March 26, 2021

Alerts

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 1. Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

DescriptionTracking ID
To enhance user experience, the format and content of alert notifications have been improved. By default, the following sections appear in the alert notifications:
  • ALERT INFORMATION: Displays basic information on the alert, such as alert ID, timestamps of the occurrences of the alert, name of the owner of the alert, source of the alert, associated asset ID and asset name, and so on.
  • SCAN GROUP DATA: Displays tag names and values for the tags that contribute to the alert.
    Note: This section does not appear for the following activities triggering the email notifications:
    • Attachment Added
    • Attachment Deleted
    • Note Added
    • Note Deleted
F58208
To improve usability when filtering a column in the Alerts Grid view that contains a fixed set of values, you can now select one or more values contained in the column as filter criteria. To facilitate this enhancement, the filter button () has been added to the headings of the following columns:
  • ALERT SOURCE
  • ALERT TYPE
  • DISPOSITION
  • SEVERITY
  • STATUS
F55900
To improve usability when filtering a column in the Alerts Grid view that does not contain a fixed set of values, you can now specify the following filter criteria:
  • Starts With
  • Ends With
  • Contains
  • Does Not Contain
  • Equals
  • Does Not Equal
To facilitate this enhancement, the filter button () has been added to the Filter boxes that appear for the following columns:
  • ASSET ALIAS
  • ASSET CUSTOMER NAME
  • ASSET ID
  • ASSET NAME
  • ASSET PARENT
  • NAME
  • OWNER
  • SOURCE KEY
F55899
When adding or modifying a custom filter, you can now specify multiple values at a time as filter criteria for the filter options containing a fixed set of values. To facilitate this enhancement, a drop-down combo box now appears next to the following filter options in the Filter Alerts window:
  • Alert Type
  • Dispositioned
  • Severity
  • Source
  • Status
F55898
You can now opt in or opt out of receiving email notifications for the alerts that you claim. To facilitate this enhancement, the Notification Preference button () has been added to the Alerts page.F54376
When adding or modifying a custom filter containing the following filter options, you can now specify multiple strings separated by commas (for example, inverter, pipe) as filter criteria to view the associated alerts in the Alerts grid:
  • Alert Name
  • Asset Id
  • Asset Name
  • Asset Site Name
F51220
You can now delete an evidence created from an analysis associated with an alert.F1233
You can now refresh data in the Alert Details page to view the latest data. To facilitate this enhancement, the Refresh button () has been added to the Alert Details page.US471570
Table 2. Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.

DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you exported an Alert to PDF, the SmartSignal alert markers in the Analysis charts, were not displayed in the proper location. This issue has been resolved.DE141108

APM Mobile Application

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 3. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you entered readings for a route in the GE Digital APM mobile application, and under certain conditions when you applied the Only Incomplete Checkpoints filter, the readings were not saved. This issue has been resolved. Now, the GE Digital APM mobile application retains the readings.DE154392
Previously, when the GE Digital APM mobile application was run on an iOS device and you used the drop-down data entry control to enter readings, the application would freeze sometimes. This issue has been resolved.DE153730

Assets

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 4. Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

DescriptionTracking ID
  • Although the Assets microapp allows you to create an instance with any UTF-8 special character in the Instance Name and Sourcekey, all other GE Digital APM modules support only the following special characters in the Instance Names and Sourcekeys:
    • Alphanumeric characters
    • &(ampersand)
    • .(dot)
    • —(em dash)
    • –(en dash)
    • #(number sign)
    • “(quotation marks)
    • _(underscore)
  • Tag Names associated with the Tag instances support only the following special characters even though the Tag instances in the Assets microapp support all the UTF-8 special characters:
    • α(alpha)
    • \(backslash)
    • β(beta)
    • :(colon)
    • ,(comma)
    • $(dollar sign)
    • -(hyphen)
    • µ(micro sign)
    • #(number sign)
    • Ω(omega)
    • £(pound sign)
    • ¥(yen sign)
F57949

Asset Criticality Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 5. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if your culture setting was set to a culture other than Invariant Language, when you attempted to export ACA analyses from the ACA Overview page, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.DE154689
Previously, when using risk matrix in ACA, if a risk assessment was previously defined, when you attempted to set the risk assessment to Not Applicable in each risk category, the criticality of the asset did not change to Undefined or Not Applicable. Additionally, ACA retained the risk assessment value that was previously defined. This issue has been resolved.DE153224

