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Aspen InfoPlus.

21 Product Family V9

Release Notes
Version: V9
May 2016
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Contents
About these Release Notes......................................................................................1
Related Documentation .....................................................................................1
Installation and Upgrade Notes ..........................................................................3
32-bit and 64-bit Compatibilities ..............................................................3
InfoPlus.21 Integration Adapter Requirements ...........................................4
aspenONE Licensing Model ......................................................................4
Programs Requiring Administrator Rights ............................................................4
Retired Products...............................................................................................5
End of Support for the Aspen Process Data for ACP Service previously
included in Aspen Process Controller and Aspen DMC3 ................................5
Accessing aspenONE Documentation ..................................................................5

New Features for V9................................................................................................7


Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family.......................................................................7
Process Data for OSI-PI OLE-DB ..............................................................7
Cim-IO for Process Data..........................................................................7
aspenONE Process Explorer Performance Across WAN .................................7
Setting Processor Affinity ........................................................................9
Most Recently-Saved Database Snapshot ..................................................9

Software Fixes for V9 ............................................................................................10


Aspen Calc .................................................................................................... 10
Aspen InfoPlus.21 .......................................................................................... 10
Aspen Process Data ........................................................................................ 12
Aspen IP.21 Process Browser ........................................................................... 12
Aspen MES Excel Add-ins ................................................................................ 13
Aspen Data Source Architecture ....................................................................... 13
Aspen Process Explorer ................................................................................... 14
Aspen Role-Based Visualization ........................................................................ 14
Aspen SQLplus............................................................................................... 15
aspenONE Process Explorer ............................................................................. 15
Aspen Cim-IO ................................................................................................ 19

Known Issues........................................................................................................20
All MES Products ............................................................................................ 20
Cannot install in root folder on drive other than C:\ .................................. 20
Aspen InfoPlus.21 .......................................................................................... 20
Long tag names may not display correctly in GCS displays ........................ 20
Database fields must only include printable ASCII characters..................... 20
Utilizing PAE memory on the IP.21 server causes history corruption
problems............................................................................................. 21

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes iii


Must have printer installed in order to use Print or Print from Print Preview
in Find References ................................................................................ 21
InfoPlus.21 SHUTDOWNADAPTER Issue .................................................. 21
InfoPlus.21 Adapter Encounters Issues with Mixed Regional Settings .......... 21
Avoid Shared Directories to Reduce OS Overhead and Maximize
Performance ........................................................................................ 22
Portserv.exe Appears to Fail Upon Startup Following Installation ................ 22
Working with Tag Names with Special Characters such as &*()+?< ............ 22
Aspen Calc .................................................................................................... 23
Aspen Properties License Check ............................................................. 23
CalcScript formula is size-limited............................................................ 23
Permission Denied Error on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Later ............... 23
Aspen Calc and Windows 2008 Server .................................................... 24
Aspen Cim-IO ................................................................................................ 24
VB apps that update the registry fail silently if user does not "run as
administrator" ..................................................................................... 24
Stopping Cim-IO server during S&F with redundancy is not recommended .. 24
Aspen IP.21 Process Browser ........................................................................... 25
When tags are dragged from Hierarchies tab, the graphic data point will
not display data-S95 ............................................................................ 25
Remote Data Services (RDS) component not supported by Microsoft on
Windows Server 2012 ........................................................................... 25
aspenONE Process Explorer ............................................................................. 25
Cannot log in to aspenONE Process Explorer using Safari on iPad (iOS 9.x) . 25
Application Pools must match in order to scan Search data when security is
in place............................................................................................... 26
SQLplus Reporting.......................................................................................... 26
Cannot print SQLplus reports to a network printer on Windows Server 2012 26

iv Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes


About these Release Notes

These Release Notes describe the Aspen InfoPlus.21™ Product Family V9. This
document includes:
 Related Documentation
 Installation Notes
 New Features
 Software Fixes
 Known Issues

The InfoPlus.21 Product Family includes:


 Aspen InfoPlus.21
 Aspen Calc
 Aspen Cim-IO and Cim-IO Interfaces
 Aspen Data Source Architecture (ADSA)
 Aspen KPI Builder
 Aspen IP.21 Process Browser
 Aspen MES Cluster
 Aspen Process Data
 Aspen Process Explorer
 Aspen Real-Time SPC Server
 Aspen SQLplus
 aspenONE Process Explorer

Related Documentation
In addition to these Release Notes, AspenTech provides the following
documentation for the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9. These
documents are available from the AspenTech Online Support Center.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 1


Printed documentation
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family Installation Guide
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family Configuration Guide
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Database Developer’s Manual
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Database User’s Manual
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Database API Manual
Aspen IP.21 Process Browser Developer’s Guide
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Accounting User’s Guide
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Compliance User’s Guide
Aspen InfoPlus.21 OPC UA Client User’s Guide
Aspen Cim-IO User’s Guide
Aspen Cim-IO for OPC UA Server User’s Guide
Aspen Framework Server Installation Manual
Aspen Local Security Server Installation Manual
Aspen MES Cluster Administration Guide
Aspen Real-Time SPC Analyzer User’s Guide
Software License Manger Installation and Reference Guide

Help files
Aspen Calc Help
Aspen Calc Server Help
Aspen Calc Web Help
Aspen Cim-IO Interface Manager Help
Aspen Cim-IO IP.21 Connection Manager Help
Aspen Data Source Architecture Directory Server Help
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Administration Help
Aspen InfoPlus.21 Administrator Help
Aspen IP.21 Configuration Tool Add-In Help
Aspen IP.21 Process Browser Help
Aspen IP.21 Browser Graphic Studio Help
Aspen KPI Builder Help
Aspen Process Data Add-In Help
Aspen Process Explorer Help
Aspen Process Graphics Editor Help
Aspen Real-Time SPC for Process Explorer Help

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Aspen SQLplus Help for InfoPlus.21
Aspen SQLplus Reporting Help
Aspen Tag Browser Help
aspenONE Process Explorer Help
Definition Editor Help
Event.21 Help
Event.21 Server Help
GCS Migration Tool Help
Replace Definition Editor Help

Installation and Upgrade Notes


For instructions to install and configure the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family,
see the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family Installation Guide and the Aspen
InfoPlus.21 Product Family Configuration Guide. These consolidated guides
contain installation and configuration information for all Aspen InfoPlus.21
family products. For a list of these products, see page 1 of these release
notes.
In addition, please note the following important information regarding 32-bit
and 64-bit compatibilities, the InfoPlus.21 Integration Adapter Requirements,
and the aspenONE Licensing Model.

