WATS Server release 2025.2

These fixes and features are available for upgrade.

For more details, see the Release Note

Major

• Major overhaul of the WATS GUI, with support for folders in menus, maximizing parts of the screen and more.
• Unit flow is now available as public beta.
• Exclude and pinning options in the WATS filter.
• Users: Support for creating time limited users.
• Multiple improvements to the search menu, like searching for dashboards and views.
• Multiple improvements to Process heatmap

Breaking change

• Due to security reasons, using username and password to authenticate with the WATS rest API is no longer supported. Use Tokens instead.

Minor

• [23948] Update translations files
• [22006] Public Production/AddChildUnit endpoint
• [22007] Public Production/CheckChildUnit endpoint
• [22008] Public Production/RemoveChildUnit endpoint
• [22817] Sub units type in UUT certificate
• [23008] MES Sync - Sync new Tag DefinedValues and ValueConfig properties
• [23424] Public Production/SerialNumbers(TAKE) endpoint
• [24222] WSJF - Disallow illegal characters on submit instead of sending to quarantine
• [9864] Add support for SSO login from WATS Mobile App
• [21411] Asset Manager - Display status when the grid is collapsed
• [22813] Connection and execution time - Add sort options to Dimension statistics chart
• [24677] Dynamic yield - Add warning / alarm series to chart
• [24747] RCA - Collapsible ticket properties
• [21295] UUT report - Move report text from header to body of step
• [23763] Add measurement icons to UUT report
• [25206] Change fonts for improved readability
• [24121] Dashboard - Add run filter to test status widget
• New WATS Client version: 6.1.134
• Improved GUI loading times.
• TSA: scatter plot support in Workbench.
• Analytics: My filters moved to dropdown in the filter.
• New design for login page.
• New design for start page.
• Grid export to PDF.
• Better grouping on date column.
• Analytics: Filtering enabled for most grids.
• Processes: Process without any operation will be disabled by default.
• Control panel: A few new confirmation dialogs has been added to reduce chance of unintended changes.
• Account page: Information about setup date and binary storage plan added.
• KPI targets: KPI targets for rolled throughput yield can now be added.
• Dashboard: Improved formatting options for Textbox widget.
• Dashboard: Textbox widget refreshes its text from the server on data refresh.
• Added Product name column/series to several grid/charts where part number was present, but product name was missing.
• Tag manager: improved editing.
• Product manager: Added grid toolbar for export etc.
• My settings: added information if a user is time limited or restricted.
• My settings: new System default option for theme.
• Support for exporting image from the chart toolbar

