Advanced Visualization

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Contents

Chapter 1: Overview 1
About Advanced Visualization 2
Access the Advanced Visualization Page 2

Chapter 2: Data Sources 3

About Advanced Visualization Data Sources 4
Create a Data Source using a GE Digital APM Query 6

Chapter 3: Creating Visualizations 11

Create Charts using Data Sources 12
Create Charts using Queries 12
Create Charts to Visualize Time Series Data 13
Configure Filters in Visualizations 15

Chapter 4: Schedule Charts and Reports 18

Configure a New Connection 19
Configure a Schedule 19

Chapter 5: Navigating from Charts 21

About Navigating from a Chart or Dashboard to the Corresponding GE Digital APM Module 22
About Configuring Drill-Downs using URLs 23
Configure a Drill-Down for a Chart to Access Data in the Corresponding Module 24

Chapter 6: Setting Dashboard as Home Dashboard 27

Set a Dashboard as the Home Dashboard 28

Chapter 7: Exporting Dashboard 29

About Exporting Dashboard 30

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Chapter 8: Reference 31
General Reference 32
Supported Filter Parameters 32

Chapter 9: Release Notes 34

First Quarter of 2023 35
Second Quarter of 2021 35
Fourth Quarter of 2020 36
Third Quarter of 2020 38
Second Quarter of 2020 39
First Quarter of 2020 42
Fourth Quarter of 2019 43

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Overview
Topics:

• About Advanced Visualization

• Access the Advanced
Visualization Page

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About Advanced Visualization
Advanced Visualization provides you a powerful way to visualize the data that is available within GE
Digital APM.
The GE Digital APM Advanced Visualization module enables you to create customized dashboards that
display alerts, cases, and asset information in the form of charts or reports. This provides advanced
business intelligence type capabilities to analyze the vast amount of data that is available to you in the
system. These visualizations provide you with access to powerful tools that can be used.

Access the Advanced Visualization Page

Procedure
In the module navigation menu, select Tools > Advanced Visualization.
The Advanced Visualization page appears.

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Data Sources
Topics:

• About Advanced Visualization

Data Sources
• Create a Data Source using a
GE Digital APM Query

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About Advanced Visualization Data Sources
Advanced Visualization provides out of the box capabilities that enable you to visualize data for the
following GE Digital APM features and modules:
• Alerts
• Analytics
• Assets
• Baseline entities and queries
• Cases
• Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
• General recommendations
• SmartSignal
• Time Series Data
Each of these features is associated with a set of data sources in Advanced Visualization. The data
sources contain a set of logically related fields that allow you to create and customize the visualizations
based on the access privileges that you have for the specific feature.
Note: Although you have access to all the data sources, you must also have access to the required
capabilities to create visualizations using these data sources. You can visualize the data for the assets
based on the permissions granted to your GE Digital APM user account.
The following table provides high-level information about the data sources available for the supported
modules or features:

Module/Feature Data Source Description

Alerts You can visualize data using one of the following types of
business views available in the GE Digital APM baseline domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available and
accessible within Alerts.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
specific requirements.
Note:
• You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.
• The Dimensions and Facts tables in the Alerts Business
Views facilitate the creation of visualizations using the
Alerts data sources.

Analytics You can visualize analytic data using one of the following types
of business views available in the GE Digital APM baseline
domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available for
an analytic.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
specific requirements.
Note: You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.

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Assets You can visualize assets data using one of the following types of
business views available in the GE Digital APM baseline domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available for
an asset.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
specific requirements.
Note: You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.

Cases You can visualize data using one of the following types of
business views available in the GE Digital APM baseline domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available and
accessible within Cases.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
specific requirements.
Note:
• You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.
• The Dimensions and Facts tables in the Cases business
views facilitate the creation of visualizations using the
Cases data sources.

CBA You can visualize data using one of the following types of
business views available in the GE Digital APM baseline domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available and
accessible within the Cases module to create visualizations
for CBA data.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
CBA data based on specific requirements.
Note: You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.

General Recommendations You can visualize data based on the general recommendations
data available within GE Digital APM.
Note: In Legacy Predix APM, you cannot create visualizations
based on this data source as no date will be available for you in
the data source.

GE Digital APM Baseline Entities You can visualize data using the baseline entity views available
in GE Digital APM.
Note:
• The baseline entity view provides access to most of the
data that is available for an entity.
• Curated views are not created for the baseline entities.
However, you can create a custom curated view for an
entity within your tenant.

GE Digital APM Baseline Queries You can visualize data using the baseline query views available
in GE Digital APM.
Note:
• The baseline query view displays the result of a query.
• As needed, you can create a curated view for the query
result within your tenant.

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SmartSignal You can visualize SmartSignal analytic models using one of the
following types of business views available in the GE Digital
APM baseline domain:
• View that provides access to most of the data available for
the SmartSignal analytics.
• Curated view that allows you to create visualizations for
specific requirements.
Note:
• You cannot modify the baseline business view. However,
you can create a copy of the view that you want to modify
within your tenant, and then modify the view as needed.
• We recommend that you use the following reporting
objects as data sources when creating visualizations for
SmartSignal events and jobs:
◦ events_reporting_object
◦ jobs_reporting_object
In addition to the features provided by SmartSignal baseline
and custom business views, the reporting objects allow you
to filter SmartSignal data for a specific period.

Time Series Data You can visualize time series data that is collected for a set of
asset tags associated with your tenant. The data source is
created based on a reporting object and curated for creating
customized visualizations.

Create a Data Source using a GE Digital APM Query

Before You Begin
• Make sure that the baseline query or the custom query that you want to use to create a data source
exists in the Catalog.