32-bit and 64-bit Compatibilities


Note the following compatibility restrictions when installing Aspen InfoPlus.21
Product Family V9.
The installation will not let you install:
 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Server (64-bit) on a computer that has Aspen APC
Performance Monitor.
 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Server (64-bit) on a computer that has Aspen
InfoPlus.21 Server (32-bit).
 Aspen APC Performance Monitor on a computer that has Aspen InfoPlus.21
Server (64-bit).
 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Server (32-bit) on a computer that has Aspen
InfoPlus.21 Server (64-bit).
 Aspen Production Record Manager (64-bit) on a computer that has Aspen
Production Record Manager (32-bit).
 Aspen Production Record Manager (32-bit) on a computer that has Aspen
Production Record Manager (64-bit).

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 3


InfoPlus.21 Integration Adapter
Requirements
To configure the InfoPlus.21 Integration Adapter, the Aspen Integration
Designer must be used. In this case, the Aspen Integration Designer requires
installing the 64-bit Manufacturing Master Data Model (mMDM) components,
which is a separate installation from the Aspen Integration (AI) install media.

aspenONE Licensing Model


The aspenONE Licensing Model is a flexible token-based approach to software
licensing. This unique and innovative commercial model makes it easier for
customers to use software when and where they need it. Customers have
access to all current and future AspenTech products with just one contract.

Upgrading to the aspenONE Licensing Model for


Manufacturing and Supply Chain V8.x and above
If you have recently signed a new aspenONE Licensing Model agreement or if
you have superseded an old license agreement with an aspenONE Licensing
Model token-based license agreement for aspenONE Manufacturing and
Supply Chain, you will receive a new token-based license file for V9. During
installation of any product in Aspen Manufacturing and Supply Chain, you will
get a message indicating that the newly installed software will use the token-
based license key. Accepting the warning message enables you to install the
software.

Note: If you do not have the updated token-based license file, please contact
AspenTech Customer Support.

Programs Requiring Administrator


Rights
Some IP.21 Product Family programs require elevated privileges that are
provided by the Run As Administrator command. These products include
the following:
 AeBRSClientConfigure.exe
 MES Cluster Administrator
 ADSA Config Tool (when setting system-wide ADSA settings)
 IP21 Administrator (when configuring Cim-IO.
 Process Data Admin Tool (for certain things like log settings)
 Addgroup and RemoveGroup
 Cim-IO Properties

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Retired Products
The following products are either retired or are otherwise no longer delivered
with aspenONE releases.
Product Last Release Notes

Aspen LIMS Interface V7.1


Aspen Human Interface V7.1
Aspen Grade-IT V7.1
OPC UA Client for InfoPlus.21 V8.0 Made obsolete with
introduction of the CIMIO
for OPC UA Server.
InfoPlus.21 Database V8.0 Made obsolete by the IP.21
Configuration Wizard Configuration Excel Add-in.

End of Support for the Aspen Process Data


for ACP Service previously included in
Aspen Process Controller and Aspen DMC3
The Aspen Process Data for ACP Service (a feature of Aspen Process
Controller and Aspen Online Deployment) has been disabled in the V8.8 and
later releases. The Aspen Process Data for ACP Service permitted Aspen
Process Explorer to directly access APC Controller data and Aspen Online
Deployment (AOD) application data.
Aspen Watch is the recommended method for obtaining operational data from
Aspen Process Controller applications. Note that Aspen Watch provides
additional data that was not available through the Aspen Process Data for ACP
Service.

Accessing aspenONE
Documentation
Documentation is available directly from the applications. This eliminates the
need to search for the documents that you need and ensures that you can
always find the most current version of the document that you are looking for.
Documentation can be found in the following ways:
 Installation Guides and Release Notes can be found by clicking the
corresponding link on the Welcome page of the aspenONE Installer or by
selecting Open Folder to view files from the AutoPlay dialog box after
inserting the USB.
 Context-sensitive help can be accessed by:
 Clicking the Help button on an application dialog box
 Pressing F1 while in the application
 Clicking the application’s Help menu and selecting Help
 Additional documents in PDF format can be accessed by:

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 5


 Clicking Online Documentation on the product’s Start page or Start
tab or selecting Documentation from the product’s Help menu. This will
open the Online Documentation Center from which you can view
and/or download the product-specific documents.
 Logging onto the AspenTech Customer Support site, clicking the
Documentation link on the left side of the website, and browsing the
Documentation page.
 Downloading all of the available documentation (other than Help files)
from the AspenTech Customer Support website via the zip file of the
aspenONE Documentation.
 For Aspen Plus and HYSYS only, you can access additional documents by:
 Clicking on the link to aspenONE Exchange on the File menu and then
entering a search string in the search box.
 Clicking on the documentation search shortcut on the Resources ribbon
and then entering a search string in the search box or browse through
the list of published training documents.

6 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes


New Features for V9

This section describes the new features in the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product
Family V9 and in individual products within the family.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product


Family
Process Data for OSI-PI OLE-DB
Aspen Process Data can now provide access to OSI-PI data via OLE DB. It
uses ADO to connect to the PI Ole DB provider.
You can use the ADSA configuration tool to add “Aspen Process Data (PI OLE
DB)” as a service to the data source. You can also specify an ADO connection
string when on the Aspen Process Data (PI OLE DB) Properties dialog.

