Accruent Observe 23.05 Release Notes

The 2023.05 May release of Observe is being delivered as an automatic upgrade on May 15, 2023.

Here's what's changed:

  • Updates to Energy dashboards

  • Other improvements and bug fixes

Improvements and issues fixed

Component Summary

Reference #

All Bills

You can filter as intended on the All Bills page. We also added the Utility Bill Type column. The page shows active bills by default, and you can select a date range to display the data.

VXOB-6084

Consumption Overview Dashboard

The Consumption Overview dashboard now uses interval meter data for the daily average calculation, given the dashboard is configured for meter usage.

VXOB-5887

Energy Balance Dashboard

We updated verbiage on the Energy Balance dashboard, and it now includes all energy types you have access to.

VXOB-6313

Energy Budget Dashboard

We added the Fiscal Period column to the Budget dashboard and added messaging if you select start and end dates that do not align with a defined fiscal period for the site.

VXOB-6282

Energy Budget Tile, Dashboard

You can now configure unit of measure (UOM) on the Energy Budget tile, as intended.

VXOB-5726

Energy Comparison Tile, Dashboard

The Energy Comparison tile now displays all details as expected, and we updated the periods so you can more easily identify and understand them.

VXOB-6314

Energy Dashboards The consumption overview dashboard will now use Interval meter data for the Daily Average calculation when Meter usage is selected in the configuration page of the dashboard.

 

Fiscal Periods

You can now give a fiscal period a custom name, which appears on budget pages and dashboards.

VXOB-6283

Flagged Conditions

You can now suspend all open flagged conditions tied to a suspended controller. This holds the flagged conditions in suspension until controller resumption and then restarts the clock for the flagged condition's rule settings.

VXOB-5320

Graphing Tool

We added system component information to the Graphing Tool to clarify data shown when there are multiple energy types represented.

VXOB-6209

VXOB-6220

Head End Controllers

We added Kafka is required to Head End Controller Details. Kafka is not required by default.

VXOB-6389

Setpoint Generated Calendar

You can now select a single calendar to run retrospective analysis for Setpoint Generated Calendars. Previously, calendars were organized by system component, sometimes making it difficult to select the appropriate calendar.

VXOB-6284

Smart Tables

We updated the following pages to the new smart table:

VXOB-6281

VXOB-6280

VXOB-6204

VXOB-6378

VXOB-6380

VXOB-6404

VXOB-6381

VXOB-6167

VXOB-6202

VXOB-6279

VXOB-6383

VXOB-6205