Release 9.8 (GA)

What´s new

Sigfox agent

Cumulocity can now interface with Sigfox devices through the Sigfox Cloud.

You can:

  • Provision Sigfox devices easily using the Cumulocity Device Management.
  • Decode upstream payload packets using a web-based user interface.
  • Debug and postprocess raw device data through Cumulocity events.
  • Send downstream data to the device using Cumulocity operations.
  • Make use of existing Cumulocity features with Sigfox devices, for example: connectivity monitoring, device management, data visualization with dashboards, real-time analytics and more.

For further information, refer to the Sigfox documentation.

Release 9.8.17

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

UI

Audit logs with missing sources no longer make the rest of the audit logs hidden.

 #35730

Release 9.8.16

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

UI

It is now possible to use more than 100 snapshot configurations.

 #17835

Cockpit

Maximum value in data point configuration is also saved when you directly click Save.

#36293

Device Management

Devices created by MQTT SmartREST templates are now properly transferred via the data broker.

 #35464

Release 9.8.15

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

UI

Sorting order of query results across several pages now works reliably.

#36439

Release 9.8.14

Improvements

Area

Description

CEP

Improved performance of CEP events dispatch.

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

UI / Enterprise Edition

Enterprise branding now also works properly when the branding plugin name has a lowercase “b”.

UI

It is now possible to upload a snapshot even when there are more than 100 existing snapshot configurations.

#17835

UI

The SCADA widget tooltip is no longer cut during widget edit.

#34751

Release 9.8.13

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

Administration

Resetting tenant password no longer returns an error.

Release 9.8.12

Improvements

Area

Description

Enterprise Edition

An alarm is now raised when the Data Broker queue is full.

Fixes

Area

Description

Zendesk Ticket

Enterprise Edition

The email template placeholder “tenant-domain” now also works with:

  • Password reset invitation email
  • Password change notification email                

    • #35804

    Enterprise Edition

    Data broker now also works with own domain.        

    #35941

    Microservices

    Microservices now respond correctly with TFA-enabled user.

    Apama

    The smart rules “On measurement threshold create alarm” and “Increase alarm severity when active for too long” now correctly raise alarms on Apama.

    Java SDK

    Error handling in case of failed subscribe operation has been improved.

    Release 9.8.11

    Improvements

    Area

    Description

    Enterprise Edition

    An alarm is now raised when the data broker queue is full.

    Enterprise Edition

    Subtenants are now using the email template generated by the enterprise tenant.

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    Administration

    Applications are now properly removed from users after unsubscription.

    		  

    Administration

    Inventory role assignments are no longer deleted when editing an unrelated group.

    #35646

    Device Management/MQTT

    Improved reliability of delivering push messages to devices.

    #34748

    LoRa

    LoRa device ID mappings are no longer cleared when the platform is unavailable.

    #17765

    Two-Factor Authentication

    Only one SMS is now sent when user TFA token has timed out.

    #17285, #17458, #35003, #35728, #36095

    Release 9.8.10

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    Device Management

    The devices monitoring algorithm has been modified so that inactive devices are no longer shown as active in the UI.

    #35514

    Data Broker

    Data broker stability issues have been resolved.

    #35807, #35936

    Microservices

    Issues with CEP rules not being triggered correctly have been fixed.

    #18841;

    #18349;

    #34691

    Apama

    Disabling smart rules with Apama microservice now works correctly.

    		 

    LWM2M

    Changes in agent dependencies no longer cause agents to fail.

    		  

    Release 9.8.9

    Improvements

    Area

    Description

    Optional/ Apama

    Apama is now offered in 3 packages with different sizes per tenant:

    S = 1 core; 4 GB RAM

    M = 2 cores; 8 GB RAM

    L = 4 cores; 16 GB RAM

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    Administration

    Assigning a delegate and an owner while editing a user will now be saved correctly.

    #16628

    Administration

    On creating a new tenant there occurs no longer an error message.

    		  

    Cockpit

    Measurements in device dashboards now show up correctly for users with restricted access via inventory roles.

    #18361; #34575; #34732

    Device Management

    Missing translations in Device database page when adding a Profibus device type have been added.

    #43651

    Device Management

    Small fixes have been made related to loading data through Ericsson SIM management.

    		  

    Release 9.8.8

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    UI

    Minimum value for decimal places fields now is “0”.

    		  

    UI

    “Silo” widget tooltip improvements.

    		  

    Administration

    The phone number input field is no longer displayed in case the user has no telephone number set, TFA enforced or if he is using the support user feature.

    #13939

    Cockpit

    Smart rules now automatically get deployed after creation.

    #34735; #34920; #34961

    Device Management

    It is now possible to set “multiplier” and “divisor” properties when adding or editing an “Input register” of a Modbus device type.

    		 

    Device Management

    Device owners can now be successfully changed.

    #18325

    Device Management

    The missing owner error appearing in the Simulator page has been fixed.