Asset Hierarchy

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 6. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, in the main Asset Hierarchy page, if you switched tabs before the Asset Hierarchy loaded, the spinner continued for an indefinite timespan. This issue has been resolved. Now, a message appears after one minute suggesting you reload the page using the local page refresh control.DE152901
Previously, when GE Digital APM was deployed in a load-balanced environment, a message appeared indicating that duplicate relationships exist in the Asset Hierarchy when there were no duplicates. This issue has been resolved.DE152668

Cases

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 7. Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

DescriptionTracking ID
To enhance user experience, the format and content of case notifications have been improved. By default, the CASE INFORMATION section appears in the case notifications, displaying the basic information on the case, such as case ID, date and time when the case was last updated, name of the owner of the case, external case ID, associated asset ID and asset name, and so on.F58208
You can now export the Cost Benefit Analysis of a case to a PDF file. To facilitate this enhancement, a new check box, Cost Benefit Analysis, has been added to the Export PDF window of the Case Details page.F57953
When you create a case from a SmartSignal alert, the default analysis charts of the alert are now automatically added to the case.F57952
To improve productivity, when you add an evidence to an alert, the evidence is now added to all the cases associated with the alert.F57951
When configuring case rules, you can now specify filter criteria containing the following values:
  • Name of a case
  • Name of an asset segment
To facilitate this enhancement, the following filters have been added to the Select Criteria window of the Case Rules section in the My Preferences page:
  • Case Name
  • Asset Segment Name
F56296
In the Cases Grid view, the settings persist even if you sign out and sign in to GE Digital APM in the following scenarios:
  • You apply a filter set to the grid.
  • You sort the columns in the grid.
  • You select an asset in the Asset Hierarchy window to view the associated cases.
Note: This enhancement is applicable only if you use a single device to access GE Digital APM.
US459510
Table 8. Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.

DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you exported a case including analysis charts to PDF, some of the chart data was not displayed. This issue has been resolved.DE150661
Previously, when you exported multiple Cases to PDF, the SmartSignal alert markers in the Analysis charts, were not displayed in the proper location. This issue has been resolved.DE141128
Table 9. Obsolete Features

The following features are no longer available.

DescriptionTracking ID
The CasesV1 module has been deprecated.F58430

Compliance Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 10. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when approving a modified Inspection Plan that currently has Compliance Recommendations in the Implemented state and RBI Recommendations in the proposed state, the Compliance Recommendations were reverted to the Approved state. This issue has been resolved.DE153703

Data Loaders

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 11. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to load data on new clusters, data load might have failed due to authorization enhancements made for APM Connect in the Predix Cloud infrastructure. This issue has been resolved.DE155030

Datasets

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 12. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if a dataset with dates was exported to an Excel file and then imported, the operation failed. Additionally, if the Excel file contained dates, the date and month values were switched. These issues have been resolved.DE153465

eLog

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 13. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
DescriptionTracking ID
When you link an asset to a log entry, you can now access the asset hierarchy at the functional location of the Shift or Unit, making it easier to find assets corresponding to your production unit environment. US470521
To improve usability in the eLog Admin pages, you can now create a custom family name as a child of the eLog Assignment Family and add a drop-down picklist to the assignment template forms.US467281

Email Settings

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 14. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
DescriptionTracking ID
To ensure the ownership of the email account configured to send the notification emails in GE Digital APM, a new option, Verify Email, has been added to the Email Settings page. Using this option, you can send the verification email to the configured email address.
Note: The verification link expires in 24 hours.
US469935

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 15. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if your culture setting was set to a culture other than Invariant Language, when you attempted to export FMEA analyses from the FMEA Overview page, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.DE154689

Family Policies

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 16. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you executed a policy using Create Alert or Query Alert nodes, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.DE156299

Foundation

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 17. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if your language settings and culture settings in the GE Digital APM application were not the same, the decimal separators did not appear correctly in the values for the field to which business rules were applied. This issue has been resolved.DE153718

Generation Availability Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 18. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
DescriptionTracking ID
To enhance usability in the GAA Unit page, the CEA reporting format has been improved when you enter a single digit for the Primary Unit Code instead of two digits. To facilitate this enhancement, the single digit entered in the Primary Unit code is now prefixed with 0 and appears as two digits in the CEA Event Report.US472806
Table 19. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, in the Regulatory Reports section, when you tried generating reports for contributing events, the event reports displayed incorrect formatting. This issue has been resolved.DE155818

Inspection Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 20. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when viewing an Inspection Checklist, if you attempted to resize the split view of the Checklist section to full page, or from full page to half page, the columns within the data grid of the checklist categories were misaligned. This issue has been resolved.DE153922

