BECS data and visual filtering, Auto-Populate search values, Fixed Views and PDF Export for Advanced Query, Linked Document Download, Multi-Level Start Screen, iTwin-enabled ShowRoom, iTwin.js 3.x .
Here are the highlights of all the things we have released since our previous Update.
The OpenCities team is currently working on a POC for Sydney Airport, linking their Maximo asset data to graphical representations in OpenCities. BECS is used as a gateway to access their asset data, work orders, and all related documents hosted in Maximo. The data can be displayed when the user clicks on a graphical object in OpenCities and thematic coloring based on filtering can also be performed. For instance, show assets in green/yellow/red depending on their status in Maximo.
This BECS and OpenCities integration is another step in surfacing all relevant data in a single point of access in OpenCities, and it can be enabled for users upon request.
The Advanced Query Tool now automatically populates the possible values within the properties values list. The filtering of possible values is executed as the user chooses values for the properties. It is based on previous selections and the list will keep refining based on these selections.
This offers a better user experience, as the user does not need to know exactly what they need to search for.
This Advanced Query Tool is in a pilot phase and can be available to users on request.
A set of pre-defined Fixed Views can be set and curated by the Admin. This provides a much more simplified Advanced Search form for the end user, who does not need to list or select the search parameters themselves every time, but can used the Fixed Views instead.
PDF and Excel reports from the search results of the Query, can now be exported. A screenshot of the Query is also automatically added in the PDF so the user can easily share and communicate the results to external users.
Advanced Query and Object selection searches are also available in the Advanced Query tool which now enables ProjectWise documents related to the Query executed in OpenCities to be brought up.
This way, OpenCities becomes a single access point for both the graphical representation and the documentation in ProjectWise with the available downloading option for the documents, providing any stakeholder quick access to all documents related.
A start screen can now be linked to other start screens, in an infinite number of levels. This new multi-level start screen structure offers users full flexibility and freedom to organize their projects’ content and information as they choose. This new feature comes with ‘Back’ and ‘Home’ buttons for easy navigation through levels or getting straight to the top of the tree.
The latest ShowRoom version is now available. ShowRoom can now fully support iModels while remaining on the same functionality level as the online project view.
The data loading time has been significantly improved and datasets being loaded from disks are supported. The new ShowRoom provides a more reliable experience in events, such as exhibitions, and features a friendly UI.
OpenCities has now been successfully upgraded from iTwin.js 2.x into 3.x. The most important feature in this update is improved iModel loading performance. This update keeps OpenCities compatible with the rest of the iTwin ecosystem as well as supporting new features, performance improvements and bugfixes.