V4.5.0.0.11 | APM Classic

Asset Criticality Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 1. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, the Search feature in the Team Members tab has been enhanced to provide more precise results. Now, when you search for a team member, to assign to an analysis, the search results include records where the search term is found in the following fields, along with the team member’s first name and last name: Full Name Job Title Phone number Email address	US517491
To enhance usability, in ACA Analysis, when you attempt to modify the criticality assessment after the Risk Matrix has been modified, a confirmation window now appears, allowing you to choose if you want to reassess the criticality using the new Risk Matrix or using the Risk Matrix that was used for the existing assessment.	US395200

Asset Hierarchy

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 2. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you performed a search for an asset in the Asset Hierarchy section, and selected an asset from the search results, and then selected Home in the breadcrumb, the list of assets was not displayed. This issue has been resolved. Now, the breadcrumbs are not displayed in the search results page. You can select the Go to Top button to view the list of assets.	DE173036

Asset Strategy Implementation

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 3. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance the readability, in the ASI Package workspace, when you select the Manage Maintenance Package field, the Manage Maintenance window now displays the maintenance cycle text along with the package number.	US516824

Table 4. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you imported a task list from SAP, the Unit of Measure for Material fields and the fields in the Process Resource Tool (PRT) record were displayed incorrectly. This issue has been resolved.	DE174066
Previously, when you send the operation data from ASI to SAP, the long text value was not aligned properly in SAP. This issue has been resolved.	DE172378
Previously, the standard texts were incorrectly sent to SAP during package implementation. This issue has been resolved.	DE172298
Previously, in an ASI Package, when you imported an operation with maintenance package, some maintenance packages were not imported as expected. This issue has been resolved.	DE172296
Previously, as a non-English language user, when you attempted to transmit data to and from SAP, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE172292

Asset Strategy Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 5. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, when you attempt to modify the risk assessment after the Risk Matrix has been modified, a confirmation window now appears, allowing you to choose if you want to reassess the risk using the new Risk Matrix or using the Risk Matrix that was used for the existing assessment.	US521430
To enhance usability, you can now export Asset Strategy and Asset Strategy Template, even if the Risk Matrix associated with the Asset Strategy or Asset Strategy Template site was modified. In addition, you can use the Asset Strategy Management (ASM) and Asset Strategy Management (ASM) Templates Data Loaders to import new risk Assessments using the modified Risk Matrix.	US519043

Table 6. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to load data using the Asset Strategy Management (ASM) Data Loader, you could not disable the auto population of ACA Assessment. This issue has been resolved. Now, a new column Copy ACA Assessment has been added to the Asset Strategy Management (ASM) data loader template file, where you can specify whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not. For more information on specifying whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not, refer to KBA 000038889.	US512908
Previously, in a Controlled Strategy, when you created an action, the Action ID that was generated was not unique. This issue has been resolved.	DE174884
Previously, when you attempted to make a copy of an Asset Strategy template with the custom fields that were set as the Required Behavior, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE174607
Previously, when you attempted to implement a package with Process Resource Tool (PRT) linked to the operations, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved. Now, you can only import the document type PRT from SAP. You cannot modify or push the PRT records to SAP.	DE173750
Previously, when you attempted to consolidate recommendations through the Recommendations window, after you selected Merge Remaining Unselected, and then selected Consolidate, the spinner continued for an indefinite time span. This issue has been resolved.	DE172681

Asset Strategy Optimization

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 7. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in the Action Optimization page, the Action name did not appear properly if the name was too long. This issue has been resolved. Now, you can hover over the Action name and view the entire name in the tooltip.	DE174201

Calibration Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 8. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to open a Functional Test Template, an error occurred while loading the record from an Oracle data source. This issue has been resolved.	DE174092

Data Loaders

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 9. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to synchronize Work Histories from an EAM system, some deleted Work History records were not removed during the execution of the Object List Synchronization step. This issue has been resolved.	DE173835

Email Settings

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 10. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, the subject of the email notification for Conditional Alert was prefixed by Predix APM. This issue has been resolved.	DE175310

