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SQL Server
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » SQL Server
Versions This connector can be used to get data from local or remote Microsoft SQL Server installations with the following versions : Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and later Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 and later Selecting Connection Type In the “Create…
Alpana Server
Alpana Server
Alpana Server is a website application that allows to make use of the content created with Alpana Designer : display and interact with visualizations, export, notify, socialize. Securely share your Dashboards and Widgets to any modern web browser. Dashboards can be…
About Alpana server
Alpana Server » About Alpana server
Alpana Server is a web server that allows to share and manage your Alpana content (Dashboards, Widgets, Data Sources). After creating content in Alpana Designer, you simply push it to Alpana Server. This is called Publishing. Securely share your Dashboards and Widgets…
Server usage logs
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Server usage logs
From the Administration menu of Alpana Server, logs are available, both at the Host level and at the Tenant level. Operation logs The Operation Logs list all operations performed on the application : authenticating, changing settings, etc Operations Logs are located…
Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Designer-level Settings » Login to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer can log in to Alpana Server. This is useful for importing/exporting objects to Alpana Server from the Alpana Designer interface. Logging in To login, click the profile icon on the top right of the Alpana Designer Window and click Log In : The Login…
Login to a Wonderware Historian server
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Connecting to Wonderware Historian » Login to a Wonderware Historian server
Connection Parameters To login to a Wonderware Historian server, fill-in the following fields : If in the current session you have already connected to a Historian server, you can select it in the combobox below to auto-fill the Host Input. !Important : Because…
Publish a Widget to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Export / Import Widgets » Publish a Widget to Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Widget to Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to create Widgets. In the top bar, click Publish : In the “Publish” dialog, fill in details and…
Import a Widget from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Export / Import Widgets » Import a Widget from Alpana Server
*In order to Import a published Widget from Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to access the Widget. From the Dashboard activity Click on the “Import Widget” button in the…
Publishing a Dashboard to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Create and Export / Import Dashboards » Publishing a Dashboard to Alpana Server
“Publishing” means pushing the Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server to make it available to other users. *In order to Publish a Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server tenant, and have…
Importing a Dashboard from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Create and Export / Import Dashboards » Importing a Dashboard from Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Dashboard to a Tenant on Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server tenant, and have the necessary permissions to access the Dashboard. Click the top toolbar Open Dashboard button : In the Import…
Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Export / Import Data Sources » Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server
*In order to Publish a Data Source to Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to create Data Sources. In the top bar, click Publish : In the “Publish” dialog, fill in…
Import a Data Source from Alpana Server
Alpana Designer » Transforming Data » Export / Import Data Sources » Import a Data Source from Alpana Server
*In order to Import a published Data Source from Alpana Server, you need to be logged in from Alpana Designer to that Alpana Server, and have the necessary permissions to access the Data Source. Click on the “Import” button in the Data Sources list : …
Login options
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Login options
The login screen allows several options : Remember Me Check this box if you want to stay logged-in even when the web browser is closed : Forgot Password If you forgot your password, you can click “Forgot password ?” and enter your e-mail address to…
Account details and password
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Account details and password
Your user profile popup allows you to manage your settings : Change Password Click Change password to update your password : Update Profile Click My Settings to update your profile (name, e-mail, user name) : Change profile picture Click Change profile…
Chat
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Chat
Next to your user profile, you can click the Chat button to open the Chat panel : The panel opens on the side with your list of contacts : Click on the cross to close the panel. Managing Contacts Contacts list The contacts list shows : your current…
Linked Accounts
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Linked Accounts
If you have accounts on several Tenants or the Host, you can Link them together. This allows you to switch between accounts and Tenants without having to logout, enter credentials, and login. To manage Linked Accounts, open your user settings and click Manage Linked…
Selecting a Tenant or the Host
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Selecting a Tenant or the Host
