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Gestalt Trend Release Notes

This page describes the release notes for Gestalt Trend.

Upcoming

2022-08-Major

New Features

  • Lockable Axes: Users can now choose to lock an axis, which will fix the displayed range and prevent the window automatically attempting to centre the trend.

Modifications and Fixes

  • Added the application logo to the side menu.
  • Added validation for the naming of a Trend dashboard.
  • Added a warning icon on Trend if the real-time connection is not established.
  • Added a dialogue that is displayed when the request to retrieve data sources has failed and allows the user to retry the request again.
  • Added optimisations to rendering to prevent unnecessary renders and causing the application from locking up on busy dashboards.
  • Modified “Allow Updates” to turn on by default if a “Now” period is selected.
  • Modified FFT rendering to prevent is from using the colour black for a selected tag when using the dark theme.
  • Modified the loading symbol to use the Intelligent Plant logo.
  • Modified PCP to hide the tag names when the number of tags does not fit the screen width.
  • Improved the styling for windows to make controls fit better.
  • Relocated Trend window controls to the title bar to declutter the main window and improved the styling.
  • Fixed an issue where creating a folder would fail due to the parent not being found.
  • Fixed an issue where the real-time subscription would be lost when the connection dropped.
  • Fixed an issue where it would attempt to render an empty window when changing theme.
  • Fixed an issue where maximising a window would then cause it to overlay any other window when it was maximised.
  • Fixed an issue where the alarm view was rendering titles in the incorrect colours when using the dark theme.
  • Fixed an issue where windows would cover the menu button when the context bar is closed.
  • Fixed an issue with the tag search were the previous results would not be cleared.
  • Fixed an issue where an embedded PnID would not contain the correct time range.
  • Fixed an issue where FFT would create a looping copy of itself when receiving new values.
  • Fixed an issue where the Cross Correlation view would throw error when there was no data.
  • Fixed an issue where the display mode menu was not enabling the correct configuration options.
  • Fixed an issue where the trend view would not render correctly if the range of data was 0.
  • Fixed an issue where Trend view would not centre tags correctly if they contained a NaN.
  • Fixed an issue where the Histogram view would not render correct if any of the tags contained a NaN.
  • Fixed an issue where the minimum and maximum markers were not being updated when new values came in.
  • Fixed an issue where you could not search for tags by description of unit of measure.
  • Fixed an issue where the tag's data was not correctly updated when new values came in.
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to copy files to the root would not work.

Current

New Features

* Expression Evaluator Manager: Users can now review and edit the function used for expression tags.

Modifications and Fixes

  • Modified Tag Manager to make it more clear the tag name is editable.
  • Modified data acquistion of windows to first get a snapshot of all tags before getting historical to improve user experience when in views like calm waters.
  • Modified the colour of the calm waters display from green to blue.
  • Fixed an issue where a file would be removed even if there existed another admin on it.
  • Fixed an issue where expression tag would not be rendered when reorganising tags.
  • Fixed an issue where trying to “Save as” a file would save the wrong file name.
  • Fixed an issue where the paging and filtering on the user search were not working if the user was included in the list.
  • Fixed an issue where the Window Menu would not display the normalise settings.
  • Fixed an issue where multiaxis would no longer work when it was turned off.
  • Fixed an issue where multiaxis would reset when reopening the settings dialogue.
  • Fixed an issue where reverting the data query would not work and only display a blank window.
  • Fixed an issue where panning with multiaxis would cause inconsistent scaling of the axes.
  • Fixed an issue where the histogram would be rendered over the axis when panning.
  • Fixed an issue where Scatter plot would not render if there was a NaN in the dataset
  • Fixed an issue where Scatter plot was not rendering the correct data when changing display mode.
  • Fixed an issue with the tag manager where it would attempt to reorder the tag when not clicking on the reorder icon.
  • Fixed an issue where trend could not receive calls from Taggle.
  • Fixed an issue where exception would be thrown when trying to zoom in on a window in a dashboard that had an empty window.
  • Fixed an issue where the Allow Updates button would not be turned off when zooming on a window.
  • Fixed an issue where peaks in a dataset would be skipped when processing data for display, and would therefore not be displayed.
  • Fixed an issue where the minimum and maximum labels were not being displayed in the correct locations.
  • Fixed an issue where PnID and Custom windows did not update their titlebars.
  • Fixed an issue where you could not save a dashboard with a PnID in after opening it.

