What's new in IIH Essentials V1.6?
Release date
2023-03-31
Blob data type
When creating a variable, you can select Blob as the data type. Blob data type is a data type for unstructured data that is stored in binary form. It can be used to store data that is not covered by the other supported data types. In contrast to other data types, the Blob data type has the additional optional property "Blob type". This property can be used to define the format of the stored data. We recommend the use of a standardized approach such as MIME types.
You can find more information on MIME types here: MIME types
Defining Databus credentials centrally
The default Databus credentials (broker URL, user name, password) can be defined centrally for all connectors in the IIH Essentials settings. However, these settings can be overwritten with connector-specific settings in the respective connector configurations.
Adding available connectors
SIMATIC connectors and Connectivity Suite connectors can be automatically searched and added with a single click. A manual user-defined connector configuration is not required (but is possible).
CSV export of variable data
The data of a variable can be exportet to CSV for a given timeframe including existing aggregations.
This export file can be imported into any other variable.
Thus it can be used to
- initialize a variable with data
- backup/export data in a generic format
- transfer data to another Data Service instance
Debugging view
In case of errors the debugging view is the right place to get more information.
It is accessible via https://
Also extended logging can be enabled on a feature basis to get more detailed information if needed.
1.4.0 migration cleanup
With Data Service v1.4.0 several technologies have been exchanged to achieve higher performance. An automatic migration was running when installing v1.4.0 or v1.5.0 on top of 1.3.0. This, however, requires Data Service to still have the previeous technologies included. Starting from v1.6.0 this automatic migration is removed to dispose of the previous technologies. This results in having configuration and data not migrated when installing >= v1.6.0 directly on top of <= v1.3.0. To keep the data in this update case, a backup has to be created before the update and restored after the update.
This does not have an impact on versions starting >= 1.4.0.
Variable and counter configuration in Data Service
The variable configuration has been extended to support an aquisition category including counter configuration. It was previously only available in Performance Insight but has now been moved to Data Service in order to allow these configurations for pre-calculated aggregations, too.
Security: Encrypted/secured config store
Sensitive information (like Databus credentials) is encrypted and secure.
Aggregations UI improvements
Aggregations are not explicitly displayed anymore but accessible through the source variable. (Accessible for retention, preview, etc.)
Extend errors and translation in UI
Error messages for backup/restore and IIH mode switch have been extended. Several missing translations habe been added.
Optimize panel performance
The performance of the subscriptions on the UCP have been improved.
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