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Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

Last revision: Friday, March 31, 2017

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About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

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Wonderware MES Documentation

About This Readme

This document contains important information about Wonderware® MES 2014 R3 (version 5.3). This Readme documents the system requirements, known issues, resolved issues, and changes, if any, to the Wonderware MES user documentation.

Readme files from previous releases of Wonderware MES are posted to the Product Hub page of the Wonderware Knowledge and Support Center. Once on the Product Hub page, you can use the filter to list the MES documents, which include the Readme files. To access the Wonderware Knowledge and Support Center, log in to the Schneider Electric Software Global Customer Support website.

About This Release

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 includes the following new features and enhancements.

Installation Based on Common Install

Wonderware MES is now installed using the Wonderware Common Install architecture. This change includes using the post‑install Configurator application to configure Wonderware MES components.

Other installation and configuration changes include:

  • MES Performance Reports against the MES Reporting Database (powered by Wonderware Intelligence) are included with the Wonderware MES installation software.
  • Wonderware Intelligence Server software is provided with the MES installation software to support deployment of the MES Reporting Database. A Wonderware Intelligence Reporting Edition license (paper license – no license file required) is included with each MES/Performance license.
  • Inclusion of the OS Group SID Importer utility, to import user group SIDs into the MES database that were not available during the MES database migration to the current version.
  • Inclusion of the MES Clear Parameter Cache utility, to clear the MES middleware's stored procedure parameter cache during custom stored procedure development.

Security Improvements

The following security improvements have been implemented:

  • The ArchestrA Network Account (also known as Admin User) is no longer used by Wonderware MES. Instead, the MES Middleware Host uses a virtual local service account, NT SERVICE\WCFHostService, to access the MES database and other MES services. This account is added as part of the Wonderware MES installation.
  • Third-party references that are no longer used have been removed.
  • All MES client applications run with non-admin users.
  • As part of the MES DB/MW Communications component configuration, the MES middleware service's Windows user account can be granted the least privileges necessary to perform the required operations on the MES databases. If the MES middleware is going to use another Windows user account or a SQL Server user account to access the MES databases, information about how to manually set these minimum privileges is provided in the Wonderware MES Installation Guide and online help.
  • As part of the MES Database Setup configuration, during an upgrade the FI_User SQL Server account will be removed from the MES database and an attempt will be made to remove the FI_User from the system. If the account cannot be removed (for example, the FI_User belongs to additional databases), a warning will appear recommending that a SQL administrator remove the account. Even when successful, it is recommended that a SQL administrator verify that the FI_User account is not referenced anywhere else.
  • MES application user access to the MES middleware's Microsoft Message queue uses the lowest privilege level (Send Message).
  • MES middleware user access to the MES database Archive, Purge, and Restore directory is granted when the MES DB/MW Communication component is configured.
  • The MES API method GetDSbySQL() is limited to calling a SELECT statement.
  • Exception white list entries and firewall ports specific to Wonderware MES applications are no longer needed. HTTP or SQL Server firewall ports that are required by Wonderware MES applications are opened by default on Windows or by installing SQL Server.

Monitoring MES Quality Attribute Characteristics for Rule Violations

Attribute characteristics can now be monitored for rule violations. With the calculation of rules, statistics are calculated for the attribute characteristics and sent to a Sample Recording Object (SRO) that has the statistics exposed. Previous versions allowed for charting of attribute characteristics. However, the control limit lines are now added to the chart.

MES Application Object Improvements

  • All MES application objects have consistent error codes and error messages
  • Operation Capability Object (OCO) and SRO quality of I/O is checked.
  • OCO and SRO locking propagation has been improved.
  • The rejected messages primitive has been added to the OCO.

Distributed Numerical Control (DNC), Factory Connector, and Messenger Are No Longer Supported

DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger are no longer supported.

