2026 Releases

These release notes describe enhancements to CONNECT visualization and include resolved and known issues where applicable.

Note: Resolved issues included here are the highest priority issues reported by customers, not a complete list of bug fixes.

October 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• "Visualization" to "dashboard" terminology change: To clarify content creation and management, items previously called "visualizations" are now called "dashboards."

• Improved interaction for moving content in canvas dashboards: To rearrange content in a canvas dashboard, you can now select and drag it from any part of the content. Previously content could only be moved by selecting and dragging a Move icon in the content's toolbar.

  As part of this change, there is now an Interact button in the toolbar for content items that are not Graphics. This button enables interaction with the content within the content item. For more information, see Canvas dashboard tools and properties.

• Add related item attributes in Query Builder for AIM data: You can now add details about a related item to a query in the Manage Columns pane. For more information, see Query builder for AIM data.

Resolved issues

• Case – 962739537 – (Defect - 4683187) - Selected stream was not preserved when statistic was changed: When configuring a graphic, changing the Statistics property from Current to any other statistic removed the stream configuration in the DataPoint or DataPointReference properties. The same occurred if the Statistics property was changed from any statistic other than Current to Current.

September 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Import custom graphics from aaPKG file instead of ZIP file: The functionality for adding industrial graphics to canvas dashboards has been enhanced to support aaPKG files instead of ZIP files. aaPKG is the native format for graphics exported from the System Platform IDE, so the Portable Graphics Exporter extension—the extension that enables the System Platform IDE to export in ZIP format—is no longer available.

  For details about adding industrial graphics to canvas dashboards, see Industrial graphics in CONNECT visualization.

Resolved issues

• Case – 962899148 and 962911092 – (Defect - 4963279 and 5001377) - Canvas dashboards intermittently fail to load: Some canvas dashboards would intermittently get stuck in the "Setting up your environment" loading state.

August 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Missing Data Indicators in Line Charts: Line charts in the Visualization content category now use an alternate line style to represent missing data. For periods when there is a null value, or when no newer data exists after the last valid value, the chart appears in a different line style. On hover over, the tooltip for the period shows the last known valid value and timestamp. This makes it easier to distinguish actual measurements from missing data.

• Tooltip when hovering over objects in 3D viewer: A tooltip now appears when you hover over an object in the 3D Viewer content item. The tooltip shows the name and tag of the object.

July 2026 release 3

New features and enhancements

• Viewpoints in 3D Viewer: You can now create viewpoints in the 3D Viewer. A viewpoint allows you to create a saved view of a 3D model. Viewpoints can be private or shared, and can be set as the default view for the 3D model.

  For details, see Create or select a viewpoint.

Resolved issues

• Case – 962866097 – (Defect - 4888894) - Text symbols with hyperlinks were not underlined and did not show a tooltip when hovered over: In certain conditions, hyperlinks in text symbols on canvas dashboards were not underlined and did not show a tooltip with the URL on hover over.

July 2026 release 2

New features and enhancements

• Custom color input for data points: You can now enter hex, RGBA, or HSLA color values when adding data to dashboard content items, making it easier to define colors that align with your design standards. Previously, only predefined colors from the color chart were available.

• Document Viewer supports multiple renditions: You can now view and download individual renditions of a document, such as alternate file formats or variations. For details, see Interact with Document Viewer.

• Asset context appears on map: The asset selected in the asset context now appears as a marker on the map content item. The marker appearance and info card are customizable. For details, see Map.

Resolved issues

• Case - 962834584 (Defect - 4789951) - Fixed missing data streams issue: Resolved an issue where some data streams were not appearing after synchronization due to a case-sensitive type matching error.

• Case - 962847211 (Defect - 4854801) - Fixed timestamp issue: Resolved an issue where graphics with the Statistics option set to Current displayed values with future timestamps instead of the present-time value during live updates.

• Case - 962856128 (Defect - 4878235) - Fixed content rendering issue: Resolved an issue where some content items in an experience occasionally failed to render when switching between assets in the navigation tree.

• Case - 962858148 (Defect - 4849742) - Fixed missing scroll bar: Resolved an issue where the Properties content item in a canvas dashboard did not display a scroll bar, preventing all properties from being visible.

• Case - N/A (Defect - 4594597) - Fixed graphics data error: Resolved an issue where graphics that use asset stream references or asset metadata displayed incorrect or null values when the asset name contained a period (.). For example, Demo.AssetType.

July 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Enhanced text styling options in canvas dashboards: Text elements now support font family selection with Roboto and Open Sans, selectable font weights and styles, and numeric font size, giving you greater control over text appearance in the canvas. For more information, see Canvas dashboard tools and properties.

