RtReports Release Notes
- Last UpdatedMay 28, 2026
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- PI System
- RtReports 5.1
- Visualization
RtReports 5.1 is a powerful, fully configurable enterprise reporting application used with a PI System for generating electronic reports. RtReports 5.1 adds the ability to store RtReports application data in Asset Framework, and the ability to export report generations to CSV file format. It also addresses several issues around automatic report generation and includes security enhancements, bug fixes, and other improvements.
Multiple security enhancements were added, including disabling passwords for relational database data sources and updating server certificate validation. Please review the documentation for additional information on these enhancements.
For more information on product features and functions, including prerequisites and system requirements, and installation/uninstallation instructions, refer to RtReports.
The latest information about RtReports 5.1 is available online on the AVEVA documentation Portal.
New features and enhancements
The following new features and enhancements were added:
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RtReports application data is now stored in an Asset Framework server’s configuration database by default.
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A utility has been created to automatically transfer application data from previous versions from PI Module Database to Asset Framework and will optionally run on upgrade from previous versions of RtReports.
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In the Report Properties dialog, the ability to export report generations to CSV file format has been added.
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RtReports supports the latest version of Google Chrome.
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Updated database connectivity from the deprecated Microsoft Oracle Client to Oracle Managed Data Access for the RtReports base and admin pages.
Resolved issues
The following table provides details on the specific vulnerability mitigated in this release, along with the corresponding component, version, CVE or reference, CVSS score, and the mitigation applied. There are no known vulnerabilities that require mitigation in this release of RtReports. For mitigations stemming from prerequisite products, like PI AF Client, please see those release notes.
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Fixed an issue where group privileges are not preserved after upgrade installed on a non-default website. |
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Fixed an issue where trends intermittently failed to generate in certain environments. |
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Fixed an issue where the data journal has inaccurate start and end time for EF with subseconds. |
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Fixed an issue where trends sometimes failed to generate when using subseconds and comma decimal separator. Systems that use a non-comma decimal separator system language (i.e.US), in tandem with a comma decimal separator regional format (i.e. German and French), will not be able to trend an output in times with sub seconds. |
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Fixed an issue with PEs that contain AFAttributes encapsulated in double quotes. |
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Fixed an issue where RtReports is unable to generate reports if the first version is offline. |
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Fixed an issue where report headers and footers were not scaled properly when using Chrome 117+. |
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Fixed an issue where expensive batch searches results hold up consequent batch search results. |
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Fixed an issue where automatic report generation prints a report only for every other time period when report recurrence is smaller than report duration (overlapping periods). |
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Fixed an issue where Event Frame (EF) reports are unable to be generated with non-English characters in EF name. |
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Fixed an issue where Event Frame search is slow for large search windows. |
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Fixed an issue with data retrieval when non-English regional settings are used. |
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Fixed an issue where events are missed when using subseconds on EF reports. |
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Fixed an issue where printing to pdf failed when using Chrome 128+. |
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Fixed an issue where AF and EF Attribute names in RtReports Trends are case sensitive. |
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Fixed an issue where Time Report is not generated for the selected dates. |
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Fixed an issue where Page Number element shows incorrect total pages for the cover pages. |
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Fixed an issue where Reports using Unit Event Frames fail to generate if the Unit EF has no end time and AF Client 2023 or greater is installed. |
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Fixed an issue where concatenating a path for an AF Attribute with Literal ending with " | " causes an error. |
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Fixed an issue where cookie path was unable to be changed. |
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Fixed an issue where RtReports Editor throws an error for a required Event Frame Details result definition if the Event Frame has an annotation, set a severity, or been acknowledged. |
Known issues
Existing problems and enhancement requests can be reviewed in the AVEVA Support portal.
Security information and guidance
We are committed to releasing secure products. This section is intended to provide relevant security-related information to guide your installation or upgrade decision.
We proactively disclose aggregate information about the number and severity of security vulnerabilities addressed in each release. The table below provides an overview of security issues addressed and their relative severity based on standard scoring; it provides details on the specific vulnerability mitigated in this release, along with the corresponding component, version, CVE or reference, CVSS score, and the mitigation applied.
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Severity Category |
CVSS Base Score |
Range |
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Critical |
9-10 |
0 |
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High |
70-8.9 |
0 |
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Medium |
4.0-6.9 |
1 |
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Low |
0-3.9 |
0 |
Security disclosures
The following security disclosures apply to this release of RtReports.
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RtReports uses a web control. This control does not display internet content, so the associated risk is believed to be minimal.
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The web server on RtReports is deployed as localhost and should not be exposed externally.
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Inputting passwords for relational database data sources has been disabled by default. Existing connections with passwords have not been modified. Please see documentation for details.
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Default server certificate validation has been modified to improve security. Please see documentation for details.
Distribution kit files
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RtReports-Server_5.1.0_.exe
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RtReports-Editor_5.1.0_.exe
RtReports 5.1 distributes the following major components as part of the installation:
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OSIsoft MS VB Runtime Redistributables, (1.0.1)
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Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributables (x86 and x64), (14.42.34438)
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PI Network Subsystem Support (PINS), (3.5.510.290)
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PI Software Development Kit 2018 SP1 Patch 3 (x86 and x64), (1.4.7.620)
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PI AF Client 2024 R2, (3.1.1.1182)
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PI BatchView 3.1.5.0, (3.1.5.0)