Release Notes - 2021.3

Welcome!

In this section, you will find the Release Notes for version 2021.3 of GPM Plus/SCADA.If you have questions or feedback, please contact your GPM representative.

New features and developments

New Status for Alerts: "On Hold"

You can now put an alert that is active or assigned to an operator on hold for a specific period of time. Once the time period ends, the alert changes to the previous status (active or assigned). You can also deactivate alerts that are on hold.

Fixed

Launch Conditions in Command Sequences Accept Non-writable Parameters

You can now define launch conditions with non-writable parameters when you set up a command sequence in the Commands screen. Previously, it was only possible to define Launch Conditions with writable parameters, which limited the usability of activation conditions.

Non-writable parameters are those that GPM Plus and GPM SCADA monitor, but cannot modify. This is mainly data from devices (for example, irradiance or wind speed).

Note: The following release note is intended for internal audiences only.

Reports Generation Screen Hides SharePoint Password

The Reports Generation screen now correctly hides the SharePoint password after the user saves it. This provides greater protection for users. Previously, an error prevented the password from being correctly hidden.

WebAPI Returns Data When Using RAW Grouping

A bug was found in the webAPI, that prevented it from returning ungrouped data ("RAW" grouping). This bug affected the datalist endpoint for requests of Windspeed datasources of an Amazon Wind Farm plant. The data was visible in GPM Plus, but users could not retrieve it in the webAPI. This is now fixed so that the webAPI returns the expected results.

API

New Endpoints

There are two new API endpoints:

Retrieve Element Parameters Using Element IDs
A new API endpoint allows you to use the unique ID of an element to retrieve variables from an element. To use this endpoint, see the "Element" section of the GPM Plus or GPM SCADA Swagger API.
Figure 1.
Layer 1
Retrieve DataSource Components
You can use a new API endpoint to retrieve all values from up to ten DataSource components (consolidated high-frequency data, such as averages). The Database saves components in binary code. This endpoint allows you to retrieve them as numerical values in decimal notation. To use this endpoint, see the "Data Sources Data" section of the GPM Plus or GPM SCADA Swagger API.
Figure 2.
API endpoint to retrieve parameters.

New Documentation for API Endpoints

We added detailed descriptions for several API endpoints to explain how to use them. You can see this documentation in the "Comments" section for the corresponding endpoint. This is part of an ongoing initiative to document all the GPM Plus and GPM SCADA API endpoints.