V4.5.0.0.8 | APM Classic

APM System Requirements

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 improve security, you can now implement the user authentication for the Elastic Search using the X-Pack security by upgrading to Elastic Search V6.8. For more information on upgrading the Elastic Search, refer to KBA 000038254.	US488652

Asset Criticality Analysis

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, the ACA Dataloader was unable to validate the risk values in the risk matrix correctly. This issue has been resolved.	DE162512
Previously, the custom validation exception message set as per the delete rule for asset criticality analysis system, did not appear on the ACA Overview page. This issue has been resolved.	DE160024
Previously, in the ACA Overview page,the query for displaying all assets was getting called multiple times while loading data in the result grid. This degraded the performance of GE Digital APM. This issue has been resolved.	DE158366

Asset Hierarchy

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

Table 3. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you searched for an asset in the Asset Hierarchy, the search failed if more than 2100 assets matched the search term. This issue has been resolved.	DE162017

Asset Strategy Implementation

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

Table 4. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you updated an ASI Package with changes to its maintenance item, the Last Changed Date of its corresponding maintenance plan was also updated in SAP.  This issue has been resolved. Note: For this change to take effect, SAP notes 3062714 and 3071508 are required.	DE161499

Asset Strategy Management

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

Table 5. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when you applied the ASM Template as the master, Action ID field was same for all action in the Implement Action Tab. This issue has been resolved.	DE162187
Previously, when you refreshed a Scorecard or scheduled a KPI with a start date greater than the current date in the Start field, the value in column SCHEDULE NEXT RUN DATE in the Metrics and Scorecards overview page for the KPI linked to the Scorecard was not displayed. This issue has been resolved.	DE162062
Previously, when you uploaded multiple strategies into GE Digital APM using an ASM dataloader file, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE161999
Previously, when you attempted to change the state of a strategy from Modified to Proposed or from Pending Review to Rework, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE161347

Calibration Management

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

Table 6. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, the performance of the GE Digital APM slowed down when you attempted to create a manual calibration in Calibration Management. This issue has been resolved.	DE162181
Previously, in a multi-component Calibration Event record, when you selected a value for the Cylinder ID field, and saved the record, only the cylinder expiry date was recorded, while the Laboratory Number field was not populated in the multi-component identification datasheet. This issue has been resolved.	DE160628

eLog

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, when you attempted to create a new Shift in the eLog Administrator page, you could not search for the child functional locations in the asset hierarchy tree using the filter search available in the Shifts section. This issue has been resolved. Now, irrespective of the level you are at, the search is performed on the complete FLOC and the result shows both the parent and child functional locations.	DE160239

Family 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 update the Template ID, you had to save the changes twice to see the updates across all the family records. This issue has been resolved.	DE160266

Generation Availability Analysis

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 in an Event Record, the Gross Available Capacity and Net Available Capacity field values were incorrectly calculated. This issue has been resolved. Now the above fields are calculated as follows: Gross Available Capacity = Gross Dependable Capacity - Gross Derate Amount Net Available Capacity = Net Dependable Capacity - Net Derate Amount	DE162961
Previously, when you created GAA events that had overlapping date range, the value of the Gross Dependable Capacity and Net Dependable Capacity fields were blank. This issue has been resolved.	DE162428

Hazards Analysis

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, in HAZOP Analysis and What IF Analysis, when you updated the IPL checklist in the Safeguard datasheet, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE164054

Inspection Management

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

Table 11. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, Task Execution records were not created for non-recurring Inspection Tasks when the Inspection Task Complete field was selected for an associated inspection event. This issue has been resolved.	DE162906

Manage Translations

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

Table 12. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, the following issues existed in localization: In a load balanced environment, due to the incorrect Base URL, the localization data failed to sync between the servers. Now, the Base URL has been updated. When your culture setting was set to Portuguese and you attempted to load the custom application data, the custom file was loaded with redundant baseline data. This significantly increased the file size during every custom change. When you attempted to load the custom metadata files, the baseline data was written to custom metadata files. This increased the file size. These issues have been resolved.	DE161600

Metrics and Scorecards

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, if you had user privileges, you could also view all sites that were accessible with Administrator privileges. This issue has been resolved. Now, with user privileges you can view the user assigned sites only.	DE161405

OT Connect

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, while creating Health Indicators, if you had assigned decimal values for the upper and lower limit fields of Health Indicators, they were displayed as integer values and an error message appeared. This issue has been resolved. You can now assign decimal values for the Health Indicator limits.	DE159986

