What's new in version 1.6.0.3

New Operations view

An administrator can still activate the previous operations and status views through the portal administration view.

Viewing data in the Operations view

The Timeline window displays a timeline for each data source that is selected in the filter. You can zoom in on a time range, and you can play through data items in sequence.

For more information, see Viewing data items on the timeline.

The Calendar tab lists data items that match the currently selected filter criteria in the filter. The calendar tab displays one table per month, where data items are listed in chronological order.

For more information, see Calendar.

You can add either public or private comments to a data item on the map or in the list.

For more information, see Adding comments to a data item.

On the map, if multiple data items are within a specific distance from each other, the group of data items is represented by a cluster icon. Data items that are from a data source that is configured to use server-side rendering are represented by icons that are displayed only on the map. Server-side rendering enables data items to be displayed more quickly, and you can also view more data items at a time on the map.

For more information, see Map.

Administrators can configure customized preview cards and full properties windows to be displayed for associated data items for particular data sources. For example, an administrator can configure the data items' full properties windows to display tabs for either associations, comments or images.

For more information, see Adding components to the user interface.

Filter

Access the filter through the Filter button on the taskbar. In the Filter window, the Date & Time pane has been renamed to When, and the Boundary pane has been renamed to Where. Access your saved filters through the Saved Filters button on the taskbar.

You can now choose to filter data items based on a relative date range. For filtering data that is displayed on the map, you can set the boundary to an area that you draw on the map.

For more information, see Filtering data on the maps and list.

Data sources

A new, simplified, data source creation window makes it easier to create data sources by streamlining the available options.

On the Basics tab, you can indicate whether the data is from a trusted source. Data items that are imported from data sources that are not trusted are processed to escape scripting characters before they are displayed in the user interface. You can also configure a data source to use the faster server-side rendering service for displaying data items on a map.

For key and full properties, you can now specify an optional property name value that is used as the name of the database table column where the property details are stored.

On the Statistics tab, you can view statistics for a data source.

On the Appearance tab, you can specify which properties are displayed in the user interface components, and the order that they are displayed in. Instead of an icon, you can assign a shape to the marker that is used for point format data sources.

If you do not specify a time zone in your user profile, the time zone setting now defaults to GMT.

For more information, see Configuring a data source.

An administrator can associate one data source with another data source. For example, you might want to associate a data source that is used to monitor events with a data source that is used to initiate work orders.

For more information, see Configuring a data source association.

KPIs

The KPI dashboard provides a visual version of KPI information as an overlay on the Map tab. Also, on either the map or the list, you can select a boundary area, and display the associated KPIs on the KPI Dashboard.

For more information, see Monitoring indicators, goals and trends.

You can create a rollup KPI that is calculated based on the status of child elements.

For more information, see Creating a rollup KPI.

Esri map support

You can add ESRI as a base map type, and administrators can add secured Esri base maps to the Operations view. Administrators can also configure a data source that acquires data from an Esri server.

For more information, see Managing base maps, and Creating a data source.

Reports

Administrators can add customized reports that users can access from the My View menu on the taskbar.

For more information, see Adding URL-based reports.

Analytics

You can create a hotspot analysis, or a weighted hotspot analysis, from the Analytics toolbar. A hotspot is a combination of colored circles or polygons on a map that represent a cluster of facts and that indicate the relative distance between facts, and the relative density of the facts.A weighted hotspot analysis is a special type of analysis that applies only to point geometry data. You can use a weighted analysis to give greater weight to certain data or combinations of data.

You can create a prioritized properties analysis to prioritize properties in your municipality that require actions, such as inspection, by applying factors that you choose. You might want to analyze all of the commercial or residential properties in your city to determine which should be inspected, and to assign a priority to those inspections. You can prioritize properties that are based on last inspection date, within a defined area, based on selected data, and based on weights that you assign to each criteria. For example, you might want to give higher priority to multiresidential properties most recently inspected more than one year ago.

For more information, see Creating an analysis.

Security

You can configure IBM Intelligent Operations Center to identify what LDAP groups are IBM Intelligent Operations Center groups by configuring the IocGroupList system property.

For more information, see Defining IBM Intelligent Operations Center groups.

An administrator can use the taskbar access tool to configure which features users and groups can access.

For more information, see Configuring taskbar access.

Integrating with IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Citizen Collaboration

Administrators can configure a data source to enable IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Citizen Collaboration app users to add comments to data items, to upload images to data items, and to vote for data items.

For more information, see Data source basic settings.

An administrator can associate one data source with another data source. For example, you might want to associate a data source that is used to monitor events with a data source that is used to initiate work orders. In the Operations view, through a data item's preview card, users can add, remove, and view associated data items, and highlight associated data items on the map.

For more information, see Configuring a data source association and Associating data items.

Platform Control Tool

To learn more about using the platform control tool, see Starting, stopping, and querying status in a standard environment and Starting, stopping, and querying status in a high availability environment.