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IMPORTANT!

  1. State providers now require a corresponding Snapshot or State trigger for every snapshot or state field they use. For example, a state calculated by a Timer trigger that reads a snapshot also requires a trigger for that snapshot. Review existing state configurations before upgrading.
  2. Analytics and reports that filter data by scheduled shifts now exclude scheduled breaks. For example, a shift from 08:00 to 17:00 with a break from 12:00 to 13:00 contributes eight working hours instead of nine. Results may therefore differ from those generated by earlier versions.
  3. Maintenance Jobs can now be started only from the Maintenance workplace. Other Job types are available there for viewing.
  4. Several API contracts and configuration formats have changed. Review the API Changes section and the driver configuration changes below when updating integrations.

New Features and Improvements

  1. Completely redesigned the DPA Server management interface. In technical Monitoring, the navigation tree has been replaced with tables supporting filtering and sorting. DPA Server now also provides its own web interface and API, allowing it to be managed either through DPA Host or directly.

  2. Added formula-based state calculation using Microsoft Power Fx syntax, familiar from Excel formulas. All Simple state providers have been converted to Power Fx formulas. The formula editor provides suggestions for available functions and expressions, simplifying state configuration and reducing the need for scripts.

    State provider behavior has changed. Every snapshot or state field used by a provider now requires a corresponding Snapshot or State trigger. For example, a state calculated by a Timer trigger that reads a snapshot also requires a trigger for that snapshot.

  3. IMPORTANT! Analytics and reports that filter data by scheduled shifts now exclude scheduled breaks. For example, a shift from 08:00 to 17:00 with a break from 12:00 to 13:00 previously contributed nine hours; it now contributes only the eight working hours, from 08:00 to 12:00 and from 13:00 to 17:00. The left pie chart in the “Summary Distribution” analytics now also displays all breaks.

  4. Added TimescaleDB as an alternative to file-system storage for Work center Indicators. Select the storage type in the IndicatorStorage section of DPA Host’s appsettings.json.

    For TimescaleDB:

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    "IndicatorStorage": {
  "Type": "timescaledb",
  "ConnectionString": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=indicators;Username=postgres;Password=your_password"
}

    For file-system storage:

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    "IndicatorStorage": {
  "Type": "filesystem"
}

    These fragments belong inside the root configuration object. If IndicatorStorage is omitted, file-system storage remains the default. Restart DPA Host to apply changes.

  5. Added the “Operating Regulations” module for creating and maintaining equipment operating profiles. A profile contains Work centers, associated regulations, and media files. Regulations support service intervals, maintenance types, versioning, and change history, as well as process sheets, required spare parts, materials, and other related information.

    Added a Maintenance journal with manual entry of completed work. Maintenance Jobs can now reference a specific operating regulation; completing such a Job automatically adds a corresponding journal record. History and media-file interfaces have also been improved. Some history and media-file components have been migrated to React to simplify further maintenance.

  6. Added a Jobs tab to the Maintenance workplace. It displays available Jobs, including production Jobs. Maintenance Jobs can be started only from this workplace; other Job types are read-only there. Added a system setting controlling the Job loading period for Mechanics.

  7. Added the “Command timeout (sec.)” setting for database commands used when generating reports. The default is 30 seconds and can be increased for reports covering longer periods.

  8. Updated Ocelot to version 25.0.0. Added a configurable timeout for requests to microservices in appsettings.json. For example, a longer timeout may be useful for KPI analytics or reports processing large volumes of data:

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    "ReverseProxy": {
  "Timeout": "00:03:00"
}

  9. Removed the 60-second limit for reports started by Signals. Running reports can be cancelled manually on the Generated reports tab in Reports.

  10. Improved OPC UA driver performance, reducing memory consumption and CPU thread usage. Improved driver logging.

  11. Updated the IFM driver and expanded the data available for reading.

  12. Optimized the Okuma, Mazak, and Sinumerik (SLD) drivers.

  13. Added a driver configuration for NUM machines.

  14. Simplified driver configuration:

    • removed redundant DriverIdentifier entries;
    • made Driver the root XML element containing snapshots, states, and other configuration elements;
    • replaced driver references in the global configuration with discovery and loading based on the file-system structure;
    • moved each driver’s activation state into its own configuration;
    • removed the requirement for driver configuration directories to have GUID names, allowing them to be renamed freely.

