What's New

This section provides highlights of product changes in V5.0.1.0.0.

• To facilitate the upgrade process, when your APM system is upgraded, a log message is added indicating the APM product version at which the upgrade took place. In addition, when you delete upgrade logs, a similar action is performed.
• GE Digital does not recommend upgrading from V4.6.2.0.0 through V4.6.4.0.0 to V5.0.0.0.0.
• You cannot upgrade Advanced Visualization directly from V5.0.0.0.0 to V5.0.1.0.0. You must first uninstall Advanved Visualization, and then install it again, to upgrade to the latest version. For more information, refer to the Upgrade guide.

• Policy Designer: You can now write data into Predix Time Series using a policy. This will automate tag events and writes specific time series data across multiple assets and tags.
• RBI 580 and RBI 581: As an RBI Analyst, you can now inactivate an RBI Component. To facilitate this enhancement, the RBI Tree within an Asset view contains an Inactivate button. After you inactivate an RBI Component, the Component Status field is set to Inactive.
• RBI 581: The formula for calculating Final Corrosion Rate in an RBI 581 External Damage Evaluation now adheres to API 581 3rd Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, the following values will be used in the calculation only if the Source of Calculated Corrosion Rate field is set to Calculated:
  • Corrosion rate adjustment factor for bad asset design/fabrication.
  • Corrosion rate adjustment factor for interface for soil and water