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Predictor 5 Release Notes

Version 5.7.1 (Latest Release)

Version: 5.7.1.47768

Release Date: 17 July 2020

Improvement

  • PC-934 As a user, I want to be able to add or import multiple exclude treatments per asset within the same year.
    • note: To import all possible treatments as exclude rules, set treatment name to *, ie. (Year = 1, Unique Asset Id = asset1, Treatment = *).

Fixes

  • PC-928 #37926 Fixed Application crash occasionally during startup.
  • PC-912 #37800 Fixed incorrect order of the gain and threshold in the export Treatment Criteria format. The order of the export format should be consistent with the expected import format.
  • PC-850 #37362 Fixed application crash when applying a cost filter that has no value in the Year Level Comparison Report.
  • PC-1012 Fixed overlapping age error in DP simulator tool.

Version 5.7.0

Version: 5.7.0.47654

Release Date: 6 May 2020

New Features

  • PC-750 Be able to export out treatment criteria triggers and treatment effects to the CSV format that Predictor can read back in the import operation. 
  • PC-707 #36363 Be able to export out all degradation profiles 

  • PC-607 Added environmental parameters feature as a licensed feature.

    The environmental parameter configuration steps:  
    1. Add environmental parameter items from the Template - Environmental Parameter tab
    2. Map parameter values from the Data - import mapping (non-numeric values are ignored)
    3. Configure environmental cost in the Strategy - Environmental Cost
    4. View in reports: 
      • Asset life cycle
      • Funding distribution 
      • Annuity & pricing
      • Budget distribution comparison
      • Net preset comparison
      • Year level comparison
      • Community consultation comparison

Improvements / Fixes

  • PC-627 #35146 Fixed fail to import a template when there is any post degradation profile assigned in the post-treatment effect
  • PC-626 #35300 Fixed treatment not applied when the selected trigger option is 'Service State' and the trigger range is set to state 0 only
  • PC-612 Fixed inflation rate is rounded when having a decimal rate in the fill all with inflation budget calculation
  • PC-612 Fixed error thrown when pasting without year column to the budget grid
  • PC-628 Added degradation strategy information tooltip to the life cycle model page and DP simulation page
  • PC-631 Improved export report performance when exporting big dataset
  • PC-651 #35965 Improved bulk add(paste) operation performance on unit cost variation and life cycle variation
  • PC-635 Apply automap to treatment criteria import mapping step when column names are the same as service criteria field names
  • PC-677 #36220 Sort service criteria and treatment filter in the mapping data wizard by the hierarchy
  • PC-826 Fixed inconsistent treatment filter labels in the print treatment criteria document

Version 5.6.0

Version: 5.6.0.47250

Release Date: 25 October 2019

Improvements

  • MP-1095 Be able to import treatment effects and post effects. Template file: here.

  • MP-1099 Apply automapping on import treatment effect operation when the column headers match to the treatment filter and service criteria names. 
    • for service criteria post effect header: append " post" suffix to the service name. 
    • other expected field headers: treatment, ucv and lcv. Please refer to example attached below:  
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  • MP-1095 Be able to add new records by pasting name, description and 'grouping' from the clipboard to treatment, service criteria and treatment filters section. ( by tab separator). 
    • column order: name \t description \t grouping (for treatment only)
  • MP-1101 Be able to bulk add treatment filter record labels and service criteria labels when adding new records from above paste operation. (labels values must be in semicolon separator format)
    • column order: name \t description \t labels (lna;l0;l1;l2;l3;l4;l5;6  or ;;;;;;;last )
    • labels count must be 8 ( for na until eol)
  • MP-1102 Be able to configure treatment unit cost in bulk operation via copy-paste operation ( by tab separator, note: treatment name is the row key, must be an existing name.)
    • column order: treatment name \t unit cost(double or currency format) \t applied rate (double: eg. 0.2 or in percentage format: 20%) 
    • The Applied rate value will be parsed to integer percentage format. for example: paste raw value = 20.67% or 0.2067, Predictor will convert to 20%
  • MP-1102 Be able to configure budget via copy-paste operation  ( by tab separator, note: year number is the row key)
    • column order: year \t budget(double or currency format)
  • MP-1091 Include annual asset backlog values and treatment cost to the benefit cost report and updated layout. 

Fixes

  • MP-1094 Fixed "copy to" situation did not copy all fields.  

  • MP-1096 Update "Import Date" as user input field and changed the field name to "Reference Date". This field will not auto-update anymore. 
    • The minimum reference date is 1\1\1753 (SQL minimum date)
  • MP-1090 Sort the asset categories list when creating a template to display alphabetically
  • MP-1103 Fixed export reports generate an error when the risk score contains NA value
  • MP-1092 Fixed OSI can be removed when creating a new template or when first loaded. OSI is a reserved/required field and should be readonly. 
  • MP-1104 Fixed Service Level Analysis Pie Chart showed incorrect percentage values
  • MP-1106 Fixed duplicate chart axis label displayed on Asset life cycle NS chart when viewing on fullscreen (chart pop-up)
  • MP-1093 Fixed error when trying to duplicate unsaved degradation profiles
  • MP-1114 Fixed maintenance cost and user cost page show incorrect custom labels (service criteria)

Internal Only

  • MP-1112 Provided more detailed error messages when Arcgis online integration publish operation failed. 
  • MP-1110 #34490 Be able to skip update check from Tool → Preference → Update: Run Update check. Note: Network with proxy configuration might have impact on application startup performance. Please consider to whitelist "https://files.assetic.com/ " or untick this configuration. 

