{"id":50394,"date":"2021-06-16T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T07:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/?page_id=50394"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:33:58","slug":"explorer-release-4-9-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oihelp.corporate.ifs.com\/help\/p2-explorer\/explorer-releases\/explorer-release-4-9-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Explorer Release 4.9.7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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P2 Explorer version 4.9 is a minor release that redefines the Trending Tool technology and adds frequently requested enhancements to the trend. This release also improves the performance of the Data Table and supports further enhancements to Shift Log.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Explorer 4.9.7 includes trend enhancements with a focus on improving how the trend handles poorly performing historians, license auditing for better transparency and management of end users, and various adaptor improvements for better performance.<\/p>\n

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License Audit Report<\/h2>\n

P2 Explorer Administration is now able to show license usage for Explorer and Shift Log. This improves transparency and management of end user licensing.<\/p>\n

License data is configured with available licenses, and Explorer calculates how many licenses are in use by looking at the combination of security privileges in use.<\/p>\n

Note that license metrics will be delivered incrementally. The current release covers 3 metrics, additional metrics will be delivered in future release.<\/p>\n

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Trend Enhancements<\/h2>\n

Changes have been made to the trend to better handle poorly performing data sources.<\/p>\n

The Range Selector is now turned off by default when a trend is initially opened. A configuration option has also been added to disable the Range Selector entirely, so that it can\u2019t be turned on.<\/p>\n

Configuration options have been added that prevent the trend from automatically fetching data beyond a specified period of time. Instead, a button has been introduced to allow users to perform a manual fetch. This means that data sources that take a long time to respond to requests will not block other users from being able to use the system. The options are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Setting<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
MinimumTrendRefreshRate<\/strong><\/td>\nThe minimum trend refresh rate to use when Now<\/strong> is set. The refresh rate is this value or the sample interval, whichever is greater.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MaximumAutoFetchDuration<\/strong><\/td>\nThe maximum duration (i.e. difference between start time and end time) before the trend's auto fetch is disabled and manual fetch is required. Valid values:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5 Minutes
\n10 Minutes
\n30 Minutes
\n1 Hour
\n4 Hours
\n8 Hours<\/td>\n		12 Hour
\n1 Day
\n3 Days
\n5 Days
\n1 Week
\n4 Weeks<\/td>\n		1 Month
\n3 Months
\n6 Months
\n9 Months
\n1 Year
\n2 Years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MaximumTrendDuration<\/strong><\/td>\nThe maximum duration that is shown in the duration drop-down. This also modifies the start time or end time if their difference is greater than this limit. The value must match to a valid duration string (similar to the MaximumAutoFetchDuration valid values), or set to an empty string (meaning that no limit is applied).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DisableRangeSelector<\/strong><\/td>\nPrevents the Range Selector in the trend from being displayed, and disables the Range Selector icon in the toolbar. Default: False<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Trend with manual fetch enabled:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trend with auto fetch enabled:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Entity Hierarchy Improvements<\/h2>\n

When searching for entities within a hierarchy in P2 Explorer, entities were only displayed by display name, which made it difficult to distinguish them when duplicate display names were being used.<\/p>\n

The entity search has been improved to:<\/p>\n