About This Task

This topic describes how to create a data source using a baseline query or a custom query, and configure
the data source to enable the Advanced Visualization users to create charts or dashboards using the data
source.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select , and then select Prepare and Manage Data.
The SERVER page appears.
3. Select Get Data.
The Get Data window appears.
4. In the SERVER FILES section, select REST, and then select Select.
The Configure Connections window appears.
5. Select APM_QUERY, and then select Select.
The Create Synonym for REST window appears.
6. In the Create Synonym options section, specify the following parameters:
Note: We recommend that you use the Query Helper to validate the query parameters and copy the
field values to the corresponding fields in the Create Synonym options section. For more information

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 on how to use the Query Helper to validate the query parameters, refer to the Retrieve Query Details
of a GE Digital APM Query using Query Helper on page 8 topic.
a) In the Select REST Operation box, select Post.
b) In the Service URL Extension box, enter: v2/catalog/query/path/execute
Note: If you use a GE Digital APM version older than V4.5.0.0.0, enter: v1/catalog/query/
path/execute
c) In the Provide document sample box, enter the request body parameters for the Insert (POST)
request.
• The following example provides a template for the request body:

{
"QueryPath":"query path",
"Page":0,
"PageSize":100,
"InputSingleParams":
{
"parameter1":"value",
"parameter2":"value2"
}
,
"InputMultiParams":
{
"parameter1":["value1","value2"],
"parameter2":["value1","value2"]
}
}
• The following example provides a sample request body for a query:

{
"QueryPath": "Public\\Meridium\\Modules\\Generation Management
\\Queries\\NERC Queries\\NERC Event Report 07",
"InputSingleParams": {
"unitKey": "-1",
"endDate": "2021-03-04T04:15:20.795",
"startDate": "2021-03-04T04:15:20.795"
},
"InputMultiParams": null
}

7. In the Synonym Field Name Processing Options section, select the following check boxes:
• Validate
• Make Unique
8. In the Miscellaneous settings section, specify the following details:
a) In the Application box, navigate to the application directory that will contain the data source that
you want to create.
b) In the Synonym Name box, enter a name for the data source that you want to create.
9. Select Add.
The data source is created in the Application Directory.
10. Access the Application Directory that contains the data source that you created, right-click the data
source, and then select Open.
A page appears, displaying the Table/Column panel that contains a hierarchy of the query
parameters.
11. Configure the following query parameters:

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 Important: We recommend that you use the Query Helper to validate the query parameters, and
copy the parameter values from the XDEFAULT section of the APM Query Helper window to the
XDEFAULT box of the Properties window for the corresponding parameters. For more information on
the Query Helper, refer to the Retrieve Query Details of a GE Digital APM Query using Query Helper on
page 8 topic.

Query Parameter Actions to be Performed

QUERYPATH a. Right-click the parameter, and then select Properties.

The Properties window appears.
b. In the Miscellaneous section, in the XDEFAULT box,
enter the query path that you used to create the
synonym, and then select Apply.
Important:
• You must use a backslash to separate the server
names, folder names, and file names in the query
path (for example, Public\Meridium
\Queries\TEST_CATALOG_READ_MT).

INPUTSINGLEPARAMS a. Expand the object to view the parameters.

INPUTMULTIPARAMS b. Right-click a parameter, and then select Properties.
The Properties window appears.
c. In the Miscellaneous section, in the XDEFAULT box,
enter the parameter value, and then select Apply.

12. In the SERVER page, select the Save button to save the parameters.
The data source is configured.

Next Steps
• Create Charts using a Baseline or Custom Query on page 12

Retrieve Query Details of a GE Digital APM Query using Query Helper

About This Task

When creating a data source using a baseline or custom query, you must have the following query details:
• Sample request body for the Insert (POST) operation
• Service URL extension
• Valid query path
• Valid query parameters and parameter values
Using Query Helper, you can retrieve the parameters of a query and validate the parameter details to
ensure that correct data is available for creating the data source.
This task describes how to retrieve and validate the parameter details of a query to create a data source.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select Query Helper.
The APM Query Helper window appears.
3. In the Enter Query Catalog Path box, enter the query for which you want to fetch the parameter
details, and then select Get Details.
The following boxes are populated:

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 • Service URL Extension
• Sample Request Body
• Query Path
• <Parameter Name>
Note: To copy the data contained in each box, select .
The following table describes the fields available in the APM Query Helper window:

Field Description Behaviour

Service URL Extension Displays the following service URL You cannot modify data in this field.
extension by default:

v2/catalog/query/path/
execute
Note: If you use a GE Digital APM
version older than V4.5.0.0.0, the
following service URL extension is
displayed: v1/catalog/
query/path/execute.
Sample Request Body Displays the parameter details returned • If the request body contains valid
by the query. parameters and the parameter
values, you cannot modify data in
The following example provides the field.
a sample request body returned • If the request body does not contain
by a query: valid parameter or parameter
values, a message appears, asking
{ you to update the parameter values.
You must update the parameter
"QueryPath": values in the XDefault Values
"Public\\Meridium\ section to make the request body
\Modules\ valid.
\Generation
Management\\Queries\
\NERC Queries\\NERC
Event Report 07",

"InputSingleParams":
{
"unitKey": "-1",
"endDate":
"2021-03-04T04:15:20
.795",
"startDate":
"2021-03-04T04:15:20
.795"
},

"InputMultiParams":
null
}

Note: For GE Digital APM versions older

than V4.5.0.0.0, both the parameter and
parameter value appear as parameter
values for Id and Value parameters,
respectively. The following example

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 Field Description Behaviour

provides a sample request body

returned by a query:

{
"QueryPath":
"Baseline\\Meridium\
\Modules\\AHI\
\Queries\\Health
Overview - Tiles",
"InputSingleParams":
[
{
"Id": "unitKey",
"Value": "-1"
}
]
}

Query Path Displays the catalog path for the query. You cannot modify data in this field.

<Parameter Name> Displays the parameter name and the If there is no valid parameter value for a
parameter value contained in the given parameter, you can add the
Note: The field is displayed only if the
sample request body. parameter value to make the request
query contains at least one parameter.
body valid.
Note: If a parameter contains multiple
values, only the first value is displayed in Note: When configuring data source
the <Parameter Name> box. with a GE Digital APM version older than
V4.5.0.0.0, you must manually update
the default values for the parameters
Id and Value in the corresponding
XDEFAULT box of the Properties
window.

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Creating Visualizations
Topics:

• Create Charts using Data

Sources
• Create Charts using Queries
• Create Charts to Visualize Time
Series Data
• Configure Filters in
Visualizations

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Create Charts using Data Sources
Create Charts using Data Sources

About This Task

This topic describes how to create charts or dashboards using data sources in Advanced Visualization.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select Visualize Data.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying a designer canvas to create the
chart.
3. Select the Add Data button.
The Select Data Source window appears, displaying the available data sources.
4. Select the data source using which you want to create the chart.
Note:
• You can access the baseline data sources and folders containing the baseline data sources by
default. If you want to use a specific data source to create the chart, navigate to the data source in
the corresponding folder. You can also change the view to access the data sources for a tenant.
• We recommend that you use the following reporting objects contained in the gedigital-baseline
workspace when creating visualizations for SmartSignal events and jobs:
◦ events_reporting_object
◦ jobs_reporting_object
The Dimensions and Variables associated with the data source appear in the Advanced Visualization
Designer page.
5. As needed, design the chart, and then save the chart.
Note: For more information on how to create and publish charts, refer to the help documentation
integrated with Advanced Visualization.
The chart is created.
Note:
For more information on creating charts, refer to KBA 000039563.
For more information of training videos on how to create visualizations, refer to Getting Started With
WebFOCUS 8207.
For detailed documentation on how to create visualization, refer to Visualizing Data in 8207.