The login screen allows to select which Tenant to connect to, or allows to connect to the Host. Selecting a Tenant To login to a Tenant, you must first enter that Tenant’s name on the login screen. Click on “Current Tenant” : Change : In the…
Account Security and Privacy
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Account Security and Privacy
Your user profile popup allows you to manage your Security and Privacy settings : View login attempts For security purposes, you can review login attempts to your account. Click Login attempts under your profile to view the attempts, with the corresponding IP…
Email (SMTP)
Alpana Server » Administration » Host-level Settings » Email (SMTP)
Alpana can send e-mails to users, and requires to configure the e-mail sending for the following usage : user activation recovering forgotten passwords sending exports through Schedules receiving notifications To manage e-mail settings, go to the Host, in…
Runtime Connections
Alpana Server » Runtime Connections
(new in Alpana 2020 R1) Alpana Runtime Connections are tables of data hosted within Alpana Server. Dashboards can connect to this data to display it inside widgets (see Alpana Runtime Connection from the Designer). Dashboards can present data input forms to allow…
Notifications
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » Notifications
Alpana Server includes a notification system to let you be aware of events that are relevant to you. Click the bell icon to open the Notifications pop-up : Viewing notifications New notifications appear with a number on the bell icon, and a message in the…
Installing
Alpana Server » Installation » Installing
Important !Before installing, make sure you meet the Pre-Requisites. *Alpana Server will create folders and SQL databases. Download installer See here to download the installer. Running the Alpana Server installer Login with administrator rights to the machine…
Schedule Management
Alpana Server » Schedule Management
Alpana Server integrates a schedule management that allows to automate tasks. This chapter describes those Schedules and their usage. To access Schedule management, use the Schedules menu :
Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Alpana Server » Installation » Anti-virus and Firewall set up
Ports Reaching Alpana Server Alpana Server is composed of 2 websites that must both be reachable by the web browser on the client machines : the_Back-End Site_ and the Front-End Site The ports number are defined during installation. Allowing Alpana Server to get…
Dashboards
Alpana Server » Dashboards
Dashboards are the core concept of Alpana. They are created using Alpana Designer, and are composed of Widgets that are laid out on a single scrollable page. “Publishing a Dashboard” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on…
Homepages and Pinning Widgets
Alpana Server » Homepages and Pinning Widgets
Homepages are visual bookmarks of Widgets that can come from any Dashboard. The action of selecting a Widget for adding it to a Homepage is called “Pinning the Widget to the Homepage”. Your default Homepage is the first page that is displayed when you…
Administration
Alpana Server » Administration
Administrators can use the web interface from Alpana Server to manage their users and configuration. Note that the Host and each Tenant both contain useful administration activities : on the Host, you can manage the Tenants themselves and all system-wide settings…
Data Sources
Alpana Server » Data Sources
Data Sources are basic bricks of construction for Dashboards.. They are created using Alpana Designer. “Publishing a Data Source” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on the platform. Publishing Data Sources can be useful…
Test connection
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Connecting to Wonderware Historian » Test connection
To test the connection for validity, click Test Connection button. The following message will confirm its validity. If the connection is invalid, an appropriate error message will be displayed instead. Then you will need to fix the Connection parameters…
Alpana Runtime
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » Alpana Runtime
Introduction The Alpana Runtime connection allows to connect to Runtime Connections you created in Alpana Server, see Runtime Connections. This allows you query this data in a Data Source, and then display it in Widgets like any other data. Pre-requisite : login In…
PostgreSQL
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » PostgreSQL
Versions This connector can be used to get data from local or remote PostgreSQL Server installations with the following version : Postgre15 and later Selecting Connection Type In the “Create Connection” dialog, change the Connection “Type” by selecting…
System values
Alpana Designer » Using Dashboard Parameters » Parameter usage » System values
System values Alpana provides application specific values to enhance contextualization. An example usecase may be to customize viewed data according to the connected person on Alpana Server for instance Director A may only display data A available on the dashboard :…
User Settings and Logout
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile » User Settings and Logout
When logged-in, you can see your user name and current tenant like this : tenant\username If you are currently logged-in to the Host instead of a Tenant, there is nothing left of the \ : \username Click on your user name to open the user profile popup and manage your…
Widgets
Alpana Server » Widgets
Widgets are basic bricks of construction for Dashboards.. They are created using Alpana Designer. “Publishing a Widget” means pushing it to Alpana Server to make it available to other users on the platform. Publishing Widgets can be useful for several…
Tenant Management
Alpana Server » Administration » Tenant Management
Note : For a better understanding of Tenants, you can see the Multitenancy chapter. Tenants are managed at the Host level (that’s the main purpose of the Host). By default, only one Tenant exists and is called Default. To manage Tenants, see the below…