Version 5.5.0

Version: 5.5.0.46916

Release Date: 27 February 2019

New Features

Risk Configuration

  • MP-824 Be able to configure Risk parameters: Consequences of Failure (CoF), Likelihood of Failure (LoF), Risk matrix and Risk Rating at Template - Advanced Setup section
  • MP-870 Be able to map Consequences of Failure (CoF) per asset level
  • MP-841 Be able to configure and apply Benefit Variation based on CoF ranges
  • MP-904 Populated Risk parameters with default values
  • MP-935 Added helper tooltip to Risk Setup module

Reporting

  • MP-825 [Risk Analysis Report]  yearly Risk Rating distribution per Simulation
  • MP-909 [Risk Analysis Report]  yearly CoF vs LoF distribution per Simulation
  • MP-872 [Risk Comparison Report] compare multiple Simulations by Risk Rating distribution
  • MP-901 [Risk Comparison Report] compare multiple Simulations by aggregated Risk Score distribution
  • MP-960 [Risk Comparison Report] compare multiple Simulations by average Risk Score distribution
  • MP-826 [Asset Life Cycle Report] yearly Risk distribution per asset
  • MP-875 [Export Reports] Added Risk related fields to Simulation Export and Capital Work Schedule report
  • MP-925 [Simulation Export for BI Analysis] Be able to export Simulation result for further analysis in Power BI. Note: This is a licensed feature, please contact Assetic for further information. 

Other

  • MP-869 Be able to carry over Surplus Budget forward to the next year of the Simulation. Surplus Carry Over (SCO) is enabled per Simulation
  • MP-985 Be able to keep treatment triggers and effects based on 'service state'. Default trigger option is 'service state'.
    • Note: Simulation results may not be the same compared to the previous v5.x versions in some cases, ie. when custom degradation profile is used, as the trigger was based on 'native scale' range since version 5.0.

Improvements

  • MP-899 Be able to upload Service Index to ESRI integration publish result as optional fields
  • MP-902 Be able to bulk create Treatment Situations and overwrite existing situations when the overwrite option is enabled. Import template: ImportTemplate_5.5.0_V3.xlsx
  • MP-921 Added more fields (budget, available funding & total annual cost) to Funding Distribution Report 
  • MP-919 Set the title of an active tab as a bold font to improve selected tab visibility
  • MP-914 Launch Treatment Effect Advanced Settings when double-clicking on the treatment row
  • MP-973 Be able to scale data direct to NS having NS value in decimal format. (Previous version will apply floor rounding to NS value to the whole number at year 0)
  • MP-995 Added maintenance cost and user cost field to export report
  • MP-991 Added Asset value field to export report
  • MP-1031 Added new treatment group "Other"
  • MP-1062 Be able to select service index/service criteria to optimise on when creating a simulation

Fixes

  • MP-908 Fixed OverflowException returned when triggering send email from Report Issue dialog (when calling 32-bit outlook client from 64-bit application)
  • MP-915 Increased the width of Total Rateable Properties spin edit in Budget Aggregation report to fit at least 8 digits number
  • MP-914 Fixed Treatment row selection should stay the same after updating Treatment Effect Advanced Settings
  • MP-922 Fixed Transform Data Chart generates an error when there is only one kind of value in service criteria or treatment filter
  • MP-918 Fixed error returned when running simulate maintenance having data scaled direct to NS / SP and not having custom degradation profile
  • MP-923 Provided error message when the custom pivot profile name input contains invalid (reserved) characters: '\' or '/'
  • MP-929 Fixed Backlog Report throw an error when having data scaled direct to NS / SP and not having custom degradation profile
  • MP-949 Fixed Error thrown at transformed data page when the layout file is invalid
  • MP-952 Fixed treatment filter Label 7 value shown as 6 instead of the scaled label at Transformed Data Page
  • MP-978 Fixed Asset life cycle report showed NS/SP before value equals to after value when SP/NS is 0
  • MP-966 Fixed treatment is applied at state 5 instead of state 6 when having reverse NS due to a rounding issue
  • MP-1060 Added check on .NET Framework 4.6 as a system prerequisite before allowing installation ( to ensure TLS 1.2 protocol is supported for ESRI integration https://support.esri.com/en/tlsproducts) 

Version 5.2.0

Version: 5.2.0.46306

Release Date: 6 August 2018

New Features

  • MP-822 Provide more methods to calculate Service Index
  • MP-850 Provide information that describes each service index method
  • MP-730 Be able to include SP and NS to Esri publish results
  • Note: including SP or NS will disable compact data feature, a full upload may take longer to complete

Improvements

  • MP-823 Move OSI to Service Index section
  • MP-797 Remove extra mapping prefix from column header name in export reports and custom report
  • MP-893 Be able to set skin theme to Predictor recommended / default skin ( ‘Office 2013 Light grey’) in Tool → Appearance.