Cim-IO for Process Data


A new Cim-IO interface, Cim-IO for Process Data, can serve Cim-IO clients,
like InfoPlus.21, with process data obtained from Aspen Process Data
component data sources such as: InfoPlus.21, OPC-DA, relational database,
text files, OSI-PI via OLEDB, PHD, MMDM. You can select the desired ADSA
data source when configuring an instance of Cim-IO for Process Data using
the Cim-IO Interface Manager.

aspenONE Process Explorer Performance


Across WAN

aspenONE Process Explorer V9 includes a performance improvement that was


recently provided in a cumulative patch for V8.8.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 7


Previously the aspenONE Process Explorer performance could be poor when
communicating with a remote InfoPlus.21 system across a wide area network
(WAN) instead of accessing an Infoplus.21 system that is on the same LAN
(local area network).
aspenONE Process Explorer obtains process data from an IIS-based Process
Data REST Service. The Process Data REST Service obtains the requested
process data from the specified data source, which may be on a different
computer. The Process Data REST Service establishes a connection with the
remote InfoPlus.21 system when the user first opens a graphic or trend plot
to view process data from that InfoPlus.21 system. This initial establishment
of a connection is usually fairly fast (seconds) if the InfoPlus.21 server is on
the same LAN as the Process Data REST Service but it may be quite slow
(minutes) if the InfoPlus.21 server is somewhere more remote. Once a
connection has been established, then subsequent graphic or trend plot
invocations are fast.
The Process Data REST Service makes calls to a local COM-based component
(dll) referred to in the following diagram as the InfoPlus.21 Data Server.
When establishing an initial connection to an InfoPlus.21 system, the
InfoPlus.21 Data Server component makes many calls to a lower-level
InfoPlus.21 API. These lower-level calls take much longer across a WAN
because of the poorer speed and latency characteristics of a WAN.
The improvement provided by this patch exploits an already existing Process
Data Service (a Windows service) that already resides on the InfoPlus.21
system for use by the Process Data Excel Addins. If configured to do so, the
Process Data REST Service (a web service) will communicate with the Process
Data Service (a Windows service) that resides on the same computer as IP21.
The Process Data REST Service makes relatively few, high-level calls to the
Process Data Service. The Process Data Service invokes methods in a local
InfoPlus.21 Data Server. When establishing an initial connect, the InfoPlus.21
Data Server still makes many calls to the lower-level InfoPlus.21 API but in
this scenario the calls execute much faster because they are not occurring
across a WAN.
aspenONE Process Explorer users who need to access remote Infoplus.21
systems can enable this performance improvement by making both an ADSA
configuration change and an AtProcessDataREST.config change.
The ADSA change required for this WAN performance improvement is to add
“Aspen Process Data Service” to the ADSA data source for the InfoPlus.21
system.
In order to obtain this WAN performance improvement, you would also need
to edit the AtProcesssDataREST.config file, setting the UseProcessDataService
parameter to True.
<REST>…<UseProcessDataService>True</UseProcessDataService></REST>

In summary, the Process Data Service is used:


 Only if the entry in configuration file is set to True
 Only for data sources configured with the Aspen Process Data
(InfoPlus.21) service
 Only for data sources configured with the Aspen Process Data Service

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 Only valid for v8.8.3 REST systems that talk to InfoPlus.21 servers of the
same or newer version
 Only if the InfoPlus.21 system is on another machine (hostname in
Process Data Service is NOT the same as the Web Server)
Users who do not make these changes are not impacted by this architectural
change, and of course, would not benefit from the performance enhancement
that applies when the InfoPlus.21 system is remote.

Setting Processor Affinity


Processes that are mapped to the InfoPlus.21 database shared memory and
frequently access the InfoPlus.21 database will generally run much faster if
process affinity is set so that they are running on the same CPU core. This
may be especially helpful when running InfoPlus.21 within a virtual machine
or when multiple SQLplus IQ tasks have been configured.
Knowledge base article KB 145283 describes how Powershell can be used to
specify processor affinity.
InfoPlus.21 V9 provides a more convenient mechanism for setting process
affinity. InfoPlus.21 Manager now allows the user to optionally set processor
affinity for the tasks in the InfoPlus.21 defined task list. By default, the
processor affinity is set so these tasks run on the first CPU core. But you can
also specify a different core or simply disable processor affinity.

Most Recently-Saved Database Snapshot


An InfoPlus.21 system should generally be configured so that the most
recently-saved snapshot is loaded on startup. But some users have
unintentionally configured their InfoPlus.21 system so that an older snapshot
is loaded, thereby causing subsequently difficulties.
InfoPlus.21 V9, by default, always attempts to load the most recently-saved
database snapshot on startup.
The InfoPlus.21 TSK_SAVE external task automatically adds the database
snapshot path to database snapshot list (if not already there) when saving a
database snapshot, either during shutdown or when processing a database
save record, provided the "Loading Order by Time" check box is selected (as
it is by default). TSK_SAVE does not do this if the customer has cleared the
"Loading Order by Time" check box.
If the "Loading Order by Time" check box is selected, then InfoPlus.21
attempts to load database snapshots as ordered by snapshot save time. In
other words, InfoPlus.21 attempts to load the most recently-saved database
snapshot.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 9


Software Fixes for V9

The Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 includes a significant number of


software fixes that further improve the product.