Setup
Alpana Mobile » Installation » Setup
Address At first launch you will be prompted to enter Alpana Sever address. The format of your input should exactly match the address set for your server. For instance, if your server has been set to ignore the “www”, you should ignore them in your…
Architecture
Alpana Server » About Alpana server » Architecture
This chapters explains the components of Alpana Server. Alpana Server is a website that deploys on Microsoft IIS and stores data to databases in Microsoft SQL Server. Websites Alpana Server runs two websites on Microsoft IIS : the Back-End Site the Front-End…
Theme and Appearance
Alpana Server » Administration » Theme and Appearance
The visual theme of the Alpana Server web interface can be configured in many ways. You can configure a different look and feel for each Tenant and the Host separately. Theme configuration Go to Administration > Visual Settings : Make the required changes, then…
Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
About Alpana » Upgrading » Upgrading from an older v2 to v3.0
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server version number starting with v2 Dashboards migration Notice of incompatibility Due to internal changes for supporting new features, two component from…
User Impersonation
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions » User Impersonation
Administrators can impersonate other Users. This is useful for support. Impersonating a User To impersonate another User from the same Tenant (or Host), go to the Administration > Users page : Find the desired User, and click Actions > Login as this user : This…
User Lockout
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions » User Lockout
A User goes on Lockout when they have tried to connect with an incorrect password too many times in a row. This is a security measure that can be configured globally and disabled individually for users. Configuring Lockout Lockout is configured at the Tenant…
Creating / Editing Stories
Alpana Server » Stories » Creating / Editing Stories
In order to show Stories, you will have to create or modify them. Creating New Story using the Add new story button will open the creation popup. The popup contains : Name : The name that will be displayed in the Stories list. Theme : What theme will be…
Backup
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Backup
Introduction Two elements of Alpana Server must be backed up : the Alpana Server database, named AlpanaDb by default the dashboards folder located in the installation folder, by default C:\inetpub\alpana3\, inside \app\App_Data\Published\ Backup *To perform a…
Components and Architecture of Alpana
About Alpana » Components and Architecture of Alpana
Installable components Alpana Platform is composed of : Alpana Designer : the development tool for creating Data Sources, Widgets, Dashboards Alpana Server : the website deployed for sharing content Alpana Mobile : the mobile app used for viewing on mobile…
Getting Started
About Alpana » Getting Started
Getting started with Alpana is easy, and the summary below should help you follow the steps. Getting Alpana Contact your official Distributor to get a license. If you don’t know who is your official Distributor, get in touch with us at information@code192.com…
Start / Stop IIS websites
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Start / Stop IIS websites
Alpana Server deploys websites in Microsoft IIS : Alpana3App : the back-end site Alpana3Client : the front-end site You can start/stop/restart those websites by using the IIS management tools. When the machine restarts, the started/stopped state of the sites is…
Accessing behind a router
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Accessing behind a router
Scenario In this scenario, Alpana Server is installed in the local network on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.1, and you wish to reach it from a public network through a router with external IP address 88.88.88.88. Configuring *Note : for this configuration…
v3.0.2.x
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.0.2.x
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.0.1.1 and v3.0.2.2 Upgrading Alpana Server install upgrade from v3 To upgrade Alpana Server from v3.0.1.1, first un-install the previous version from Windows Control Panel, as documented here. License upgrade !An…
Language
Alpana Server » Administration » Host-level Settings » Language
Description Alpana server interface is now available in different language. It affects only the Interface of the server and doesn’t change anything inside the dashboard or in the designer. Available language : 2021R1 : English, French Configuration Under…
Pre-Requisites
Alpana Server » Installation » Pre-Requisites
This section explains the system requirements to run Alpana Server. Alpana Server Pre-Requisites : Software Operating System Windows OS (x64) : Windows Server : 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 (see note below) Windows 10 (Version 1607+) !Important : A server OS is…
Post-Installation
Alpana Server » Installation » Post-Installation
The steps required to activate and configure the application after installation are listed below. Startup If you didn’t start the website during the installation procedure, manually start the Alpana3App and Alpana3Client websites from Microsoft IIS Management…
Input Grid
Alpana Designer » Widget Properties Reference » Input Grid
The Alpana Runtime Connection Input Grid widget allows to configure an input form for an existing Runtime Connection and include it inside a Dashboard. *This widget is a bit special : it allows to input data. it is not bound to a Data Source it is not displayed…
Viewing Stories
Alpana Server » Stories » Viewing Stories