Fixes

Data Configuration

  • MP-879 #7260 Fixed new treatment effect is populated with incorrect min and max when having reverse NS (desc trend)
  • MP-905 Provided model selection as user input in simulate maintenance and user cost to enable correct scaling of data having a direct scale to NS / SP
  • MP-906 Fixed transform data chart not persisting 'show label' selection

Simulation

  • MP-885 #7331 Fixed the issue where force treatments with 0 cost were not applied in years when the budget is also set to 0
  • MP-887 Fixed treatment effect should not apply when no treatment effect is selected (issue with Service State method)

Reporting

  • MP-871 #7176 Fixed 'state' terminology in Trade-Off Analysis Report
  • MP-886 #7325 Fixed Service Analysis Report bar charts show color gradient shift on some skin style options
  • MP-891 #7374 Fixed exporting pivot table into Excel file missing the column header
  • MP-907 Fixed year 0 result in export reports is not scaled to custom mapped degradation profile

Version 5.1.0

Release Date : 29/July/2018

New Features

  • MP-755 Be able to configure Native Scale with descending trend
  • MP-810 Added NS and SP distribution in asset life cycle report
  • MP-809 Added NS and SP distribution in service level report

Improvements

  • MP-847 Adjusted rating date effect to immediately degrade asset to the actual service state
  • MP-806 Added all costs and asset value fields to custom pivot report
  • MP-683 #5112 'Budget Check' and 'Maximum Bound' should consider Unit Cost Variation 
  • MP-838 Extended tooltip timer in degradation profile grid

Fixes

  • MP-851 #7013 Fixed OSI and service index at year 0 is not available in simulation export report when data is scaled with direct to NS or SP
  • MP-859 Fixed Service level comparison report chart label and tooltip label % formatting is reversed
  • MP-842 Fixed OCI is not updated to OSI in community consultation report and strategy
  • MP-860 Fixed unhandled exception thrown at open portfolio dialog when user try to open portfolio that needs to be upgraded and user cancel this operation
  • MP-849 #6836 Fixed Arcgis integration import data throw null exception when there is null value (used to pass in string empty value)

Chores 

  • MP-790, MP-844Updated 'score' to 'state' in the product

Version 5.0.0

Release Date : 14/May/2018

New Features

Simulation

  • MP-626 Updated simulation algorithm to track service potential as well as service score (simulation result will be different from previous version)
  • MP-627 Updated degradation algorithm to track service potential
  • MP-709 Changed life cycle initial age of score 0 to start from 0 instead of from 1 to reflect the degradation profile path

Template

  • MP-680 Be able configure Native Scale (NS) in degradation profile
  • MP-625 #4660 Be able to have customise label for each service score

Data

  • MP-679 Be able to directly import raw data as Native Scale (NS)
  • MP-622 Be able to directly import raw data as Service Potential (SP)
  • MP-667 Transform data should reflect scaling from Native Scale or Service Potential
  • MP-665 [Data Migration]Populate Native Scale range based on existing triggers and effects configurations

Model

  • MP-583 Be able to set degradation strategy for each service criteria
  • MP-623 Be able to set up treatment trigger based on Native Scale
  • MP-624 Be able to set up treatment effect based on Native Scale
  • MP-695 Converted Native Scale range settings to triggers and effects checkbox settings
  • MP-749 Be able to configure Native Scale as the range of any number (ascending manner)
  • MP-685 Updated logic tree in treatment criteria to translate triggers check boxes to Native Scale range
  • MP-670 Not allowing score gap when configuring treatment criteria triggers and effects
  • MP-671 Created a new section to configure treatment effects gain and threshold

Reporting

  • MP-746 Added Service Potential and Native Scale distribution in year level comparison
  • MP-684 Display service criteria custom labels in report charts
  • MP-631 Added Service Potential and Native Scale value in export reports (Simulation Export and Capital Work Schedule)

Improvements

Template

  • MP-687 Updated 'score' term to 'label' in treatment filters configuration (label na, label 1 to label 7)
  • MP-743 Provided more information to describe RL, SP and NS in degradation profile setup page
  • MP-635 #4520 Be able to adjust width of the treatment filter tab
  • MP-618 Be able to bulk delete treatment rules

Data

  • MP-736 Added bar chart in data transformed page to show distributions of data based on NS or SP
  • MP-669 #4690 Removed sheet name from column mapping options in data import page
  • MP-664 #4932 Included empty space as 'isblank' scaling group

Model

  • MP-694 Changed treatment criteria situation to use master details grid view
  • MP-740 Added NS & SP distribution to life cycle chart
  • MP-678 Added information regarding the effect of "disposal" treatment effect in the grid

Reporting:

  • MP-652 Provided descriptions to all reports to let user better understand the context of the reports
  • MP-658 Be able to have custom total in custom pivot report
  • MP-617 Set the pivot view filter header selection as ticked on default in custom pivot report

Chores

  • MP-761 Removed Life Cycle Capital Funding Profile report
  • MP-741 Set default benefit calculation method to area under curve
  • MP-515 Updated All projects .Net Framework target to 4.6.2 (simulation result might be different from previous version)
  • MP-672 Change Predictor default skin to "Office 2013 Light Gray"
  • MP-689 Updated Spreadsheetgear version to Spreadsheetgear2017 to support office 2010 or above
  • MP-792 Set 'skip prior year' default as enabled when adding new force treatment rule from add menu.
  • MP-789 Use uniform term for all condition to be 'service' and update OCI to OSI.


