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ThingWorx Analytics 8.3.1 Release Notes
The following bug fixes were made in ThingWorx Analytics 8.3.1.
Bug Fixes
Bug Fix Description
Reference #
ThingWorx Analytics Server: The SaveResult service on the Results Microservice Thing either times out or generates an error
When saving a model, the SaveResult service times out. When saving Signals or Profiles results, the SaveResult service generates an error. This issue has been resolved.
TA-182
Analytics Builder: Error message missing when uploading a file to Builder with a space in the file name
When a dataset file with a space in the filename is uploaded to Analytics Builder, the page freezes and the file cannot be uploaded. To resolve this issue, updates have been made so that spaces are now acceptable in dataset filenames.
TA-1504
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Prescriptive service on non-numeric goal generates long error message
The error message has been clarified to state that prescriptive scoring is not supported for categorical goals or for goals that do not have a numeric representation.
TA-1513
ThingWorx Analytics Server: A NullPointerException is returned when there is a mismatch between the data shape and the infotable
During real-time predictive scoring, a NullPointerException message is returned when the data shape used to build the datasetRef infotable contains extra fields that are not included in the dataset. A more descriptive message has been added to indicate where in the dataset the mismatch has occurred.
TA-1615
ThingWorx Analytics Server: An error occurs when uploading a PMML file with ResultsThing.UploadModel()
When uploading a PMML file from the root of the AnalyticsUploadStorage repository, an error occurs when the file path is not preceded by a forward slash (/). This issue has been resolved by updating to accept file paths at the root with or without a leading slash.
TA-1630
Analytics Builder: The Items per Page setting for list pages should be user-defined
On the Settings tab in Analytics Builder, the Items Per Page field controls the number of rows that will be displayed on list pages, including Models, Profiles, Signals, Scoring, and Datasets. Previously, this field was configurable only by an Administrator. Now, this field can be configured by each individual user.
TA-1680
Analytics Builder: Display of the Signals values grid gets stuck if a field with many unique values is selected
When signals is run on a field that has a unique value for every row, the grid display did not refresh completely. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1756
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Cannot run CreateJob on the Training microserver in New Composer
When a training job is launched in new Composer, the job fails with a null error. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1758
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Record counts in bin errors for continuous metrics are not populated for time series model validation
During validation on models with a continuous goal field, the goal’s range is divided into 10 equally-sized bins. Within each bin, Pearson correlation and RMSE are calculated and a record count is returned. The record count reflects the number of records where the goal value fell into a specific bin. For time series models, the record count was not being calculated, and was always returned as 0. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1783
Analytics Builder: The upsampling factor is limited to a maximum of 100
When creating a new predictive model via the ThingWorx Analytics Server APIs, there is no upper limit to the upsampling factor. But in Analytics Builder, the upper limit is a 100. The upsampling behavior in Builder has been updated to accept a maximum factor of 1000.
TA-1791
ThingWorx Analytics Server: ZooKeeper doesn’t start after a successful Analytics Server installation
When an Analytics Server Linux installation has been completed successfully on an Ubuntu 16.04 server, the ZooKeeper component will sometimes not start when the other microservices do. Previously, a work around was available to verify whether ZooKeeper was running and to start it if necessary. In this release, the issue has been fully resolved and the work around is no longer necessary.
To verify that ZooKeeper is running, use the twas.sh script to check the status of the installed services. For example: /opt/ThingWorxAnalytics/ThingWorxAnalyticsServer/bin/twas.sh status.
TA-1797
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Downloaded predictive scoring files are not encoded correctly for non-Latin characters
When a predictive scoring job is run with a dataset that contains non-Latin characters, and the results are viewed in a text editor (or any a tool that renders UTF-8), the resulting file is not encoded properly. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1802
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Running Signals on fields completely correlated with the goal can return an IllegalArgumentException for Pearson Correlation
When a Signals job is run on a field that is exactly correlated to the goal field, the Pearson Correlation result should equal 1 or -1. However, in some cases, an IllegalArgumentException is produced. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1803
Analytics Builder: Configuration service not required on installation
In previous releases, a manual procedure was necessary, post-installation, to run the Configuration service. This configuration is now handled automatically and the service no longer needs to be run manually. For earlier releases, the manual procedure is still required.
TA-1842
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Job stays in Queued status because of a NullPointerExeption
Jobs appeared to remain in Queued status, despite being completed, because the status was not properly updated. This issue has been resolved.
TA-1870
Known Issues
Known Issue Description
Reference #
ThingWorx Analytics Server: Two-at-a-time Signals request does not return MI for all field combinations
When running a request for Signals, and specifying maxAtATime = 2, Mutual Information (MI), in relation to the goal, is not returned for all field combinations as expected. Instead, individual (one-at-a-time) MI scores are returned for all fields and then are filtered down to the top 25% most relevant fields. Two-at-a-time signals are calculated only for those fields. There is currently no way to modify this filtering behavior.
TA-729
Analytics Manager: An existing simulation event fails if it is triggered after server restart
Analysis agents must be restarted after a ThingWorx server restart. Without restart of the agent, any new simulation jobs will fail to execute.
Analytics Manager: A time window event does not work for non-time series models uploaded using the Analytics Server Connector when all properties of the thing, including the key field are mapped
AM-1289
ThingWorx Analytics Server: The reported version number is an internal versioning number
The Version Info service currently returns a version number that indicates both the external version and the internal build version, but not a path release version. Possible changes in version information are under consideration for a future enhancement.
TA-1217
Analytics Builder: Filtering on list pages does not work as expected
When filtering is applied to a list page with multiple pages (such as the Models list page), the filtered results are not aggregated for display on a single page. Instead, the filtered results remain on their original pages and multiple pages must be clicked through to find all the filtered results.
To improve handling of list page displays, a configurable parameter has been added to set the number of table items that can be displayed per page. A more permanent resolution for the filtering with pagination issue will be provided in a future release.
TA-1596
Analytics Builder: Screens do not load properly in IE 11
The View Datasets and View Models screens do not load properly in the IE 11 browser for the support Windows operating systems. This issue will be resolved in a future release. To avoid the issue, use another browser, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Safari.
TW-31953
Analytics Builder and Analytics Manager: Sizing of pop-up windows is distorted
When the Analytics Extension is deployed on the 8.3.1 version of ThingWorx platform, the display of some pop-up windows might look compressed in Analytics Builder and Analytics Manager. In some cases, scroll bars will allow you to view truncated fields. However, the best work around for the issue is to maximize your browser view so that the pop-up windows can display fully. This issue will be resolved in a future release.
TW-38342
End of Life Information
ThingWatcher
ThingWatcher has been discontinued as a standalone SDK in 8.3. However, ThingWatcher functionality is available in the Anomaly Detection features native to the ThingWorx platform. For more information, see Anomaly Detection.
ThingPredictor
ThingPredictor software media is no longer available for download as of 8.3. However, support will continue for 8.x users until the next major release. To replace ThingPredictor capabilities, an improved set of predictive services is being introduced in 8.3. For more information, see How Predictive Scoring Using the Analytics Server Connector Works.
DataConnect / Data Analytics Definition
DataConnect and the Data Analytics Definition are not available as of 8.3. Replacement functionality will be introduced in a future release.
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