Fixed

• [23663] Disabling Enforce Two Factor Authentication disabled 2FA for users that have configured it
• [23912] Production Manager - Slashes in SW distribution packages messes with the folder structure
• [23934] Step details - data view - grouped status columns missing formatting
• [24041] Error code and message is not show in UUT header
• [24042] Step details - Individuals chart - Insufficient precision when displaying time
• [24048] Export Wizard - Failed export job creates empty download zip
• [24051] Step details - Unable to open Step details from UUT report when step has more than 10 step measurements
• [24058] Operator Interface - Scanner input locking permission is off for default roles
• [24061] CP - Asset Manager - Asset info on update removes the asset image
• [24078] Step details - Legend missing for duplicated step names
• [24096] CP - Processes - Unable to set image attachment to required on repair code in repair category grid
• [24101] OI - Repair - Saving status sometimes gets stuck
• [21523] Dynamic repair - Repair report count is not including reports repaired on sub units only
• [22389] Dynamic repair - Run filter is filtering on test report's run in process and not the UUR's run
• [24049] SCIM - NullReference Exception in /PATCH Users
• [24095] Step details - Loaders are visible even if no data is being loaded
• [24107] Test step analysis - Steps being part of a looped sequence call may not show up
• [24113] Matrix view - The "Open report" column is too narrow.
• [24124] Dashboard - OEE analysis widget filter is not working if seconds, minutes and hour filters are all set
• [24126] Unit flow - Filter fields retain old values when cleared
• [24157] Analytics - Step and measurement labels don't match in the reporting menu and the action menu
• [24166] TSA / Step details - Step measurement selection capped to 10 step measurements
• [24169] TSA - selecting multi numeric "parent" step in chart does not select child step measurements
• [24172] Production manager - unable to create software packages
• [24311] Operator interface - repair - unable to replace subunit when BOM binding is required
• [24405] System Manager - Error code 500 returned when a virtual level associated with user restrictions is deleted
• [24455] Operator interface - Serial number history - Duplicated rows in grid when submitting repair report
• [24458] Process heatmap / Tsa - Unable to load top repairs / step list
• [24471] Backend - Serial number lookups may take long time to complete
• [24414] Export Wizard - Can not render charts that have NaN values
• [24474] Step details - step chart - Graphics and visuals for elements with same names are merged
• [24543] Step details - Step chart - Y-axes take up to much space
• [24579] System Manager - Synced client from regional server that is 'Started fresh' on master is no longer synced
• [24627] Backend - Unable to register new Clients with username and password
• [24628] Backend - WATS Clients and tokens cannot communicate with accounts having enforced two factor authentication turned on
• [24819] - Dashboard: Text box widget does not update text at refresh.
• [24820] - Heatmap: Column header buttons disabled.
• [24847] - Users: Error occasionally displayed when changing a user's role.
• [24850] - Unit flow: Module not visible for Managers
• [24976] Analytics filter: Slow performance with large number of product
• [24985] Translations - Incorrect quotation marks were used, caused UUT and UUR reports to be generated incorrectly
• [24988] Login with Microsoft not working
• [24620] Report Center - Report processing workers may stop processing reports after timeout.
• [24629] Control Panel - Bad request when creating a new user on Basic plan
• [24822] RCA - The progress bar does not appear when navigating from Reports
• [25004] Analytics - LpyRty is used to lookup FpyRty target in the Process heatmap
• [25016] Gage R&R analysis - Run chart does not display sub-zero values
• [25017] Gage R&R analysis - Run chart - Points are not distributed by run
• [25019] Export wizard - No effect to changing "Details" configurations
• [25024] Dashboard - Yield displayed as decimal number in summary row
• [25026] Dashboard - Column sorting displays as blank field in widget toolbox and removes data from the column in the grid
• [25031] Gage R&R analysis - "Appraiser type" value in filter is cleared upon first alteration
• [25040] Product manager - Unable to update product category
• [25043] Dashboard - yield overview - Visible yield types setting has no effect
• [25052] Operator interface - Unable to submit repair report for some category/codes
• [25059] Dashboard - Summary column disappears on some screen sizes for dashboard grids and are missing horizontal scroll bars
• [25060] Operator interface - unable to edit rows when image attachement is anything other than optional
• [25068] Alarms and notifications - Email contains a broken link to serial number history
• [25070] Dashboard filter - filter not properly updated when string fields are cleared
• [25025] Unit Synchronization - New units are not synchronized to slave
• [25049] Analytics - Unable to exclude a single serial number or batch number
• [25076] My settings: Analytics filter - The save button fails to appear when the value of a field is removed
• [25079] Dashboard - Grids incorrectly showing 0 values in summary row
• [25080] WATS filter - User not informed when attempting to apply filters with missing required values
• [25082] Asset Manager - Incorrect icon behavior and status handling
• [25085] Operator interface - Adding repair detail code with image attachment never then changing it to required failes
• [25093] Dashboard - Rolled throughput yield chart - Date labels display "Invalid date" when period grouping is set to week or quarter
• [25101] Dynamic action menu - Navigates to an incorrect path
• [25105] Export Wizard - Numeric format selection may cause browser crash on initialization
• [25108] System Manager - Search not functioning in List View
• [25111] System Manager - Mismatch in Visible Items settings between Default view and List view
• [25114] Asset Manager - Search field not retained across view switches despite grid showing filtered results
• [25121] Dashboard - Grid widgets redirect to incorrect path
• [25124] SCIM - Levels parameter causes a 404 not found
• [25137] Step details - Individuals chart - graphical elements freezes on canvas when zooming
• [25143] Operator interface - Missing translations for Operator text and messages
• [25213] Dashboard – Filter parameter causes browser freeze
• [25225] Step details - Step chart - All runs are included if "Last run" is selected
• [25265] Asset Manager - Asset info image not fully visible
• [25268] Dashboard widget filter - Selected levels not visible
• [25274] Grid PDF export - Missing formatting
• [25276] RCA – Self assigned ticket shows “2 Selected” in assignee field
• [25279] Users – "Select All" checkbox in restrict level dropdown does not reflect correct state
• [25216] Production manager: Relations grid somethimes does not show scrollbar when not enough space
• [25273] Rest API - PUT api/Production/Units allows invalid tag data
• [25275] Alarms and Notifications – Min/Max measurement conditions don’t support negative values properly
• [25284] Dashboard: Limiting min/max connection/execution time in OEE grid does not work when using second precision.
• [25288] Analytics - Cost analysis may calculate different connection and execution time within a period depending on time filter
• [25306] Step details - Overview - Individuals chart - Hidden series groups becomes visible when series types are toggled in legend
• [25312] Process Heatmap – Layout overflow causing unnecessary scrollbars
• [25368] Export wizard - Sequence grid - Drill down navigation not working
• [25373] Analytics - WATS filter - Save user filter button is not highlighted when changes are made to a user filter
• [25412] Dashboard - Station map widget fails to load when filtering on level and sublevel
• [25414] Unit flow - Quick date filter not applying
• [25424] Dashboard toolbar - Missing visual Favorite cue
• [25484] Report center - Units tested more than 100 times in a process included in delta and later removed
• [25534] Analytics - Style sheets are not loaded properly in the UUT report
• [24699] Rest API - Report query header is slow when filtering on TSTAMP
• [25090] Operator interface - Draft repair reports are sometimes unable to open
• [25301] UUT Report - Inconsistent Execution time formatting
• [25411] Processes - Process editor - Repair categories grid export failure
• [25423] Dashboard: dynamic yield grid does sometimes not render correct width
• [25482] Rest API - GET api/App/Processes - Remove unnecessary repairCodes property from repair codes object
• [25530] Dynamic yield chart widget - Widget does not render when added to dashboard from report
• [25537] WATS filter - pasted values disappearing from input fields
• [25539] UUR report - Menu not working and header values are wrapping
• [25540] Unit flow - Changing levels or product groups in filter does not trigger reload
• [25547] Control Panel - When adding new user fails the error message is not shown
• [25550] Analytics - Range filters in Test step analysis is not working properly for serial numbers and batch numbers
• [25552] Analytics - OEE Analysis, Connection and execution time - Parameter input fields should have more space
• [25596] Dynamic repair - wrong widget is displayed when added from report