AVEVA™ BI Gateway On-Premises Release Notes
- Last UpdatedSep 07, 2026
- 3 minute read
This document contains important information about AVEVA BI Gateway 2026. Review this document for Product enhancements and new features, system requirements and compatibility, resolved issues and known issues in this version, and the BI Gateway software documentation.
Expectations and limitations
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Deprecated features
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Concurrent licensing for BI Gateway Dashboard Server (Tableau Server OEM) is no longer supported.
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BI Gateway Analytics Client (Tableau Desktop OEM) is deprecated.
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AVEVA Insight adapter is deprecated.
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eDNA adapter is deprecated.
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New features and enhancements
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Upgraded common controls, logging, licensing, installer, and Historian components to the latest version.
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Upgraded to Angular 20, .NET 10, and .NET Framework 4.8.1.
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Enhanced Model Builder user experience.
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Enhanced help documentation with context sensitive PDF help.
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Browser support: You can now access AVEVA BI Gateway using the Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
To access the AVEVA BI Gateway Model Builder using the Firefox browser, you have to make some changes in the browser settings. For more information, refer to the BI Gateway Installation Guide.
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BI Gateway now supports Windows Server 2022 and 2025.
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BI Gateway now supports SQL Server 2022 and 2025.
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Upgrade support: Possible to upgrade from BI Gateway 2021 and AVEVA BI Gateway 2021 SP1.
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Improved the installation and configuration experience.
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AVEVA BI Gateway 2026 CD is now available as a universal package.
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You can now configure the Business Intelligence services with a Virtual Account.
Note: Virtual Account is now the default during a fresh installation.
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You can now configure the Business Intelligence services with a gMSA account.
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Virtual Account and gMSA support for Historian connections.
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Extensive validation across:
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SQL Server adapters
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PI AF adapters
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AVEVA Historian adapters
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Includes all resolved issues and hotfixes delivered since AVEVA BI Gateway 2021 SP1.
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Security enhancements:
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Improved security audit logging
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Event API now supports HTTPS
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100% compliance with RADIS scorecard
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Strengthened content security and added anti-CSRF protection.
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You can now manually enter a port number in the Data Source configurator.
Resolved issues
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Issue Number |
Issue |
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3818103 |
The Server configurator does not let you manually enter a port number. |
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4361194 |
Dimension records become obsolete because foreign key references do not update correctly. The obsolete link parent is updated as the foreign key. |
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2158666 |
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2149173 |
The dimension link update creates duplicate entries in the dimension table. |
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2169746 |
Cannot add "AddRefreshEvent" Event through Event API endpoint. |
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1848891 |
Only dimension data from the first 60 days after the data collection start date appears. |
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2172196 |
Measure scheduler fails due to an SQL error. |
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2177031 |
User is unable to install MES 2023 on a machine with BI Gateway 2021 SP1 installed. |
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2298397 |
The PI AF custom queries that take longer than 1 minute are timed out. |
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2269016 2347134 |
Cannot deploy DS_ROX_Historian_v2. |
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2443879 |
Cannot export a model. |
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2514530 2629109 |
Model.DataItem table is cleared after server restart. |
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2860640 |
Measure Object creates duplicate records. |
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2924947 |
Stored procedure and view creation fails because the Event Queue table does not contain the required Event Request columns. |
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2919257 |
BIGateway does not generate new records when datasource data changes to NULL. |
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3413365 |
When the start date for the data collection time for the dimension is before 1988, the dimension load fails. |
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3708873 |
The time zone conversion fails for the Egypt and Mexico regions. |
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3550233 |
Model Builder webpage does not open in Edge or Chrome. |
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3039692 |
The Model Builder webpage does not open in Edge or Chrome. |
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2492083 |
New records in dimension do not update with the active Linked dimension key. |
Known issues
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Issue Number |
Description |
Workaround |
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L00136325 |
If a measure is undeployed while it is busy processing calculation, the following errors/warnings will be returned in the SMC logger: "ExecuteMeasureBackfill() failed unexpectedly. Retry measure backfill Measure [name of measure]." You can ignore these messages. |
N/A |
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5016976 (Internal) |
After installing or upgrading to BI Gateway 2026, when you try to connect to the Operations Control Logger, the following error may appear in rare instances: Unable to connect to Logger on '<MachineName>' |
To connect to the Operations Control Logger, perform the following:
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