Create Charts using Queries

Create Charts using a Baseline or Custom Query

Before You Begin

• Ensure that the query you want to use to create a chart has a data source.

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 Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. In the Advanced Visualization home page, select Visualize Data.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying a designer canvas to create the
chart.
3. Select the Add Data button.
The Select Data Source window appears, displaying the available data sources.
4. Navigate to the folder containing the data source associated with the query, and then select the data
source.
The Dimensions and Variables associated with the data source appear in the Advanced Visualization
Designer page.
5. As needed, design the chart, and then save the chart.
Note:
• When designing a chart, we recommend that you use the fields in the ROWS section that appear
when you expand the RESPONSE node and then expand the ROWS node.
• For more information on how to create and publish charts, refer to the help documentation
integrated with Advanced Visualization.
The chart is created.

Related Tasks
Configure Filters on a Dashboard using a GE Digital APM Query on page 16

Create Charts to Visualize Time Series Data

About Creating Visualizations for Time Series Data
Advanced Visualization enables you to create visualizations for the time series data that is collected for
the asset tags over a specified time period. For more information on retrieving the time series data for
asset tags, refer to the Time Series Data Retrieval Service topic in the Time Series Data help.
You can use the tag browser to access the assets available for your tenant and select the associated asset
tags for which you want to retrieve the time series data. Advanced Visualization provides a curated data
source for visualizing time series data. The data source is designed using a reporting object and contains
fields that can be used to create time series data charts. Based on the selected asset tags and the fields
selected from the data source, you can create and customize the visualizations for time series data.
Additionally, using the charts created for time series data, you can create a dashboard. The dashboard has
filtering capabilities that allow you to either specify filter criteria to view data for a predefined period of
time, or configure a custom date range to display data that matches the duration.

About the Tag Browser

The Tag Browser enables you to choose assets and the associated asset tags to visualize the time series
data retrieved for the tags.
The Tag Browser window contains the following sections:
• Asset Browser: Enables you to select the assets associated with the asset tags for which you want to
visualize the time series data. When you select an asset, the asset and the associated assets tags
appear in the Tag Browser section.
• Tag Browser: Enables you to select the asset tags for which you want to visualize the time series data.
When you select an asset tag, it appears in the Plotted Tags section. Based on the plotted tags and

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 the fields selected from the Time Series Data data source, the visualizations displaying the time series
data are created.
• Settings: Contains the following settings:
◦ Time Span: Enables you to specify the time period for which you want to visualize data when the
visualization is created. When you run the visualization, the data for the specified time period
appears by default.
Note: The default time period selected in the Time Span drop-down list box is one week.
◦ Data Operation: Enables you to configure the type of data that you want to visualize. Based on
your selection, the raw or interpolated time series data appear on the visualization. For more
information on the raw and interpolated data types, refer to the Time Series Data help.

Create a Chart or Dashboard to Visualize Time Series Data

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select Visualize Data.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying a designer canvas to create the
chart.
3. Select Tag Browser.
The Tag Browser window appears, displaying the asset hierarchy in the Asset Browser section.
4. In the Tag Browser window, do the following:
a) In the Asset Browser section, select the assets associated with the asset tags for which you want
to visualize the time series data.
b) In the Tag Browser section, select the asset tags for which you want to visualize the time series
data.
Note: For more information on the fields available in the Tag Browser window, refer to the About the
Tag Browser topic.
5. Select Apply.
The settings in the Tag Browser are saved.
6. Select the Add Data button.
The Select Data Source window appears, displaying the available data sources.
7. In the WORKSPACE menu, select gedigital-baseline.
A table appears, displaying the folders containing the data sources available in the GE Digital APM
baseline domain.
8. Navigate to the timeseries folder, select timeseries_reporting_object, and then select Select.
The Dimensions and Measures associated with the data source appear in the Advanced
Visualization Designer page.
9. As needed, design the chart, and then save the chart.
The time series data chart is created for the selected asset tags.
Note:
• For more information on how to create and publish charts, refer to the help documentation
integrated with Advanced Visualization.
• You can add the chart to a dashboard to filter and view the time series data for a specific period.
You can also specify a custom date range to view data corresponding to the period.

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Configure Filters in Visualizations
Configure Date Filters using Reporting Objects

Before You Begin

• Ensure that you have permissions to manage Advanced Visualization. If you do not have the
permissions, contact your administrator.
For more information on the permissions and permission sets available for the Advanced Visualization
users, refer to the Advanced Visualization Permissions on page 32 topic.

About This Task

When visualizing data in a dashboard, you can configure a custom date range as filter criteria to view data
for the specified period. However, you can configure the date filters using a reporting object so that the
date filters appear on the dashboard by default. For more information on the reporting objects, refer to
the help integrated with Advanced Visualization.
This topic describes how to configure the date filters using a reporting object.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select Workspaces.
A hierarchy of the Advanced Visualization workspaces associated with your tenant appears.
3. In the hierarchy, navigate to the workspace folder to which you want to add the reporting object, and
then select the Action Bar drop-down list box.
The Data section appears, displaying the option to create reporting objects.
4. Select Reporting Object.
A new tab appears, displaying a window that contains the data sources available for Advanced
Visualization.
5. Navigate to the folder containing the data source using which you want to create the reporting object,
select the data source, and then select Open.
The Reporting Object folder appears.
6. Right-click Preprocessing Other, and then select Edit.
The Preprocessing Other window appears.
7. In the Preprocessing Other window, enter the following code:

SET DTSTANDARD = STANDARD

-DEFAULTH &STARTTIME='2019-04-01T00:28:03.000Z';
-DEFAULTH &ENDTIME='2020-03-31T00:28:03.000Z';

-DEFAULT &STARTDATE='April 01 2019';

-DEFAULT &ENDDATE='March 31 2020';

-PROMPT &STARTDATE.(|FORMAT=MDYY,REQUIRED=TRUE).Start
Date.QUOTEDSTRING;