Fixes

  • MP-729 #5724 Fixed navigation scroll bar to maintain it's position
  • MP-712 #5633 Added class breaker renderer type to Esri integration layer type
  • MP-710 #5567 Fixed EoL assets should be included in year 0 of the Simulate Maintenance tool
  • MP-707 #5459 Fixed Import progress bar is not showing anymore when creating new data
  • MP-689 #5171 Fixed Error reading .xlsx files in Predictor when files is created with office 2010 or above
  • MP-645 #4604 Fixed Network Measure Unit field is not duplicated
  • MP-536 #3400 Block user from customising grid that is not intend for changing layout in Strategy section
  • MP-728 Added special character skip to data mapping column name
  • MP-676 Fixed Publish Esri not reporting error when simulation error occur
  • MP-660 Extended Esri token request expiration from existing token to 15 days
  • MP-763 Fixed unable to export data ( capital work schedule / simulation export) when having large dataset / rows exceed excel csv limits 1,048,576. New files will be created if this occurs.
  • MP-780 Fixed Asset life cycle report thrown error when there was no treatment exists in template
  • MP-836 Converted field name to lower case in Esri Integration to avoid case mismatch error

Previous Predictor V4 Release Notes

Version 4.6.1 (Current Release)

Version: 4.6.1.45954

Release Date : 16/April/2018

Improvements

  • MP-779 Added support for ArcGIS Server (prerequisite: 'Portal for ArcGIS' must be deployed). Previous version (prior to 4.6.1) only supports integration with ArcGIS Online. 

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Fixes

Esri Integration:

  • MP-712 #5633 Added class breaker renderer type to Esri integration layer type.
  • MP-676 Fixed Publish Esri not reporting error when simulation error occurs.
  • MP-660 Extended Esri token request expiration from existing token to 15 days.

Other:

  • MP-729 Fixed navigation scroll bar to maintain it's position.
  • MP-763 Fixed unable to export data (capital work schedule / simulation export) when having large dataset / rows exceed excel csv limits 1,048,576. New files will be created if this occurs.
  • MP-710 #5567 Fixed EoL assets should be included in year 0 of the Simulate Maintenance tool.
  • MP-707 #5459 Fixed 'Import Progress Bar does not show', bar now shows when creating new data.
  • MP-780 Fixed bug where 'Asset Life Cycle Report' was throwing an error, when no treatment existed in template.

Version 4.6.0

Version: 4.6.0.45337

Release Date: 13/October/2017

 
Improvements

  • MP-674 More geometry types are now supported in Esri ArcGIS online integration, including polygon, point, and multi-points in addition to the polyline type. 

Version 4.5.0 

Version: 4.5.0.45280

Release Date: 5/September/2017

Important Note: licence reactivation is required when upgrading to Predictor version 4.5

If you have a valid licence key please click on the Activate button to trigger the activation.

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If you experience any issues please contact: predictor-support@assetic.com

New Features

  • MP-606 Added a new degradation option, uniform distribution for asset degradation.
  • MP-580 Be able to execute a sample run of a simulation where there are more than 5000 records to verify model setup faster.
    • Note: the sample result does not represent the actual result, it is run based on a subset of data where the budget ratio is reduced to the sampling total network measures.
  • MP-605 Be able to create no budget simulation instantaneously, similar to unbounded simulation.
  • MP-596 Be able to map empty value to certain score in scaling settings page.

Improvements

  • MP-603 3909 Be able to export out only assets with treatment applied when exporting capital work schedule report.
  • MP-616 Export all simulation result and capital work schedule report on one sheet.
    • Note: the export result is CSV file

  • MP-611 Apply alphanumeric sort on the data/model/strategy nodes in the tree.
  • MP-598 Added the effect of life cycle variation in life cycle chart.
  • MP-595 3924 When importing treatment rules and choose to overwrite, existing treatments should be updated when matching asset unique id and year is found.
  • MP-581 Provided estimated remaining time when running the simulation.
  • MP-621 Provided tooltip hint to remind the user that gain of 0 does make differences in the treatment effect settings.
  • MP-574 3745 Restarting Predictor will now load the last screen size and location.
  • MP-573 3745 Improved startup behaviour by attempting to bring the main window to foreground after system initialization completed.
  • MP-519 Be able to download all errors generated from Esri integration publish all process.

