What’s New¶
NEXUS 6.9 comes with the following new or enhanced features:
NEXUS IC¶
Grid controls have been replaced to improve grid functionality.
Three-state checkboxes have been removed and replaced with drop-down fields.
The Asset column in all the asset grids now shows the full location of the asset instead of only the asset name.
Navigation between Asset Information Groups (AIGs) has been enabled on the Asset Information tab.
You can now offset the playback of individual video channels with a selected number of seconds when playing multiple videos on the Video pane from the INSPECTION screen.
The Search functionality has been improved.
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Grid controls have been replaced, which offers the following improvement in grid functionality:
Faster processing of large data sets
Better fitting of data to the columns, less need to manually resize columns
The possibility to quickly hide and reorder columns
Non-editable rows are now shown in italics
Text wrapping within a cell enabled for large text fields
Status bar showing information about the number of items selected or filtered, for example:
For detailed information about the grid functionality, see Using the Grid.
Three-state checkboxes have been replaced with fields that allow you to select from three values (Yes, No, and empty value) from a drop-down list:
For improved filtering and sorting capability, the Asset column in all the asset grids now shows the full location of the asset instead of only the asset name:
You can now navigate back and forward between AIGs using the new
buttons, which are available from the toolbar of the Asset Information tab.
In the toolbar of the Video pane on the INSPECTION screen, a new Offset button is available with a drop-down menu, which allows you to select the required number of seconds with which you want to offset the playback of a given video channel:
When using the Search functionality, you can edit or navigate to items in the search results using the new Edit and Navigate To.. toolbar buttons as well as the new Edit and Navigate To.. options in the context menu that opens when you right-click the selected item:
You can now cancel the search process using the new Cancel button in the search line of the Search Results dialog:
On the ASSETS, PLANNING and INSPECTION screens, the standard Find As You Type grid functionality for the asset tree has been replaced by an asset search function. For more information, see Searching.
The dialog for Asset Selection has been improved.
When selecting assets (for example, while performing custom export for assets and events, asset selection in the report template wizard, or anomaly asset filtering), the status bar in the dialog for Asset Selection now shows the total number of assets selected in all asset views (including the asset view currently displayed and other asset views that are not visible):
When creating a database backup, the name of the backup file no longer includes the MD5 checksum (32 hexadecimal characters). Instead, the checksum is now embedded in the file using an SQL Server feature. For more information, see Create a Backup.
You can now assign a function to validate the value of individual AIG fields. A visual indicator is shown on the form when the entered data is invalid:
For more information, see Add/Edit Field Definition Dialog.
On the Drawings tab of the ASSETS screen, the following new functions are available:
You can view EXIF data for 2D drawings using the new Information toolbar button.
Thumbnails for image files associated with the selected asset are now stored in the database after the initial load, resulting in significantly faster thumbnail loading the next time you open the tab. Additionally, you can use the new Thumbnails toolbar button to toggle the display of thumbnails on or off.
For more information, see Drawings Toolbar.
In your report category configuration settings, you can now enable or disable report categories from being displayed when generating reports using the Reports toolbar button. For more information, see Configure Report Categories.
In the Edit Workpack dialog (see Add/Edit Workpack Dialog), you can now view, add or edit asset history records associated with the workpack on the new Asset History tab. For more information, see Edit Workpacks.
The character limitation for entering review comments for events and findings (see Review Events and Review Findings) has been removed. You can now enter over 100 characters (we recommend that you do not exceed 8000 characters though).
Due to performance reasons, the Comments column is no longer available on the Event Listing (see Event Listing) and Finding Listing (see Findings Listing) tabs.
A new configuration option is available for AIG and event forms, which allows fields to be hidden by default in the grid but then be made visible by the user under the toolbar option. This can be configured using the new Yes, with Customisation option under the Visible field of the Field Layout tab of the Edit Field Definition dialog (see Add/Edit Field Definition Dialog).
On the INSPECTION screen, the History button is now available on the Finding pane (visible when the Finding Listing tab is active).
In the Configuration - Templates dialog (accessible via ), the following two new columns are available:
Last Generated - Displays the date and time when the report was last run.
Average Duration - Displays the average time taken to generate the report.