The removal of their support has the following implications:

  • DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger-related configuration has been removed from MES Configurator.
  • The Upload and Download Specs functions have been removed from the MES .NET controls and MES Operator.
  • The corresponding database tables and system parameters have been removed.
  • The Can Do DNC capability has been removed from the entity configuration in MES Client and MES Web Portal.
  • If upgrading from a previous version of Wonderware MES, the upgrade process will remove any custom configurations to the Folders Control, as the DNC buttons have been removed from that control.
  • If MES object scripts include scripting for DNC, Factory Connector, or Messenger, when the script library is updated, there is a general warning about an object dependent upon the library and that a new version of the library is being loaded. There are no specific warnings about the now missing enum. When you go to the script, the invalid enum is underlined and an error is reported when validating the script.

MES API Modifications

  • The Stateful and Stateless GetDSbySQL() method is now limited to calling SELECT statements only. If using Stateless APIs, it is recommended that you use the DirectAccess class methods—ExecSp() and GetDsBySp()—instead of the GetDSbySQL() method.
  • Because Distributed Numerical Control (DNC) and Factory Connector are no longer supported, the following methods and classes have been removed. In addition, related parameters, properties, enumerations, and return values have either been removed or have been indicated in the help as no longer being used.

    Stateless API:

    • JobExec.DownloadSpecs()
    • JobExec.SetTagValue()
    • Session.GetDNCEnts()
    • DNCExec class

    Stateful API:

    • ClientSession.RegisterDNCControl()
    • ClientSession.UnregisterDNCControl()
    • Documents.PopupDNCFilePicker()
    • Ent.SetTagValue()
    • JobExec.SetUIScreenTagValues()
    • SpecExec.DownloadSpecs()
    • DNCExec class
    • DNCStatusEventArgs class

Other System Modifications

  • In MES Client, the procedures for adding users and user groups for OS User and OS Group security modes now use the Microsoft Windows user browser.
  • To support localization of the on-screen keyboard in MES client applications that use MES .NET controls, the Windows on-screen keyboard is now used.
  • Internet Explorer 9 is no longer supported with MES Web Portal.

Updated Documentation

Content updates to the following documentation are included in this release:

  • Wonderware MES Installation Guide and online help. Completely revised to cover the use of Wonderware Common Install architecture and the post‑install Configurator application. Also includes:
    • Complete information for deploying MES reports on Wonderware Intelligence and on Wonderware Information Server (WIS)
    • Information about log flags for troubleshooting MES middleware and the performance counters that are available to the middleware
  • Wonderware MES Client User's Guide and online help. Major changes were:
    • Updates to the procedures for logging on, user security mode information, and procedures for adding users and user groups.
    • Updates to information about the Archive root directory path and Archive server host system parameters.
    • Removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
    • Updates to indicate that all MES Quality characteristic severity options are available, even for binary or counted attribute characteristic types.
  • Wonderware MES Configurator User's Guide. The major change was the removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
  • Wonderware MES Supervisor User's Guide. The major changes were removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
  • Wonderware MES Service User's Guide. Major changes were:
    • Updates to information about installing, starting, and stopping the MES Service.
    • Updates to information about the Archive root directory path and Archive server host system parameters.
    • Removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
  • Wonderware MES Operator User's Guide. The major change was information about the Microsoft on-screen keyboard.
  • Wonderware MES Web Portal User's Guide. The major changes were removal of content related to DNC and Factory Connector.
  • Wonderware MES Data Editor User's Guide. The major change was information about the Microsoft on-screen keyboard.
  • Wonderware MES online help. Includes changes to the Wonderware MES Configurator User's Guide, Wonderware MES Supervisor User's Guide, Wonderware MES Operator User's Guide, and Wonderware MES Data Editor User's Guide.
  • Wonderware MES Stateless API Reference online help. Major changes were:
    • Update to the description of the GetDSbySQL() method to indicate that it can now call only SELECT statements.
    • Addition of information about how to clear the MES middleware stored procedure cache using the MES Clear Parameter Cache utility.
    • Removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
  • Wonderware MES Stateful API Reference online help. Major changes were:
    • Update to the description of the GetDSbySQL() method to indicate that it can now call only SELECT statements.
    • Removal of content related to DNC, Factory Connector, and Messenger.
  • Wonderware MES .NET Controls Programming Guide. Major changes were:
    • Updates to information about the ButtonBar Execute() and LaunchBrowser() methods.
    • Addition of screen shot examples to many of the SPC Chart Control properties.
    • Removal of content related to DNC and Factory Connector.
    • Addition of information about the Microsoft on-screen keyboard.
  • Wonderware MES Operations Capability Object User's Guide and online help. The major changes were addition of the rejected messages primitive and the update to the Anonymous Logon User's privileges to the MESAsyncQueue.
  • Wonderware MES Sample Recording Object User's Guide and online help. The major changes were updates to indicate that all MES Quality characteristic severity options and statistics are available, even for binary or counted attribute characteristic types
  • Wonderware MES Utilization Capability Object User's Guide and online help. The major change was the update to the Anonymous Logon User's privileges to the MESAsyncQueue.
  • Wonderware MES Web Access User's Guide. The major change was correction of the .NET CLR Version setting.
  • Wonderware MES Virtual Environment Implementation Guide. The major change was explaining that there is no specific support statement for VMWare vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V.