Aspen Calc
CQ Number Description

CQ00567421 When Editing an Existing Calc, the Text "Abs(V1)" is


ALWAYS inserted when selecting from the "Formulas
Already Used" Listing.
CQ00567949 History function TagSetValue writes values into history
while calculation is in test mode
CQ00584663 Memory leak on Aspen Calc Scheduler
CQ00603958 Issue with calculation - error in name
CQ00607432 In AspenCalc doc, update info on Creating COM addins
CQ00612397 Aspen Calc leaks substantial amounts of memory and
crashes intermittently.
CQ00614923 Aspen Calc crashes intermittently.
CQ00665353 Getting "Exception Occurred in ADO Server" when binding a
calc argument using Data Set

Aspen InfoPlus.21
CQ Number Description

CQ00449518 An unhandled exception in IQTASK.exe causes a total lock on


the IP.21 Database
CQ00455660 Include more details in Add Repository Error Message
CQ00568337 Quality status from source analog tag does not get
propagated to the KPI
CQ00569502 Using OPC client, want to be able to read value from a
specified occurrence number of a repeat area
CQ00577015 File sets should not have starting timestamps far into the
future
CQ00577021 Inconsistent NAME length on Select5Def
CQ00578174 H21Archive dies during history backup by TSK_HBAK

10 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes


CQ Number Description

CQ00579111 TSK_APEX_SERVER reports incorrect client version when


using logging (-l)
CQ00579489 iqtask "/w" option does not result in CompQueryDef.STATUS
field changing when executing a WAIT statement
CQ00582603 History Backup Freshness Test not honoring second Backup
record
CQ00585031 Aspen.Infoplus21_DA.1 cannot handle a existing tag and non-
existing attribute in OPC clients
CQ00588701 Avg CPU test showing in Alarm condition, red, because
ERROR? field in AverageCPUTimeTest is Yes
CQ00589283 Updates to the TSK_DBCLOCK DOUBLE Parameter are not
being Saved to the IP21Profiles.xml file when UPDATE button
is Clicked.
CQ00590635 SQL related 32-bit executables are installed when installing
IP.21 64-bit
CQ00591166 Request for documentation of MES Programs Requiring
Administrator Rights
CQ00591174 InfoPlus.21 Quick Start Tutorial V8.8 Adding a Cim-IO Device
still shows the IP.21 Admin I/O Wizard method
CQ00591369 Aspen MES Cluster Administrator shows 'Operation failed due
to one or more errors' if IP.21 startup takes long time
CQ00592046 TSK_HLTH does not detect when any Windows services listed
in ServicesList.cfg stop working.
CQ00597629 Installation does not let one pick from among Cim-IO
interfaces when installing (doc enhancement request)
CQ00598595 Tag name is case sensitive with Swedish characters

CQ00598604 SQL Server supported version mismatch between Product


Family and AACM guides v8.7
CQ00600072 IP.21 Manager freezes when scrolling in the Running Tasks or
Defined Tasks list
CQ00601830 PI opc client failed to write 1300 values

CQ00602925 A memory allocation error in the IP21 cluster resource causes


intermittent failovers.
CQ00603150 IP21Profiles.xml database ACL gets corrupted if too many
AFW roles applied
CQ00604465 IP.21 64-bits ADSA Aspen Timezone Information Service
DCOM protocol is no functional
CQ00604639 Reserved hexadecimal IDs should not be allowed to use when
building custom definitions
CQ00604818 RHIS21BESTFIT might miscalculate the result if there is a gap
in the best fit history repeat area. This could cause the
TSK_APEX_SERVER to crash
CQ00607078 Add dbclock.config and SnapshotsList.config to item 8
"Manually Transferring Data and Configuration Information"
CQ00608451 Improve InfoPlus.21 Family Installation Guide to include IIS
for Windows 2012 R2 information.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 11


CQ Number Description

CQ00610588 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family Configuration Guide needs


configuration information for Windows 2008, 2012
CQ00614402 Error in the Database user guide v8.7

CQ00688495 TSK_APEX_SERVER memory usage increases until it crashes.

CQ00693591 The ADSA Client Config Tool should show both the user and
system settings for (Server, Protocol, timeout)
CQ00695048 InfoPlus.21 Task Service crashes when rebooting server

Aspen Process Data


CQ Number Description

CQ00608255 Aspen Process Data Service does not work properly when
using a port different from 52007 on a cluster environment
CQ00686555 A1PE: Navigating saved multiple plot causes A1PE to freeze

Aspen IP.21 Process Browser


CQ Number Description

CQ00582781 Timeline has been reset to real time message pops up in


IP.21 Process Browser
CQ00584089 Problem with IP.21 Process Browser version not uppdating
after installed aspenONE V8.7 Cumulative Patch: ID 140897
CQ00584688 aspenONE Credential utility
CQ00584939 Draw Exception: (IndexSizeError)
CQ00587422 Stepped flag not always accurate in web.21 Tag detail plot.
CQ00596214 Unable to access Web21- "Component
download/registration failed! - Please check your
registry/security settings"
CQ00602892 Position/dimension property changes to object "BARGRAPH"
not working in Browser Graphic Studio
CQ00603829 Tags configured in IP.21 as Interpolated should be
displayed as interpolated on the Web.21 Trend Plot - not as
Stepped.
CQ00606086 IP.21 Process Browser for MD5 encryption.
CQ00608412 Add text so user is aware that the Backspace key will allow
the user to go back to the prior display
CQ00608719 Tag Search error and other errors in HPT
CQ00612228 Crash when saving graphic if data object using Bar Limits
animation scheme does NOT have High-High limit set

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CQ Number Description

CQ00613819 Request to add more specific details to the Web21


document related to the RDS issue
CQ00614722 SQLplus Reporting not been properly displayed, not
possible to use application
CQ00615331 Cannot see the tables on the Summaries pages when using
Google Chrome
CQ00694443 When running the Web21 Scan, an unknown error shows up
CQ00694445 The search page does not work correctly

