Kaizen Release Notes: V2.1.2

Release date: 2015-04-08

Overview of Kaizen V2.1.2

This release improves the Kaizen operation and fixes issues that were identified.

Improvements in Kaizen V2.1.2

Charts

  • A new Multi-use chart is available from the Community Library. This flexible chart template can be used to create charts flexible charts that can include up to 10 meters
  • A new Bin 6 Analysis chart is available for temperatures in Fahrenheit
  • New Building Operator Charts
    • Equipment in Hand – lists all equipment that has been manually overridden at the BAS.
    • Schedules Changed – lists all schedules that have been modified as compared to a ‘previous version’ of the same schedule.
    • Setpoints in Manual – lists all set points that have been manually overridden at the BAS.
    • Detail Insight Report – lists all insights that have been triggered by the specified rule template.
  • A larger preview image will now be displayed for Community Library charts.
  • A new hyperlink will be added when configuring a working chart. It will link to the specified TL and open the Trend Log Viewer for that Trend Log.

Client

  • Kaizen Version 1.6 is no longer available. The link to it from the Kaizen login page has been removed.

Energy

  • CSV export of meter data is now available from the meters list. The meter data can be specified by date range and aggregation interval and exported to a CSV file.

Estimator

  • New reasons for archiving a submitted quote have been added: ‘Lost’ (a competitor won the bid), ‘Dead’ (the project went nowhere), ‘On-Hold’.
  • All references to FDD in orders have been updated to Integrity. These fixes apply to orders in the Kaizen Client as well as generated PDFs.
  • Archived quotes are can now be opened and viewed.
  • PDF files can now be created from quotes that are in any state (submitted, draft, etc.)
  • Draft quotes can now be cloned.

Insights

  • Golden Standard configuration has been modified to analyze 125 properties as default.
  • Golden Standard Configurations can be copied from one building to another. This is only available for Admin users.
  • Manage Working Rule gear icon has been modified from “Manage Insight” to “Manage Working Rule”.

Reports

  • All client logos that a user is able to see (or view) can now be used within reports.

Bug Fixes

API

  • In some API calls, timestamps are being changed for time-value pairs, and adding those pairs to API results. In these cases, the timestamps are now being checked to ensure there is no duplicate data being returned.
  • System API calls are now able to return data in an interval that is smaller than one day.

Charts

  • Exporting the content from an Insights Digest chart will now create a correct CSV file.

Client

  • Cancel action now works properly when a new Kaizen key is generated and the change does not need to be saved.
  • Pop-up status balloons will now be the top-most element on the page so no content behind will show through.
  • Updated confirmation messages for clarity and understanding.

Energy

  • Graphical content for meter breakdown view will now show properly in the Internet Explorer browser.

Estimator

  • The target margin format has been clarified and will be shown as a percentage
  • Saved quote and quote approved times will now be properly converted from UTC versions.
  • After a user has created order, the user will now be correctly taken to the orders list page.
  • The delay has been removed from when a quote is archived and when it can appear on the archived list page.
  • Special Pricing Requests are able to be sorted by the date the request was made.

Insights

  • The filter buttons on the Manage Working rules pages can be selected and unselected properly.
  • Promote icon on the Golden Standard difference page is now responsive.

Logic Builder

  • The preview for the Delta Logic Block will now display the correct results if no data is available in the selected time range.
  • Environment Canada Logic Block is delivering data correctly.

Vault

  • TL Import
    • Leading and trailing whitespace characters will now be trimmed from all text input when creating an Imported Trend Log.
    • Improved handling of invalid input data.
    • When removing data from an Imported Trend Log, data from other select trend logs will no longer also be removed.
  • TL Viewer CSV import will export data for the full data range specified including the last day in a date range
  • TL Viewer graph will show the correct time scale for Binary Trend Logs. It was previously being shifted by 8 hours.
  • Viewing an MT that has no data in the specified date range will now properly drawn an empty graph.
  • Content in the Device Backups pages will now be presented on the page faster than previously.
  • Some specific types of Binary Trend Log data were not being handled properly by the Kaizen System. This has been corrected.