Release Notes for Digital Performance Management 9.7 > What’s New in Digital Performance Management 9.7.0
What’s New in Digital Performance Management 9.7.0
The following enhancements are part of the Digital Performance Management (DPM) 9.7.0 release.
General Enhancements
Java 21 Support
Java 21 is now supported with DPM. For more information, see the "Install Java, Apache Tomcat, and ThingWorx" topic for your operating system under Manual Installation in the ThingWorx Platform Help Center.
Scorecard
Enhanced Scorecard User Interface
A new and enhanced user interface is provided for Scorecard. These enhancements include the following:
Users can view metrics for their choice of equipment and time frame:
Select from predefined time frames such as This Week, Last Quarter, and This Year, or specify the start and end dates for a custom time frame.
Choose Show All Equipment to view data for the entire equipment hierarchy or Select Equipment to view data for up to 10 pieces of equipment at any level of the hierarchy. When viewing the entire hierarchy, users can expand and collapse the tree view.
Users can easily choose which metrics are displayed in Scorecard by selecting metrics from a dropdown list. By default, the Production OEE, Total Available OEE, and Total Loss Hours metrics are displayed. The order in which the metrics display on the dashboard can be controlled by dragging and dropping the columns in the dashboard table display.
Data for each metric is presented in a single cell in the dashboard, rather than being spread over multiple table columns. The percentage change is now calculated by comparing the metric value for the current time frame with the metric value for the equivalent previous time frame.
Metrics data is presented in the time zone for the site to which a work center belongs, rather than in the user’s local time zone.
On the details page for a selected piece of equipment, users can view every metric for the equipment on the All Metrics tab, and view a trend chart for the metrics on the Metric Trends tab.
In addition to the metrics present in previous releases, 7 new metrics have been added: Availability, Total Downtime, Changeover Time, Performance, Performance Loss, Quality, and Scrap Loss.
The new Scorecard user interface is launched by default from the Scorecard menu item in the DPM navigation menu on all freshly installed and upgrade DPM systems. Customers can choose to have the Scorecard menu item launch the legacy Scorecard user interface instead of the new user interface. For more information, see Switch Between the New and Legacy Scorecard User Interface. The new metrics are not visible in the legacy Scorecard user interface.
For more information, see Scorecard.
Administration
New Metrics Available for Configuration
The Administration > Metrics configuration utility now includes the 7 new Scorecard metrics: Availability, Total Downtime, Changeover Time, Performance, Performance Loss, Quality, and Scrap Loss.
For more information, see Metrics.
Building Blocks
Building Block Enhancements
The following new building blocks have been added in 9.7.0:
The new Scorecard V2 Building Block provides the mashups and services for the new and enhanced Scorecard user interface. For more information, see Scorecard V2 Building Block.
The new Scorecard Data Extractor Building Block (PTC.ScorecardDataExtractor and PTC.ScorecardDataExtractorImpl) provides services to extract the equipment hierarchy and export aggregated metrics data from DPM. These services are found on the PTC.ScorecardDataExtractorImpl.Manager Thing: ExtractAggregatedDataToFile and ExtractEquipmentHierarchyToFile. The extracted information can then be used in custom implementations to view and compare data from multiple DPM instances.
For more information, see Scorecard Data Extractor Building Block.
Additional Data Types Supported
The Database Connection building block now provides CRUD support for BLOB, JSON, and GUID data types.
The JSON filter on query services now supports the ability to select, filter, group by, and sort against a specified JSON path (jsonValue) when the column named in the fieldName key has a JSON data type. The total count of rows can now be returned in the column named in the totalCount key when the limit and offset input parameters are specified for the query service, limiting the number of rows.
For more information, see Using JSON Filters in Query Services.
Enhancements to Using the PTC Identity Provider Authenticator
The identity provider extension is now packaged with DPM. This functionality is used as part of configuring the work instructions building block for using Windchill authentication.
Database Schema
Database Schema Changes
For more information on updates to the database schema for the building blocks, see Database Schema Changes in DPM 9.7.0.
End-of-Support Information
Deprecated Content
For information on content that has been deprecated in DPM 9.7.0, see Legacy Content in DPM 9.7.0.
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