Aspen MES Excel Add-ins


CQ Number Description

CQ00582167 New Excel Add-In dialogs do not keep quotes used when
tag name could be a valid Excel Cell
CQ00585505 SQLPlus Addin for Excel doesn't show data if a colum
contains more than 255 characters
CQ00585572 The Timer option in the Aspen Process Data COM add-in
does not start when the spreadsheet opens
CQ00591634 Customer request for V8.0 patch - This relates to Excel
SQLPlus Query parameters field missing CQ00485934
CQ00603173 Migrating 7.2 to 8.5 - Excel Add-In – can’t use objects
defined by InfoPlus21Config.ConfigurationImp anymore
CQ00609375 When trying to load BCU files to APRM from the COM addin,
you cannot access all form controls
CQ00686023 Cannot see any data when publishing an Excel Add-in
spreadsheet to Sharepoint 2013
CQ00688586 Memory leak issue with Aspen Process Data Service
CQ00692927 MES V8.8.2 - old Excel Add-In not connecting to IP.21
Process Browser Server for data - debugging assistance
required
CQ00695037 Excel Add-in spreadsheet published to SharePoint hang
when SharePoint user login from other machines
CQ00698771 Excel is very slow to start when PD addin is installed

Aspen Data Source Architecture


CQ Number Description

CQ00577001 ADSA Config Tool gives no indication that it only writes to


HKCU (and not to HKLM) when user has restricted
administrator privileges
CQ00696132 ADSA Security fails to resolve permissions correctly when
using special Windows security group (eg. Everyone)

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 13


Aspen Process Explorer
CQ Number Description

CQ00581744 Show Alarms from database is checked by default in Batch


SPC plots in Process Explorer
CQ00583230 MS Access 2013 crashes when adding "Aspen Trend Plot" to
a form
CQ00585118 Advanced Search in Tag Browser does not work for
IO_VALUE_RECORD&FLD
CQ00590871 Plotting data going to ***** in APEx or N/A in HPT (for
Aspen Watch records)
CQ00592081 Process Explorer task does not get killed after closing the
application
CQ00598643 Process Graphics Editor 8.7 is incorrectly exporting an XML
with invalid bell 0x7 characters
CQ00606405 Genealogy plot generates a "Dragdrop exception" whenever
you click the red batch
CQ00609291 Workspace created in old version won’t work properly on
v8.5
CQ00686975 Discrete values with more than 8 digits are losing precision
in Process Graphics Editor data fields

Aspen Role-Based Visualization


CQ Number Description

CQ00581205 Request to add parameter to A1PE Webpart to hide by


default un-used item such as Annotation, Legend, Timeline
and Tag
CQ00582788 RBV Administrator Showing Components Installed but not
Deployed.
CQ00586331 Getting error: "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The
driver doesnt support the version of ODBC behavior that
this applicatio
CQ00592186 Default Role option not available if a AD group is added to
Sharepoint group instead of a user
CQ00593168 SQLPlus Error (KPI Report in SharePoint)
CQ00595363 RBV Document: "Windows SharePoint Services Timer"
should be changed to "SharePoint Timer Service"
CQ00595609 Opsnaverror.log does not have timestamps
CQ00597402 SQLplus Web Report icon disappears after a refresh
CQ00615326 Takes a long time to load navigation tree in OpsNav
component and CPU usage of the server spikes sharply

14 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes


Aspen SQLplus
CQ Number Description

CQ00572329 Problem with 64bit ODBC drivers for SQLPlus


CQ00581480 SQLplus ODBC link to a remote ip.21 fails once after reboot
CQ00584044 APRM Application Interface cannot be referenced in SQL+
on a 64-bit IP.21 Server
CQ00588541 None standard characters in SQLPlus DataProvider display
question mark
CQ00598785 Excel config add-in - problem with Swedish characters
CQ00604435 In SQL+ Reporting in Web21, using SQL+ Scripts, Calculate
function does nothing
CQ00604623 SQLplus query: Write getpointlicensecount, returns 0
CQ00695571 SQLplus Health Summary Reporting - ".mht" email
attachments are corrupted when using MS Outlook as email
server

aspenONE Process Explorer


CQ Number Description

CQ00548746 Improve mMDM integration with client applications


CQ00558577 Limit lines to indicate Higher and Lower Limit for the trend
in AspenOne Proces Explorer
CQ00561687 When updating a graphic not all of the values update in real
time
CQ00566116 GraphicReplace(...) only searches within the local directory
CQ00572504 Search issues with A1PE v8.5 and Google Chrome
CQ00583994 Rectangles set to the same width does not appear aligned in
Graphic Studio
CQ00584895 Symbol static color gets replaced with the animation color
when the symbol is animated
CQ00585844 Ability to have data points to read from 2 tags and/or
another data point object available in the graphic
CQ00586294 Graphical pages not displayed as drawed on aspenone
process explorer
CQ00587146 Invalid data sources and tags are not purged from Search
index automatically
CQ00592992 Customer wants the values in the legend for A1PE Trend
Plots to continue updating, even if the Tags Pen is turned
Off.
CQ00594721 Request to be able to embed any object through a system
of reference, like in Process Explorer
CQ00596174 16898TPS: A1PE trendplot timeline usability issue