Also, the Wonderware MES Intelligence Reports User's Guide was added to the library of user manuals that are installed.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

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Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

System Requirements

This section describes the hardware, software, and operating system requirements to install the Wonderware MES 2014 R3 software.

For the most current compatibility information, see the Global Support Center's online Product Compatibility Matrix tool.

Hardware Requirements

The following are the recommended hardware requirements for nodes on which Wonderware MES 2014 R3 components will be installed.

The hardware requirements that are described in the following topics are based on the minimal requirements for running Wonderware MES components. Additional minimum hardware might be required based on the version of Windows being used on a node (see Minimum Hardware Requirements for Supported Windows Versions).

Middleware or Database Server

  • Computer with dual core processor with 2 GHz or faster clock speed, or single core processor with 3 GHz or faster clock speed. Multi-core processor recommended for optimal performance.
  • 8 GB or more of RAM recommended, 4 GB of RAM minimum.
  • 300-GB Disk with RAID support for data. The amount of disk space necessary depends on the frequency of data collected (number of work orders, operations, production quantities, etc.) and the amount of data kept online in the production database.
  • Depending on complexity and size of the database server, 30 GB or more of available disk space is recommended. The database hard disk space should be enough to support the storage and performance requirements for your particular deployment.

MES Web Application Server

  • Computer with 2 GHz or faster processor clock speed.
  • 8 GB or more of RAM recommended, 4 GB of RAM minimum.

All Systems (Client Applications)

  • 30 GB (minimum) hard drive
  • Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
  • CD-ROM or DVD drive, or access to a network share or portable media device that contains the installation files
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse or compatible pointing device

Minimum Hardware Requirements for Supported Windows Versions

The following additional minimum hardware might be required based on the version of Windows being used.

See your specific Microsoft operating system hardware requirements for details.

Operating Systems

Type

Service Pack
Level

Links to Microsoft Operating System Requirements

Windows Server 2008 R2

64-bit

Standard or Enterprise

SP1

Windows Server 2008 R2 System Requirements

Windows Server 2012

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

System Requirements for Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

System Requirements for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows 7

32-bit &
64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none, SP1

Windows 7 System Requirements

Windows 8.1

32-bit &
64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none

Windows 8.1 Enterprise: System Requirements

Windows 10

32-bit &
64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none

Windows 10 Enterprise System Requirements

Software Requirements

This section lists the Wonderware and other third-party software requirements to install Wonderware MES 2014 R3:

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 is required for all components except MES Intelligence Reports, as Wonderware Intelligence requires .NET Framework 4.5.2. If the required version of .NET Framework is not installed, it will be installed during the Wonderware MES installation.
  • If installing Wonderware MES Web Portal, the following are required:
    • Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.5.
    • Microsoft Web Deploy tool.
    • MES Web Portal is compatible with version 8.0.3 of newtonsoft.json.dll.
  • If installing MES application objects, the following are required:
    • The Entity Model Builder feature requires ArchestrA Integrated Development Environment (ArchestrA IDE).
    • The Utilization Capability Object (UCO) and Operations Capability Object (OCO) require Microsoft Message Queue for their asynchronous calls.
    • The UCO cannot be deployed/co-exist onto the same platform with any other application object that uses a version of the newtonsoft.json.dll that is not from version 6.0.1 to 6.0.8. Otherwise, a Could not load file or assembly error message will be generated.

