Product Updates - December 01, 2025

Overview of Changes

Factory APP BUILDER

Bug Fixes

• Picker Icon Hallucination
  • Resolved an issue where pickers were hallucinating icons that were not in the list of allowed icons.
  • Icons are now correctly displayed in the picker.

Factory BUILD

New Features & Improvements

• Templates in Workspace Manager

  • View all templates across your workspace
  • See which pipelines are using each template and their current configurations
  • Quickly identify where templates are actively used

• Pipeline Deployment Stability

  • Resolved issues that prevented pipelines from being successfully deployed to production
  • Improved system reliability when transitioning pipelines between draft and deployed states by adding validation checks.

• Homepage KPI Display Control

  • Administrators can now toggle KPI visibility on the homepage
  • Provides flexible control over dashboard content without system updates by adding a feature flag.

• Lock Production Workspace

  • Protect production workspaces from accidental modifications
  • Prevents unintended changes to critical production configurations
  • Ensures stability and reduces risk in live environments

Bug Fixes

• Topic Deletion
  • Fixed an issue where deleting topics would fail to complete
  • Topics can now be reliably removed when no longer needed

Factory ANALYZE

New Features & Improvements

• Stream Type Column in Field Explorer
  • Field Explorer now displays stream type information in a dedicated column
  • Stream type appears between data type and raw field name for easier field identification

Bug Fixes

• Data Tab and Query Consistency
  • Fixed an issue where null values appeared differently when viewing data through queries versus the Data Table
  • Ensures consistent data display across all viewing methods for accurate analysis

Factory OPERATE

New Features & Improvements

• Configurable Machine Baseball Cards

  • Adjust the size of Machine Baseball Cards in Factory OPERATE to fit your preferred view
  • Customize your workspace layout for better visibility and workflow efficiency

• Downtime Reason Code Management

  • Enhanced infrastructure for tracking and categorizing production downtime events
  • Improved reliability when recording manual downtime reasons in Factory OPERATE
  • Streamlined downtime classification workflow for operators

• Links in Recommendation Messages

  • Recommendation messages can now include clickable links to relevant resources
  • Quickly access documentation, procedures, or related information directly from recommendations
  • Streamlines response to system suggestions and alerts

• Search for Configuration Items

  • Quickly find specific machines, data sources, and production lines in Factory OPERATE
  • Search functionality added to configuration pages for faster navigation as your factory network grows

• Data Source Validation

  • Ensures all data sources are properly configured before use in Factory OPERATE
  • Prevents errors from missing or incorrectly configured data connections
  • Provides clear feedback when data source setup needs attention

• Improved Session Management

  • Sessions now reconnect more reliably when network interruptions occur
  • Resolves issues where users were incorrectly notified that their own session was in use
  • Faster detection and recovery when session connections are lost

Bug Fixes

• Time Zone Query Handling

  • Resolved an issue where invalid time zone settings caused data queries to fail
  • Landing and line details pages now display accurate information regardless of time zone configuration

• Timezone Configuration Validation

  • Fixed an issue where entering invalid timezone values would prevent the landing page from loading
  • The system now handles configuration errors gracefully, ensuring uninterrupted access to your operations dashboard

• Downtimes Table Navigation

  • Fixed an issue where navigating away from and back to the Downtimes table section would cause the page to crash
  • Downtimes configuration now remains stable when switching between different sections

• Recommendations Display

  • Recommendations now appear immediately when data is available
  • Resolved timing issue that previously delayed recommendation visibility

• Line Status Indicator Data Sources

  • Line status indicators now support all available data sources, not just machine data
  • Connect status displays to any configured data source for more flexible monitoring