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 11. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, in FMEA Analysis, when you attempt to modify the criticality assessment after the Risk Matrix has been modified, a confirmation window now appears, allowing you to choose if you want to reassess the criticality using the new Risk Matrix or using the Risk Matrix that was used for the existing assessment.	US521429
To enhance usability, you can now export FMEA Analyses, FMEA Analysis Templates and FMEA Asset Templates, even if the Risk Matrix associated with the analysis site was modified. In addition, you can use the FMEA Data Loader to import new risk Assessments using the modified Risk Matrix.	US513022
To improve performance, the Save as Template functionality has been converted to a background job. In case of an error, the corresponding details are available in the job status, which appears in a separate window on the same page.	DE172303

Table 12. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to load data using the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) analysis Data Loader, you could not disable the auto population of ACA Assessment. This issue has been resolved. Now, a new column Copy ACA Assessment has been added to the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) data loader template file, where you can specify whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not. For more information on specifying whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not, refer to KBA 000038889.	US512908
Previously, the Decision Logic Builder was not working as expected. This issue has been resolved.	DE171693

Family Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 13. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you deleted a field from a family, if the field was included in the ID Template for the family, the Manage ID Template window did not appear when you attempted to edit the family ID template. This issue has been resolved.	DE172299

Family Policies

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 14. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in GE Digital APM systems that used R Server 8.0.0, when you attempted to execute R Scripts with input data frame that contained numeric or Boolean values in the first column, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE175271

General Dashboards

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 15. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in some scenarios, the Query widget did not display any query results. This issue has been resolved.	DE173979
Previously, when you navigated to a dashboard tab that was already open, the graph widget in the dashboard did not display as expected. This issue has been resolved.	DE171544

Layers of Protection Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 16. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, you can now create a copy of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA). To facilitate this enhancement, a new button, Copy LOPA has been added under Approved tab and Under Review tab of the LOPA Overview page.	US522146

Table 17. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, you could delete the Initiating Events in the LOPA Admin Preferences page in Application Settings, even though the Initiating Events were linked to a LOPA analysis. This issue has been resolved. Now, you can delete only those Initiating Events which are not linked to any LOPA analysis.	DE173505

Policy Designer

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 18. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, on GE Digital APM systems that used R Server 8.0.0, when you attempted to execute R Scripts with input data frame that contained numeric or Boolean values in the first column, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE175271

Production Loss Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 19. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to update the Headline field value for a Production Event that contained a ~ (tilde) character, an error occurred, and the previous and updated Headline values were appended together. This issue has been resolved.	DE174222
Previously, when you attempted to create a Production Analysis from a query of Production Plans, the date settings showed a combination of numbers and letters, and an error message appeared. This issue has been resolved.	DE174051

Queries

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 20. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to run a custom query that contained a Date prompt, the following issues existed in the Enter parameter values window: The date was displayed in an incorrect format. When you attempted to modify the date in the Start Date field, a dropdown list box was displayed. These issues have been resolved.	DE174733
Previously, when you attempted to sort the results of either a formatted query or an unformatted query, the columns in the result grid were not sorted correctly. This issue has been resolved.	DE174699 DE172670

Record Manager

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 21. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you selected a network folder to browse for documents, if the network folder path included Chinese or other non-Latin characters, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE175408
Previously, when you attempted to access a record that had a large number of related records, the record did not load, and the spinner continued for an indefinite timespan. This issue has been resolved. Now, a message appears indicating that there are too many related records, and you can open the record in the Bulk Data Form.	DE173915
Previously, in the Record Explorer page, when you attempted to change the state of an Inspection Recommendation, the Template ID or that record was not updated. This issue has been resolved.	DE172295

Reliability Analytics

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 22. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in Reliability Distribution Analysis, for an analysis that had the I have Failures without Replacement (as good as old) setting enabled, the value for the mean of TTF Distribution was labelled incorrectly as MTBF in the Analysis Summary workspace.  This issue has been resolved. Now, when this setting is enabled, the mean of TTF Distribution is labelled as Mean.	DE173898

