Minor 4
Select target for OTA update
A new feature has been introduced in OTA Updates to select Target. It offers following three options:
- Single entity – OTA update applies to all the devices of a selected entity.
- Entity Including Siblings – OTA update applies to all the devices including sibling entities.
- Device(s) – OTA update applies to the particular device which you have selected.
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Permission for Resource menu under RBAC
Added a resource menu under the Role-Based Access Control policy. Based on permission, the menu will now show/hide on the platform.
Optimized Data Ingestion API
Processing time has been improved for data ingestion API requests. Now, it’s not holding requests until the message is sent similar to other services.
Improvement in UI with look and feel perspective
- Added help text on Create Support ticket.
- Added help text on Historical Data screen to show note for 90 days data retention period.
- Added help text on Configuration Cosmos DB section to show message for retention period.
- Added help text on Configuration Reporting Database section to show message for limitations.
- Improvement in device template UI with proper scroll.
Improvement in Dashboard metering widget
Dashboard metering widget now displays notification if Device Quota Exhausted with Active Device. It also shows Total Device Quota for company and show notification when it exhausts.
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Improvement in Dynamic Dashboard widget – Device Location to show Display Name
Widget Device Location now presents Display Name. And a checkbox can be added to the display name on the Map marker.
Improvement in rule notification display on UI
Improvement in the UI for Rule Notification auto display (without refreshing a page) while the rule is matched.
Improvement in telemetry end point to get pagination data
Improvement in telemetry endpoint for continuous token to get pagination data.
Endpoint – `POST – Telemetry : /api/v2/Telemetry/device/{uniqueId}/attribute-history`
- Template Export JSON contains deleted commands.
- System should allow alphanumeric, space and underscore sign for rule from UI.
- Create Entity without owner -> Edit Entity -> Select Owner checkbox is displayed without having anything to select under Entity Owner.
- System should not allow a user to access any module if solution is unsubscribed.
- Support ticket email plan name missing characters.
- Firmware data is not showing in ref table once any firmware associate from the list.
- OTA API gives internal server error when OTA is published without file.
Minor 3
Introduce Data Lake Storage Gen2 Connector to Export Device Telemetry
Introduce New Connector in configuration section for export your device telemetry data from platform to Data Lake Storage Gen2,
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Announcements Messages in UI
Added a feature to display platform announcements on the UI.
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With the click on the announcement icon, a popup with an information message will appear.
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Feature to Display Device Message Size
Added a feature to display the device message size on the dashboard widget and device details page.
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Dashboard Widget – For a company with msg size, it should show the widget on the dashboard for message usages by day, week, and month.
Device details page – It will also have information on data size by day, week, and the month.
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Feature to show MQTT connection information for X.509 AUTH Type Device
You can get the MQTT connection information for the X.509 certificate to integrate the device with any other system.
Improvement of Dynamic widgets for allowing child device attributes
Improvements have been made in dynamic widgets to allow child device attributes.
Improvement on the Connectors
Connectors have been improved for Blob Storage, Service Bus and Event Hub.
Improvement on Rule create API Endpoint
Remove the ‘Tag’ field from the endpoint to create Rule API Endpoint.
New setting in Key Vault is added
New setting added to key vault which will allow custom SDK developer to identify device id from device identity of iothub for more info visit custom SDK section.
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Improvement on UI to hide the configuration value
Hide the secret configure value from the configuration page
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- Firmware API Endpoint, Remove file field from creating firmware API.
- Telemetry history API is not returning data for multiple devices.
- The system is not giving a valid path during file upload from custom file storage.
- The system should show a validation message on the contact number while entering a string in a contact number.
- Create user API is not allowing multi-lingual characters and showing error.
- The radio button for errors under bulk upload does now show the relevant data.
- Update twin settings to Azure IoT Hub without using Push Setting.
- ‘Push Attribute’ button enable in template screen without refreshing page while updating attribute section.
- Key copy/paste issue on creating Self-Sign Device.
Minor 2
New UI/UX Experience
The new UI/UX is to simplify your device management experience.
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Introduce firmware for gateway-supported device template
While sending an OTA update for a gateway-supported device template, you can now select the Tag when uploading the firmware file. The feature helps in conveying the firmware file to child devices as well, which are connected to the gateway.
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Deprecate Firmware
Earlier, it was not possible to deprecate a firmware. Now, the functionality is added in IoTConnect to deprecate the firmware from the list. With that, that particular version will not be available for an OTA update.
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Attached Template to firmware
For efficient roll-out of a firmware, IoTConnect now allows associating of firmware with the specific template.
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Firmware file size
Set the firmware file size from the configuration module of IoTConnect. By default, firmware file size is 50MB for all companies.
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Improvement in Support ticket module
Your email body will now contain all the information related to the selected support type.
Improvement in PowerBI Create Report
PowerBI Create Report page has been revised and Token Generation flow too.
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UI Enhancements
- MQTT Connection lost message.
- Refresh the page when specific message received on UI-alert topic.
- Put an announcement in the header.
- Modify batch import UI.
- Azure Sphere module should NOT be listed for a user with a dashboard manage ONLY permission.
- Error while saving telemetry connectors in setting > configuration page.
- Remove duplication in all validators used in the system.
- Code refactor of managing connection status in support service.
Minor 1
Support Permission for Admin Users
Introduce new Support permission for Platform admin users who have read only access of admin section.
Widgets Dynamic Dashboard
Added new widgets on Dynamic Dashboard. Gauge, Pie Chart, Bar and Line widgets.
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The addition of new widgets is a step forward in providing you a unique, at-a-glance, real-time view of your business.
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Device Command Scheduling
Schedule a device command and IoTConnect will execute it on the scheduled date and time. For example, reboot device every 1 AM.
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This feature is to minimize your business interruptions by scheduling device command to occur outside business hours.
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Dashboard
Added new widget on the dashboard to show Company Subscription information.
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Support ticket Improvement
Enhance device message structure to support identity messages.
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Device Details Live Telemetry
Live telemetry to highlight invalid data received from the device.
Welcome message
Welcome message for existing users getting a new company invitation.
- Cosmetic UI changes in the portal.
- Fix device location widget for missing/deleted configuration.
- Fix data export email template to show the IoTConnect logo.
- Fix a simulator to allow float value generation for an attribute.
- Fix rule module to validate the audience for email and push notification.
- Added validation while retrieving Device telemetry connection information.