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 15


CQ Number Description

CQ00596176 New scale method zoom added scale data range to 90% of
the plot
CQ00596207 a1PE Feature Pack beta testing defect: Undefined fields on
Tag Details screen show "1.#QNAN00000000000e+000"
CQ00596778 Text size becomes smaller after export as XML and import
into IP.21 Browser Graphic Studio to publish to A1PE
CQ00596784 Color becomes dull after exporting as XML and import into
IP.21 Browser Graphic Studio to publish to A1PE
CQ00600561 Non-zero value for Animation Angle (rotation parameter)
results in a1PE symbol being reversed when compared to
Web21
CQ00600934 Secured tags which users have no access to appear in
lookahead result
CQ00601111 Level indicators show default colour when there is issue in
IP.21
CQ00601419 8.8.1 Beta - Back Button does not work after opening
Graphic from Dashboard
CQ00601424 8.8.1 Beta - Embedded Trend in Graphic does not appear
correctly in Dashboard
CQ00602521 Attribute drop-down list in Source becomes emtpy after
opening Tag Details in trend
CQ00602752 Text Data Point in graphic is not displayed with format
defined by custom record FORMAT field
CQ00604732 Graphic Studio does not cope with <tagname>
<occurrence#> <repeatareafield> format
CQ00605618 Results of an ad-hoc time calculation in a1PE graphic is
either formatted as milliseconds or identified as Invalid
Attribute
CQ00605892 Number of items in Units dropdown list grows each time you
open OEE Configuration dialog
CQ00606278 Export of tag data to a CSV file does not work after applying
CP2 (in certain Excel export icons)
CQ00606637 Search Help needs to include Note for the Tags Tab Help
that a Comma must be used to separate Multiple Tags in a
List.
CQ00607077 In A1PE, graphics once published display the IP.21 data
source on symbols as localhost
CQ00607343 Over 2 mins are required for remote plant data to appear on
Graphic after it is opened.
CQ00607373 HPT will occassionally flick and show value for tags that are
access denied
CQ00607513 Using tag and its attribute as a querystring in A1PE URL
show nothing in the trend
CQ00607675 Show text tag values in Top Section
CQ00609934 Tag detail not working for custom defintion records
CQ00609935 XML created using SQL query does not display on A1PE
CQ00610071 Tag detail is incorrectly available when more than one tag
selected in the trend plot

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CQ Number Description

CQ00610075 In the Navgation Menu, the cursor cannot be moved if at


the bottom of the menu
CQ00610277 Save to File does not work for notes added to annotations
CQ00610350 Direct to plot failed for some of the tags as they are not
added in the legend
CQ00610432 Tags with a Custom Definition display too many digits in the
Tag Details window
CQ00610433 Data Table obtained from Trend plots do not display actual
values.
CQ00610434 Export to CSV option does not show in IE11when viewing
the Data Table screen
CQ00610435 Attribute column display Map Record name instead of the
Map Alias(Friendly) name
CQ00610494 Tag scanning showing 93% completed
CQ00611437 aspenONE Process Explorer URL get a blank page; localhost
shows the a1PE icons fine.
CQ00611559 Change font size of Trend object embedded in a1PE
published graphic so it is always readable
CQ00612562 OnClick actions do not work when graphic displayed in A1PE
Dashboard
CQ00612964 Control Limits disappear from legend after opening and
closing the property dialog for a tag
CQ00614017 V8.8.1 A1PE timeline: visibility of start date, end date and
time span
CQ00614536 64-bit Process Data REST service consumes too many
tokens when A1PE APRM features are used
CQ00614545 Scanning metadata for AspenOneProcessExplorer causes
AppPoolCrash - (Exception Code c0000005)
CQ00614712 Control Limits are not saved to FILE in A1PE
CQ00614933 graphicReplace function can get incorrect path in json file
when publishing graphic to a UNC destination
CQ00634712 Deselecting a textdef record in a Single Batch plot does not
remove the Bubbles in the trend
CQ00637449 Multi-Event Plot does not get restored with the custom
settings that should be saved to file
CQ00648389 Additional numeric columns in Event Plot do not use
Characteristics Display Format
CQ00650511 Manual time datetimepicker is not using browsers date
format on the "Submit and Reset" toolbar
CQ00662650 Trend Title does not honor capital letters under certain
situation
CQ00663864 LSL and USL Display Problems in Frequency plot
CQ00672053 A1PE Data Table do not show time stamp
CQ00672189 A1PE shows a discrete tag as if it was an Analog one.
CQ00676122 Fill Under does not work for multiple tags
CQ00676127 Data objects with unchecked "Has Background" property are
not always rendered correctly

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 17


CQ Number Description

CQ00684689 Alarms markers not being displayed in X-Bar / Range chart


for Batch SPC Record
CQ00686002 Static text object with no background overlapping an
Animated symbol displays as white
CQ00686156 Exceptions in tag properties dialog for spc records (Trend
Type Panel)
CQ00686684 New neutral-only parameter is not copied when using
Windows clipboard copy and paste
CQ00686969 Animated Symbols that belong to a Template do not get
positioned correctly when Angle property is non-zero
CQ00686971 Multiple rotated Symbols in a Template are not all displayed
in a1PE
CQ00687447 A1PE home page is not displayed properly after returning to
it from a trend/graphic page
CQ00688940 Symbol embedded in another symbol does not obey
"Replace only neutral color for animations" property
CQ00688977 REST responses - JSON compliance - KPI Requests
CQ00690667 a1PE sessions checking out licenses but not always
returning them
CQ00691567 Time shift applies to all the tags on the plot when the tags
are copied and pasted
CQ00692749 SLM_RN_ALL_ASPENONEPCXP license not being released
after closing browser on client machine
CQ00693403 Animated Bargraph does not display a border
CQ00693553 Gauges do not work in a1PE when browser language has
comma as decimal separator.
CQ00693629 Cannot add tag attribute to Legend
CQ00693631 Daily file scan and synchronization causes tag duplicates
CQ00693989 17147T: Statoil A1PE S95 trendplot not correctly saved
CQ00694768 Scanning tag by IP21 folder fails using Horno_2 and
Sub_Unidad_52 folders
CQ00694800 Certain links in A1PE lead to blank pages instead of trend
plots
CQ00695679 Add to Plot number appear to appear within its own cell in
Internet Explorer
CQ00696245 Graphics blinking approximately every 10 seconds interval
CQ00696478 [A1PE]Plot Max, Plot Min in Korean and the values are
mismatched in A1PE Tag Legend.
CQ00696930 IP.21 installation notes should be more clear on third party
dependencies for JRE
CQ00699355 No line is drawn for fixed number Ad hoc calc in Ad hoc
Individuals/EWMA plots