Reliability Centered Maintenance

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 23. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, in RCM Analysis, when you attempt to modify the criticality assessment after the Risk Matrix has been modified, a confirmation window now appears, allowing you to choose if you want to reassess the criticality using the new Risk Matrix or using the Risk Matrix that was used for the existing assessment.	US521429
To enhance usability, the Search feature in the Team Members tab has been enhanced to provide more precise results. Now,when you search for a team member, to assign to an analysis, the search results include records where the search term isfound in the following fields, along with the team member’s first name and last name: Full Name Job Title Phone number Email address	US517491
To enhance usability, you can now export RCM Analyses and RCM Analysis Templates, even if the Risk Matrix associated with the analysis site was modified. In addition, you can use the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Data Loader to import new risk Assessments using the modified Risk Matrix.	US513022
To improve performance, the Save as Template functionality has been converted to a background job. In case of an error, the corresponding details are available in the job status, which appears in a separate window on the same page.	DE172303

Table 24. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to load data using the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Data Loader, you could not disable the auto population of ACA Assessment. This issue has been resolved. Now, a new column Copy ACA Assessment has been added to the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) data loader template file, where you can specify whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not. For more information on specifying whether you want to auto populate the ACA assessment or not, refer to KBA 000038889.	US512908
Previously, the Decision Logic Builder was not working as expected. This issue has been resolved.	DE171693

Root Cause Analysis

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 25. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, in the RCA Overview page, you can now refresh the data and view the most recent changes. To facilitate this enhancement, a new button, Refresh (), has been added to the RCA Overview page. In addition, the content in the RCA Overview is retained when you switch between the open tabs.	US517347

Table 26. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you created an RCA Verification and saved it, the verification was assigned automatically to the Principal Analyst. This issue has been resolved. Now, when you attempt to save the verification, a window appears prompting you to assign the verification to a team member.	US522003
Previously, in RCA Verifications, when you entered more than 150 characters in the Method field, an error occurred, and the value was not updated. This issue has been resolved.	DE174731
Previously, in an RCA analysis, the SSRS Comprehensive Analysis Report included the logic image in the older logic tree design format. This issue has been resolved. Now, the SSRS report displays the logic tree in the current version user interface format.	DE174681
Previously, if you deleted or marked an RCA Verification record as complete, you continued to receive the email alerts on the due date set. This issue had been resolved.	DE173827
Previously, in the Analysis Link section of the Communicate Findings workspace, the Send button was disabled if you selected the button without adding any users. Also, you could not select the Send even after adding users, unless you refreshed the page. This issue has been resolved.	DE173571
Previously, when you viewed the Logic Tree diagram for an RCA in full-screen mode, with collapsed module navigation menu, and then if you switched back to the standard view, the Logic Tree diagram overlapped the other elements in the module navigation menu. This issue has been resolved.	DE172896
Previously, in an RCA Logic Tree, when you attempted to select the Show/Hide dropdown for the Logic Gates for a published analysis, the spinner continued for an indefinite timespan, and the RCA Logic Tree section could not load. This issue has been resolved.	DE172769

Rules

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 27. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in the GE Digital APM Rules Editor, if you added a reference from the family project under a user folder, and then reopened that family project, then the references to the family project were not resolved. This issue has been resolved.	DE173013

Security Manager

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 28. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to perform LDAP synchronization, you were by default assigned to English (United States) culture. This issue has been resolved. Now, you are assigned to the default culture that is configured on the User Defaults page.	US516767

Single Sign-On

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 29. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, if a single data source was configured in an SSO-enabled on-prem application, and when you attempted to log in via SSO and then log out explicitly, you were automatically logged back into the application. This issue has been resolved.	DE171207

SIS Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 30. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability, when you attempt to modify the Risk Matrix Internal assessment after the Risk Matrix has been modified, a confirmation window now appears, allowing you to choose if you want to reassess the risk using the new Risk Matrix or using the Risk Matrix that was originally used for the assessment.	US523208
In an SIL Analysis, you can now copy an existing Proof Test Template to an Instrumented Function. To facilitate this enhancement, a new option, Copy Existing, has been added under in the upper-right corner of the SIL Validation tab. For more information, refer to KBA 000039048.	US522147
In an SIL Analysis, you can now copy a Risk Assessment Recommendation. To facilitate this enhancement, a new icon, Copy() has been added to the Recommendation Pane of SIL Analysis. For more information, refer to KBA 000039039.	US522144

