Difference between revisions of "LiveDC Updates"
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==LiveDC Updates 12/5/2013== | ==LiveDC Updates 12/5/2013== | ||
| − | Added a new Service Type (used in Hardware Service Infos) of “Unknown”, this is to support clients that have items that need to be verified. | + | <ol> |
| + | <li>Added a new Service Type (used in Hardware Service Infos) of “Unknown”, this is to support clients that have items that need to be verified.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Fixed issues with exporting records with Payments and/or Service Infos. The export used to fail on the server and appear to hang in the UI.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Changed some logic to be more efficient when checking for notification rules being matched. Processing time has been reduced from 70+ seconds to about 5 seconds.</li> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
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| − | + | ==LiveDC Introducing Notifications 10/31/2013== | |
| + | There’s a new section in the left-side navigation called Notifications. It works by users (Admin or Owner) defining rules, which currently have three types of triggers, defined below. The rules will create events, which can send out emails at the start of the event, repeat them on a timed basis, and send a final one once the event is cleared.<br /> | ||
| + | <ol> | ||
| + | <li>'''Collector Not Responding''' – when a collector stops communicating for a specified amount of time.</li> | ||
| + | <li>'''Data Series Timing Warning''' – when a data series hasn’t had a new data point in the warning period defined by its timing template.</li> | ||
| + | <li>'''Data Series Number Threshold''' – when a number data series has had values that breach a given simple threshold, a number of consecutive times. For instance, the trigger could be “when the last 3 data points are all >= 90”.</li> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
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| − | + | ==LiveDC Introducing Search and New Build 9/19/2013== | |
| + | The tabs for each record type now include a search button on the right hand side, above the table. Clicking the search button brings up a very powerful / flexible search dialog, which defaults to a simple “Status” “Equals” “Active” criteria. While most searches will likely be fairly simple (for instance “Name” “Contains” “XYZ”), LiveDC can also handle some very complex searches: nested ANDs, ORs, check if items are in lists, timestamps are before / after certain times, etc.<br /> | ||
| + | <ol> | ||
| + | <li>Export is Search-Aware: The export button now only exports the items matching the search criteria, allowing for more fine-tuned exports with only the items you want.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Import and export functionality updates: Improvements have been made, which should allow easier import of some of the more complex records, such as hardware assets.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Last modified and created information (time and by who) are now displayed for most records.</li> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 06:08, 18 August 2014
Contents
Elicit Efficiency Upgrade 8/12/2014
The Elicit software has been upgraded to consume less disk space.
During normal operations, Elicit takes very little disk space. However, during communication outages or maintenance windows with LiveDC, the Elicit software stores polling results locally until communication is restored. This upgrade cuts the local storage requirement by roughly 90%. This means Elicit can now store ten times the polling results in the same amount of disk space.
The end result: Elicit can handle being disconnected from LiveDC for much longer before disk space becomes a concern.
LiveDC New User Interface 8/11/2014
Introducing Elicits, LiveTiles, and Maps!
We're now using the new names of LiveTiles, Maps, and Elicits – instead of Cogs, Heatmaps, and Collectors. We think these new names are a better representation of the two types of visualizations within LiveDC and the collector.
New User Interface!
We've been developing, testing, and refining a new user experience for the last several months and we're proud to now have it available to all users! The new interface is called LiveView, and it specializes in viewing your content from LiveDC, on screens as small as a smartphone. The traditional interface, known now as LiveControl, has all the capabilities needed to administer and maintain your LiveDC Account. Users will have the option to pick which interface they want to use, and switch between them as needed.
LiveDC Resiliency 7/5/2014
LiveDC databases were migrated to Amazon RDS to provide additional resiliency regional distribution services among different geographical zones in the US.
LiveDC Poll Type and Data Series Tags 5/28/2014
New Poll Type: RecordCount
This type of data series poll uses a saved search criteria to count how many records match the criteria, and records that value as a data point. There are a few specific searches which are known not to work. The Extended Name fields are not included in the audit tables, and won’t work for this poll type. Also, searches for data series points will not work, since those are audited differently at the current time.
Data Series Tags appear in Notification Emails
Messages generated by the notification system will now include the tag names for an affected data series. This is useful for clients with similar-named data series at multiple locations, assuming they are tagged with something to identify the location.
LiveDC Updates 12/5/2013
- Added a new Service Type (used in Hardware Service Infos) of “Unknown”, this is to support clients that have items that need to be verified.
- Fixed issues with exporting records with Payments and/or Service Infos. The export used to fail on the server and appear to hang in the UI.
- Changed some logic to be more efficient when checking for notification rules being matched. Processing time has been reduced from 70+ seconds to about 5 seconds.
LiveDC Introducing Notifications 10/31/2013
There’s a new section in the left-side navigation called Notifications. It works by users (Admin or Owner) defining rules, which currently have three types of triggers, defined below. The rules will create events, which can send out emails at the start of the event, repeat them on a timed basis, and send a final one once the event is cleared.
- Collector Not Responding – when a collector stops communicating for a specified amount of time.
- Data Series Timing Warning – when a data series hasn’t had a new data point in the warning period defined by its timing template.
- Data Series Number Threshold – when a number data series has had values that breach a given simple threshold, a number of consecutive times. For instance, the trigger could be “when the last 3 data points are all >= 90”.
LiveDC Introducing Search and New Build 9/19/2013
The tabs for each record type now include a search button on the right hand side, above the table. Clicking the search button brings up a very powerful / flexible search dialog, which defaults to a simple “Status” “Equals” “Active” criteria. While most searches will likely be fairly simple (for instance “Name” “Contains” “XYZ”), LiveDC can also handle some very complex searches: nested ANDs, ORs, check if items are in lists, timestamps are before / after certain times, etc.
- Export is Search-Aware: The export button now only exports the items matching the search criteria, allowing for more fine-tuned exports with only the items you want.
- Import and export functionality updates: Improvements have been made, which should allow easier import of some of the more complex records, such as hardware assets.
- Last modified and created information (time and by who) are now displayed for most records.