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Aspen Cim-IO
CQ Number Description

CQ00578612 TSK_DETECT
CQ00582312 For over 10 years Cim-IO User Guide says that fixed store
file size improves performance of Store and Forward.
CQ00584199 CIMIO Interface Manager: CIMIO to Bailey: DIOP specific
arguments needs to distinguish -locatime (for GETs) and -
newtime (for unsolicited I/O) arguments
CQ00585362 Forward process still crashes after most recent V7.3 Cim-IO
patch
CQ00586817 Update Aspen Cim-IO Users Guide to mention CCM/CIM
Logical Device length constraint
CQ00587161 What is the purpose of fields Timeout(sec) and KeepAlive
Interval(sec) in OPC UA Security?
CQ00587569 Cim-IO Interface Manager doc; including Redundancy
CQ00587828 Cim-IO OPC DA Server Properties, "Read Only" feature not
documented in Aspen Cim-IO Core Users Guide
CQ00591172 Aspen Cim-IO V8.8 Users Guide documentation issues
CQ00601406 Using IOGetHistDef transfer records causing messages
"Unable to locate stored template for Get/Gethist message"
making analyz
CQ00601863 Cim-IO Client leaks handles if it does connect and
disconnect continuously
CQ00602660 Incorrect version of cimio_mdx_tcp.exe is distributed with
Cim-IO to Measurex MDX interface
CQ00605075 Aspen Cim-IO ER CIO150227J (KB142495) patch will fail
when disabling write
CQ00606666 Cimio Interface manager - CIM-IO for Measurex ODX file is
missing form to enter command line arguments
CQ00607288 Cim-IO Interface Manager shows error MMC has detected an
error in a snap-in and will unload it
CQ00607437 Request of troubleshooting guide for Cim-IO Core / Cim-IO
Interfaces
CQ00607866 Improve InfoPlus.21 Family Installation Guide, Supported
Operating System
CQ00608959 DMCplus good CIMIO messages are rejected due to their
sizes exceeding maximum limit enforced for IP21
CQ00609040 Very slow update, cimio_opcua_read.exe process memory
usage grows and eventually hangs
CQ00612343 Cim-IO Manager and Cim-IO OPC Properties utility crash in
Japanese OS when OPC Interface timezone is modified
CQ00689690 cimo_c_async (TSK_A) may crash when reading text tags of
256 or more characters
CQ00690202 Parsing of services file could cause Cim-IO Manager service
to crash on start up
CQ00695341 TSK_DETECT crashes if IO_MAIN_TASK is not set to valid
value in records defined by several types of definition record

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 19


Known Issues

This section describes the Known Issues for the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product
Family V9.

All MES Products


Cannot install in root folder on drive other
than C:\
CQ00548523
Do not install in the root folder on any drive other than C:\. If you must
install on a drive other than C:\, be sure to specify a directory.

Aspen InfoPlus.21
Long tag names may not display correctly
in GCS displays
CQ00418949
Long tag names, introduced in V7.3, may not display correctly in GCS
displays.

Database fields must only include printable


ASCII characters
CQ00428236
Character strings in InfoPlus.21 database fields, including record name fields,
should only include printable ASCII characters. Control characters, such as
line feeds and tabs, and non-ASCII characters are not supported.

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InfoPlus.21 currently does not prevent such invalid characters from being
inserted into InfoPlus.21 database fields. Nevertheless, they should not be
used because doing so can cause problems with some applications.

Utilizing PAE memory on the IP.21 server


causes history corruption problems
CQ00413452
Aspen InfoPlus.21 is not supported on systems that have Physical Address
Extension enabled.
Severe history corruption problems have been reported after enabling PAE on
Aspen InfoPlus.21 servers (/PAE switch in the boot.ini file).
InfoPlus.21 was not quality checked in conjunction with 36-bit memory
addressing and AspenTech strongly advises against enabling this Windows
feature on InfoPlus.21 servers.

Must have printer installed in order to use


Print or Print from Print Preview in Find
References
CQ00366769
You must have a printer installed and selected as the default printer in order
to use the Print button or the Print button from the Print Preview dialog
box. If you do not have a printer installed and set as the default printer, you
will only be able to save the file.

InfoPlus.21 SHUTDOWNADAPTER Issue


CQ00218702
When running a publication service from the InfoPlus.21 Manager, the
persistence configuration item does not perform properly when set to NONE.
The persistence configuration item is ignored and behaves as though
SHUTDOWNADAPTER was selected. Therefore, all data that is subscribed to
will remain so until the timeout occurs. This is because the InfoPlus.21
Manager is not shutting down the InfoPlus.21 Adapter properly. This issue
does not exist when running the publication service as a windows service.

InfoPlus.21 Adapter Encounters Issues


with Mixed Regional Settings
CQ00218702
The publishing and subscribing adapters must be running on machines that
are configured with similar Regional Settings. The InfoPlus.21 Adapter cannot
handle some of the issues surrounding internationalization and numbers.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 21


Avoid Shared Directories to Reduce OS
Overhead and Maximize Performance
CQ00228979
The operating system (OS) has to perform extra work when a file within a
shared folder is updated. Consequently, the Aspen InfoPlus.21 archivers will
run somewhat faster if the archive file sets are not in shared folders.
Therefore, in order to obtain maximum performance, you can configure
repository and file set paths to reference non-shared folders. The only
advantage to using shared folders is that doing so allows you to add new
repositories and file sets using the Aspen InfoPlus.21 Administrator from a
remote machine.
The Aspen InfoPlus.21 Administrator Help describes how to configure
repository and file set paths.

Portserv.exe Appears to Fail Upon Startup


Following Installation
CQ00339403
Sometimes portserv.exe appears to fail upon startup following an installation.
The Windows application event log may contain an entry indicating that the
NobleNet portmapper experienced an exception on startup following
installation. This does not happen often, but when it does happen it seems to
be on very slow machines. In any case, this is a superfluous message that
can safely be ignored as the portmapper starts up fine anyway.