New Features

  • Copy Folder Contents: Users can now copy the entirety of a folder's contents to a specified location, allowing files to be moved elsewhere with ease.
  • Export Dashboard: Users can now export whole Trend dashboards and not just the data.

Modifications and Fixes

  • Added text to state there are no permissions when viewing permissions on a file/folder.
  • Modified dashboard label colour when in dark mode to improve visibility.
  • Modified group dashboards area to now display groups you are a member off and not groups that are simply visible to you.
  • Modified group dashboards area to now display groups by their organisation.
  • Modified groups in the share modal to now display groups by their organisation.
  • Modified queries for retrieving file contents that significantly improves the load times of Modified queries for retrieving folder contents that significantly improves the load times of the file explorer.
  • Modified method of retrieving real-time updates to improve stability.
  • Modified the method in which data is queried to improve load speeds.
  • Modified PCP labels to now show descriptions when tag has been set to display descriptions.
  • Added ability to navigate to configured URL by right clicking on a given tag in PCP and Calm Waters.
  • Added error message when user attempts to accept a share in a location they are not permitted.
  • Fixed an issue where removing permissions from a folder could result in the underlying folder structure being deleted.
  • Fixed an issue where normalise settings were shown when not in normalisation mode.
  • Fixed an incorrect message being shown when accepting a share.
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to update a custom window in a dashboard would throw an error.
  • Fixed an issue where the timestamp of the current value being sent to custom windows was incorrect.
  • Fixed an issue where the application would serve cached content and cause the app to break.
  • Fixed an issue where Annotations could not be edited, deleted or navigated between.
  • Fixed an issue where saving via the left side panel would cause some properties to not be saved.
  • Fixed an issue where the scale of the display would jump drastically when a new time range was applied causing axes and visualisations to be shifted.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause large Calm Waters displays to lock up the browser.
  • Fixed an issue where the start and end time would be incorrectly offset because of the time zone.
  • Fixed an issue where a dashboard label was not being set on load of a dashboard.
  • Fixed header and icon in rename dialogue.

2022-03-Major

New Features

Deviation Monitoring and Display Modes - Users can now select various display modes, which visualise the data in a number of different ways based on their deviation over defined limits. These new modes include:

  • Absolute: Window will display the absolute values from the data.
  • Normalised: Window will display the normalised version of the data in the window.
  • Deviation: Window will only display data that has exceeded the normal limit.
  • Enumeration: Window will display data as a set of states base on the limits: Normal, Yellow, Red. These states are derived based on whether the values have exceeded the given limit.

These modes are usable on the following views:

  • Trend
  • Parallel Coordinate Plot
  • Scatter Plot
  • Histogram
  • Calm Waters

Modifications and Fixes

  • Modified default zoom of a trend from 1/3 of the window to 1/2.
  • Modified panning to have a dead band on the x-axis to prevent accidental changing of time range when scrolling.
  • Improvements to the file structure UI to facilitate larger file names
  • Improvements to usability on mobile phones.
  • Improvements to overall loading times of dashboards.
  • Improvements to the file handling system to make it more robust.
  • Removed the allow update control from individual windows.
  • Fixed an issue where user's could accept shares in a location they were not permitted to.
  • Fixed an issue where user's could still access files when they had been removed from the appstore group that access was permitted to.
  • Fixed an issue where the share pop up would crash on the initial opening.
  • Fixed an issue where a new folder would not be created when pressing enter.
  • Fixed an issue where cross-correlation matrix was calculating the correlation for all delays, thereby making loading of dashboards much slower.
  • Fixed an issue where linking a window did not update the state of the control in the file menu button.
  • Fixed an issue where the date controls would not display an error if allow updates was on.
  • Fixed an issue where the relative axis was not being displayed when turned on.
  • Fixed an issue where an unauthorised share would return the incorrect error.
  • Fixed an issue where saving a file in a folder that had a space in it's name would result in an error.
  • Fixed an issue where the file menu is not reloaded once a file has been deleted.
  • Fixed an issue where removing the last permission from the permissions panel will delete the file without providing a warning.
  • Fixed an issue where permission changes will persist after an error is thrown.
  • Fixed an issue where data was being requested twice for a window.
  • Fixed an issue where tags were being removed on successive requests, leading to it eventually requesting no tags.
  • Fixed an issue where user could rename a file to one with no name.
  • Fixed an issue where you could not rename a file in a group structure.
  • Fixed an issue where files could be left orphaned by removing all administrators.
  • Fixed an issue where PnIDs would not load data whilst in a trend dashboard.
  • Fixed an issue where Custom windows would not be notified when the global time range changed.
  • Fixed an issue where the zero line in the trend view was overlaying the trend lines.
  • Fixed an issue where tag descriptions were not being displayed.
  • Fixed an issue where panning multiple times on a window would cause it to break.

