Change Log
Reflow Version 1.7.3 (build 59)
This November 2023 release includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.
Reflow 1.7.3.57 [Hotfix] - 11/21/2023
- Fixes a performance issue with the Buildings Map when alarms are displayed in cards or used as marker colors
- Fixes an issue where building maps could cause web browsers to become unresponsive when zooming into groups
- Dropdown nav items will no longer hide behind content when used in Sub Navigations
- Down arrows will no longer appear on device graphic point cards when linked points have no histories and no action slots
Config View
- A saving indicator now appears at the top right, next to the 'Copy Ord' button, when Reflow is actively saving and writing configuration data back to the station
- If you attempt to navigate away from the Config View or refresh the page while Reflow is actively saving data back to the station, your browser will now prompt you to confirm navigating away before the save finishes
Dashboard Cards
- History Chart and Sparkline Cards - A new option can now be linked to a specific building's Histories page.
- Device Summary Card - can now be set to use building specific equipment hyperlinks instead of just global equipment page links
Buildings
- Performance for the Building Index Page has been greatly improved, especially for sites with large equipment counts
Equipment
Point Identifier Matching
- A new Point Matching Property has been added to Equipment Type Points Templates. This option controls how Reflow will
match points to their point identifiers in the template. Options include:
- Name - Default; matches points by their name property only (consistent with previous version of Reflow)
- Display Name - matches points by their displayName property instead of name. If a point doesn't have a display name, it will fall back to using the name instead
- Name or Display Name - will checks the name followed by the displayName property to see if it matches the identifier
- The matching behavior will now use the first point that matches a point identifier instead the last point
- A new Point Matching Property has been added to Equipment Type Points Templates. This option controls how Reflow will
match points to their point identifiers in the template. Options include:
Point Identifier Substrings
- Niagara Name Point Identifiers in Points Templates now support "substrings"
- Simply add an asterisk
*in your Point Identifier and you will be able to specify a token to replace the*with when adding or remapping devices
Device Remapping
- A configuration backup will now created automatically before a remap begins
- Lock Remaps
- Remapping can now be locked on a per device basis; this allows you to protect any points you may have manually added from being accidentally overwritten. Turning this feature on will disabled remapping until it is toggled off. This option can be found in Equipment > Equipment Type > Device > Lock Remap
- Remapping can also be locked for all devices under an Equipment Type usin under Equipment Type > Equipment Type Settings > Lock Remap
Global commands from the VYKON Pro modules are now treated as points by Reflow which allow them to be used in many areas, most notably in Points Templates. Support includes the GlobalNumericWritableCommand, GlobalEnumWritableCommand, GlobalBooleanWritableCommand, and GlobalStringWritableCommand components
Pluralization for Equipment Types can now be toggled off globally under Equipment > Graphics Settings > Additional Options > Disable All Pluralization
User Profiles
- The component used to select Access Restrictions for Profiles has been updated
- This significantly increases performance on large and small sites
- Holding
alt + left clickwill check or uncheck the selected route and all child routes beneath
- Profile data has been updated to reduce its size in configuration files
Histories
- Performance while fetching History Data has been greatly improved
Alarms
- Greatly improved performance throughout the application while fetching alarms data
Bug Fixes
- Equipment
- Adding a new Equipment Group will no longer lock up the page when there are hundreds or thousands of devices in an Equipment Type
- Fixed an issue where grids in Equipment Summary pages were refreshing more often than they needed to causing slowdown and performance issues
- The Equipment Type 'Pluralize Name' feature now works properly in breadcrumbs on history pages
- Export to CSV for equipment grids and tables will now export devices that have missing/unavailable ORDs
- The Equipment Type option to Hide on Index Page is no longer ignored in certain cases
- Fixed an issue where changing the equipment a device serves was not being saved
- Histories
- Fixed an issue where certain Locales did not parse number values correctly
- History Group Filters now display decoded names when only one is picked
- Adding histories to Buildings by selecting a Source will now properly show the Building name in the global history list
- Charts with more than 12 histories assigned will now plot correctly; the first color option will be used for any history plotted after the first 12
- Dashboards
- Building Map dashboard cards now properly show dynamic marker colors for alarms
- Sparkline cards now display the proper time for 'Last Value Time' when the 'Station Time Zone' option in Settings > Additional Options is disabled
- Gauge and Circle dashboard cards now enforce strict point types (numeric only) when you switch to them from another card type, preventing incorrect values from being displayed
- Fixed an issue where virtual points were not selectable in the Gauge card configuration
- Buildings
- Tooltips on interface elements directly below a sub navigation bar no longer appear behind the bar
- Building Map icons will now immediately check alarm status when applicable
- Misc
- Third party dependencies have been updated to include the latest security patches and performance improvements