Table 31. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in the Protective Instrument Loop diagram, when you selected Logic Solver, the Architectural Type field was not populated. Additionally, loop results for Sensor Group and Final Element Group were mapped incorrectly to system results. These issues have been resolved.	DE174368
Previously, in SIL Analysis, there was a performance issue when you applied template for Protective Instrument Loop in the Instrumented Function. This issue has been resolved.	DE173507
Previously, in the SIL Assessments, when you entered values for the Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD) and Risk Reduction Factor (RRF) fields, the associated SIL level value was not displayed correctly. This issue has been resolved.	DE173195
Previously, in the Details section of a Proof Test Template, when you accessed a Proof Test Template Detail, the Delete, Add New, and Add Existing buttons were enabled even when the State field value for the Proof Test Template was set to a value other than `Development`. This issue has been resolved.	DE173016
Previously, in the SIL Assessment tab, when you attempted to create a LOPA Internal Assessment, and if you updated the value for the Spurious Trip Limit (per yr) field, and then saved the LOPA Assessment datasheet, the value for the Spurious Trip Limit (per yr) field was reset to the default value 0.01. This issue has been resolved.	DE172792
Previously, in SIL Analysis, when you updated a field in an Instrumented Function and then navigated to a different Instrumented Function, Unsaved Changes window did not appear. This issue has been resolved.	DE172336
Previously, in the Risk Matrix Assessment workspace of a SIL Analysis, you could not select the risk value as Not Applicable. This issue has been resolved.	DE171848
Previously, in SIL Analysis, when you defined a negative value for Trip Point in the Proof Test Template Details and performed a Proof Test task, the calculated result appeared as Fail in the Pass/Fail column. This issue has been resolved.	DE171849
Previously, for a Protective Instrument Loop, when you set a Logic Solver device (for example, Triconex Tricon) for which one or more failure rates were not defined in the Analog Input, Analog Output, Digital Input, or Digital output modules, an error appeared. This issue has been resolved.	DE171414

State Management

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 32. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to transition the state of a record, the users were not validated, which resulted in validation errors. This issue has been resolved.	DE17335

Thickness Monitoring

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

Table 33. Enhancements and New FeaturesThe following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To improve usability when sending TMLs to the Olympus 38DL Plus Ultrasonic Thickness Gage datalogger device, the following enhancements have been made: When you send TMLs for piping assets, and if all the selected TMLs belong to the same Piping Band, the file name is displayed as the Piping Band ID. If the TMLs do not belong to the same Piping Band, the file name is displayed as the Asset ID. When you send TMLs for non-piping assets, and if all the selected TMLs belong to the same TML Group, the file name is displayed as the TML Group ID. If the TMLs do not belong to the same TML Group, the file name is displayed as the Asset ID.	US524771
To enhance usability, in the Measurement Data Entry workspace, the width of the TML ID column is now automatically adjusted based on the length of the TML ID. To facilitate this enhancement, the following changes have been made: For TML IDs up to 80 characters, the ID is displayed as is in the TML ID column. For TML IDs greater than 80 characters in length, first 80 characters are displayed in the TML ID column. To view the complete value of the TML ID, you can hover over the TML ID field.	US517025

Table 34. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you attempted to view Thickness Monitoring Locations (TMLs) in the Datalogger page, or if you attempted to send TMLs to the Datalogger, the inactive TMLs were not excluded by GE Digital APM. This issue has been resolved.	DE175924
Previously, in the Thickness Monitoring Datalogger page, if you sent Thickness Measurement Locations to the 38DL+ device that had the Number of Readings field set to a value greater than zero, and if the Location field was not set, the TML IDs were formatted incorrectly when sent to the device. Additionally, when you attempted to receive the file back in GE Digital APM, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved. Note: To resolve this issue, you must install the latest Meridium Devices Service.	DE174870
Previously, when you attempted to access the history of any UOM field for which history was enabled, the value was displayed incorrectly when it had been updated by another user who had a different UOM setting for the field or a different representation of the decimal point (for example, comma). This issue has been resolved.	DE173359
Previously, in the Measurement Data Entry workspace, when you save the data for Thickness Measurement, while navigating to the next page, the data was not saved. This issue has been resolved.	DE170212
Previously, in the Measurements section, when you created a Thickness Measurement record as a user with a non-imperial UOM conversion set, if there were additional required fields configured on the Thickness Measurement family, the value specified in the Readings field of the Add Measurement window was incorrectly copied to the datasheet. This issue has been resolved.	DE170638