Working with Tag Names with Special


Characters such as &*()+?<
CQ00366665
If the name of a tag contains “*?+”, Find References will still work, but with
some limitations. When searching Aspen Calc and SQLplus scripts, special
character are used as “metacharacters” defined by regular expression. For
example, a * is 0 or more of previous expression. So, if there is a tag named
“atc*ai, the following are possible matches in the scripts:
ai, atcai, atccccai, atcaaai, …
Other special characters will cause the regular expression parser to fail.
Finally, if users only supply a single special character, Find References will
also generate an error.

22 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes


Aspen Calc
Aspen Properties License Check
CQ00248300
When a calculation first attempts to connect to Aspen Properties using one of
the new formulae, it first checks that there is a valid Aspen Properties license
available. If one is available, the calculation proceeds normally and the
license check is omitted on subsequent executions. If a license is not
available, the calculation fails and an error message reading "No Aspen
Properties license available" is returned. The license check is performed
again on subsequent executions until a valid Aspen Properties license is
detected. Only after a valid Aspen Properties license is detected will the
calculation proceed normally.
If an Aspen Properties license is not detected upon the first execution but
subsequently becomes available (e.g., a transient network error causes the
first check to fail), the license check will continue to fail and the calculation
will not proceed normally. This is not the way the check was designed to
work.

Workaround
As a workaround to the problem, the AspenTech Calculator Engine service can
be restarted once an Aspen Properties license is available. The calculation
should then pass the license check successfully on the next cycle and
operation should proceed normally thereafter.
In order to forestall the possibility of license unavailability, we recommend
that standalone licenses be installed on the same platform on which Aspen
Calc and Aspen Properties are to be run. License authentication can be
provided by dongle, IP address, MAC address, DiskID or any other
characteristic valid to SLM.

CalcScript formula is size-limited


CQ00123985
The maximum number of characters in a single CalcScript formula is 32,000.

Workaround
A formula larger than this should be split into multiple, smaller formulas.

Permission Denied Error on Windows


Server 2003 SP1 and Later
CQ00364242
Aspen Calc clients attempting to connect to an Aspen Calc Server installed on
Windows Server 2003 SP1 may get a Permission Denied error due to

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 23


tightened security restrictions beginning with Windows Server 2003 SP1.
Knowledge Base Solution 123261 on the AspenTech Support Web site details
the necessary steps to enable DCOM communication for the Aspen Calc DCOM
application on the server.

Aspen Calc and Windows 2008 Server


When adding another node to the list of Aspen Calc Servers using the
Options dialog box, you may encounter an error message that indicates that
it failed to connect to the remote host:

If the host is a Windows 2008 server, it is very likely that the firewall of the
host prohibits the inbound connection. Use the host’s firewall advanced
settings to allow inbound connection for CalcScheduler.exe, which can be
found in Program Files\Aspen Tech\AspenCalc\Bin.

Aspen Cim-IO
CQ00485931

VB apps that update the registry fail


silently if user does not "run as
administrator"
Not running Cim-IO Properties, OPC Properties, and Store & Forward Manager
with full administrative rights (“run as administrator”) causes the applications
to appear to work, but actually fail to write the necessary values to the
registry. The result is that the application does not work properly, with no
indication to the user.

Stopping Cim-IO server during S&F with


redundancy is not recommended
CQ00415959
It is not recommended to arbitrarily stop a Cim-IO server during an on-going
Store and Forward (S&F) recovery on a redundant configuration. Such an
operation could cause the loss of the S&F file that was being recovered. The
Cim-IO redundancy feature is designed (or it can be configured) to
automatically get rid of any S&F file containing old data. If for any reason, the
system recovering S&F data is no longer construed as the previously active

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system on its restart, TSK_DETECT may request that the file be deleted or
cleaned.

Aspen IP.21 Process Browser


When tags are dragged from Hierarchies
tab, the graphic data point will not display
data-S95
CQ00579882
When dragging a tag from mMDM Browser into IP.21 Browser Graphic Studio,
you must drag from the Definitions tab. Dragging from the Hierarchies tab
does not work properly.

Remote Data Services (RDS) component


not supported by Microsoft on Windows
Server 2012
In the Windows Server 2012 environment, the Remote Data Services (RDS)
component is no longer supported by Microsoft.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303411.aspx
Therefore, if the Process Browser web server is installed on Windows Server
2012, the ActiveX XY Plot and ActiveX Trend Plot, as well as Excel add-ins
installed from the Process Browser will longer function. Excel Add-ins installed
from Process Explorer are not affected.
To address this issue and replace the RDS and ActiveX method formerly used
for rendering History plots, please use the High Performance Trends (HPT)
functionality, introduced in V7.3 of Aspen Process Browser.

aspenONE Process Explorer


Cannot log in to aspenONE Process Explorer
using Safari on iPad (iOS 9.x)
CQ00562383
There is a known issue with Windows Authentication when using iOS 9.x:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6538068
Workaround: Use the latest version of Chrome to access aspenONE Process
Explorer on iOS 9.x.

Aspen InfoPlus.21 Product Family V9 Release Notes 25


Application Pools must match in order to
scan Search data when security is in place
CQ00565106
When security is in place, the Dispatch Service Application Pool must have the
same identity as the AspenProcessDataAppPoolx64 Application Pool in order
to:
 Scan all data
 Schedule daily scans using the All Tab
 Schedule daily scans using the Files Tab
For more about updating Search data, see the aspenONE Process Explorer
Help.

SQLplus Reporting
Cannot print SQLplus reports to a network
printer on Windows Server 2012
CQ00522061
When SQLplus Reporting is installed on Windows Server 2012, reports will not
print.

Workaround
In order to print reports, install SQLplus Reporting on a non-Windows Server
2012 machine.

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