Chore

  • MP-521 Import from Oracle database is now available again
  • MP-255 Licencing improvement, all users will need to reactivate licence
  • MP-644 Rename Backlog Funding Report (Schedule 7) to Backlog Funding Report
  • MP-651 Updated default degradation strategy to Gaussian-based (medium variance)
  • MP-634 Added assembly protector

Fixes

  • MP-615 4234,4289 Fixes unhandled error thrown when saving Esri feature service URL longer than 100 character
  • MP-647 4613 Fixed export of Treatment Unit Costs grid has a formatting error
  • MP-643 Fixed treatment unit cost allocation show 0 variation but not applied to simulation
  • MP-638 4581 Fixed Treatment Cost Allocation dialog mislabelling title
  • MP-649 4626 Fixed import template typo

Version 4.4.1

Version: 4.4.1.45103

Release Date: 11/July/2017

Improvements

  • MP-584 As a user, I want to be able to duplicate a degradation profile
  • MP-602 3793 As a user, I want to have a reminder dialog to update budget when increasing strategy year
  • MP-594 As a user, I want to get open file confirmation after exporting any grid
  • MP-592 As a user, I want to see the "thousand separators" in the annual budget grid
  • MP-591 As a user, I want to be able to compare degradation profile trend with the degradation point trend in DP simulator page
  • MP-565 The unbounded simulation should have zero-pass set as the simulation strategy as default settings
  • MP-604 Improved zero pass performance
  • MP-534 Improved Esri integration publish performance by reducing the amount of data uploaded to Esri layer (combining same entities to one row)
  • MP-597 As a user, I want to be able to authenticate with existing token instead of user credentials in Esri integration

Fixes

  • MP-609 Fixed fill all with Inflation set all budget to zero
  • MP-608 4061,4133 Fixed Unhandled error thrown when running Predictor via proxy connection
  • MP-601 Fixed unhandled error thrown when trying to export simulation report grid to an already opened XLS file
  • MP-442 SPT004428 Fixed Custom pivot report column filter did not reset automatically when the column is removed/dragged out from grid
  • MP-610 Fixed layer created from v4.4.0 did not have the time series info enabled
  • MP-607 Fixed error occurred when publishing a table layer that was used to be a feature layer 
  • MP-568 As a user, I want to get more detailed error message, when adding an invalid Esri service
  • MP-525 Fixed feature layer created not appearing in Esri Interface (not refreshed)

Chore

  • MP-589 Optimization strategy option should be hidden if no licence provided

Version 4.4.0

Version: 4.4.0.44966

Release Date : 6/June/2017

New Features

  • MP-569 Be able to open portfolio in demo version (other than embedded demo portfolio)
  • MP-575 Read-only demo version
  • MP-498 As a user, I want to visualise the effect of different distribution strategy to assist me to pick which strategy to use

Improvements

  • MP-462 As a user, I want to be able to enter treatment Unit Cost variations in addition to a percentage value
  • MP-487 Added zero pass option to simulation performance settings (skipping GA to run simulation faster)
  • MP-549 Improve simulation runtime performance
  • MP-579 Improve the warning message when user uses '.' in the table and/or column name
  • MP-571 As a user, I want to be able to increase timeout for upload request to ArcGIS server to avoid getting timeout error when uploading bigger dataset
  • MP-529 As a user, I want to pop-up import dialogue when there is no data

Fixes

  • MP-562 Fixed secondary axis/score axis scaling being reverted after opening edit degradation profile page
  • MP-559 3602 Fixed warning for having Duplicate Labels for Treatment Filters is appearing too soon
  • MP-554 Fixed spelling from unchanged to unchanged in treatment effects advanced settings page
  • MP-593 Fixed not able to fill down budgets with 0 value

Chore

  • MP-532 Update confuserEx to latest version

Known Issues:

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed/dragged out from grid (Custom Pivot Report Note)
  • MP-525 Esri integration: Feature layer created from Predictor via web API sometimes is not available in Esri Service GUI (but available from web API call), support case has been submitted to Esri. 

Version 4.3.4 [Hotfix]

Version: 4.3.4.44801

Release Date : 4/May/2017

Hotfix

  • MP-556 3576 Fixed incorrect behavior in Treatment Effect page when having treatments within 'new / disposal' group showing the effect of previously selected treatment (affected version: 4.3.3)

Other Fixes

  • MP-552 [Esri Integration] Fixed error is thrown when trying to update layer schema from Predictor after a new field is added from Esri GUI
  • MP-557 3567 As a user, I want to have a warning on unsaved changes when I try to close the application
  • MP-555 Removed tooltip in Treatment Situation logic tree section

Known Issues

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed / dragged out from grid (Custom Pivot Report Note)
  • MP-525 Esri integration: Feature layer created from Predictor via web API sometimes is not available in Esri Service GUI (but available from web API call), support case has been submitted to Esri

Version 4.3.3

Version: 4.3.3.44792

Release Date: 2/May/2017

New Feature

  • MP-463 As a user, I want to be able to create unbounded simulation 

Improvements

  • MP-377 Change predictor from 32bit to MSIL (so Predictor can have larger memory access when running in 64-bit OS)
    Note: Database version updated from 3.5 to 4.0 , Mapinfo and Oracle integration is no longer supported. 
  • MP-487 Include more simulation performance settings.
  • MP-475 As a user, I want to see the file name on the product

Fixes

  • MP-504 3329  Fixed treatment filter label is shown in treatment criteria column when having no treatment filter

Known Issues

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed / dragged out from grid (Custom Pivot Report Note)
  • MP-525 Esri integration: Feature layer created from Predictor via web API sometimes is not available in Esri Service GUI (but available from web API call), support case has been submitted to Esri. 