-SET &STARTTIME = DATETRAN(&STARTDATE, '(YYMD)', '(-)', 'EN', 15,

'A10') | 'T00:00:00.000Z';

-TYPE &STARTTIME

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 -PROMPT &ENDDATE.(|FORMAT=MDYY,REQUIRED=TRUE).End Date.QUOTEDSTRING;

-SET &ENDTIME = DATETRAN(&ENDDATE, '(YYMD)', '(-)', 'EN', 15, 'A10')

| 'T23:59:59.999Z';

-TYPE &ENDTIME
8. Select the Save button.
9. Right-click Where Statements, and then select New.
The Create a filtering condition window appears.
10. Based on the data source that you selected, create the WHERE clause as described in the following
table:

Data Source WHERE Clause

alerts_custom_business_view EVENTSTARTDATE Greater than or equal

to Simple Parameter (Name:STARTTIME)
AND
EVENTSTARTDATE Less than or equal to
Simple Parameter (Name:ENDTIME)
cases_custom_business_view CREATEDDATE Greater than or equal to
Simple Parameter (Name:STARTTIME)
AND
CREATEDDATE Less than or equal to
Simple Parameter (Name:ENDTIME)
11. Select the Save button to save the reporting object.
The reporting object is created and the date filters are configured.
Note: When you create a visualization using the reporting object and add the visualization to a
dashboard, the default date range appears to filter data.

Configure Filters on a Dashboard using a GE Digital APM Query

Before You Begin

• Make sure that the catalog query that you want to use for populating filter parameters is valid and
returns the correct set of values.

About This Task

Advanced Visualization enables you to use a data source to populate filter parameters for filtering a
dashboard created for another data source. The data sources are created using GE Digital APM queries.
You must use a query that retrieves a set of values from the GE Digital APM database, which can be used
as the filter parameters.
For example, you have created a dashboard to visualize work order details, such as work order ID, work
order type, work order status, and so on. Each of these parameters may have multiple values. If you want
to filter the dashboard with work order types, you will need to create a filter using the work order type
field available in the associated data source. You must populate the work order type filter with the values
using which you can specify filter criteria. To populate the values, you will need a data source that can be
associated with the data source used for visualizing work order details.
This topic describes how to configure a filter and populate filter parameters using a data source created
for a GE Digital APM query.

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 Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Perform the following steps to create and configure the data source for populating filter parameters in
the filter:
a) Create a data source using the query that you want to use for populating filter parameters.
b) Access the Application Directory that contains the data source that you created, right-click the
data source, and then select Open.
A page appears, displaying the Table/Column panel that contains a hierarchy of the query
parameters.
c) In the Table/Column panel, expand the RESPONSE node, and then expand the ROWS node.
d) In the ROWS section, on each field, right-click the field, and then select Properties.
The Properties window appears.
e) In the General section, in the Type drop-down list box, select Character (Fixed).
f) Select Apply.
3. Perform the following steps to configure the filter on the dashboard:
a) Access the Application Directory that contains the data source associated with the dashboard,
right-click the data source, and then select Open.
A page appears, displaying the Table/Column panel that contains a hierarchy of the query
parameters.
b) On each query parameter, right-click the parameter, and then select Properties.
The Properties window appears.
c) In the General section, in the Type drop-down list box, select Character (Fixed).
d) In the Miscellaneous section, in the ACCEPT drop-down list box, select SYNONYM.
e) In the Lookup Synonym box, navigate to the data source that you created for populating filter
parameters.
f) In the Lookup Field box, enter the filter caption.
g) Select Apply.
h) Access the Advanced Visualization page.
i) In the Advanced Visualization home page, select Visualize Data.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying a designer canvas to create the
chart.
j) Select the Add Data button.
The Select Data Source window appears, displaying the available data sources.
k) Navigate to the folder containing the data source associated with the query, and then select the
data source.
The Dimensions and Variables associated with the data source appear in the Advanced
Visualization Designer page.
l) As needed, design the chart, and then save the chart.
Note: For more information on how to create and publish charts, refer to the help documentation
integrated with Advanced Visualization.
The chart is created.
m) Drag the query parameter that you want to use as a filter to the chart.
The filter is created and populated with the filter parameters. You can add the chart to a dashboard
to filter data.

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Schedule Charts and Reports
Topics:

• Configure a New Connection

• Configure a Schedule

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Configure a New Connection

About This Task

This topic describes how to create a dedicated connection for a UAA user, using either the OData or REST
connector.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select , and then select Prepare and Manage Data.
The SERVER page appears.
3. Select Get Data.
The Get Data window appears.
4. Select OData or REST depending on the data service you are using.
5. Select New Connection.
6. Enter the Connect parameters:
a. Enter a connection name.
b. Enter the base URL.
Note: The base URL should be the same as the baseline connection URL that you have used
previously.
c. In the Security drop-down list box, select OAuth.
d. In the OAuth Grant Type drop-down list box, select Password.
e. In the Client Credentials in Body section, enter your username and password. Also enter the
Client ID and Token URL.
f. Select the Add Custom Headers check box and enter your tenant ID in the text box (for example,
Tenant="your_tenant_uuid").
g. Select your tenant from the Select profile drop-down list box.
Note: Do not select the default value (edasprof).
h. Select Configure.
A new connection is configured.

Configure a Schedule

Before You Begin

You must create a dedicated connection for a UAA user, using either the OData or REST connector.

About This Task

This topic describes how you can schedule a chart or a report, and distribute it via email.

Procedure
1. Configure a new connection.
2. Create a synonym or use a baseline synonym or business view. To do this:

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 a. Copy the baseline synonym or business view to your application folder.
b. Right-click and select Metadata Management, then select Edit Access File as Text.
c. Modify the connection name to the new connection created in step 1.
3. Create a chart. Make sure that you select the output format as PDF.
4. Select Workspaces.
The Advanced Visualization workspaces associated with your tenant appears.
5. Navigate to the workspace folder in which you have saved the chart and select it.
6. Right-click on the chart and select Schedule, then select Email.
7. In the Distribution section:
a. Enter the email addresses to which the email message should be sent.
b. Select an option to send the email either as an inline message or as an attachment.
c. To compress the report in the email, select the Add Report to Zip File check box.
8. In the Recurrence section, select how frequently you want to send the email.
9. Select .
The scheduled configuration is saved.