    		  

    Release 9.8.7

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    UI

    “Data point graph” widget time period is no longer erased after clicking Edit.

    		  

    UI

    “Asset properties” widget now correctly shows the configured properties.

    #17332

    Cockpit

    In SCADA widget, computed properties for alarms and events now show the correct count number.

    #17831

    Cockpit

    Smart rule no longer becomes undeployed when removing all devices from a group.

    #18134, 18350

    Apama CEP

    Various improvements and fixes related to the Apama CEP integration have been implemented.

    		  

    Releases 9.8.5 - 9.8.6

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    Administration

    The Actility microservice now counts requests as device requests.

    #17080

    Administration

    SSL management agent now checks for the correct license before certificate activation.

    #17997

    Cockpit

    Smart rule no longer gets undeployed when removing all devices from group

    #18350, #18134

    Device Management

    Request log file dialog no longer closes on selecting a date from the date picker.

    #16702

    Edge/Apama

    Local smart rules are now still available after restarting the microservice apama-small.

    #18115

    Microservices

    Memory management improvements for microservice clients.

    		  

    LWM2M

    Incorrect locking has been fixed so that agent no longer sends repeated requests to LWM2M device.

    		  

    SmartRest

    SmartRest messages now use correct encoding so that Chinese characters are displayed properly.

    #18279

    Releases 9.8.3 - 9.8.4

    Improvements

    Area

    Description

    UI

    In addition to the “user name” used to authenticate a user, an administrator can now also specify  a “login alias” for a user. This allows to change the displayed name (e.g. after a change of name or email address) without changing the ID (user name).  The user can login using the original “user name” or the “login alias”. Users can change the “login alias” in the user settings.

    Enterprise Edition

    On activating a custom domain name, the IP address is now provided in the UI so that the user can configure the DNS for the domain.

    LWM2M

    For LWM2M, various improvements in the validation rules section have been implemented.

    Developer

    Improvements on JSON support for MQTT in Cumulocity implementation.

    Fixes

    Area

    Description

    Zendesk Ticket

    Administration

    After restarting the platform, tenants might have been subscribed to wrong market applications. This issue has been fixed.

     

    Administration

    Microservices with isolation level "per tenant" are no longer deployed to suspended tenants.

     

    Cockpit

    Scada widget now correctly shows multiple data points

     

    Cockpit

    Data point and properties library entries are now visible to all authenticated users in the tenant.

    #16716

    Device Management

    The status of SIM cards in the Connectivity tab was sometimes not shown correctly.

    #17370

    Device Management

    MQTT traffic no longer creates multiple devices in the device simulator.

    #17997

    Enterprise Edition

    Wildcard certificate with white spaces is now accepted by SSL Management.

     

    Enterprise Edition

    A subscription check has been added for Enterprise Edition applications. In the Administration application, there will only be shown menu entries for Enterprise Edition applications if a tenant is subscribed to the related applications.

    #18129

    Enterprise Edition

    To avoid blocked requests you can no longer activate your certificate without a license installed

     

    Java SDK

    Java client now reconnects correctly when connection is reset and IP address changes.

    #17411

    Apama

    When uploading a mon file with errors the errors returned by Apama CEP are now displayed in the UI.

     

    Releases 9.8.0 - 9.8.2

    Improvements

    Area Description
    Administration Data broker improvements.
    Administration It is now possible to use hyphens in tenant URLs.
    Cockpit Improved functionality of the Load more button in the Alarm page.
    Device Managament Developers subscribed to “devicecontrol/notifications” now receive real-time notifications about operations.
    Enterprise Edition Subtenant domain can now be configured during creation. This feature is available only to Enterprise Edition customers.
    LoRa LoRa device registration is now possible with “Activation by Personalization” (ABP). For further information, refer to Optional services > LoRa actility in the User guide.
    LoRa/Sigfox Provisioning status of Lpwan devices is shown in the “Device data” widget. This is available for the devices which are registered with Sigfox or LoRa device registration.
    Microservices Microservices larger than 50MB can now be uploaded via the UI. The limit is configurable via configuration property.

    Fixes

    Area Description Zendesk Ticket
    Administration Elements are now hidden to users which lack sufficient permissions. #15529
    Administration Tenant statistics improvements. #17551, #17659
    Administration Inventory roles dropdown menu is no longer overlayed by tab names.
    Administration Opening datepicker in the log viewer no longer closes the requested log file dialog. #16702
    Cockpit “Data point table” widget improvements. #14296
    Cockpit “Asset table” widget improvements when adding the same computed property twice. #17331, #17944
    Device Management Scrollbar improvements in the Device list page. #17441
    Device Management Bulk operation status is now updated after schedule.
    Device Management Bulk operation endpoints no longer return different data for the same operation.
    Device Management Issues when adding new device protocols have been fixed.
    Device Management Map page layout issues have been fixed.
    Cloud Remote Access VNC remote access improvements. Wording of connect operation has been changed to “opening tunnel for remote access connect to {endpoint}”. #16790