Once the Stories is opened, you will get the list of created Stories. You can Manage your Stories or launch them. In the action menu, you will manage the selected story : Launch : To start viewing the story Update : To edit the story Get Link : To get the URL…
Oracle
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Connection types » Oracle
Versions This connector can be used to get data from local or remote Oracle Database installations with version 12 or above. Selecting Connection Type In the “Create Connection” dialog change the Connection “Type” by selecting…
General upgrade procedure for v3
About Alpana » Upgrading » General upgrade procedure for v3
Introduction : limits of applicability This procedure only applies if you are upgrading from Alpana Server v3.0 or newer. Upgrading from older versions requires manual steps detailed elsewhere. Some v3 upgrades may still require specific attention or manual steps.…
Stories
Alpana Server » Stories
Alpana Stories are a collection of item displayed in a slideshow. You can include in a story multiple Dashboards and images to create a page where all items will cycle automatically. It can be used for entrance site screen to show revelant informations to visitors…
Dashboard error logs
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Dashboard error logs
What errors are logged Published Dashboards and Widgets can generate errors when viewed. Typically, this will show a Data retrieval error message in place of the Widget’s visuals : This means that the Widget was unable to get the required data. These errors…
2020 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R1 and 2020 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.0.25 to 3.3.1.17 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 is a minor release…
Installation
Alpana Server » Installation
To install Alpana Server, please follow the below chapters. Pre-Requisites are very important, in particular “IIS Configuration”.
Linking / Embedding Dashboards
Alpana Server » Dashboards » Linking / Embedding Dashboards
Get link / embed When opening a Dashboard from its URL, or when embedding it into another tool, you can pass options to control how the Dashboard is displayed. From the Dashboard’s action menu, select Get link / embed to open the corresponding dialog : This…
Connecting To Alpana
Alpana Update File Dependency » Connecting To Alpana
To log in or log out to your Alpana Server, click the tab Configuration : Log in Fill in the login information and click Connect : These credentials will be remembered by the application and will be used to run the Jobs. Host URL of the Alpana Server with…
Connecting to Alpana
Alpana OMI App » Configuring » Connecting to Alpana
Login The first tab Alpana Connection allows to connect to an existing Alpana Server. Connection Parameters The following fields are required : Host The full URL to connect to the Alpana Server installation. This must include : the right protocol (HTTP /…
How to Use a Custom CSS
Alpana Server » Administration » Theme and Appearance » How to Use a Custom CSS
Applying a Custom CSS To apply your Custom CSS theme to Alpana Server please follow the below steps: Prepare the Theme First, you need to go to the Visual Settings Page by clicking on Administration (Step 1 on screenshot), then click to Visual Settings (Step 2 on…
Users, Roles and Permissions
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions
Access to Alpana Server is secured through user accounts. Users login to Alpana Server and can access content according to their permissions. Administrators can manage users permissions by using Roles. This section details the management of Users, Roles and…
License Activation
Alpana Server » Administration » License Management » License Activation
Browsing your license portal Login to the web License Portal. Navigate to Licenses & Activations : Under Licenses & Activations, click the License ID you want to activate : Important note !Before starting the license activation, please make sure that you have…
2023 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2023 R1
Release notes of items completed between 2022 R2 and 2023 R1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.5.1.16 to 3.6.0.11 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.1.3 Introduction Version 2023R1 is a major release and…
Login
Alpana Mobile » Usage » Login
Login screen The login screen allows you to enter your login credentials. From there, you can also change the tenancy name and reset the server address. Login behavior After your fist connection, the application will securely save your credentials and will…
External Login
Alpana Server » Administration » Host-level Settings » External Login
You can let users login using external authentication authorities, through SSO. This allows : to create Alpana Server accounts from external authorities, and from a single click to login to those Alpana Server accounts by relying on external authorities, and from a…
Installation Troubleshooting
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Installation Troubleshooting
installation logs After Alpana installation, you will be prompted with a windows that ask you if you want to save installation log file : *If you get any trouble during the installation, the support will need the installation log file. Get the Alpana Server…
Buffer database setup
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » The data Buffer » Buffer database setup
In Alpana v3.0.0, the Buffer database is setup automatically : for the Alpana Server : this setting applies to published Dashboards. A Microsoft SQL database is created by Alpana Server to host the buffer tables. for each Alpana Designer installation : this setting…
Changing Dashboards layout
Alpana Server » Dashboards » Viewing Dashboards » Changing Dashboards layout
From the opened Dashboards, you can change the configured layout. Opening the layout menu In the top right corner, the layout button appears if your dashboard has multiple layout defined. Once clicked, the list of layout will be visible.