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Navigating from Charts
Topics:

• About Navigating from a Chart

or Dashboard to the
Corresponding GE Digital APM
Module
• About Configuring Drill-Downs
using URLs
• Configure a Drill-Down for a
Chart to Access Data in the
Corresponding Module

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About Navigating from a Chart or Dashboard to the
Corresponding GE Digital APM Module
Advanced Visualization enables you to navigate from a chart or dashboard to the corresponding feature
or module within GE Digital APM. You can create a chart or dashboard using a data source and configure
drill-downs for the fields using the filter parameters associated with the data source. When the drill-
downs are configured with the filter parameters, you can drill down the chart or dashboard to navigate to
the corresponding feature or module, and access the data filtered by the configured filter parameters. For
more information on different types of drill-downs and how to configure drill-downs for the charts and
reports, refer to the help integrated with Advanced Visualization.

Example: Access the Number of Alerts Filtered by a Severity Parameter in

Alerts Module
This example provides the steps to configure drill-downs for a field associated with
the Alerts custom business view and access the number of Alerts filtered by the
Severity parameter in the Alerts grid view.
1. Create a chart using the Alerts custom business view.
2. In the Advanced Visualization Designer, add the ALERTID field as a Measure and
the SEVERITY field as a Dimension.
3. Aggregate ALERTID with the count distinct function.
4. In the Settings section, right-click ALERTID, and then select Configure drill
downs.
The Configure Drill Downs for Alert ID window appears.
5. In the Type section, select the URL option.
6. In the URL box, enter the URL in the following format:
/<tenant-name>/advanced-visualization/navigate-to/alerts,
where <tenant-name> is the name of the tenant that you are using to access GE
Digital APM.
7. In the Load In section, select an option that determines how to load the chart.
8. In the Parameters section, select the Add all target filters button.
A table appears, displaying the following columns:
• Parameter Name
• Type
• Field/Value
9. In the table, enter the values as follows:
a. In the Parameter Name box, specify Severity.
b. In the Type box, select Field.
c. In the Field/Value box, select ALERTS.SEVERITY.
Note: The alerts in the Alerts grid view are filtered based on the filter parameters
specified in the table. For more information on the supported filter parameters for
configuring drill-downs, refer to the Supported Filter Parameters for Alerts topic.
10. Select Apply, and then save the chart.
11. Right-click the chart, select Run..., and then select Run in new window.
The new tab appears, displaying the chart.
12. Select the visual element (for example, bar) for the Severity parameter.

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parameter in the Alerts grid view.

Example: Access the Number of Cases Filtered by a Severity Parameter in

Cases Module
This example provides the steps to configure drill-downs for a field associated with
the Cases custom business view and access the number of Cases filtered by the
Severity parameter in the Cases grid view.
1. Create a chart using the Cases custom business view.
2. In the Advanced Visualization Designer, add the CASEID field as a Measure and the
SEVERITY field as a Dimension.
3. Aggregate CASEID with the count distinct function.
4. In the Settings section, right-click CASEID, and then select Configure drill
downs.
The Configure Drill Downs for Case ID window appears.
5. In the Type section, select the URL option.
6. In the URL box, enter the URL in the following format:
/<tenant-name>/advanced-visualization/navigate-to/cases,
where <tenant-name> is the name of the tenant that you are using to access GE
Digital APM.
7. In the Load In section, select an option that determines how to load the chart.
8. In the Parameters section, select the Add all target filters button.
A table appears, displaying the following columns:
• Parameter Name
• Type
• Field/Value
9. In the table, enter the values as follows:
a. In the Parameter Name box, specify Severity.
b. In the Type box, select Field.
c. In the Field/Value box, select CASES.SEVERITY.
Note: The cases in the Cases grid view are filtered based on the filter parameters
specified in the table. For more information on the supported filter parameters for
configuring drill-downs, refer to the Supported Filter Parameters for Cases topic.
10. Select Apply, and then save the chart.
11. Right-click the chart, select Run..., and then select Run in new window.
The new tab appears, displaying the chart.
12. Select the visual element (for example, bar) for the Severity parameter.
A new tab appears, displaying the number of cases filtered by the Severity
parameter in the Cases grid view.

About Configuring Drill-Downs using URLs

Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

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 You can use GE Digital APM URLs to configure drill-downs for a visual element (for example, bar) of a chart
for accessing data associated with the visual element in the corresponding module. For more information
on the GE Digital APM URLs and URL syntax, refer to the URLs help.
When configuring drill-downs, you can create the following types of URLs that are used to navigate to the
specific pages or features of the corresponding module:
• URL with parameters: If the URL associated with the module contains a parameter, you must create a
URL with the parameter to pass the parameter value from the chart to the corresponding module for
accessing the associated data. If the URL uses dynamic parameters (for example, prompts),
parameters with the same name are automatically created to pass the value when you select the
visual element in the chart. Thus, you are navigated to the target page or feature of the module.
• URL without parameters: If a URL associated with the module does not contain a parameter, you must
create a URL without any parameter value.

Configure a Drill-Down for a Chart to Access Data in the

Corresponding Module
Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

Before You Begin

• Create a chart.

About This Task

This task describes how to configure a drill-down for a chart using a URL and navigate to the
corresponding module within GE Digital APM to access the associated data. For more information on
different types of drill-downs and how to configure drill-downs for the charts and reports, refer to the help
integrated with Advanced Visualization.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Access the chart for which you want to configure the drill-down.
3. Right-click the chart, and then select Edit.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying the chart in the designer canvas.
4. In the Settings section, in the Vertical box, right-click the field for which you want to configure a drill-
down, and then select Configure drill downs.
The Configure Drill Downs for <Field Name> window appears.
5. In the Configure Drill Downs for <Field Name> window, perform the following steps to configure the
drill-down:
a) In the Type section, select the URL option.
b) In the URL box, enter the URL for the page that you want to access when you select the visual
element of the chart.
Tip: For more information on the URLs associated with a specific GE Digital APM module, access
the help documentation for the module, and then refer to the <Module Name> URLs topic.
• If the URL does not contain any parameter, select Apply.
• If the URL contains parameters (for example, {entitykey} and {sectionname} in the URL
health/asset/{entitykey}/{sectionname}), perform the following steps:
i. In the Parameters section, select the Add all target filters button.

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◦ Parameter Name
◦ Type
◦ Field/Value
ii. In the table, enter the values as follows:
◦ In the Parameter Name box, enter the name of the parameter.
◦ In the Type box, select Field.
◦ In the Field/Value box, select a field value based on the parameter that you specified in
the Parameter Name box.
iii. Select Apply.
6. Select the Save button to save the chart in your preferred workspace.
The drill-down for the chart is configured.

