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Version 5.6.15

Abstract

Check out the list of Changes and Fixed Bugs processed for the i4connected 5.6.15 version. Upgrade and enjoy our new features!

Changes

ID

Description

I4C-1432

Introduce the Single-Sign-On Identity solution as a native SSO app

I4C-2072

Introduce possibility to suppress signal alarms to avoid alarm showers

I4C-1459

Introduce the i4connected Invitation flow, that allows the possibility to invite new and existing users to access a hierarchical entity

I4C-1874

Add the possibility to export configuration files (signals, filters, roles, KPIs, etc.) in order to be able to easily upload them into an i4designer project

I4C-2116

Eliminate the i4connected Active/Passive publishing concept, and rely on i4designer to control the publishing method

I4C-2050

The Signal Compression feature

I4C-2058

Introduce a new tile and panel containing all the i4connected global settings

I4C-2294

Introduce predefined date ranges (Last hour/Last day/Last 7 days/Last 30 days) for the Historical alarms and Online alarms panels, under the Date filtering option

I4C-2305

The Counter value should not be changed when updating a signal

I4C-2005

Improve the i4designer entity synchronization by introducing the possibility to select all signals, and to synchronize Sites, Areas, Organizational Units, and Devices instead of object filters

I4C-1968

Extend the chart ranges to allow the display of higher resolutions, by introducing the AmCharts framework, for the Load profile, Object Delta, Time Delta, Raw Data Chart, and Signal Compression preview chart

I4C-771

Update the Drilldown charts to consider and apply the current time selection (Y, M, W, and D)

I4C-2271

Update the text of the warning toast message for publishing a manual event

I4C-2326

Extend the CSV adapter with the ability to read hexadecimal numbers

Fixed Bugs

ID

Description

I4C-1532

Events are not properly updated, as some closed events still appear as active in i4connected

I4C-1590

The event type and event group of an event are not set

I4C-1274

Invitations can not be managed with limited Administrative rights

I4C-1638

Deadband on counters does not work as expected/documented

I4C-1998

Invitations can not be opened in detailed view mode, resent or canceled with limited Administrative rights

I4C-2020

Manual events can be published even though the user does not have the needed permission

I4C-2047

The Summer-time is not applied to the event occurrence property

I4C-2056

Event occurrences of type "Write signal" are not comprehensible

I4C-2057

Event occurrences of type "Write signal" display wrong values

I4C-2064

The advanced filtering options of the Device List Object filter are not completely displayed (bottom settings are not visible)

I4C-2085

The Azure IoT parser tool does not generate an i4connected compatible configuration

I4C-2093

The Azure IoT Adapter stores no string data in the i4connected database

I4C-2094

The simple filter option is missing for the Signal List panel

I4C-2135

The Overview drill-down charts do not display information about all KPIs

I4C-2141

Error is triggered on an attempt to schedule a report if the report is created with an invalid cron expression

I4C-2162

The search function is not properly working under the Object filter panel of some dashboards

I4C-2246

The Time Delta chart leads to the error "Unable to process binding date picker"

I4C-2261

The kpiDetailsChart shows NULL values chart

I4C-2312

The filtering options in the Historical Alarms panel and Online Alarms panels do not properly work

I4C-1689

Scaling of the comparison graph for signal compression is difficult due to multiple y-axes

I4C-1690

Notification is incorrectly delivered when performing an action on a closed event

I4C-1744

i4connected installation without an internet connection should not perform i4connected entities synchronization

I4C-1764

No notification is sent for Events having a newly created Event priority

I4C-1887

No possibility to define a time interval from the past to now for the Historical Alarms panel

I4C-2014

Custom parameter controls "Date" and "Date and Time" have a different look and feel compared to other input components

I4C-2089

The "Remember me" check box is missing on the Login page (isolated case)

I4C-2136

The "Edit virtual signal" panel displays a 2 hours difference between the timestamp of the online value and the actual current time

I4C-2146

Counter signal calculates the wrong value

I4C-2184

The Load Profile and Raw Data charts do not show information about the Site and the selected Areas

I4C-2280

There is no description displayed for the currently active alarms, in the Online alarms panel

I4C-1683

The date format in event occurrence properties is insufficient (follow-up)

I4C-2054

The WCF channels memory leaks should be fixed

I4C-2161

Multiple errors are triggered in an attempt to delete a signal having compression settings

New settings

The following features were introduced to the Database "Settings" table since version 5.6.15:

Relevance

Setting

Description

Database

feature.offline.mode.enabled

If this setting is enabled, the Export Application Data option is displayed in the Edit Application panel, allowing users to synchronize applications data, with i4designer, even when i4connected is running without Internet access.

Tip

For more details, please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.suppressSignalInactivityOnAdapterEvents

Enables or disables the suppression of signal inactivity alarms on adapter events.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.enabled

If this setting is enabled, the Invitation system is turned on.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.maxInvitationValidDays

Sets the maximum number of days an invitation is valid. After this period the invitation status is automatically changed to "Expired".

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.friendlyReminderDays

Sets the number of days to wait before sending a friendly reminder, to the invited user's email address.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.activationProcessUrl

Sets an optional extension point for user activation.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.maxRetryCount

Sets the maximum retry count for changing an invitation status (measured in hours). Before this period ends, the system administrator will be prevented from resending the invitation.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.retryIntervalInMinutes

Sets the retry interval for changing the status of an invitation (measured in minutes). Before this period ends, the system administrator will be prevented from resending the invitation.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Database

feature.inviteUsersByEmail.maxEmailsPerHour

Sets the maximum number of invitation emails that can be sent in one hour.

Tip

For more details please visit the dedicated article, here.

Since i4connected 5.6.15 the following settings were introduced to the appsettings.json file:

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Setting

Description

API

Uri

Defines the URI to the authority, the base address of the token issuer (identity provider).

API

PublicUri

This is used when frontend-related actions need the identity provider URI, like sending an email with a URI inside an anchor tag to acknowledge an email change. It is also used to set the token endpoint of the testing environments documentation (e.g. Swagger).

Since i4connected 5.6.15 the following settings were either newly introduced or moved to the Identity API, under the Identity appsettings.json file:

Relevance

Setting

Description

Identity API / ConnectionStrings

DefaultConnection

The connection string is used to interact with the database.

Identity API / EffectivePermissions

RabbitMqUri

URI of the message queue for sending permission recalculation notifications to the i4connected server.

RabbitMqExchange

Name of the exchange which is used for sending notifications.

ConfirmPublishTimeout

The timeout till a publish timed out.

Identity API / ExternalLogin

SecondaryActiveDirectory

Name of a secondary active directory, which is in a trusted relationship with the domain the service user is running.

EmailAsName

Defines if the email claim should be used as a username on auto-provisioning.

AutoProvisionUser

Enables the auto-provisioning, if disabled a bad request (HTTP 400) will be returned if the user does not already exist in i4connected.

AutoMatchUserByIdentifierOrSubject

Try to match i4connected users by username with an external user by name identifier or subject of an external provider.

AutoMatchUserByUserEmail

Try to match i4connected users by username with an external user by email claim of an external provider.

Identity API / Application

Uri

Define the public URI for hosted applications. This will add the publications as allowed redirect URIs to the ClientStore of identity API.

Identity API / Account

LocalLogin

Enables the local login input fields like username and password. This will disable the local login globally. The local login could be enabled/disabled by each client individually on the table Clients.

RememberLogin

Shows the Remember login checkbox.

Removed settings

Since version 5.6.15, the following settings have been removed, from the i4connected Database:

  • applications.active.publishing.enabled