Accruent Observe 2023.07 Release Notes
We're delivering this automatic upgrade on July 17, 2023, with these highlights:
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Executive Dashboard: View total energy costs and usage in one place
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Energy Star integration: Generate an energy efficiency score and get recommendations for reducing energy costs
Total energy costs and use on Executive Dashboard
VXOB-6853
Our new Executive Dashboard now includes a Total Cost and Use Summary tile, showing total energy costs and usage over a specified time period. Check out the new tile and the rest of the energy data in an easy-to-view display at Energy Dashboards > Executive Dashboard.
Energy Star integration first phase completed
VXOB-5802
With the Observe-Energy Star integration, you can send Observe data to Energy Star to generate an energy efficiency score and receive recommendations for reducing energy costs based on building type. The first phase of this integration is now complete. You can map data for the integration and view the data being sent to Energy Star within Observe.
Reach out to your Account Executive for more information about the integration.
Improvements and issues fixed
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| Alarm Filter Rules | You are now redirected to the Alarm Filter Rules page when you update an alarm definition that has been used in a filter rule. | VXOB-5820 |
| Bulk Mapping Tool | We added a column to the SC Contoller Config and RDM Controller Config to identify which controllers have been plotted on the Site Layout. The column includes a Y/N field to identify the plotted vs. un-plotted controllers. | VXOB-5900 |
| Consumption Overview Dashboard | We updated tooltips on the dashboard to more clearly indicate what data represents. | VXOB-6773 |
| Dashboards | Dashboards now calculate cost based on the unit of measure you set, as intended. Previously cost calculations were based on tariff rates and the energy type default UOM. | VXOB-6649 |
| Site Progress Report | The Site Progress Report now properly displays the data applied in the filters when selecting various action types. | VXOB-6668 |
| Site Suspensions | You can now enter an entire site suspension via the Suspended Monitoring page. To prevent duplicate suspensions, you can not add a suspended controller when creating a suspension. There is no restriction related to entire site suspensions and already-suspended controllers. I a controller is suspended both individually and via an entire site suspension, it remains suspended until both are lifted. A controller suspended via an entire site suspension behaves the same as a controller suspended via an individual suspension. | VXOB-6757 |
| Smart Tables |
We updated the following pages to the new smart table:
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| Sustain | We cleaned up systems created with trailing spaces to prevent data problems. Some systems had duplicate names just with added spaces. We renamed them if they were active to "[System Name -Duplicate". We recommend reviewing and updating these duplicate systems. | VXERM-976 |
| Unit of Measure | We added Area to the Unit of Measure admin page to allow for selecting a default UOM for the area of buildings. | VXOB-5920 |
