IoT Value Plan Subscribers, MindAccess Developer Plan Subscribers and MindAccess Operator Plan Subscribers

Asset Manager

What's new?

  • Enhanced usability and design of the MindConnect Library Plugin for a better user experience.

Fixed issues

  • Asset Type "core.basicenterprise" is no longer displayed as it cannot be instantiated.

Known issues

  • On some tenant logically deleted assets may still exist. They are not interfering with productive use and will be removed soon.             

CMS X-Tools V5.0.0.0

Known issues

  • General: X-Tools is capable to upload huge amount of data, but the restriction of your MindSphere plan have to be met all the time.

  • A spectrum which should be uploaded to the MindSphere cannot exceed 2048 lines.

  • See local installed release notes.

Data Exploration built on Tableau®

Known issues

  • Timestamps are imported on second precision level. Milliseconds are currently not loaded into Tableau Desktop.

Fleet Manager

Fixed issues

  • Upload of files can sporadically lead to errors on some systems.

Identity and Access Management

Fixed issues

  • Logout behavior has been improved.

Known issues

  • After modifying the authorization of a user via Identity Management Service, the change is not immediately visible. The user must then close the browser and login again.

  • In the current version the logout with Internet Explorer 11 might not work. In this case please close the browser directly.

MindSphere Gateway

What's new?

  • Cache invalidation for changed endpoints: When changing or deleting endpoints in GatewayRegistry, MindsphereGateway will be informed and the cached data in MindsphereGateway will be updated immediately (no 15min delay anymore).

  • HTTP session is kept alive when using websocket connection.

Known issues

  • Websocket usage is still limited to core provider.

MindConnect IoT Extension

What's new?

  • UI refinements to enhance usability.

  • Map and send measurements of a specific device in a specific timeframe (History Data Upload).

Known issues

  • Launchpad button is not working in Mindconnect IoT Extension: It is not possible to return to the Launchpad via the OS bar.

MindConnect Edge Analytics

Known issues

  • To be able to download a configuration to the device the engine has to be started. If not the download will fail (Without sufficient error message).

  • If remote operations in MindConnect Edge Analytics application reacts very slow: Please delete the MindConnect asset and create a new agent.

MindConnect IoT Integration

What's new?

  • File API & Event API Support: Users can now send files and events to MindSphere through MindConnect Integration.

MindSphere OS Bar

What's new?

  • OS Bar now shows MindSphere maintenance notifications.

  • OS Bar now shows the tenant type which is related to specific terms of use.

Subtenant Functionality

Known issues

  • The subtenant use case is not yet supported by Data Flow Engine.

  • Applications can use the subtenant functionality via the provided APIs. Tenant administrators should pay attention when assigning such apps to subtenant users as subtenant isolation cannot be ensured by the platform and the app might expose data to the user that is not intended to be seen.

  • When moving an asset from a parent tenant to a subtenant, there might be a delay of up to 30 minutes until a subtenant user will be able to see data related to that asset.

  • Please be aware, if you provide a user (even subtenant user) with the role "mdsp:core:TenantAdmin", this user is then able to get access to all kind of tenant data.

Usage Transparency Service

Known issues

  • After successful user login into the UTS: If the user refreshs the page again, it will result into a access denied message. To avoid error message the user should not do a page refresh.

Visual Analyzer

Fixed issues

  • Support of subtenant use case.

Known issues

  • When Visual Analyzer is opened initially there could be a miss match between selected time range in time picker and chart visualization. To solve the error user should press refresh (F5) or apply again selection in time picker.

Visual Explorer

Fixed issues

  • Changes in the MindSphere data model for connected assets do not corrupt the data sources for Visual Explorer Connector.

  • Visual Explorer Connector supports the Internet Explorer now.

Known issues

  • Subtenant Use Case is currently not supported. Subtenant users are not able to use the offering.

  • The Visual Explorer Connector can only create new projects on the top hierarchy level. 

  • Customers from the preview phase have to recreate the data sources in Visual Explorer Connector. Previously created data sources are still available, but will not be updated any more or appear in Visual Explorer Connector.

Visual Flow Creator

What's new?

  • Retry strategy for write time series was implemented. Additionally the response from IoT Service will be shown to user instead of simple "Cannot write timeseries" message.

  • The minimal time interval for the read time series node can be set to 10 seconds. Previously only 1 minute.

Fixed issues

  • Technical user token can expire.

  • The Write File can fail if wrong path used.