Policy Designer

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, if you executed a policy where a Close Event node followed an Or node, and a calculation or comparison node preceding the same Or node was not executed due to the policy logic, an error occurred and the policy event was not closed. This issue has been resolved.	DE159618

Production Loss Analysis

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

Table 16. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, in PLA Data Loader, field options were provided in the template to overwrite or skip an existing plan when you selected the skip or regenerate fields. However, this removed the capability to append data in existing plans. This issue has been resolved. These fields have now been removed.	US492671
Previously, in the Bulk Data Entries functionality, you did not receive a warning message informing that the existing data would be overwritten. This issue has been resolved. Now, you receive a warning message at the start of the workflow wizard.	DE160326

Queries

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

Table 17. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, while creating a query, if you selected a stored catalog query as the query source from the Design workspace, and the query name started with a numeric character, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE160642

Record Manager

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, if you created a record in a custom family with a Master-detail datasheet, and if the State Management feature was disabled for that family, you could not create a record successfully. This issue has been resolved.	DE160640
Previously, if an error occurred during state transition, a generic error message appeared that did not provide any error details. This issue has been resolved. Now, the error message contains detailed information about the error.	DE160055

Reliability Analytics

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 a new automation rule was run, the target Reliability Analyses were not updated with the latest data. This issue has been resolved.	DE161365

Reliability Centered Maintenance

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 import data through dataloader, the operation timed out if the excel file had a large number of Failure Effects and Recommendations. This issue has been resolved.	DE160466

Risk Based Inspection

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

RBI 580 and 581

Table 21. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, the RBI Corrosion Loop table in the Unit Summary workspace took a long time to load. Now, performance improvements have been made to reduce the time to load the table.	DE161301
Previously, an error occurred when you selected the Create New Corrosion Loop button while the corrosion loops were loading in the RBI Unit Summary workspace. This issue has been resolved. Now, the Create New Corrosion Loop button remains disabled until the corrosion loops are loaded on the RBI Unit Summary.	DE161301
Previously, users with the MI Inspection Plan Approver group permissions were unable to approve an Inspection Plan. This issue has been resolved.	DE161149

RBI 581

Table 22. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when calculating an RBI 581 Risk Analysis on an RBI Component with a Criticality Item Type of Storage Tank, the Financial Risk –RBI Date, the Financial Risk –With Plan, and the Financial Risk –Without Plan fields were not considering the AST Environmental Cost. This issue has been resolved. The Financial Risk fields is now calculated using the Total Financial Consequence field on the RBI 581 Consequence Evaluation which includes the AST Environmental Cost.	DE164361

Root Cause Analysis

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

Table 23. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, users were not able to see the datasheet for a published analysis. This issue has been resolved.	DE162575
Previously, in the grid below the Hypothesis Verification chart, the details in the Hypothesis and Team Members fields were not populated. This issue has been resolved.	DE162534
Previously, in the RCA Event Timeline diagram, when you hovered over an Event Flag, the tooltip was aligned incorrectly. This issue has been resolved. Now, the tooltip appears next to the selected flag.	DE162072
Previously, you could not save an RCA recommendation if the assignment due date had passed. This issue has been resolved.	DE160147
Previously, when you modified the RCA Event Diagram, if the node title contained more than 30 characters, the browser closed unexpectedly when you attempted to save the changes. This issue has been resolved.	DE158450

SIS Management

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

Table 24. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, the following fields in LOPA did not display the accurate values: Mitigated Consequence Frequency Unmitigated Consequence Frequency Required PIF Risk Reduction Factor This issue has been resolved. These fields are now displayed as exponential value if the output has more than 15 decimal digits.	DE162634
Previously, when you created a new or updated an existing SIS Proof Test Template, SIS Proof Test Template Detail, or SIS Proof Test, the following fields were not populated with the correct values: Modified By Modified Date Test ID This issue has been resolved.	DE161592
Previously, when you updated the state of a Protective Instrument Loop to a state other than Design, the fields in the Protective Instrument Device datasheet were still available for editing. This issue has been resolved.	DE160441
Previously, when you imported a Protected Instrument Loop into GE Digital APM and attempted to modify the Protected Instrument Loop record, an error occurred. This issue has been resolved.	DE160435
Previously, when you closed the Proof Test detail tab, values in some fields including the Step Sequence Number were cleared. This issue has been resolved.	DE159575

Thickness Monitoring

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

Table 25. Resolved IssuesThe following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, when an asset was associated with multiple piping components, the performance reduced significantly when you renewed an individual piping component. This issue has been resolved.	DE161835