Example: Access the Number of Health Indicators for an Asset from the Health
Indicator Status by Asset Chart
This example provides the steps to configure drill-downs in the Health Indicator
Status by Asset chart and view the number of health indicators in the Health
Summary page.
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Select Visualize Data.
The Advanced Visualization Designer page appears, displaying a designer
canvas to create the chart.
3. Select the Add Data button.
The Select Data Source window appears, displaying the available data sources.
4. Navigate to the ahi folder, and then select the
health_overview_status_by_asset data source.
The Dimensions and Variables associated with the data source appear in the
Advanced Visualization Designer page.
5. In the Advanced Visualization Designer page, perform the following:
a. From the Measures section, drag the following measures to the Vertical box
of the Display section:
• Alert
• No Status
• Normal
• Warning
b. From the Dimensions section, drag the following measures to the Horizontal
box of the Display section:
• Asset ID
• Asset Key
6. In the Settings section, in the Vertical box, right-click an indicator status, and
then select Configure drill downs.
The Configure Drill Downs for <Health Indicator Status> window appears.
7. In the Configure Drill Downs for <Health Indicator Status> window, perform
the following steps to configure the drill-down for the health indicator status:
a. In the Type section, select the URL option.
b. In the URL box, enter the URL in the following format:

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the asset in the asset hierarchy for which you want to view the health
indicators.
Note: For more information on how to construct the URLs associated with
Asset Health Manager, refer to AHM URLs.
c. In the Parameters section, select the Add all target filters button.
A table appears, displaying the following columns:
• Parameter Name
• Type
• Field/Value
d. In the table, enter the values as follows:
• In the Parameter Name box, specify entitykey.
• In the Type box, select Field.
• In the Field/Value box, select
HEALTH_OVERVIEW__STATUS_BY_ASSET.ROWS.ASSET_KEY.
Note: You must select the field value based on the parameter that you
specified in the Parameter Name box.
e. Select Apply.
8. Select the Save button to save the chart in your preferred workspace.
The Health Indicator Status by Asset chart is created and saved in the workspace.
9. Access the Health Indicator Status by Asset chart.
10. Right-click the chart, select Run..., and then select Run in new window.
The new tab appears, displaying the chart.
11. Select the visual element (for example, bar) associated with the asset for which
you want to view the number of health indicators.
A new tab appears, displaying the number of health indicators for the selected
asset in the Health Summary page.

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Setting Dashboard as Home Dashboard
Topics:

• Set a Dashboard as the Home

Dashboard

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Set a Dashboard as the Home Dashboard
Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

About This Task

You can access the home dashboard when you sign in to GE Digital APM or select in the main
navigation bar. This topic describes how to set a dashboard created in Advanced Visualization as your
home dashboard.

Procedure
1. Access the Advanced Visualization page.
2. Access the dashboard that you want to set as the home dashboard.
3. Right-click the dashboard, and then select Run in new window.
A new window appears, displaying the dashboard.
4. Select Assign as Home Dashboard.
The Caution window appears.
5. Select Apply.
The dashboard is set as the home dashboard for GE Digital APM.

Tip: To access the home dashboard, select in the main navigation bar.

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Exporting Dashboard
Topics:

• About Exporting Dashboard

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About Exporting Dashboard
Advanced Visualization enables you to export a dashboard to a PDF or PNG file. You must configure the
settings to enable the Export to File button in the dashboard and the file format to which you want to
export the dashboard.
Note: The following configuration options in the dashboard settings enable the Export to File button in
the dashboard and the file format to which you want to export the dashboard:
• Show Export: Enables the Export to File button in the dashboard.
• PDF: Enables you to export the dashboard to a PDF file.
• Image: Enables you to export the dashboard to a PNG file.
Important: The Export to File button is enabled in a new dashboard based on the page settings for the
dashboard. However, if you want to enable the button for an existing dashboard, you must access and
save the dashboard in Advanced Visualization.
The following examples provide steps on how to export a dashboard (namely Alerts data by severity) to
PDF and PNG files:

Example: Export the Alerts Data by Severity Dashboard to a PDF File

1. Access the page settings for the Alerts data by severity dashboard and ensure
that the following check boxes are selected:
• Show Export
• PDF
Note: For more information on how to access the page settings for a dashboard,
refer to the help documentation for the dashboard in Advanced Visualization.
2. Access the Alerts data by severity dashboard.
3. Select the Export to File button, and then select PDF.
The dashboard is exported to a PDF file.
Note: You can access the downloaded file in your local drive.

Example: Export the Alerts Data by Severity Dashboard to a PNG File

1. Access the page settings for the Alerts data by severity dashboard and ensure
that the following check boxes are selected:
• Show Export
• Image
Note: For more information on how to access the page settings for a dashboard,
refer to the help documentation for the dashboard in Advanced Visualization.
2. Access the Alerts data by severity dashboard.
3. Select the Export to File button, and then select Image.
The dashboard is exported to a PNG file.
Note: You can access the downloaded file in your local drive.

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Reference
Topics:

• General Reference
• Supported Filter Parameters

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General Reference
Advanced Visualization Terms
The following terms and definitions apply to advanced visualization dashboard components.
Chart
An individual visualization of data using a data source.
Data Source
A repository that contains the data that can be visualized in advanced visualization in the form of
charts or reports.
Page
A collection of charts that can be combined to create a view like a dashboard. These pages can be
shared with other users or used as private dashboards for the users
Domain
The workspace to create visualizations, where the tenant can configure their own custom data
sources. The data sources can be used to access the data and combine that data with the other data
that the tenants have access to through the baseline domain that cannot be modified by the users.
Folders
A way to organize data in a user domain. This can be used to create various types of content and then
saved in different folders that the users can access later.

Advanced Visualization Permissions

Access to advanced visualization is controlled using user level permissions after the feature has been
enabled for the tenant.
The features at the permission set level allow the tenant administrators to give the required access to the
features to users based on individual user permissions or group permissions in user management. The
permissions that are available to the tenant administrator are listed in the table below.

Table 1: Advanced Visualization Permissions For Tenant Administrators

Permission Name Permission Description

Manage Advanced Visualization Allows you to add new connections or modify existing data
connections other than the baseline content that cannot be
updated.

Create Advanced Visualization Allows you to create new visualizations based on the data
sources that are available to them.

View Advanced Visualization Allows you to view the visualizations that have been created in
your tenant and which other users have shared.

Supported Filter Parameters

Supported Filter Parameters for Alerts
The following table lists the supported filter parameters for configuring drill downs in the charts or
dashboards created for Alerts.