June 2026 release 2

New features and enhancements

• Monthly and Minutely data grouping options for column chart: The column chart in the Visualization content category now supports Monthly and Minutely column types for analyzing trends at different levels of detail. For details, see Column Chart.

Resolved issues

• Case - 962789941 (Defect - 4684292) - Fixed search result count issue: Resolved an issue where applying additional filters to refine search results did not update the total result count.

• Case - 962824475 (Defect - 4780614) - Fixed unresponsive content items: Resolved an issue where some content items in a dashboard became unresponsive after switching to an asset without matching data properties.

June 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Production Progress content item generally available: The Production Progress content item in the Asset Efficiency category is now available for all users. Previously, this item was only available as a preview.

• Keyboard controls for 3D Viewer navigation: You can now navigate models in the 3D Viewer using keyboard controls. See Interact with 3D models.

• Related Items Viewer external links now appear as selectable chips: In a dashboard, when you add the Related Items Viewer content item and set the Relationship Type to Links, external links now appear as chips. Selecting a chip opens the associated external link.

  

• Improved tag identification with full ID display: To help distinguish tags that share the same ID but have different full IDs, we have updated several areas to display the full ID. You’ll now see the full ID in the following locations:

  • Properties content item: When Attribute Type is set to Key Attributes

  • Document Viewer content item: When viewing document details

  • 3D Viewer content item: When viewing model details

  • Asset page: On the Info pane, in the Engineering Info section

    

May 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• The style library has been updated to align with the dark theme in CONNECT visualization. Download the latest version to ensure exported graphics are consistent with other visuals. See Download the CONNECT visualization style library.

Resolved issues

• Case - 962801420 (Defect - 4713428) - Cannot configure properties of added graphics when a custom property name contains an underscore (_): After adding an industrial graphic into a canvas dashboard, you couldn’t configure the graphic’s properties (for example, its visibility), when a custom property name contained an underscore (_).

April 2026 release 2

New features and enhancements

• Add custom graphics to canvas dashboards: Place industrial graphics created in AVEVA System Platform using the IDE Industrial Graphic Editor onto a canvas dashboard. You can now create custom, dynamic, and responsive graphics for use in CONNECT.

  For details, see Add a graphic from a file to a canvas dashboard.

• Enhanced column management in Query builder: You now have greater control over how Attributes and Related Items appear in your Query builder results, making it easier to customize your results for review, navigation, and sharing. While you could already include both Attributes and Related Items in your query criteria, the enhanced Manage Columns pane now lets you do the following:

  • Add columns from Related Items to the results grid.

  • Nest columns from Related Items under a parent related item column to reflect their relationships more clearly.

  • Rename column headers for both Attributes and Related Items using meaningful labels.

  • View supported Related Item values as hyperlinks that open their details directly from the results grid. Choose whether those hyperlinks appear only on screen or are included in exported results.

    Note: Editing a Related Item in the Query builder clears previously configured hyperlink settings for its nested related items. After editing a Related Item, re-enable the hyperlink setting for each affected nested related item before using the query.

For details, see Query builder for AIM data.

April 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Duplicate content in canvas dashboards: You can now quickly create a copy of content in canvas dashboards at design time using the Duplicate option, making it easier to reuse content items, graphics, and embedded dashboards without rebuilding them. See Create a new dashboard.

  When using the Duplicate option to copy content in canvas dashboards, asset stream reference data is not automatically populated in duplicated graphics. In addition, confirmation messages are not displayed after the content is successfully copied.

Resolved issues

• Case N/A (Defect - 4529241) - Experience navigation fails when asset hierarchy is not yet loaded: When selecting an asset on the map content item, the corresponding asset in the navigation tree was not highlighted if the tree was collapsed. The selection appeared only after expanding the navigation, resulting in inconsistent navigation behavior.

March 2026 release 2

New features and enhancements

• KPI Card graphic character limit removed: The KPI card graphic now supports longer text values. The previous 20-character limit has been removed. In canvas dashboards, text extends beyond the graphic boundary. In a grid dashboard or experience, text values are truncated at the border of the content item. For information about the graphic, see KPI card graphic.

Resolved issues

• Case 962739537 (Defect - 4564536) - Data Grid content item handling the end time inconsistently: When a fixed time range was applied, the Data Grid widget inconsistently included or excluded the selected end time, resulting in different numbers of rows for the same time range and interval.

• Case 962739537 (Defect - 4561084) - Graphics with Statistics = Last may not update: KPI cards and other graphics configured with Statistics = Last could fail to refresh the data and display outdated or inconsistent values.