Past Releases

2021-10-Major

New Features

  • Added share system for groups.
  • Added share and permitions controls.
  • Added functionality to rename files and folders.

Modifications and Fixes

  • Added Relative time menu to the global main menu.
  • Added time controls for window menus.
  • Modified tag search window to scroll and better size the results section.
  • Modified request of preview data to make it fast and efficient.
  • Fixed issue where loading a Trend dashboard with a null scrub time would result in an error.
  • Fixed bug where Expression Evaluator did not add the tag to th window.
  • Fixed bug where normalised limits would reset on time range change.
  • Fixed issue where time pickers on menu pop up did not sync with the time of the window.
  • Fixed issue where pop ups where not adjusting to mobile width.
  • Fixed bug where scrubs were not being parsed correctly in the side menu.
  • Fixed issue where the state of a digital tag was not being displayed.
  • Fixed bug where a Trend opened from PnID did not retained the selected dates.

2021-09-Major

New Features

  • Added ability to remove multiple tags at one time in the tag manager .
  • Added a ctrl-s shortcut for saving the current file.
  • Added a “duplicate window” button to make a copy of the currently selected window.

Modifications and Fixes

  • Modified preview data request to always request data using INTERP.
  • Modified UI of the main tag search to make input sizing and spacing more consistent.
  • Modified tag search so that only the results scroll and not the whole modal.
  • Modified setting so trend does not always prompt user to authorise datasources.
  • Modified tag manager so that the tag name can be edited to change the display/friendly name.
  • Fixed a bug where a file with the same name as an existing one would overwrite without asking the user.
  • Fixed a bug where limits would not persist if changed from graph.
  • Fixed a bug where the end time would not be updated with user's cached value.
  • Fixed a bug where dashboard was not loading when it contained a PCP.
  • Fixed an issue where the window name was attempting to be displayed before the DOM had loaded.
  • Fixed a bug where toggling colour off would cause the preview to disappear.
  • Fixed bug where opening a trend from PnID window sometimes loaded out of time.
  • Fixed bug where opening files would thrown an error if the window was opened before.
  • Fixed link to release notes to open in a new window.
  • Fixed minor UI error for Mozilla Firefox.
  • Fixed minor UI error where time pickers width did not adjust to complete date.
  • Fixed a bug where if the end time value stored in the cookie was a * it would throw an error.
  • Fixed bug where key down event would not trigger.
  • Fixed limits not checking/updating when normalised.
  • Fixed PCP getting limits from the wrong variable.
  • Fixed a bug where a window with a PnID would not load correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where click stop playback would only remove one of the interval callbacks meaning the other windows would continue to play. Clicking again would then stack the callbacks.
  • Fixed a bug where the x axis would not draw when it spanned months or years.
  • Fixed issue where a new user could end up with a malformed directory.
  • Fixed bug where certain file paths caused an error when saving a new file.
  • Fixed a bug where a file would not be saved at the correct path.
  • Fixed exporting of CSV so it can export data over multiple windows and time ranges.
  • Fixed a bug where the views were not being properly initialised when loading a file
  • Fixed a bug where Go button did not have a handler for a Custom Window
  • Fixed issue where you could not share a file if it was nested in a folder

2021-06-Major

New Features

General

  • Added a pop up notification if date pickers are attempted to be used whilst live updates is on.
  • Added quick “Add tags” button on top-right floating menu.
  • Added window time range to top-right of overlay controls.
  • Added a linked icon to highlight if a window is linked to the global time range.
  • Added a URL property to the tag properties.
  • Added a pop up message to indicate when a new version has been released with a link to the changelog.
  • Added a new system for managing tags created via the expression evaluator.