Version 4.3.2

Version: 4.3.2.44716

Release Date : 20/April/2017

New Features (Simulation)

  • MP-496 As a user, I want to have the option to select Gaussian degradation based on different predefined sigma. (Low variance is the default for new simulation)

New Features (Esri ArcGIS Integration)

  • MP-414 As a user, I want to be able to configure and link Esri layer to simulation result
  • MP-482 As a user, I want to be able to publish to any feature services where the WKID is the same as WKID of the source layer used for importing data
  • MP-450 As a user, I want to be able to create & delete layer from Esri ArcGIS Services
  • MP-405 As a user, I want to be able to upload a simulation to Esri ArcGIS Services
  • MP-412 As a user, I want to be able to upload all simulation to Esri ArcGIS Services
  • MP-413 As a user, I want to know the progress of data publishing and be able to cancel the process
  • MP-494 As a user, I want to be able to copy service layer URL from publish list via right click menu
  • MP-486 As a user, I want to be able to view and export the detailed error occurred during publish operation
  • MP-467 As a user, I want to be able to purge existing data from selected Esri layer

Esri Integration Improvements

  • MP-493 As a user, I want to be able to edit and view the details of feature service configuration that I added
  • MP-485 As a user, I want to be able to navigate to Esri integration setup page from publishing page
  • MP-484 As a user, I want to be prompted the options to delete Esri layer when I click on remove publish link
  • MP-483 As a user, I don't want to see geometry columns in data import preview grid
  • MP-474 As a user, I want to have the same layer id when updating publish configuration and to be warned when having duplicate layer name
  • MP-468 I want to be prompted a confirmation dialog when deleting existing layer

Reporting Improvements

  • MP-473 3090 As a user, I want to see OCI value of before treatment applied in asset life cycle report and capital work schedule report

UI Improvements

  • MP-461 Included a link to Terms/Legal in the copyright statement 
  • MP-460 Added "Save As..." into the File menu and move edit related menu items to Edit menu
  • MP-461 Included a link to Terms/Legal in the copyright statement 
  • MP-478 3135 Added a second axis to SP/RL chart in Degradation Profile page to display score condition

Chore

  • MP-454 Removed environment parameters
  • MP-479 3134 Removed load server button from data import SQL server integration view because it is not compatible with windows 7. 

Known Issues

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed / dragged out from grid (Custom Pivot Report Note)
  • MP-525 Esri integration: Feature layer created from Predictor via web API sometimes is not available in Esri Service GUI (but available from web API call), support case has been submitted to Esri. 

Version 4.3.1

Version: 4.3.1.44389

Release Date : 6/March/2017

New Features 

  • MP-410 Added Esri ArcGIS Online licence feature to Assetic Predictor licencing
  • MP-419 As a user, I want to be able to save Esri ArcGIS Online service connection configuration
  • MP-404 As a user, I want to be able to read and import data from ESRI ArcGIS Online service
  • MP-429 As a user, I want to be able to connect to Esri ArcGIS Online service via token authentication type and be able to reuse it until expiration
  • MP-469 As a user, when I remove service / layer configuration, I want to have confirmation dialog

UI Improvements

  • MP-457 As a user, I want to have all simulations selected when I choose year level comparison report triggered from template setup page
  • MP-456 As a user, I want to know the correct 'licence to' information from about page
  • MP-453 As a user, I want to have a button info to let user know the purpose of the set recommended life button in life cycle page
  • MP-455 As a user, I want to have stack bar chart as default chart in service level report and have service level report at the top of report options
  • MP-458 As a user, I want to see degradation profile chart with scores value as Y axis

Fixes

  • MP-476 3114 Fixed Unhandled exception thrown when selecting maximum bound and having int value mapped to rating date

Known Issue

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed / dragged out from grid (Custom Pivot Report Note)

Version 4.3.0

Version: 4.3.0.44198

Release Date: 17/February/2017

New Features 

  • MP-286 As a user I want to have 12 additional default degradation profiles
  • MP-395 As a user, I want to be able to use predictor demo trial for 28 days without licence
    • Note: Sample portfolio file is provided, however, create / import data is restricted
  • MP-421 As a user, I want to be able to download sample portfolio

Improvements

  • MP-394 As a user, I want to be able to install predictor desktop without the need to involve IT 
  • MP-428 As a user, I want to be able to set recommended default useful life based on different default degradation profiles.
  • MP-438 As a user, I want to have normal distribution as the default degradation strategy
  • MP-417 2683 As a user, I want to be able to see user manual from help menu
    • Note: assetic KB account is required to access this page
  • MP-402 As a user, I want to be able to trigger reports from simulation list page

Chore

  • MP-443 Removed import template from MPP option, default is import from ppf
  • MP-437 Changed optimisation functionality as a licensed feature
    • Note: From this version, optimisation feature is disabled on default (including existing licences). To have this feature enabled, please contact predictor-support@assetic.com

Fixes

  • MP-432 2795,2804 Fixed unhandled exception thrown when running simulation export report and having 6 in numeric column(s) and having uniqueid 6 being converted to Eol 

Known Issue

  • MP-442 Custom Pivot report column filter is not cleared automatically when the column is removed/dragged out from grid.