Web Browsers Supported for MES Web Portal Client

The MES Web Portal client has been validated with the following web browsers, using the web browser versions that were available at the time of the Wonderware MES 2014 R3 release or, for Edge, using the version shown:

  • Chrome
  • Edge version 38
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer 10, 10 Native, and 11

It is expected that the MES Web Portal client will operate properly with subsequent releases of Chrome, Edge, and Firefox browsers. However, if any MES Web Portal features do not function due to changes in a new release of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, customers will be notified by a Technical Alert when Schneider-Electric is made aware of the issue.

Note: When running MES Web Portal in some previous releases of Internet Explorer 11, there is a browser issue that can cause filter boxes on a page to not display correctly (for example, the filter box might be covered by a tile). To prevent this, make sure that a recent release of Internet Explorer 11 (more recent than 11.0.9600.17280) is installed.

Note: Demo videos in the MES Web Portal help will not run in standard Firefox. To run demo videos in Firefox, you must have an MP4-capable video player such as Windows Media Player installed on both the server and client machines, or have a third-party MP4 plug-in installed in Firefox.

Database Requirements

Supported Microsoft SQL Server Versions

Microsoft SQL Server Version

Type

Service Pack
Level

2008 R2

32-bit & 64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP3

2012

32-bit & 64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP3

2014

32-bit & 64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP2

2016

64-bit

Express, Standard, or Enterprise Edition

SP1

Requirements

  • SQL Server should be configured for TCP/IP for local connections. SQL Server should also be configured for TCP/IP for remote connections if servers that require access to the MES database, such as the MES middleware server or the Reports server, are on remote machines. If you use SQL Server, make sure it is installed using a case-insensitive collation.
  • Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and IIS 6.0 or later.
  • MES Database using multiple languages requires AL32UTF8 Unicode character set installed on your server.

Recommendations

  • For proper database maintenance, use an SQL Enterprise version due to the availability of online indexing capability.

Operating System Requirements

The following table lists the operating systems that are supported and can be installed on computers that run Wonderware MES 2014 R3.

Operating Systems

Type

Service Pack
Level

Wonderware MES Features

Client
Components

Database

Middleware

MES Web Portal Service

Reports Components

Windows Server 2008 R2

64-bit

Standard or Enterprise

SP1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2012

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2012 R2

64-bit

Standard or Datacenter

none

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows 7

32-bit & 64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

SP1

Yes

Yes 1

Yes 1

No

Yes

Windows 8.1

32-bit & 64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none

Yes

Yes 1

Yes 1

No

Yes

Windows 10

32-bit & 64-bit

Professional or Enterprise

none

Yes

Yes 1

Yes 1

No

Yes

1 Indicates that it is supported for sales and demo purposes only, not for production systems.

Support for Virtual Environments and High Availability

The Wonderware MES 2014 R3 software can be run in virtual environments to support High Availability for Live Migration and Failover. Implementing High Availability can be performed using VMware technology or Microsoft Hyper-V technology.

For information about implementing Wonderware MES in a virtual environment, refer to the ArchestrA System Platform Virtual Implementation Guide and the Wonderware MES Virtual Implementation Guide.

For specific information on VMware product compatibility, go to http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.

Support for Non-English Versions of Operating Systems

The Wonderware MES 2014 R3 software runs on the following non-English operating systems:

  • French
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • Spanish

The corresponding language versions of Microsoft SQL server are used, where applicable.

Wonderware MES Firewall Exceptions List and Firewall Ports

With Wonderware MES 2014 R3, exception white list entries and firewall ports specific to Wonderware MES applications are no longer needed. HTTP or SQL Server firewall ports that are required by Wonderware MES applications are opened by default on Windows or by installing SQL Server.