  15. Added cancellation of obsolete Gantt chart requests when scrolling the timeline, reducing database load.

  16. Added manual entry of a barcode or RFID sign-in code without a scanner.

  17. Reduced resource consumption when generating selected custom reports. Removed services and models used exclusively by custom reports from the core codebase to simplify maintenance.

  18. Added automatic refresh for KPI analytics on Dashboards.

  19. Updated the “Plan Analysis with Material Consumption” report to account for the shift schedule when generating daily production plans and calculating daily material consumption.

  20. Added configurable background colors for Work center cards on 2D and 3D Dashboards, using either a fixed value or a custom variable such as {customdata.mycolor}. The 2D Dashboard now provides “Set background color manually” and “Background color” settings. In the 3D Dashboard, “Fill color” has been renamed to “Background color”. Format hints are available in both editors.

  21. Added the current Foreman to Work center cards on 2D and 3D Dashboards. Operator information now shows only Operators with open Personal shifts on the corresponding Work center, replacing the previous behavior that could show the person who performed the latest action.

  22. Expanded the configurable number of downtime-reason columns in the Operator and Foreman workplaces to 1–10.

  23. Optimized user-action auditing to reduce its impact on normal requests when the Audit service is slow, temporarily unavailable, or disabled.

  24. Removed the “Deny login” and “Allow login to the system” permissions. Use account locking instead. Users previously denied access through these permissions are automatically locked.

  25. Refactored SignalR authorization infrastructure to improve reuse and simplify further development.

  26. Implemented a unified SignalR subscription mechanism for the main application and all workplaces.

  27. Removed the need to query the database when creating user-specific SignalR subscriptions.

  28. Standardized server-side SignalR request and response models.

  29. Unified SignalR data-exchange models between the server and the main user interface to reduce structural inconsistencies and improve reliability.

  30. Switched all workplaces to automatically generated SignalR data models.

  31. Removed unused localization resources.

  32. Consolidated localization resources for reports, history, and other system elements into a single file to simplify maintenance.

  33. Removed Turkish localization.

  34. Added an exception dictionary for spelling checks to improve code quality and simplify maintenance.

  35. Consolidated frontend localization resources into a single file to simplify localization management and maintenance.

  36. Updated localization handling in selected areas to simplify code maintenance.

  37. Updated controller methods related to Foreman shifts and the Foreman workplace, including their request and response models. See API Changes.

  38. Redesigned the Operator selector to account for the selected Work centers and improve usability.

  39. Redesigned the Product selector to account for the selected Work centers and improve usability.

  40. Added the Work center setting “Prevent opening more than one Foreman shift at a time”. By default, only one Foreman shift can be open on a Work center. Disabling the setting permits multiple simultaneous Foreman shifts.

  41. Added personnel positions to selected production output reports.

  42. Redesigned the KPI-context selector to show its state more accurately using the established red-and-blue color scheme.

  43. Unified the component for selecting and displaying Work centers and Work center groups. Related API changes are listed in API Changes.

  44. Fixed the display of Technology Stage and Operation history.

  45. Removed duplicate keys from consolidated localization resources to prevent ambiguity and simplify maintenance.

  46. Power Fx formulas now consistently use an invariant culture with a period as the decimal separator.

  47. Updated DPA Host metrics export to exclude sensitive configuration data.

  48. Fixed the categories of the Work center utilization, Charts, Tools, and Operational diagrams analytics.

  49. Downtime-reason search in the Operator and Foreman workplaces now starts after one character is entered.

  50. Fixed numerous localization issues. In English, “Master” has been renamed to “Foreman”.

  51. Refactored the Reports user interface.

  52. Redesigned the Report Settings interface, previously named “Dashboards” in the Settings menu. Related API methods and data models have been reworked; see API Changes.

  53. Optimized synchronization of microservice settings.

  54. Fixed potential collisions between user-settings storage keys in the workplaces.

  55. Redesigned the journal-data page in Enterprise structure.

  56. Redesigned the journal-settings page in Enterprise structure.

  57. Redesigned the device-settings page in Enterprise structure.

  58. Redesigned the Operator, Foreman, and Mechanic assignment pages for Work centers in Enterprise structure.

  59. Redesigned the Work center module settings page in Enterprise structure. Removed a legacy API method; see API Changes.