On the Dashboard tab of the ASSETS screen, you can now select from multiple asset dashboards using the drop-down list under the Dashboard toolbar button in case the relevant report templates have been marked as asset dashboards.
The way you mark a report template as an asset dashboard has changed. In the Configuration - Templates dialog (accessible via ), the Asset Dashboard toolbar button has been removed and you can no longer use the right-click menu either. Instead, to mark the report template as an asset dashboard, you must edit the template from the Configuration - Templates dialog and tick the Asset Dashboard checkbox in the Edit Report Template dialog.
A new configuration option allows you to define internal statuses for findings. These statuses can be assigned to findings, which can be useful in your review and approval workflows. To enable this feature, the new menu option is available, where you can define your own status list. When creating or editing findings in the Add Finding/Edit Finding dialog (see Add/Edit Finding Dialog), you can assign these statuses using the new Status field.
Certain screens and tabs on the user interface are now hidden if the user lacks the necessary permissions for the underlying tables. For more information, see Permission Requirements for User Interface Elements.
IC-Inspector¶
IC-Inspector for Android is now available. It is available for free from the Google Play Store.
IC-Inspector is now compatible with iPadOS 16 or later.
Enhancements have been made for managing ad hoc tasks and ad hoc events.
Improvements have been made to display task counts and tasks under grouping headers.
The new
icon is available in the top left corner of each screen, which allows you to toggle between showing or hiding the sidebar.
New options are available under Settings.
Global Table Link field types are now supported in IC-Inspector.
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You no longer need to assign ad hoc tasks to each inspector. Any unassigned ad hoc tasks in a workpack will be synchronised to all inspectors that have at least one assigned task in that workpack.
The new AD HOC EVENTS grouping is available on the Tasks screen when you’re grouping by tasks. Any ad hoc event items that you create from ad hoc tasks are now inserted under this grouping.
You can now delete ad hoc events using the new Delete button on the top of the Event Details screen.
The total number of all assigned tasks are now displayed next to the Tasks element of the sidebar, and the task count is also shown for each grouping header visible on the Task, Workpack, and Asset screens.
You can expand or collapse the list of tasks under the grouping header they belong to.
For each group, a new drop-down icon is visible for the headers on the Tasks and Summary screens, which you can use to expand or collapse the list of tasks under that.
The following new options are available under Settings:
You can set up a colour for distinguishing ad hoc tasks and events. Under Settings, the new Adhoc tasks colour and Adhoc events colour options are available, which allow you to select a colour to be applied for the relevant rows of the ad hoc tasks and events in the task list view. By default, no colour is applied.
The new Save Captured Photos to Photo Library option is available, which enables automatically saving photos to your iPad’s photo library when taking new photos. This ensures that photos are not lost when tasks are removed from the iPad.
The new Sections collapsed by default option is available, which allows you to determine whether you want the tasks to appear collapsed on the screens by default.
You can now add multiple photos from your tablet’s photo library. You can then scroll through the images using the scrollbar.
IC-Web¶
You can now multi-select, multi-edit or multi-delete items in all the grids.
New features are available on the INSPECTIONS screen.
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The following new features are available on the INSPECTIONS screen:
You can drag and drop single or multiple files to the Multimedia tab.
In the EVENTS pane, the Event Reviewed option is now available under the Events button, which allows you to mark an event as reviewed, reviewed with comments, or not reviewed.
The map functionality is now available under the new Map tab:
External Calculators¶
NEXUS can now interface the following three web modules: *
Upgrade Warnings¶
By default, all three-state checkboxes have changed as described above. If you want to retain a three-state checkbox, you must change the default control for that specific field.
v1.0 REST calls are no longer supported. If you have used v1.0 REST calls in building connections to external systems, you will need to update those connectors to use the v2.0 REST commands. Note that changing passwords in IC-Web will no longer be possible.
SQL Server Support¶
Version 6.9 officially supports Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and newer.
Version Upgrade Information¶
To simplify our code, version 6.9 only includes the ability to upgrade from version 6.7 or 6.8. If you are running an older version (v6.6 or earlier), backup your database, upgrade to 6.8, then upgrade to 6.9.
If you’re upgrading from 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2, see this note about SQL Server permissions.