2024-10-05 - Release 1.7

Highlights

• Enhanced File Transfer Module: Added support for SFTP servers and SMB fileshares, with the ability to monitor jobs and browse file systems through Edge Devices.

• Improved Device Configuration: Introduced new Overview and Settings tabs, hierarchy selection wizard, and versioning for device configurations.

• Application Enhancements: Applications now feature an Information tab for key property management, deployment statistics, and versioning similar to asset hierarchies.

• MQTT Connector Upgrades: Added publish topic type, QoS settings, message retention, and timestamp conversion from local time to UTC using JSONata.

• UI and Usability Improvements: New tooltips, filters for device lists, and improved help for missing monitoring metrics increase usability across the Management Portal.

New Features

• Added support for SFTP Servers in FileTransfer Module

• Added support for SMB Fileshares in FileTransfer Module

• Added ability to Monitor Jobs in FileTransfer Module using Jobs History tab

• Added ability to Browse FTP/SFTP Servers or FileShares through an Edge Device in FileTransfer Module using Browse tab

• Added new Overview tab of a Device in Device Configuration to summarize important information

• Added UI in Device Configuration for displaying all configured tags of an added Asset Hierarchy

• Device Configuration Versioning now works the same way as Asset Hierarchies

• Added new Settings Tab in Device Configuration to enable configuration of Ingestion Endpoint and Provisioning of a new Edge Device

• Added Hierarchy selection Wizard in Device Configuration

• Added Information tab to an Application, that allows modifying key properties of an Application, eg. logo, description and deployment statistics

• Added UI in Applications to for showing all devices that application has been deployed to

• Application Versioning now works the same way as Asset Hierarchies

• Added Filter in Device List of the Device Configurations

• Added many new Tooltips to increase usability of the Management Portal

• Added Publish Topic type for the MQTT Connector

• Added ability to set the Quality Of Service (QoS), and Retain Messages on the MQTT Connector

• Added ability to convert MQTT Payload timestamp from local time to UTC using the JSONata editor

• Added a Link from Deployment to the deployed Device configuration

• Added UI Help when Missing monitoring metrics on a Device in Monitoring

• And many more...

Fixes

• Management Portal now properly remembers selected node in hierarchy selection

• Fixed that in some rare occasions, it was possible to leave the AssetModelling Page without getting warned by unsaved changes

• Device Configuration - OverView Tab. Cannot properly edit text in the description text area

• Fixed that Import Asset Hierarchy crashed in some rare occasions

• Fixed that it is now possible to Import an Asset Hierarchy, even if no Asset Hierarchies are present in the Environment

• Applications + Modules - Updating Create Options removes DesiredTwin and vice versa.

• Fixed error in Management Portal when viewing applications in empty platform

• Fixed: Unable to restart edgeAgent/edgeHub from monitoring

• Device Configuration settings: gateway spelling error corrected

• Hierarchy Comment is out of screen

• Delete button not placed correctly.

• Align Label AssetHierarchy to look like other Labels

• And many more...

Breaking Changes

• No Breaking Changes in this release

Security Updates

• Updated IoT Edge Runtime 1.5.10 LTS

• Upgraded Telerik UI for Blazor to version 6.2.0