  60. Redesigned the storage-location settings page in Enterprise structure.

  61. Redesigned the storage-unit settings page in Enterprise structure.

  62. Redesigned the storage settings page in Enterprise structure.

  63. Redesigned the Work center settings page in Enterprise structure.

  64. Redesigned the Department settings page in Enterprise structure.

  65. Redesigned the Production site settings page in Enterprise structure.

  66. Redesigned the Enterprise settings page in Enterprise structure.

  67. Redesigned System settings for clearer and easier configuration. The corresponding API has also been completely redesigned; see API Changes.

  68. Redesigned the Work center Indicator editor to improve usability.

  69. Added validation of Dashboard name uniqueness.

  70. Normalized Work center names by trimming leading and trailing spaces and renaming duplicates. Added validation to prevent duplicate Work center names.

  71. Added validation to prevent Departments with duplicate names at the same level of the Enterprise structure.

  72. Partially redesigned the Technologies interface, excluding the Stage editor.

API Changes

  1. Feature item 6. Changed the contract of /api/jobs/getNextAvailableJobIds.

  2. Feature item 37. Renamed controller methods related to Foreman shifts and the Foreman workplace and changed their request and response models.

  3. Feature item 52. Reworked most methods and data models under /api/DashboardSetting/. The section has been renamed to /api/ReportSettings/.

  4. Feature item 67. Completely redesigned the System settings API under /api/settings.

  5. Feature item 43. Changed the data model returned by GET /api/ControlProgram/{id}/linkedWorkcenters.

  6. Feature item 43. Removed the following methods:

    • POST /api/ControlProgram/{id}/linkToDepartments
    • POST /api/ControlProgram/removeLinksToWorkcenters
    • POST /api/ControlProgramParametersSet/{id}/linkToDepartments
    • POST /api/ControlProgramParametersSet/{id}/linkedStructuresGrid

    Added:

    • POST /api/ControlProgram/{id}/removeLinksToWorkCenters
    • GET /api/ControlProgramParametersSet/{id}/linkedStructures

  7. Feature item 59. Removed the legacy method /api/EnterpriseStruct/getServersWithModuleDrivers.

  8. Feature item 71. Removed the following Department-related methods:

    • POST /api/dashboard/getDepartmentInfos
    • POST /api/enterpriseStruct/getDepartmentsByIds
    • POST /api/enterpriseStructManagement/saveDepartment
    • GET /api/enterpriseStructManagement/getDepartmentName/{departmentId}
    • GET /api/enterpriseStructManagement/department/{id}/info/get

    Changed the data models used by:

    • POST /api/enterpriseStruct/getDepartmentsGrid
    • POST /api/enterpriseStructManagement/createDepartment
    • POST /api/enterpriseStructManagement/removeDepartment/{departmentId}

  9. Feature item 72. Removed the following methods:

    • GET /api/data/getEnumValues/{enumName}
    • GET /api/technology/getTechnologyVersionById/{id}
    • POST /api/grid/getRecords/{gridId}
    • POST /api/grid/getTotalCount/{gridId}

Bug Fixes

  1. Fixed a regression that caused the Gantt chart state row to update incorrectly when selecting a Work center.
  2. Fixed an error when opening Triggers in Signals.
  3. Fixed error messages for sign-in attempts with an invalid barcode or RFID code. Fixed an error when deleting an existing barcode sign-in method and creating a new one in the same operation. The add button is now disabled when the user already has a barcode sign-in method.
  4. Fixed the link from the Monitoring analytics to the Operator workplace.
  5. Removed minimum, maximum, and average spindle-speed columns from the “CP Statistics” analytics because the displayed values were incorrect and were not meaningful in that view.
  6. Fixed an error when leaving the “Jobs. Gantt Chart” analytics with expanded rows.
  7. Improved exception and null-value handling in Power Fx state providers.
  8. Fixed syntax highlighting in the state-script and Signals 2.0 editors.
  9. Fixed the loading indicator when navigating from Analytics to Monitoring on the main page.
  10. Fixed a regression in the virtual driver.
  11. Fixed an OPC UA subscription issue after long periods without data changes. BadTimeout errors could be replaced by BadTooManyPublishRequests, followed by UncertainNoCommunicationLastUsableValue snapshot errors and a stalled subscription.
  12. Fixed an OPC UA driver error that could prevent device configuration from being retrieved during driver creation.
  13. Fixed an intermittent missing-session error when starting a report.
  14. Fixed a regression that prevented DPA Server from starting without a configuration.
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