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SEVERITY severity ALERTS.SEVERITY

STATUS status ALERTSTATE.ALERTSTATUS

ALERT ID alertId ALERTS.ID

ASSET NAME assetName ASSET.ASSETNAME1

SITE NAME siteName ASSET.SITENAME

ENTERPRISE NAME enterpriseName ASSET.ENTERPRISENAME

Supported Filter Parameters for Cases

The following table lists the supported filter parameters for configuring drill downs in the charts or
dashboards created for Cases.

Filter Name Parameter Name Field/Value

SEVERITY severity CASES.SEVERITY

STATUS status CASESTATUS.STATUSNAME

CASE ID caseid CASES.CASEID

ASSET NAME assetName ASSET.ASSETNAME

SITE NAME siteName ASSET.SITENAME

ENTERPRISE NAME enterpriseName ASSET.ENTERPRISENAME

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Release Notes
Topics:

• First Quarter of 2023

• Second Quarter of 2021
• Fourth Quarter of 2020
• Third Quarter of 2020
• Second Quarter of 2020
• First Quarter of 2020
• Fourth Quarter of 2019

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First Quarter of 2023
Release Date: March 30, 2023
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 2: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

Description Tracking ID

To enhance usability, when visualizing time series data in a dashboard, you can now modify asset US573466
tags in the Tag Browser section and reload the dashboard; the charts that use the selected
asset tags will be refreshed. The modified asset tags are not saved, and when you exit the session
and reconnect, the dashboard will display the charts with the tag information selected
previously.

To enhance usability, you can now set up a schedule to send charts or reports via email. US534178

Table 3: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

When you schedule a chart to be sent as an inline HTML in an email message, an error occurs. As US534178
a work around, follow these steps:

1. Save the chart by selecting the default output format as HTML.

2. Open the HTML file using a text editor.
3. Change the PCHOLD format from JSCHART to SVG.

Second Quarter of 2021

Release Date: June 4, 2021
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 4: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

Description Tracking ID

To ensure that correct data is available when creating a data source using a query, you can now US468229
retrieve the parameters of the query and validate the parameter details. To facilitate this
enhancement, a new button, Query Helper, has been added to the Advanced Visualization
home page.

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 Table 5: Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description Tracking ID

Previously, when visualizing time series data using an Absolute line chart, if there were multiple DE150652
asset tags with the same name, the tags were grouped, and you could not view data
corresponding to each tag on the dashboard. This issue has been resolved. Now, in this scenario,
a level of asset hierarchy associated with each tag is displayed with the tag name to make the tag
name unique.

Tip: To display the tag name containing the asset hierarchy level, choose the Tag Name_Display
Name or Tag Name field when creating the Absolute line chart in Advanced Visualization
Designer.

Table 6: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

For some queries that are imported, and not created using the queries designer tool, the Query DE157103
Helper does not consider filter parameter for generating sample request body.

When you attempt to access the Advanced Visualization page in a tenant, that is accessed by • DE154179
another user associated with the tenant, an error may occur. • DE153806

Fourth Quarter of 2020

Release Date: December 11, 2020
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 7: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

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In the Legacy Predix APM environment, you can now create and customize visualizations for the F56211
time series data that is collected for a set of asset tags associated with your tenant. To facilitate
this enhancement, a new data source, timeseries_run_custom_business_view, has been added to
Advanced Visualization.

Additionally, a new button, Tag Browser, has been added to the Advanced Visualization
Designer page. The Tag Browser window allows you to browse assets and the associated asset
tags to access the corresponding time series data.

When accessing SmartSignal data in a dashboard, you can now filter the data for a specific US456584
period. To facilitate this enhancement, the following baseline reporting objects have been added
to the gedigital-baseline workspace:

• events_reporting_object
• jobs_reporting_object

Note: In addition to the features provided by SmartSignal baseline and custom business views,
the reporting objects allow you to configure a custom date range in dashboards to view
SmartSignal data for the specified duration.

You can now configure the time series data visualizations to display the Units of Measure (UOM) US445903
based on the System of Measure setting of the My Preferences page. To facilitate this
enhancement, the following fields have been added to the
timeseries_run_custom_business_view data source:

• Time Zone
• User Preferred Data Time

You can now configure the time series data visualizations to display the timestamps based on the US445902
Time Zone setting of the My Preferences page. To facilitate this enhancement, the Tag
Name_Display Name field has been added to the timeseries_run_custom_business_view data
source.

Table 8: Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description Tracking ID

Previously, when you copied or moved a time series data chart to another folder, the selections in DE143629
the Tag Browser were not retained for the new chart. This issue has been resolved.

Table 9: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

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 Description Tracking ID

When creating a chart using timeseries_reporting_object, preview of the chart may take longer DE149972
than expected to appear and a timeout error may occur.

When you run a time series data chart, an error occurs in the following scenarios: DE149941

• You copy or move the folder containing the chart to another folder.
• You rename the folder containing the chart.

When creating a chart using an odata-m-baseline data source, if the data source contains a large DE141482
amount of data, preview of the chart does not load.

Third Quarter of 2020

Release Date: September 25, 2020
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 10: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

Description Tracking ID

You can now visualize the Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) data associated with cases. To facilitate F55482
this enhancement, the following baseline and custom business views have been added to
Advanced Visualization:

• cba_base
• cba_custom_business_view

You can now set a dashboard created in Advanced Visualization as the home dashboard for GE F50778
Digital APM. To facilitate this enhancement, a new button, Assign as Home Dashboard, has
been added to the Advanced Visualization dashboards.

Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

You can now create and customize visualizations for the time series data that is collected for a F50734
set of asset tags associated with your tenant. To facilitate this enhancement, a new data source,
timeseries_run_custom_business_view, has been added to Advanced Visualization.

Additionally, a new button, Tag Browser, has been added to the Advanced Visualization
Designer page. The Tag Browser window allows you to browse assets and the associated asset
tags to access the corresponding time series data.

Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

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You can now use multiple query parameters at a time to filter data of a chart in the following US441000
scenarios:

• The chart is created using a GE Digital APM query as the data source.
• The GE Digital APM query contains multiple parameters.

You can now navigate from a visualization created using a GE Digital APM Baseline Queries data US434713
source to the corresponding module within GE Digital APM. This enhancement allows you to
access the filtered data and take actions on the data in the user interface of the corresponding
module.

Note: This feature is not available in Legacy Predix APM.

