July 2022

With the release of System Platform 2023, Application Server received the following new features and enhancements:

New look for Application Server

The System Platform IDE, the design environment for Application Server, now has a new look and improved user interface. Menus and icons have been redesigned for a better user experience. Some of the key highlights of the System Platform IDE user interface include a new backstage, menu items, and groups. All special operations that you need to access frequently are now in the backstage, on the Galaxy menu. Other commands have been regrouped in different menu items based on their functionality and ease of accessibility.

User authentication and single sign-on via Azure Active Directory

Azure Active Directory (AD) can be used for identity authentication and single sign-on. After setting Galaxy security to use an external identity provider, Azure AD can be used to authenticate users. System Platform users can then use their Microsoft-managed identities to log in to the System Platform IDE, Operations Control Management Console, AVEVA OMI ViewApps, and to perform secured and verified writes.

Integrated web help system

Help for Application Server is now available as web help, and can be viewed and searched in your default browser. Help for other System Platform products has also been migrated to web help, allowing you to more easily view and search across all System Platform products.

Alarm translation enhancements

You can now localize alarm and event message, and alarm groups.

Preview a ViewApp

System Platform includes the capability for developers to preview an OMI ViewApp from the ViewApp editor without deploying any associated assets. After selecting the Preview Web button, the ViewApp appears in the Web Client.

Object wizard performance

The time needed to propagate changes has been significantly improved, thus greatly increasing performance during development.

Symbol wizard integration

Symbol Wizard support has been improved in web graphics that appear in OMI web ViewApps. In the case of SAL symbols, Wizard Options are supported to provide different configurations of the same symbol.

Display a web ViewApp on a mobile device

The AVEVA Mobile Operations application has been updated to show OMI web ViewApps on a mobile device.

Enhanced management of cloud graphics

AVEVA Connect users are prevented from accessing or overwriting any cloud graphics that were created with a higher version of the Graphic Editor than their local editor. Since multiple AVEVA products use the Industrial Graphic Editor, this allows organizations to use these different products, which may incorporate different versions of the editor, while avoiding any issues that may result from attempting to edit a graphic with new extensions that do not exist in their local version of the editor.

Embed web widgets within OMI Industrial Graphics

Place one or more web widgets directly in an Industrial Graphic for use in the OMI desktop as well as the OMI web client.

GRAccess as an API

The GRAccess Toolkit is now delivered as an API with System Platform to allow users to programmatically interact with Application Server.

Security identity event logging

Log-on and log-off events, both successful and unsuccessful, are tracked for security and audit purposes.

Updates for historical playback capability

Source non-historized values during historical playback to avoid missing information. These values can optionally be flagged to make the viewer aware of the alternative data source.

New BigString data type

The BigString data type supports a virtually unlimited string size to allow users to store and transmit huge strings.

Dynamic images in Industrial graphics

A new property, ImageURI, has been added to Industrial Graphics. This allows the user to modify the property at runtime to dynamically change the image.

AVEVA Flex subscription enhancements

Multiple Flex single engine licenses can now by assigned to a single platform.

Workspace feature for the AVEVA Operations Management Interface Web Client

Use the Workspace feature to create customizable dashboards for casual users across the enterprise. Workspace displays all graphics available in the Workspaces toolset of Graphic Toolbox in the selected application. This allows viewing an Industrial Graphic with operations data by binding attributes from AVEVA System Platform Enterprise. You can create, modify, and save your dashboards, and even share them with others.

Cybersecurity enhancements

Application Server and AVEVA OMI incorporate ongoing cybersecurity enhancements and hardening.

Extensions

• New Grid View Widget

• Content Presenter OMI App Update

• Map App Update