Metrics and Scorecards

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 21. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, the KPI date format in tables and trend charts did not appear based on your culture settings. This issue has been resolved.DE154666

Policy Designer

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 22. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
DescriptionTracking ID
You will now be able to choose to get Interpolated data in the Predix Time Series node. To facilitate this enhancement, Use Interpolated Data option has been added in the Predix Time Series node properties window. When this option is selected, you must select the interpolation method and enter the interpolation interval in seconds.US469390
Table 23. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, the policy execution service user permissions may have been intermittently invalid, resulting in:
  • No data was retrieved when you executed a policy using Predix Time Series nodes.
  • When you executed a policy using Create Alert or Query Alerts nodes an error occurred.

These issues have been resolved.

DE156299

Production Loss Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 24. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when a PLA user with a different culture setting created Production Plan records for the same unit and start time, you could create duplicate plans and no warning message appeared. This issue has been resolved.
Note:
  • This is not applicable to Manual Plans.
  • For Quantity-Based Plans (Sequential or Concurrent), additional check is applied on Original Quantity.
  • For Quantity-Based Plans (only Concurrent), the sequence of the products must be the same while using data loader.
DE153143

Queries

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 25. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if a union query contained null values and UI filter was applied, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.DE154370

Reliability Centered Maintenance

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 26. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if your culture setting was set to a culture other than Invariant Language, when you attempted to export RCM analyses from the RCM Overview page, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.DE154689

Reports

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 27. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to access a report in APM Report Designer, you were required to upgrade the Report Server Project and the following issues occurred:
  • You could not navigate through the report using the keyboard shortcuts, Arrow keys, and Tab key.
  • You could not delete text using the Backspace key.
These issues have been resolved.		DE150138

Rounds Data Collection

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 28. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you entered readings for a route in the GE Digital APM mobile application, and under certain conditions when you applied the Only Incomplete Checkpoints filter, the readings were not saved. This issue has been resolved. Now, the GE Digital APM mobile application retains the readings.DE154392
Previously, on a route that was marked done with zero readings, the comments were not retained on the route history. This issue has been resolved.DE153849
Previously, the offline data forms did not display recommendations. This issue has been resolved.DE151457

SIS Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 29. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
DescriptionTracking ID
You can now unlink one or more Proof Test Task from Instrumented Functions and Logic Solvers. To facilitate this enhancement, the Unlink button is added to the Proof Test Tasks section in the Instrumented Function and Logic Solver workspaces.DE153711
Table 30. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when you ran the SRS Upgrade Utility as part of the GE Digital APM database upgrade activity, the system ran out of memory when fetching analysis records from the GE Digital APM database. This issue has been resolved. Additional logging and error checks have been added.DE154276
Previously, when you tried to link a Sensor, Final Element, Sensor Group, Final Element Group, Sensor System, Final Element System, or a Logic Solver in a Protective Instrument Loop, an error occurred. Also, the success or failure message did not appear after the operation. This issue has been resolved.DE154271
Previously, when you added an existing proof test task for a record, an error occurred and the proof test task list in the Proof Test Tasks section did not get refreshed. This issue has been resolved. DE153705
Previously, when importing an .exp file, if a custom device was present in the Protective Instrument Loop, an error occurred in the calculation of the loop. This issue has been resolved.DE153291

SmartSignal

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 31. Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

DescriptionTracking ID
You can now use the SmartSignal Maintenance application, to create APM tags that are needed by a SmartSignal analytic instance.F57963
You can now create and deploy SmartSignal analytic instances directly from the Asset hierarchy view of the SmartSignal Maintenance application.F57960
You can now downsample data from Predix Time Series when performing the Test Analytic action in the SmartSignal Maintenance application improving the speed of execution.F57789
You can now export a SmartSignal analytic template to an Excel (.xslx) file to perform an offline review, update it offline in an Excel format, and then import it back to the tenant.
  • F38347
  • F36836
Table 32. Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.

DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, if a tenant exceeded the maximum number of high frequency polling cycle analytic instances, the SmartSignal Runtime did not allow all high frequency collections. This issue has been resolved.DE149139

Thickness Monitoring

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 33. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
DescriptionTracking ID
Previously, when performing a Rotate or Flip operation against a Piping Component, if any calculated measurement created due to the operation had a negative value, the operation was properly halted. However, a database transaction was kept open that may have caused GE Digital APM to become unresponsive. This issue has been resolved. DE153949