Table 11: Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description Tracking ID

Previously, when you created a chart to visualize data for multiple sites, the data for some of the DE138673
sites did not appear in the chart. This issue has been resolved.

Table 12: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

When you copy or move a time series data chart to another folder, the selections in the Tag DE143629
Browser are not retained for the new chart.

Workaround: When you create a time series data chart, save the chart to a folder where you
always want to access the chart.

When you drill down a chart created for the Alerts or Cases module, you cannot access the data DE140227
in the corresponding module in the following scenarios:

• The drill-down is configured for an asset to visualize the associated alerts or cases.
• The name of the asset contains the character, Hash (#).

Second Quarter of 2020

Release Date: June 26, 2020
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 13: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

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To improve performance when visualizing data using non-aggregation queries, the maximum US410707
number of records that you can view has now been restricted to 100,000.

You can now export a dashboard to a PDF or PNG file. US365725

The user interface of the Advanced Visualization module has been enhanced with a new look and F51570
feel. Additionally, when visualizing data using Advanced Visualization, the performance has been
improved. The following list provides some of the key capabilities offered by the enhanced user
interface:

• Enhanced Home Page: Provides improved accessibility and navigability of the tools,
functions, properties, and features within Advanced Visualization. The new interactive
landing page automatically displays your favorites and last viewed items, based on your
activity.
• Enhanced Usability: Enables you to access the Advanced Visualization Designer from the
home page. You also have a centralized view of your private content repository and the
content shared by other users, improved searchability, and so on.
• Enhanced Designer: Provides an integrated canvas that enables you to join data, visualize
the data, and arrange your new content into an interactive page in a user session. Using the
new features added to the designer, you can create a variety of standard or custom chart
types and report layouts. You can customize each item by adding temporary fields,
customizable subtotals, or contextualized links to other content items and web pages.
• Enhanced Filter: Provides enhanced filtering capabilities to filter content based on the
values of the associated fields. You can also specify filter criteria based on the visual
elements selected in the designer, and then transform your chart or report instantly into a
page, where you can customize the existing content or add additional content.
• Enhanced Data Management: Provides improved accessibility to your data from a single,
streamlined environment, which enables you to upload and modify data, connect to various
data sources, configure adapters, and add or modify connections.

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You can now create and customize analytic charts and visualize analytic data using the Analytics F50901
and SmartSignal data sources. To facilitate this enhancement, the following baseline and custom
business views have been added to Advanced Visualization:

• For application analytics:

◦ caf_deployments
◦ caf_deployments_custom_business_view
• For SmartSignal analytics:

◦ assets_base
◦ assets_custom_business_view
◦ assets_models_clustered_business_view
◦ models_base
◦ models_custom_business_view
• For SmartSignal jobs, events, and statistics:

◦ jobs_base
◦ jobs_custom_business_view
◦ event_base
◦ events_custom_business_view
◦ statistics_base
◦ statistics_custom_business_view

You can now navigate from a chart or dashboard created in Advanced Visualization to the F48016
corresponding feature or module within GE Digital APM. This enhancement allows you to access
the filtered data and take actions on the data in the user interface of the corresponding module.

Note: Currently, this feature is available for the following modules:

• Alerts
• Cases

Table 14: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

When using the following business views, you can visualize data for only one asset at a time: N/A

• assets_models_clustered_business_view
• models_custom_business_view

Release Date: May 8, 2020

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 15: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

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 Description Tracking ID

The OData families now support the grouping and aggregation functionalities on the associated F49093
entities. This enhancement allows you to group and aggregate the records for an OData family
and create advanced visualizations using the aggregated data. Additionally, you can filter an
aggregation based on the filter parameters specified in the aggregate query.

Table 16: Resolved Issues

The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description Tracking ID

Previously, you could not visualize data based on a site because the corresponding MI_SITE_KEY DE127160
field associated with the OData-M families was not exposed by the OData services. This issue has
been resolved. Now, the MI_SITE_KEY fields have been added to the OData services that allow
you to visualize data based on the sites.

Table 17: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

The OData aggregation extensions associated with the OData-M families do not support the DE129102
groupby function for the records defined with one-to-many relationships.

First Quarter of 2020

Release Date: March 27, 2020
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on this date.

Table 18: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

Description Tracking ID

When querying data to create visualizations using the Alerts and Cases data sources, US401029
performance has been improved. To facilitate this enhancement, two folders, Dimension
and Facts, and their associated synonyms have been added to the Alerts and Cases business
views.

A new field, AnalyticName, has been added to the Alerts Base and Alerts Custom business views. US397115
This field determines the number of alerts generated by an analytic.

The GE Digital APM baseline queries and baseline entities have now been added to Advanced US392953
Visualization using which you can create visualizations.

All the user interface elements in Advanced Visualization except the data retrieved from the US390685
database are now translated based on the language selected in the My Preferences page.

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 Table 19: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

The GE Digital APM queries do not support multi-value parameters in Advanced Visualization. DE130622

The MI_SITE_KEY field associated with the Odata-M families is not exposed by the Odata DE127160
services.

The Odata aggregation extensions associated with the Odata-M families do not support the N/A
groupby clause.

Table 20: Obsolete Features

The following features are no longer available.

Description Tracking ID

The default business views for the following modules are no longer available in Advanced N/A
Visualization.

• Alerts
• Assets
• Cases

Fourth Quarter of 2019

Advanced Visualization
This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module on the specified dates.

Release Date: December 13, 2019

Table 21: Enhancements and New Features

The following enhancements and new features have been added.

Description Tracking ID

You can now save the visualizations that you have created using Advanced Visualization and F46516
share it with others in the tenant. This will allow you to save both stand alone visualizations as
well as dashboards created using these visualizations

You can now create visualizations using Advanced visualizations on Alerts , Cases , Asset and F46502
General Recommendations data as long as you have access to these features.

You can view Alerts , Cases , Asset and General Recommendations data models using Advanced F45629
Visualization. The data sources are automatically created for you.

You can now launch Advanced Visualization in APM and create visualizations using the new F44729
capabilities that have been added to the product

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 Table 22: Known Issues and Limitations

The following known issues and limitations exist.

Description Tracking ID

Filters in the dashboards created using Advanced Visualization do not work when you use DE124632
CNT.DST to aggregate the count for alerts, cases, and so on. This is much faster in terms of
rendering data. The workaround is to use CNT to aggregate the data; however if the number of
records is greater than 1M, then timeouts may occur.

You can access a maximum of 1000 assets using a data source for assets. N/A

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