What's new in Energy Manager V1.11?

More user-friendly user interface

• The user interface has been newly designed to help users quickly and accurately see the data that is relevant to them. Navigation and access possibilities have been improved and are more intuitive.

• The user can select a color scheme to display the app.

Display of multiple values

• The "Value" widget can be set up to display multiple values.

"Table" view

• The "Table" view is available as a further view in the detail view of widgets.

Batch analysis

• An automatically generated dashboard is available to contextualize and compare batches, products and selected parameters. Produced batches can be compared and evaluated.

Mark dashboards as favorite

• Dashboards can be marked as favorites. Favorite dashboards are placed prominently in overviews so that users can access the analyses that are relevant to them without detours.

New pricing model

• New pricing model and support for the new MindSphere Packaging & Pricing.

• The pricing model is based exclusively on the number of assets.

• An asset becomes chargeable as soon as one of the following functions is used on the asset: Dashboard, report, multivariable regression, batch analysis, KPI product instance or a limit monitoring of a variable.

Multivariable regression

• With multivariable regression, a parameter (KPIs or variables) is placed in context with other parameters and mapped as a linear regression model. This means the value of the output parameter can be determined via the input parameters and the regression model. (Model result) example: The energy consumption of an asset is influenced by certain factors such as ambient temperature, quantity produced and quantity filled. If the regression model as well as the input variables are known, the theoretical energy consumption can be determined, which can be used as a basis for the actual energy consumption. In addition to the model, qualitative parameters are output which determine the quality of the model. It is possible that input variables are used which have no relation to the output variable. In this case, the correlation coefficient is 0. This means that the model is not trustworthy.

  Different models can be calculated and saved per asset and per parameter. The saved models are available to the user in an automatically generated dashboard, where the result of the model is compared with the actual value. To better detect the deviation, the actual measured values as well as the deviation are displayed in addition to the model result.

  After the KPIs for the model result and the deviation are created for each model, a limit value at which the user receives a notification via the Notifier can be defined via the standard functionality.

Create reports

• The "Create reports" functionality allows the user to create reports via the asset configuration which can be sent automatically to one or more users in Excel format. Each report has its own Excel report template, which allows the user to determine the layout individually. This means that diagrams, logos or Excel formulas can be easily added.

  In addition to a name, the user can also define the reporting period. In addition, they can define areas. Areas are blocks of information for which the user can define which parameters (KPIs or variables) are to be displayed. In addition, the user can define for the area whether a KPI result should be displayed for the entire reporting period, or whether the KPI should be calculated and displayed in a smaller cycle.

String and Bool values in single value widgets

• String and Bool values can be represented in single value widgets.

User-defined periods

• The user can define their own time periods in the configuration area under "Periods".

  Examples:

  • A day starts at 06:00 and ends at 06:00 on the next day

  • A shift which starts at 06:00 and is defined with a duration of 8 hours

  These periods can be used in the dashboard like the predefined periods.

Display of the aggregated time range

• In the chart, the aggregated value is now displayed in the middle of the time range and no longer at the end of the period. The from-to time range is displayed in the tooltip.

Zoom functions in widgets

• Extension of the zoom function in the chart widget or in the detail view of all widgets. The user can zoom in and out in levels.

Copying widgets

• Widgets can now be copied.

CSV export

• A CSV export of the data can be performed directly from the widget.

Administrator rights for Subtenant users

• Administrator rights are now also supported for Subtenant users to be able to configure KPI instances and dashboards.

Quality code flag not equal to "OK"

• Data (time series) with a quality code flag not equal to "OK" is not considered in the display or in the KPI calculation.

Extended Gantt chart

• An extended Gantt chart with zoom function is available.

No new features were entered in Version 1.6. Instead, small error corrections and improvements were carried out.

Limit values for variables of the String and Boolean type

• Limit values for variables of the String and Boolean type can now be defined, monitored and notified.

Limit values for automatically created KPI instances

• Limit values for the KPI instances automatically created via asset configuration can now be defined, monitored and notified.

New function "Activate notifications"

• You can use the new function "Activate notifications", to define high and low limits for variables and KPI instances that trigger a notification when these limits are violated. The notification is displayed in the SIMATIC Notifier MindSphere app and sent directly to the desired mobile device.

Limits

• The limits defined for the variable or KPI instance are applied by default in the widget.

"Diagram" widget

• In order to display high-frequency data in the "Diagram" widget in a performant way, a data reduction algorithm is used. This algorithm reduces the data to a certain amount so that it can be displayed. When zooming, the respective detail data is reloaded.

Defining the currency

• The currency can now be defined uniformly for all contracts in the contract definition.

Changing a widget

• When changing a widget, you can now directly jump back and forth in the wizard between the individual tabs.