Version 4.2.1

Version: 4.2.1.43870

Release Date : 22/December/2016

Improvements

  • MP-376 SPT003971 As a user, I want to be able to configure treatment filter situation to eol 
  • MP-388 SPT004251 Improve algorithm to provide better initial solution to fit into budget as close as possible
    • Note: The simulation result will be different from previous versions
  • MP-390 As a user, I want to be able to configure 2 digits decimal number to treatment unit cost variation
  • MP-380 As a user, I want to be able to reset the condition to 0 from end of life with default gain after treatment applied ( default gain now is 6)
    • Note: The new default gain value is only applied on new item added from this version. 
  • MP-372 As a user, I don't want to be validated against the community approval rating %
  • MP-389 As a user, I want to be able to report issue without outlook express installed
  • MP-384 As a user, I want to see imported date in data module
  • MP-381 Updated installer EULA to the latest version

Chore

  • MP-391 Added MCDM (Multi-Criteria Decision Making) as a licenced feature. 

Fixes

  • MP-387 SPT004220, SPT004226 Fixed the issue of not able to run application when login as a different user from the installer user
  • MP-386 SPT004354 Fixed parsing exception occurred when running capital works schedule or simulation export with asset having network measure value equals to 6 
  • MP-385 SPT004157 Fixed exception occurred when removing unit cost variation after removing all treatments. 
  • MP-383 Provided warning when a portfolio file is too big and reach the max limit for the application to load
  • MP-378 Fixed custom pivot report field name is changed when calculation applied

Version 4.2.0

Version: 4.2.0.43558

Release Date : 24/June/2016

  New Features

  • MP-357 As a user, I want the assets to degrade based on normal (Gaussian) distribution
  • MP-335 SPT003585 As a user, I want to be able to import data from Oracle
  • MP-323 As a user, I want to be able to map treatment effect to service criteria/degradation profile
  • MP-281 As a user, I want to be able to choose the benefit calculation based on the area under the curve to calculate more precise benefit (Service Potential Cumulative)

 Improvements

  • MP-348 As a user, I want to have the option to backup my portfolio file before upgrading to new version
  • MP-300 SPT003661 As a user, I want to be able to run simulation with the same age setup on different scores (note: minimum life of 7 applied)
  • MP-209 As a user, I want to be able to modify %RV used in %RV method benefit-cost comparison report
  • MP-360 SPT003731 Backlog report should show year 0 maintenance cost
  • MP-356 SPT003661 As a user, I want to be able to validate and remove invalid force/exclusion rules (mapped to assets removed after rules imported)
  • MP-370 As a user, I want to be able to scroll on simulation error message box and copy the message

Chore

  • MP-354 Remove benefit variation year configuration 

Bug Fixes

  • MP-362 SPT003802 Fixed exception thrown when having treatment filter scaled to EOL
  • MP-355 Fixed mapping error on import treatment force rule page
  • MP-361 Fixed null exception thrown when duplicating from a duplicated strategy having any variation configuration items removed

Version 4.1.0

Version: 4.1.0.43304

Release Date : 10/May/2016

  New Features

  • MP-312 As a user, I want to have the option to run simulation with fixed degradation as configured in degradation profile
  • MP-315  As a user, I want to be able to set which Service index to use as the objective function.
  • MP-337 As a user, I want to see the degradation and the effect of the treatment in Asset Life Cycle report.
  • MP-46 SPT001393 As a user I want to control the order of simulations displayed in comparison report.
  • MP-331 As a user, I want to know the minimum life for any degradation profile without causing overlapping score-age in life cycle.

 Improvement

  • MP-324 Given there are treatments with exactly the same benefit, I want to apply the cheapest one.
    • Note: Simulation result might be different from previous versions
  • MP-322 As a user, I want to be able to copy paste variation mapping in data setup page.
  • MP-321 As a user, I want to be able to scale end of life (score 6).
  • MP-320 As a user, I want to be able to save expression fields in the custom pivot profile.
  • MP-248 Provide degradation profile existence check on data import scaling checking.
  • MP-157 As a user, I want an option to exclude all treatments in previous years when force rule created for an asset on the specified year. 
  • MP-18 SPT003661 Improve validation/error handling in force rule & exclusion rule creation and skip duplicate entry during the import process. 
  • MP-333 Relabel "Useful Life" to "Life" in some part of system to avoid confusion.
  • MP-253 As a user, I want to be able to import custom pivot report profile
  • MP-247 As a user, I want to be able to see the age distribution in life cycle chart.
  • MP-332 As a user, I want to know that my import data contains asset that has overlapping score-age pattern.

Bug Fixes

  • MP-336 Fixed error thrown when trying to run simulation after removing life cycle variance.

Version 4.0.3

Release Date: 25/Feb/2016

 New Features / Improvement 

  • MP-23 Be able to compact mypredictor portfolio file
  • MP-306 Be able to run simulation having data persisted in different culture/region from the system culture (ie.decimal symbol, date format)
  • MP-258 As a user, I want the numeric fields exported out as numeric type
  • MP-307 Updated application logo and color scheme
  • MP-173 Improved hover over number formatting in all report charts
  • MP-305 Improved label number formatting in all report charts
  • MP-304 As a user, I want fix color assigned to each scores in reporting charts.
  • MP-90 The order of treatment in UI should always respect to the hierarchy value
  • MP-112 Added Reset to default button in treatment cost allocation