Redundant Connections
Alpana Designer » Connecting to Data » Alpana data model » Redundant Connections
What are redundant Connections Since v3.1.0, Alpana implements a redundancy mechanism on Connections that allows to store multiple connection configurations inside a single Connection. Each connection configuration is defined by a set of parameters (database name,…
Migration
Alpana Server » Maintenance and Migration » Migration
Purpose Case 1 : Development → Staging → Production You have several environments for your development cycle. When development has been tested on one environment, you want to migrate the content (dashboards, users, etc) towards the Production environment. Case 2…
Website Troubleshooting
Alpana Server » Troubleshooting » Website Troubleshooting
Below are some useful resources and some answers to common issues with reaching or starting the websites. Useful logs IIS Requests Logs If you need to investigate your network configuration to see the content of HTTP requests, you can find IIS log files : 1. Open…
2020 R2 Patch 1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2020 R2 Patch 1
Release notes of items completed between Alpana 2020 R2 and 2020 R2 Patch 1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.17 to 3.3.1.20 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.1.1.0 Introduction Version 2020 R2 Patch 1 is…
User Settings
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions » User Settings
As administrator of the Host or of a Tenant, you can configure user account and login features on a global level. To manage user account and login features of a Host or Tenant, go to the corresponding Administration > Settings and browse to the tabs User management…
Un-Installing
Alpana Server » Installation » Un-Installing
Tips Don’t lose your license ! Before un-installing, perform a license de-activation in order to be able to re-use your license later. Avoid a reboot If you don’t stop the application, Windows will probably require you to reboot. If you don’t want…
Language support
Alpana Server » Language support
Alpana Server interface support multilanguage. In the interface topbar, you can find a menu where language can be changed. It’s accessible once an user has been logged into alpana server. This option is represented as a Flag of the language used in the…
Multitenancy
Alpana Server » About Alpana server » Multitenancy
Alpana Server is a multi-Tenant application. This means that a single instance of Alpana Server can manage any number of customer-facing isolated instances. What Is Multi-Tenancy? The term “software multitenancy” refers to a software architecture in…
Managing / Publishing Data Sources
Alpana Server » Data Sources » Managing / Publishing Data Sources
Publishing from Alpana Server Data Sources can be published from Alpana Designer. Alternately, you can publish a Data Source .alps file directly to the Server. Click the Add datasource button : This opens the Upload New dialog : Click the Select File button to…
General API help and troubleshooting
Alpana Server » API » General API help and troubleshooting
Permissions To work with the API, the user must have the required permissions on the Tenant : API permissions desired object permissions : for example, for API queries on Schedules, the user must have permissions on Schedules API location The API responds on the…
Roles
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions » Roles
Roles allow to easily manage Users and their permissions : you can assign multiple Roles to a User adding/removing Permissions is just adding/removing the Role to the User Note : Additionally, Roles can be used as mailing lists for Schedules. To manage Roles, go…
Binding to Real-Time Data
Alpana Designer » Configuring a Widget » Widget Data Binding » Binding to Real-Time Data
Introduction Instead of binding Widget data to a Alpana Data Source, you can configure it to accept Real-Time Data. Instead, it lets you create a Widget with no Data Source, and then you can push data directly into the Widget, using the Alpana web API. The general…
Host-level Settings
Alpana Server » Administration » Host-level Settings
Some Alpana Server settings are managed at the Host level only, and impact all Tenants. The following chapters detail how to configure those settings.
