These are the product updates in release 217 of the Tulip platform.
Release 217 will be available for some customers on 11/2/2021 and will be live to all production customers the following week.
New Functions in the Expression Editor
Two new functions have been added to triggers and the expression editor to allow users to store images in tables or as variables, and convert time intervals:
- STRING_TO_IMAGE_URL
- INTERVAL_TO_SECONDS()
Improvements and Bug Fixes:
- Users must now set a machine type when creating a machine
- When creating a new machine data source, the OPC UA option will no longer show twice
- Added “Clear on Completion” and “Save for Analysis” toggle options to the variable text widget
- Repeated incorrect login attempts will result in a time out before being able to log in again
- The look and formatting of pop up modals across the platform have been updated to be similar
- The look and formatting of empty pages across the platform have been updated to be similar
- Scrolling behaves as expected in the “New Analysis” pop up modal
- Signature Form Steps do not appear blank when created
- Analysis widgets will not flicker when an analysis recomputes
- Completions will not show a station name when running on an unassigned display device
- Static lists of strings can be used in the “Is In” filter in Tables and Tables widgets
- The text cursor is shown when hovering over text fields in the Expression Editor
- CSV exports of shared Table Analysis export properly
- The “equal to or greater than”, “equal to or less than” symbols in triggers are formatted the same
- Users can create bar charts for Tulip Tables with the count of rows with distinct values, without needing a numeric column