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What's New in AVEVA™ System Platform 2020 R2

Written by Andy Graham | Jan 20, 2021 6:15:54 PM

The release of AVEVA System Platform 2020 R2 with AVEVA Operations Management Interface 2020 R2 is here.

The 2020 R2 release collection ushers in new industrial operations experience harnessing the power of the cloud, web, and apps enabling unified operations and connected workers! 

For AVEVA System Platform 2020 R2, enhancements and new capability bring greater focus to content delivery and visual style to aid operator situational awareness and create powerful context-driven applications.

 

Layouts Can Be Linked as Asset Content

Link a layout residing in the Graphic Toolbox to an asset or template and have it participate in auto-fill activities when the associated asset comes into focus.


Layouts Support Owning Object

A layout’s owning object can be set and it will auto-fill based on the owning object’s content.


Leverage Multiple Galaxy Style Libraries

Create and manage multiple Galaxy Style Libraries and switch between them at runtime.


Role-based Navigation Model

Let the navigation model adapt to reshape based on the logged-on user’s assigned roles.


Dynamic External Content

External content objects now support expressions enabling the dynamic determination of
content at runtime.


Layout Background

Specify a background image and/or color that will span an entire Layout.


Alias Name as Read-only Attribute

The alias name used for navigation is now a full attribute that can be referenced in runtime.


New Graphic Repeater OMI App

Enables the visual representation of data using Industrial Graphics. A selected Industrial graphic
is repeated multiple times with custom data injected into each instance. The graphics can also
be sorted into lists or grids.


Map OMI App Enhancements

Now supports boundary configuration, as well as Baidu as a map provider.


PLC Viewer OMI App Enhancements

Additional PLC languages and viewing options have been added, plus support for Schneider Electric’s Unity Pro and EcoStruxure Control Expert.


Web Widgets

Import Web widgets and place them on panes and allow interaction with properties. Subscription-based Platform Communications Platform subscriptions are dynamically built as required to minimize inter-platform communication.


Flex License Mode Configuration

Flex license mode configuration has been enhanced.


Licensing Improvements

Galaxy repository keeps retrying license acquisition after failing to obtain a license or losing an
acquired license.