Release 6.18.2¶

Enhancements¶

Retain Parts for Shift¶

Reusable global and shared parts can now be marked to be retained with a resource for the entire duration of a shift, using the new retain_for_shift flag on the Part entity. When enabled, the resource will hold the part for the entire duration of the shift, without returning the part to the stock between activities.

This functionality is useful for setting limits on which resources can carry out particular kinds of work throughout the day, or effectively committing one resource or crew to working on certain jobs for the whole day. For example, if resources represent machines in a factory, with a limit on how many machines can be used each day, a global or shared part could represent this limit. Prior to the new functionality, parts could only model a limit at an individual point in time, allowing machines to alternate which are in use throughout the day.

See the Scheduling Concepts - Parts guide for full details.

Corrections¶

Version	App	Case	Note
6.18.2.25	DSE	PSO-9041	Fixed an issue with plan stability when using ordered activities with parallel resources
6.18.2.24	DSE	TEPSO-4210	Scheduling improvements when most resources are infinite parallel resources
6.18.2.23	DSE	PSO-9186	Improved scheduling performance when updating part stock rows for global and shared parts
6.18.2.22	DSE	CS0534261 TEPSO-4201	Ensured that activities with active appointment requests are not excluded from the dynamic dataset when running process type DISTRIBUTED
6.18.2.22	ABE	CS0536588 TEPSO-4195	Fixed issue with handling a long travel home that extends into future shifts when processing appointments
6.18.2.22	ALL	PSO-9096	Updated .NET version to 10.0.10
6.18.2.22	INST	TEPSO-4199	Fixed issue with updating database server VNet rules on Azure installations
6.18.2.21	DSE	CS0538782 TEPSO-4203	Fixed issue with applying travel barriers when evaluating maximum travel to a bucket resource
6.18.2.20	DSP	CS0530476 TEPSO-4179	Fixed issue with calculating the commit sort value in a suggested dispatch for an activity allocated between two committed activities
6.18.2.19	DSE	PSO-9227	Fixed issues with setting parallel tracks for multi day fixed activities, and with setting parallel route utilisation
6.18.2.18	PSW	CS0475792 TEPSO-4029	Fixed issue where adding an availability with a 'Within Region Multiplier' of 0 caused the entire region to be removed from the Gantt when ARP data was refreshed.
6.18.2.18	PSW	CS0489721 TEPSO-4138	Fixed default activity duration not being applied when the duration column is blank in WISE CSV demand import.
6.18.2.18	PSW	CS0508298 TEPSO-4099	Resource details shifts and regions tabs now sort start/end dates chronologically instead of as text.
6.18.2.17	DSE	CS0533033 TEPSO-4183	Fixed issue where partially completed activities could disappear from the activities list.
6.18.2.17	DSE	CS0537534 TEPSO-4200	Fixed issue with cleaning up invalid routes for activities with a split model maximum delay
6.18.2.15	DSE	CS0535901 TEPSO-4191	Fixed an issue with updating activities when skill or region availabilities are updated or deleted
6.18.2.13	DSP	CS0533013 TEPSO-4186	Fixed an issue with activity type commit rule overrides and activities at travelling or higher statuses
6.18.2.13	DSP	CS0533134 TEPSO-4185	Fixed inconsistency in default snap time when there is no shift type
6.18.2.13	SIM	CS0534698 TEPSO-4189	Converting from ARP shift categories now uses default values on shift types
6.18.2.13	PSW	PSO-9226	Changed the icon for the activity page
6.18.2.11	DSE	CS0522736 TEPSO-4164	Fixed an issue when an activity is fixed to a date time and resource and has an SLA, but no exception was raised when the fixed time was outside the SLA.
6.18.2.10	PSW	CS0509565 TEPSO-4101	Fixed an issue with enabling the 'Create' button in the 'Specify membership period' panel in the Resource Planner when the 'Forever' option is selected.
6.18.2.9	PSW	CS0508850 TEPSO-4100	Added a check to prevent users applying changes until they have updated colliding changes in the Resource Planner.
6.18.2.9	PSW	CS0521155 TEPSO-4162	Fixed issue where resources that have no region availability in the scheduling window are still displayed in the region view
6.18.2.9	PSW	CS0490105 TEPSO-4061	Fixed 'Fix to a resource' toggle to show as ON for committed status activities
6.18.2.9	PSW	CS0514727 TEPSO-4134	Fixed legacy raw-millisecond rule window start/end values failing to load in the Schedule Dispatch Service
6.18.2.8	DB	PSO-9185	Fixed issue with handling disallowed applications for datasets
6.18.2.5	DSE	PSO-9137	Fixed issue where connection to the Travel Analyser Service would be aborted unnecessarily
6.18.2.3	PSW	CS0521266 TEPSO-4160	Disallowed 'Commit to Resource' in the Schedule Assistance page and quick commit functionality when the committed status is not available in SelectableActivityStatuses
6.18.2.3	PSW	PSO-5703	Fixed 'Cannot read properties of undefined (reading id)' error in resource detail panel
6.18.2.2	DSE	PSO-2908	For dates in schedule exception data, the activation_datetime is now used by default instead of the value, to ensure timezone compatibility. The parameter ScheduleExceptionUseActivationDateTimeForDates can be used to revert to the legacy handling if required by integrations.
6.18.2.2	DSE	PSO-8456	Fixed externally violated constraint exception being raised in addition to fixed activity interrupts commits exception
6.18.2.1	DSE	PSO-7312	Added new parameter AgeingFactorGranularity (default 1 hour), which is used when applying activity ageing factor to limit incremental plan value updates. Use 0 seconds to disable.