--- title: v6 slug: changelog/v6 docTags: createdAt: 2025-12-23T08:32:18.367Z --- ## v6.4.7 Released on 17/07/2024 ### Changes - Improved error messages for user login failures ### Bug fixes - Resolved issue where a raw calculation did not include points with the same timestamp but different tags - Users with empty passwords are not allowed to login. - Privileges for new organizations are now correctly loaded for the reader user group ## v6.4.6 Released on 04/07/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed check service installed installation step - Added missing excel column filters on the exported measurement list - Fixed integer out of range error in periodic event views ## v6.4.5 Released on 25/06/2024 ### Bug fixes - Trim whitespace from the license token input - Fixed periodic property timestamps being null instead of empty array ## v6.4.4 Released on 19/06/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where multiple event workers could be started - Added check for result type of calculation script - Fixed point status 'BadFactryInvalidDataForDatatype' not being reflected in the measurement quality - Fixed bug where confirm dialog is hidden when deleting manual entry in event overview - Added error logging to check service installed installation step ## v6.4.3 Released on 05/06/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where an upgrade to v6.3 appends a \_1 to the name regardless of the uniqueness under an asset - Fixed privileges for the reader user for newly created influx v1 databases - Add missing working directory to the systemd service file ## v6.4.2 Released on 22/05/2024 ### Changes - Added min, max and mode as allowed aggregations again for booleans and mode for strings ### Bug fixes - Fixed manual creation of events with a parent configured - Switching to another organization on the asset tree page caused the user interface to break - Points with quality BadFactryInvalidDataForDataType are now stored as measurement quality - The user group mapping setting on the Microsoft authentication provider was ignored - External databases had to be unique across all organizations - Fixed event re-evaluation bug if the deleted event had a sub-event and that sub-event had a sub-event itself ## v6.4.1 Released on 29/04/2024 ### Bug fixes - Added missing privileges for reader user group - Enforce unique postgres user for organization - Fixed bug where a raw calculation might query the time series database more than necessary - Fixed bug while trying to overwrite new historian binary - Fixed event staying stuck in incomplete state even if all properties are filled - Escape HTML properly in dropdowns with search - Fixed bug with asset tree sometimes not loading ## v6.4.0 Released on 10/04/2024 ### New Features ### Automatic collector upgrades - Collectors capable of supporting automatic updates can now seamlessly upgrade themselves. - Updates are retrieved directly from the Factry Portal or can be manually uploaded. - A new status indicator on the collector list identifies which collectors are eligible for automatic updates. ### Persistent tasks - Key operational tasks, including recalculations and parquet exports, now feature persistence. - These tasks are automatically saved and will resume from their last state if the Factry Historian restarts, ensuring no loss of progress. ### Enhancements - [Historian installation](#) is now available directly from the binary - Expanded [statistics](#) collection to also include the following: - Read/Write count and read/write bytes information for mounted disks - time series database (per configured database): Version, status, database type and name - postgres: Version, database size and name - grafana: version, commit hash and status - Minor improvements to measurement filtering - Introduced a default value configuration option for certain event property detection modes - Organizations now benefit from a default reader user group and user which can be used for authenticating the Factry Historian Grafana data source - Enhanced frontend validation for aggregation selection, only valid aggregations depending on the input measurement data type are available - Improved usability bulk editing of periodic properties for manual entry forms - Introduced a new graph view for visualizing manual entry periodic properties - Added a direct shortcut to edit manual entry forms from their view, improving user workflow - Enhanced the visibility of selected event details during manual entry creation - Simplified group management within the manual entry form - Expanded the dependency framework to include forwarders and manual entry forms, allowing you to quickly find out for example in which manual entry forms and/or forwarders an asset is referenced ## v6.3.11 Released on 10/04/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug loading measurements for the asset properties manual entry form if multiple asset properties are configured with the same measurement - Fixed external databases not being filtered by organization ## v6.3.10 Released on 3/04/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where raw recalculations don't advance if data is not written via the historian API ## v6.3.9 Released on 10/03/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where a raw recalculation might stop if the input measurement has data with bad quality ## v6.3.8 Released on 28/02/2024 ### Bug fixes - Updating event property data type did not work for pending events - Fixed parsing of empty