Managing / Publishing Widgets
Alpana Server » Widgets » Managing / Publishing Widgets
Publishing from Alpana Server Widgets can be published from Alpana Designer. Alternately, you can publish a widget@.alpw@ file directly to the Server. Click the Add widget button : This opens the Upload New dialog : Click the Select File button to browse your…
2021 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R2
Release notes of items completed between 2021 R1 and 2021 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.4.0.3 to 3.4.1.19 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.1.2 Introduction Version 2021R2 is a minor release and…
Users
Alpana Server » Administration » Users, Roles and Permissions » Users
A User represents an access to Alpana Server, with its associated Roles and Permissions. Users can manage some of their own properties by editing their Profile. To manage Users, go to the Administration > Users page : *Note : Users at the Host level are different…
Login and User Profile
Alpana Server » Login and User Profile
Alpana Server allows users to login to the application to share content. This section explains how to login and how to use the user-specific features.
API
Alpana Server » API
Alpana Server exposes a web API that exposes many actions and properties. The following chapters document how to use this API.
Connecting to Insight
Alpana Designer » Aveva Insight » Connecting to Insight
As with other Connection types, connecting to Insight means defining how Alpana will find the data : what is the server address and what is the login. See the following chapters for detailed information.
2021 R1
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2021 R1
Release notes of items completed between 2020 R2 Patch 1 and 2021 R1 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.3.1.20 to 3.4.0.3 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.1.0.2 to 1.2.0.1 Introduction Version 2021R1 is a major release…
Connecting to Wonderware Historian
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Connecting to Wonderware Historian
As with other Connection types, connecting to Wonderware Historian means defining how Alpana will find the data : what is the server address and what is the login. See the following chapters for detailed information.
2022 R2
About Alpana » Release Notes » 2022 R2
Release notes of items completed between 2022 R1 and 2022 R2 Alpana Server and Alpana Designer have been upgraded from 3.5.0.18 to 3.5.1.16 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.1.3 Introduction Version 2022R2 is a minor release and…
Background Jobs
Alpana Server » Administration » Background Jobs
(new in version 2020 R1) Introduction Long-running tasks are managed by a Background Jobs manager : manual dashboard exports, manual data import from files, etc If the job fails, it is retried once. Results are communicated through the Notifications. This allows a…
Widget Auto-refresh
Alpana Designer » Dashboard Settings and Publication » Dashboard-level Settings » Widget Auto-refresh
What is Auto-Refresh At runtime, when the Dashboard loads in the browser, data is fetched from the data sources and Widgets are drawn. After this, if the user doesn’t interact with the Dashboard, no new data is fetched and the data displayed can become…
Wonderware Historian query result
Alpana Designer » Wonderware Historian » Wonderware Historian query result
After configuring the query, Alpana is able to send it to the Wonderware Historian server and get the result. This result will be modeled as a Table inside the current Data Source. For details about the schema and data of this query result, see the next…
v3.1.0
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.1.0
Release notes of items completed between Alpana and v3.0.2.2 and v3.1.0.7 Upgrading New Pre-Requisites Alpana Server and Designer v3.1.0.7 now require .NET Framework 4.8 Alpana Server install upgrade from v3 To upgrade Alpana Server from v3.0.2.2, see Upgrading…
v3.1.2
About Alpana » Release Notes » v3.1.2
Release notes of items completed between Alpana v3.1.0.7 and v3.1.2.1 Alpana Update File Dependency has been upgraded from v1.0.0.3 to v1.0.0.4 Main Features Date Time Picker The Date Picker widget now supports selecting time intervals. Custom date formats Custom…
License Management
Alpana Server » Administration » License Management
License is managed at the Host level for all Tenants. Login to the Host of your Alpana Server and navigate to Administration > Settings, tab License Management. See the below chapters to manage your license.
Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer
Alpana Designer is used to create the content of Alpana (Widgets, Dashboards, Data Sources). Drag and drop widgets into the interface and manipulate your data right away. The desktop application allows you full autonomy. Once the Dashboard ready, share with your…