Modifications and Fixes

General

  • Modified the tag annotation request so that each tag is checked to see if their respective data sources are annotation compliant, if not, they are from the annotation request.
  • Modified icon menus to only hide when mouse leaves a window rather than after a pre-set time.
  • Modified and tweaked the date pickers style.
  • Modified and tweaked the side menu style.
  • Modified the label and description controls, so that they are now a single control.
  • Fixed bug that prevented the play timer from working.
  • Fixed bug which stopped user saving a dashboard with a PnID.
  • Fixed bug where you could not search for tags.
  • Fixed issue where date pickers were not working in the window configuration modal
  • Fixed issue where play scrub did no reset to 0 when it got to the end.
  • Fixed bug where end time in relative mode would always return a * even when an offset was being applied.
  • Fixed bug where window name popup would not persist following a save.
  • Fixed the 0 guideline being drawn over the displayed trends.
  • Fixed the date format for the date in the icon overlay.
  • Fixed bug where play scrub position was not being updated.
  • Fixed bug where some menu elements state did not reflect the actual setting value.
  • Fixed bug where Expression Tags were not updated when the time range was changed.
  • Fixed bug where Expression tags were not being persisted correctly on dashboard save.
  • Fixed issue where the tag search was continuously requesting tag pages even though the container was full.
  • Fixed a bug where the mouse became stuck when dragging an axis.
  • Fixed issue where the tag properties was incorrectly index leading to an error when loading a page.
  • Fixed bug where the window name disappeared when switching views.
  • Fixed bug where Trend would crash if you tried to save a window that had no tags.

PCP

  • Fixed bug where the PCP did not update the play scrub on selection of a data point.
  • Fixed bug where the pre and post scrubs were not filtering the tag values on PCP.

Scatter Plot

  • Fixed bug where the Scatter Plot view would not reflect the pre and post scrub values.
  • Fixed bug where the label was not updated on the Scatter Plot view.

2021-04-Major

This release contains the following changes:

New Features

General

  • Added Dark Mode.
  • Added Name attribute to each window.
  • Added tag manager menu to customize settings on each tag.
  • Added new menu pop up. This change remove the menu and creates more space on each window.

Calm Waters

  • Added information about top deviation tags in Calm Waters.
  • Added menu to set a baseline for Calm Waters to render unassigned values.
  • Added feature to control zoom in Calm Waters.

Modifications and Fixes

General

  • Fixed issue where files couldn't be saved inside a folder properly.
  • Changed menus to upgrade depending on the view.
  • Changed Trend not allowing to add tags before setting date range.
  • Fixed issue with FX evaluator not adding custom tag correctly.
  • Changed menu so it now updates values from each file.
  • Changed top menu to merge between Time and Play menu to create a more accessible menu.
  • Fixed issue where load old query would load only time changes and not zoom

Calm Waters

  • Fixed issues where Calm Waters rendered unassigned values and borders as 0.

CCMatrix

  • Fixed issue where there was no possible to pan horizontally.

Histogram

  • Fixed issue where some tags were not being rendered by a value being infinite.

PCP

  • Fixed issue where label would get stuck in max and min values.
  • Fixed issue where would display all values when hovering on an empty value.

Trend

  • Fixed issues where changes on limits were not being saved into the file.

PnID

  • Fixed issue where changes on a PnID would not update the Trend Window menus.

2020-11-Major

This release contains the following changes:

New Features

General

  • Revamped UI to modernise and improve usability
  • Added new system to store zoom per tag.
  • Created new system of self contained windows. This new system improve coordination between windows.
  • Added new warning pop up when limits are set beyond their scope.
  • Added a feature to allow real-time update of tag values.

Limits

  • Added new feature to edit values from the limits cell.

Trend

  • Added new axis system. This system allows user to separate the tags on multiple axes.
  • Added new pop up menu to customize multi axes.

Modifications and Fixes

General

  • Fixed issue where tags could not be removed from the tag panel.
  • Fixed issue where last tag could not be removed from the plot.
  • Changed tag panel to fit more tags.
  • Changed side menu to include all functionality

Mobile

  • Fixed issue where rotation of device would distortion the display
  • Removed windows menus to allow more space on the plot.

Limits

  • Fixed issue where all the table was rendered instead of the updated value.

Scatter plot

  • Changed axis to displaying the correspondent tags name.

2020-04-Hotfix1

This release contains the following changes:

  • Fixed performance issue when loading query-intensive dashboards.

2020-03-Hotfix1

This release contains the following changes:

  • Fixed issue that would result in the annotations for all tags in a dashboard being requested when adding a new tag.
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