periodic property values - Fixed error when creating a manual entry with limited privileges ## v6.3.7 Released on 19/02/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where raw recalculation finishes too soon ## v6.3.6 Released on 13/02/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where raw calculation advances beyond available data ## v6.3.5 Released on 06/02/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed duplicate key error when migrating database - Reevaluate event configuration misses first event if start of reevaluation is equal to start of the first event within the reevaluation period - Context.Timestamp is not available when testing calculations scripts ## v6.3.4 Released on 30/01/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed manual entry form for events not displaying correct value in some cases - Fixed database field not being editable after cloning a measurement - Asset tree now selects the alphabetically first root asset instead instead of any asset ### Changes - Prefill display name field when configuring properties for the manual entry form for events ## v6.3.3 Released on 19/01/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug where a recalculation on a raw calculation might finish before all work is done ## v6.3.2 Released on 16/01/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed a bug in Asset Property manual entry forms related to empty groups - Fixed a visual bug in measurement and calculation detail views where the 'Referenced By' count would reset when updating ## v6.3.1 Released on 12/01/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed issue with manual entry forms not being displayed properly - Allow decimal values input for engineering specifications - Fixed UI breaking when switching an existing calculation to type 'raw' ## v6.3.0 Released on 10/01/2024 ### New Features ### Manual Entry Enhancements - Expansion of manual entry forms to include periodic event properties. - Addition of asset property data entry in manual forms, supporting time series data entry via asset tree. ### Measurement Discovery - Enhanced collectors to discover measurements. - Automatic onboarding of discovered measurements. - Integration of a default database field in collectors for automatic measurement onboarding. ### Cloud Connectivity (Experimental) - Implementation of sinks for streaming points and events to MQTT (generic and SparkplugB). - Creation of forwarders to select specific points and events for streaming. - Introduction of measurement parquet export feature. - Scheduling capability for parquet exports. - Querying of time series data in arrow and parquet formats. ### Enhancements - Improved performance of calculations and event processing. - Optional value mapping configuration for asset property configurations with manual detection mode. - Ability to set Units of Measurement (UoM) on event type properties. - Added functionality to clone manual entry forms. - Bulk editing feature for manual entry forms. - Modal to display measurement utilization (e.g., in calculations). - Filter on asset and event type in manual entry forms. - Introduction of an internal collector for manual data entry measurements. - Enhanced audit log filter. - Improved security for sensitive information in settings. - Capability to enter nil values in manual entry forms. - Expanded worker pool task overview with additional information. - Enable disable experimental features per user. ## v6.2.5 Released on 10/01/2024 ### Bug fixes - Fixed loading of calculation context on startup ## v6.2.4 Released on 29/11/2023 ### Bug fixes - Sampled calculations might break if there are too many points in the calculation period - Sampled calculations only used default values if there was no data for all input measurements ## v6.2.3 Released on 8/11/2023 ### Bug fixes - Validate license after fetching it from the portal ## v6.2.2 Released on 30/10/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed deletion and re-evaluation of events - Fixed measurement data preview include input measurements toggle ## v6.2.1 Released on 06/10/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed measurement preview for bool and string input measurements ### Changes - capitalized and renamed variables in calculation context ## v6.2.0 Released on 01/10/2023 ### New Features ### External Database Connections - Added integration with external databases such as Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, Sqlite and SAP (hdb and ASA). - Event Module Integration: External databases can now serve as a detection mode for event properties. To utilize this feature, a SQL query is required. Comprehensive examples can be found in our [documentation](#). ### Worker Pools - Added Worker pools which enable constrained execution of concurrent tasks. - Worker pools are designated for specific types or groups of tasks, each with individual configurations. - Currently, only recalculation tasks utilize this feature, with additional task types to be included in future releases. - Tasks executed by a worker pool are visible under `Configuration > Tasks`. - Users can monitor task progress, view details, and manage tasks directly. This includes options to pause, resume, or cancel most tasks. ### Calculation Context - Added a stateful context for calculations, which retains the last result and timestamp. - Local context variables used in our [custom local Tengo library](#) can be added, modified and deleted. ### Measurement labels - Added the