse Rule with / in the name is not executed | system:inmation\Services | 2022-08-03 |
| 21516 | There is a bug with install-helper.ps1 where a single “-“ is used when passing the “port ” parameter | system:inmation\Services | 2022-07-12 |
| 21404 | Action Item Returns "Reference is not bound" as soon as security references are applied | system:inmation\Services | 2022-07-05 |
| 21349 | Python API client does not indicate that a subscription is cancelled after a reconnect | system:inmation\Services | 2022-06-29 |
| 21084 | Syslib.setvalue() needs a list of cases where writing to an object fails but no error message is returned. | system:inmation\Documentation | 2022-06-07 |
| 20957 | esi-smtp - SENDLIST returns the error "Recipient should be a string" | system:inmation | 2022-05-25 |
| 20889 | Access model shows unconfirmed state | system:inmation | 2022-05-19 |
| 20880 | Compare to Previous window producing wrong configuration version for audit trail | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-05-19 |
| 20862 | Feedback Item Set-Up needs a general warning about misconfiguration | system:inmation\Documentation | 2022-05-18 |
| 20552 | Port Switching anomaly for Local Cores (upgraded or modified "Server Port" property value) | system:inmation | 2022-04-26 |
| 20421 | syslib.execute occasionally times out without a reason | system:inmation | 2022-04-19 |
| 20420 | Custom attributes of script events are always set in lowercase | system:inmation | 2022-04-19 |
| 20189 | Updating the Object description of a Datasource triggers Browse Once of that Datasource | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-03-22 |
| 20083 | syslib.MongoOps xcopy command incompatible with non-English OS | system:inmation | 2022-03-10 |
| 19994 | PIBridge uninstallation via. Package Management doesn't work when uninstalling PIBridge services that were upgraded from a previous version | system:inmation\Setup | 2022-03-02 |
| 19978 | Identical VQT data is processed by SaF (and e.g. forwarded to the GTSB) | system:inmation\Services | 2022-03-01 |
| 19408 | Data Studio - Table Holder - Long integers in JSON content are shown as NumberLong() | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2022-01-26 |
| 19377 | OPC DA Datasource - Running the connector under a specific account is not sufficient to establish a remote connection | system:inmation\Services | 2022-01-25 |
| 19189 | Renaming the parent connector object breaks ODBC datasource | system:inmation\Services | 2022-01-13 |
| 19103 | Filegrid widget documentation checking | system:inmation\Documentation | 2022-01-03 |
| 19056 | Server object unable to connect after image removal | system:inmation\Services | 2021-12-21 |
| 18819 | It is not possible to connect to Web API service if a very long access token lifetime is set | system:inmation\Web API | 2021-12-07 |
| 18784 | External Writes not in Audit Trail | system:inmation | 2021-12-03 |
| 18714 | Scheduler Item breaks after modifying it during Edge Duration | system:inmation\Services | 2021-11-30 |
| 18553 | Strange status behavior with server model objects | system:inmation\Services | 2021-11-22 |
| 18375 | msgqueue - address in use | system:inmation\Services | 2021-11-05 |
| 18340 | Documentation of CustomTimeRetention property is incorrect/misleading | system:inmation\Documentation | 2021-11-04 |
| 18175 | AdvancedLuaScript Property - example leads to misunderstanding | system:inmation\Documentation | 2021-10-19 |
| 17728 | WebAPI - allocation timeout creates error 500 | system:inmation\Web API | 2021-09-01 |
| 16941 | No data in the real time trend after changing Marker startup type option | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2021-07-19 |
| 16886 | Code Deletion by two times pushing F9 | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2021-07-12 |
| 16393 | MongoDB index creation failure for one collection marks the whole connection pool as being bad | system:inmation | 2021-06-16 |
| 15516 | UA Datasource cannot browse a particular OPC UA server | system:inmation | 2021-04-30 |
| 15460 | gethistory() returns null values when querying historical data for objects with a reference to the same Process Value | system:inmation\Services | 2021-04-27 |
| 15222 | Password protected UA certificates can't be used | system:inmation | 2021-04-07 |
| 15203 | Events Received perf. counter of Custom Event Data Store object causes confusion | system:inmation | 2021-04-01 |
| 15076 | syslib.execute() times out when the executed Lua chunk returns a function | system:inmation | 2021-03-18 |
| 14432 | Inherited location option is not functioning | system:inmation | 2021-01-21 |
| 14016 | Web API - ReadHistoricalData endpoint returns 0 instead of NoValue with TimeAverage and TimeAverage2 aggregates | system:inmation | 2020-11-27 |
| 13925 | The MONGODB function(inmation.Backup library) returns "0:nil" after the successful operation | system:inmation | 2020-11-19 |
| 13525 | Handling of KPI Tables without STARTTIME&ENDTIME arguments creates error | system:inmation | 2020-10-12 |
| 13228 | Scroll speed change on Windows OS is not applied in DataStudio | system:inmation\DataStudio | 2020-09-10 |
| 12985 | UA Client - URI Mismatch between ApplicationDescription and Certificate | system:inmation\Services | 2020-08-17 |
| 12505 | The data holder object is corrupt when it is created below the connector by an action item with a triggering link | system:inmation | 2020-07-07 |
| 12453 | historicaldataattime does not work for datatype string for VKPI widgets | system:inmation\Web API | 2020-06-29 |
| 12393 | History Transfer Controller is not producing data points at Expected Frequency while using an aggregate | system:inmation | 2020-06-19 |
| 12079 | inmation Server spams Windows Event logs | system:inmation | 2020-04-28 |
| 11807 | Changing security modes/passphrases for communication between cores is currently not supported | system:inmation | 2020-03-16 |
| 11715 | Core service silently deletes or ignores critical objects in the image | system:inmation | 2020-03-06 |
| 11361 | MongoDB Backup - The content of the source folder is not copied fully to the destination folder during the full backup | system:inmation | 2020-01-27 |
| 11238 | Web API authentication fails with a profile that has a backslash(\) in its password | system:inmation | 2020-01-16 |
UA Compliance Tests
| Total Tests | 831 |
|---|---|
✅ Passed |
723 |
❌ Failed |
108 |
Pass Percentage |
87.00% |
For more details see UA Compliance Tests page.