Bug Fixes

  • MP-299 Fixed the asset stock value in Community Comparison Report output is incorrect when having round number average OCI
  • MP-103 Fixed close portfolio option did not work correctly
  • MP-91 Improved error handling when user unable to access data provider due to licensing
  • MP-316 Fixed unhandled exception thrown when trying to export out file to xlsx which still open
  • MP-314 Fixed unhandled exception thrown when could not find file saved in data exchange preference
  • MP-282 Provided validation message of minimum useful life is 9( base on default / linear degradation)
  • MP-298 Fixed detailed error message not shown when exception occurred while running optimization
  • MP-297 Fixed exception thrown after hovering over the chart in custom pivot report

Version 4.0.2

Release Date : 12/Feb/2016

Hot Fixes

  • MP-296 Fix error thrown / application crash on v.4.0.1 when trying to open model - treatment effect - advanced settings page when having post effect configured to any options other than "unchanged".
  • MP-290 Provide proper error message when having Invalid mapping condition. 

Version 4.0.1

Release Date : 11/Nov/2015

New Features 

  • MP-287 As a user, I want to be able to bulk add treatment names, service names and variation names from clipboard (copy and then right click on gridview to paste content).
  • MP-285 As a user, I want to be able to import treatment unit cost variation.

Improvements

  • MP-280 SPT003161 As a user, I want to be able to export out data having more than 65,536 rows as xlsx format.
  • MP-289 Benefit variation setup page has to reflect the changes in analysis years in strategy module. 
  • MYD-3330 As a user, I want to know my licence is about to expire before expiry date (within 30 days).
  • MYD-3322 Update devExpress to version 14.2.10.

Version 4.0.0

Release Date : 9/Oct/2015

New Features 

Simulation Changes

  • MP-78 Major update on simulation algorithm using new AI algorithm.
  • MP-63 As a User, I want to have multiple life cycle degradation profile for each service criteria, to add an additional layer of variation.
  • MP-193 As a user, I want to be able to define service potential % for each degradation profile.
  • MP-195 As a user, I want to improve simulation result by using Service Potential.
  • MP-144 As a user, I want to set simulation / optimisation behaviour under simulation settings.
  • MP-33 Ensure maintenance is skipped if an asset is treated for the year.

Data Changes

  • MP-44 As a user, I want to filter data that is imported from myData during import because I want to perform simulation on partial dataset.
  • MP-196 As a user, I want to be able import ESRI shape file.
  • MP-77 As user, I want to have data exchange setting persisted because I don't want to retype the settings every time.
  • MP-205 As a user, I want to be able to import asset value.
  • MP-62 As a User, I would like to be able to include rating date in Data to set up initial age for the simulation.
  • MP-233 As a user, I want to be able to define and apply custom degradation profile on asset level.

Model Changes

  • MP-64 As a User, I want to set a threshold for Treatment Benefit as well as the Gain, so I can more accurately represent the benefits of a treatment.

Strategy Changes

  • MP-76 As user, I want to modify treatment spending by adjusting benefit variation on each treatment each year benefit.
  • MP-49 As a user I want to apply an add-on factor to the treatment unit rate based on the score so I can assign additional cost to treatments based on their condition at the time of treatment. 
  • MP-89 As a User I want the treatment filter to have a benefit in the modelling.

Report Changes

  • MP-43 As a user, I want to be able to run a custom pivot report to handle my need of different reporting need.
  • MP-50 As a user I want to save the custom pivot report I’ve set up so I can re-use it another time.
  • MP-127 As a user, I want to generate benefit cost analysis report.
  • MP-126 As a user, I want to improve existing Funding Backlog report.
  • MP-203 As a user, I want a page in template section, to setup backlog allocation %.
  • MP-204 As a user, I want the backlog calculation to include allocation I configured only for service OCI, PCI and SCI.
  • MP-202 As a user, I want an option to calculate backlog base on the asset real value.

Improvements

  • MP-188 Year Level Comparison and Community Consultation Comparison reports should start from Year 0.
  • MP-84 As a User, I want the default treatment group to be 'Renewal' as it is the option that is used most of the time.
  • MP-83 As a user, I want to have the option to select 'All Years' from the Exclude Rules of the Simulation settings.
  • MP-82 As a User, I want to model on Asset stock with a individual network value of 1 billion dollars or more.
  • MP-66 As a User, I want to see the labels for the filters in the Scaling page of the Data Import wizard, so that I know where to place my values.
  • MP-65 As a User, I want the Fill Down operation to take effect from the currently selected year onwards.
  • MP-48 As a user, I would like the ‘Score Distribution’ chart in the Transformed Data tab to update when a filter is applied to the dataset on the left.
  • MP-39 Improve scaling in data transformation.
  • MP-142 As user, I want to see dollar symbol conforms with my system regional setting.

Bug Fixes

  • MP-179 Data import allowing old mapping on duplicated data with new data source
  • MP-271 Pie chart in transformed data does not show the correct value when filter applied
  • MP-139 The 'Create Date' in the Budget Aggregation Report is locked to 7th Dec 2009
  • MP-135 OCI not default in Pie Chart after first filter in Transformed Data
  • MP-109 Analysis years not sorting in Year ascending order by default.
  • MP-25 When right clicking on the "Scaling and Import Source Data" grid, two export menus appearing
  • MP-265 myPredictor crash when adding empty extra mapping and try to remove it