March 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Production Progress content item (preview): The Asset Efficiency content category now includes the Production Progress content item. This content item visually represents the progress of a production run for a selected asset.

  This feature is available as a preview to a limited set of customers. For more information about this feature and its availability, contact your sales representative, and watch the release notes for an announcement of its general availability.

• Save canvas dashboards to asset types: If a canvas dashboard is linked to an asset, and the asset is linked to an asset type, you can now select Save to asset type and all its instances when you save it. This saves the dashboard to all assets that are linked to the same asset type. For details, see Save a dashboard.

Resolved issues

• Case - 962740987 (Defect - 4539951) - Canvas dashboards didn't show on custom home page: If the home page was customized to show a canvas dashboard, the home page would be blank.

Announcements

• As part of the ongoing effort to revise functionality based on customer feedback, the following legacy items that are reliant on older functionality are no longer available:

  • Standalone content items. The ability to create standalone content items was removed in the February 2025 release.

  • Graphics added prior to the May 2025 release. These were replaced with an updated library of graphics.

  • Canvas dashboards created prior to the August 2025 release. This canvas was replaced with a revised canvas in August 2025.

    These items are no longer available in CONNECT visualization. If there are items that you need to recover, please contact customer support for assistance.

February 2026 release 2

New features and enhancements

• Enhanced configuration options for Map content item: The Map content item has been significantly improved, introducing new configuration options, a more intuitive setup experience, and richer runtime controls. These enhancements make it easier for creators to configure map behavior and provide viewers with more flexibility when interacting with geospatial content.

  • Basemaps: You can now enable multiple basemaps. Viewers can switch between the enabled basemaps.

  • Overlays: You can now configure the default visibility for overlay layers.

  • Options in toolbar: Enabled map options now appear in the viewer toolbar, keeping the map clean while giving viewers quick access to controls.

  • Layer and marker customization user interface: Improved user interface for configuring layer settings and the appearance of map markers.

  • Marker Labels: New options allow you to define labels for map markers.

    For details, see Map.

February 2026 release 1

New features and enhancements

• Add images to canvas dashboards: Images can now be added to canvas dashboards. Once added, they can be freely arranged within the dashboard. For details, see Canvas dashboard tools and properties.

• Improved icon library and selection for experience navigation items: The icon library is expanded for navigation items in experiences. Icons are now selected from a dialog that includes images for each icon, replacing the previous method of manually entering the icon name. For details, see the Configure navigation item properties section in Add and manage navigation items.

• Industrial AI Assistant supports user-defined filters: Industrial AI Assistant can now filter operational asset lists based on specified conditions. For example, it will now provide filtered results for the request "give me a list of all turbines where the minimum energy production for the last week is less than 2 MW".

Resolved issues

• Case - 962669729 (Defect - 4412294) - Values shown in graphics did not update when time context changed: The data shown in graphics didn't refresh when the dashboard time context changed.

Announcements

• As part of the ongoing effort to revise functionality based on customer feedback, some older functionality will no longer be supported starting in March 2026. At that time, the following items will no longer be available:

  • Standalone content items. The ability to create standalone content items was removed in the February 2025 release. Replace these with dashboards.

  • Graphics added prior to the May 2025 release. These were replaced with an updated library of graphics. See the May 2025 release notes for a list of which updated graphics replace the old graphics.

  • Canvas dashboards created prior to the August 2025 release. The canvas has been replaced with a revised canvas in this release.

    On the browse dashboards page, use the Deprecated button to identify standalone content items and deprecated canvas dashboards.

    These items will continue to be viewable in CONNECT visualization until March 2026. You should re-create any existing items that are still in use before then.

January 2026

New features and enhancements

• Create duplicates of content in grid dashboards: Content items and graphics can now be duplicated in grid dashboards. This is available in the actions menu for the content item or graphic.

• Unselect All option for 3D Viewer and Document Viewer: The Actions menu for the 3D Viewer and Document Viewer now includes an Unselect All option. This unselects all selections in the viewer.

• Reorder data for content items in the Visualization category: You can now reorder data items for content items in the Visualization content category. Select and drag an item to move it.

Resolved issues

• Case - 962629202 (Defect - 4335796) - Removing and re-adding data sources could result in the loss of saved dashboards: When data sources were removed and re-added, all saved dashboards could be deleted. This was due to the handling of orphaned content.

• Case - 962623962 (Defect - 4390505) - In the summary chart, sorting by A–Z produced an incorrect order when the stream names have been manually edited: Sorting alphabetically in the summary chart didn't work correctly for stream names that had been manually edited. Streams now sort alphabetically by their edited name.