ability to add labels to measurements and calculations. - Added filtering options to sort measurements and calculations by labels. ### Enhancements - Added a table view for measurement data previews. - Added functionality to preview input measurement data within data previews for calculations. - Added support for array data types for calculation input measurements. - Enabled calculations to be restarted from a specific timestamp. - Added an option to set a default value for input measurements of sampled calculations when "Evaluate Insufficient Data" is enabled. - Added "Close After" as an option to event property configurations. ## v6.1.5 Released on 06/09/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bulk deletion of events - Fixed an error where manual entry form overwrites the manual entry from from another organization ## v6.1.4 Released on 08/08/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed possible panic in sampled calculation when referencing same measurement multiple times as input measurement - Sampled calculations will not advance beyond last valid data of all input measurements ## v6.1.3 Released on 07/08/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed prefilling of value in property input field of manual entry forms ## v6.1.2 Released on 03/08/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed decimal precision in property input field of manual entry forms ## v6.1.1 Released on 20/07/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed bug making editing a user not possible ## v6.1.0 Released on 10/07/2023 ### Features ### Manual event entry - Start/stop events inside manual entry forms - Edit the start/stop time of an event inside manual entry forms - Delete an event from inside the manual entry form - Merge/split events from inside the manual entry form ### Changes - Added the option to delete a collector - Added license expiration warning - Added automatic fetching of license changes - Properties of events configured with the same display name and in the same group in a manual entry form will be displayed on the same line - Added rate limiter to the logger ## v6.0.4 Released on 09/06/2023 ### Bug Fixes - Swagger API is now available without trailing slash - Fixed a bug where it wasn't possible to update a measurement's failover settings if a collector wasn't in 'Initial' status ### Changes - Removed select a provider placeholder from login form - Added Datatype field to GetMeasurements endpoint for collectors to use ## v6.0.3 Released on 10/05/2023 ### Bug Fixes - Fixed a bug where you can't remove a root organization group from a user - Fixed incorrect displaying of periodic event properties when there is a property without data ### Changes - Added support to use influx2 as internal database for statistics and logs - Events without a parent are now closed if there is a later parent event available - Save system statistics of the historian to the internal database - Added system load and disk space usage of mounted disks to the historian system statistics ## v6.0.2 Released on 28/04/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed a wrong translation in the modal for the reevaluation of events - Added missing views and functions to the organization schemas - Fixed a frontend bug breaking some pages when hard reloading ### Changes - Added organization info to the client portal statistics - Improved performance of calculations by a factor of 5 - Improved performance of the calculation of event properties by reducing the amount of required influx queries - Added a refresh button for the logs ## v6.0.1 Released on 18/04/2023 ### Bug fixes - Fixed submit button for calculations not working in some cases - Evaluate Insufficient data didn't work if input measurement had no data in the time range - Fixed user group mapping for groups in the root organization - Only show relevant properties when setting up a manual entry form - Fixed raw calculation test button - Fixed sampled calculation test for aggregation 'count' - Fixed the organization settings cache - Fixed the event property worker not updating parent event after updating the event configuration ### Changes - Display time series database UUID - Show user in manual entry history - Refined validation of objects in the API - Improved search measurement component - Improved search parent event configuration component ## v6.0.0 Released on 31/03/2023 ### Features ### Organizations - Added [organizations](#) to allow easier deployment of multi-site Factry Historian's. ### Authentication & authorization - Added the following new authentication providers: - Microsoft - LDAP - Google - Added configurable user group mapping for `Microsoft` and `LDAP` - Reworked the [users](#) and [user groups](#) management - Reworked privileges and better enforcement of correct privileges - Added revokable user session tokens and added API tokens (used by collectors) ### Manual entry of event properties - Added configurable forms for manual entry of event properties. ### Grafana custom data source - Added support for our custom Grafana data source. ### Changes - Time series databases can be soft deleted - Calculations start in status 'Paused' - Added more calculation examples - Allow changing of the collector on a measurement - 100% more swagger (Added swagger API documentation) - Overhauled the configuration menu layout - Added duration column to event views - Measurement search regex support - Added option to split events - Event processor performance improvements