Product Compatibility

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 is compatible and can co-exist with the following products. Compatibility means that the products can communicate with each other over the network. Co-existence means that the products can be installed on the same computer.

For the most current compatibility information, see the Global Support Center's online Product Compatibility Matrix tool.

Component

Version

Compatibility

Co-existence

Wonderware® InTouch®

11.0 (2014), 2014 R2

Y

Y

Wonderware® Application Server

4.0 (2014),
2014 R2

Y

Y

Wonderware® System Platform

2014, 2014 R2

Y

Y

Wonderware® Historian Server

11.5 (2014), 2014 R2

N/A

Y

Wonderware® Historian Client

10.5 (2014), 2014 R2

N/A

Y

Wonderware® Information Server

5.5 (2014), 2014 R2

Y

Y

Wonderware® InBatch™

2014 R2, 2014 R3

N/A

Y

Wonderware® QI Analyst™

8.0 SP3, 8.0 SP4

N/A

Y

Wonderware® Intelligence

2014 R2

N

Y

Wonderware® Intelligence

2014 R3

Y

Y

Wonderware® Enterprise Integrator

2014 R2

N

N

Wonderware® Enterprise Integrator

2014 R3

Y

Y

Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM

2014, 2014 R2

N

Y

Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM

2014 R2 SP2 P01

Y

Y

Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM Connector for Wonderware MES

Connector version 1.10, Extension version 4.0*

N

N

Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM Connector for Wonderware MES

Connector version 5.3, Extension version 5.3

Y

Y

Wonderware® Recipe Manager Plus

2014 R2, 2014 R3

N/A

Y

*This version of Wonderware® Skelta™ BPM 2014 Connector for Wonderware MES works with MES 2014, 2014 SP1, and 2014 R2 and with Skelta BPM versions 2014, 2014 R2, and 2014 R2 SP2.

Related Topics

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About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

Licensing

The 2007 Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface is subject to protection under U.S. and international intellectual property laws and is used by Wonderware MES under license from Microsoft.

Quinn-Curtis SPC Chart Control:

The use of the QCSPCChart and QCChart2D WPF and .NET controls require the purchase of a Wonderware Advanced Dev Studio or Wonderware MES Quality license.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

The upgrade from Wonderware MES 4.0 (all service packs and patches), 4.5 (including P1), and 5.0 (including SP1 and SP2) is supported. To upgrade from an earlier version, you need to first uninstall the previous version and then install the new version.

The MES Database Setup component in the post-install Configurator application supports migration of databases from version 3.1 and later. To migrate from versions earlier than 3.1, you must first update the database to version 3.1. Custom modifications to any version of the Wonderware MES database may not be supported by the utility and may prevent migration.

For more information on upgrading, see the Wonderware MES Installation Guide and online help.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

Resolved Issues

This section describes important resolved issues in Wonderware MES 2014 R3, listed by their Change Request number.

L00120336

French laptop keyboard cannot enter numbers into property pane of MES Client using top row with SHIFT key

L00129775

After clicking the Exit button to cancel the Wonderware MES installation (for example, to install prerequisite software before attempting to install Wonderware MES), and attempting to run the installation again, the installation process hangs.

L00130028

Triggering an OCO PEM Production Event without a default production rate will end the existing job and incorrectly create a new job with an incremented sequence number

L00134069

On Windows 2012 and 2012 R2, adding the MES Web Portal feature through the Windows Add/Remove function after the product has been installed will result in an error from the Web Deploy Tool during the MES install. Workaround: To add/modify MES Web Portal, please use Setup.exe from the MES install media.

L00135391

Entity Model Builder is not installed when using silent installation.

L00136892

(Utilization Control) tpm_stat update trigger doesn't update last_edit_at if the updated row is prior to the current shift

L00137166

(Utilization Control) tpm_stat update trigger doesn't update last_edit_at if the updated row is prior to the current shift

L00138867

A Windows user name containing a dot (.) will not be accepted as a valid user during MES installation.

L00139703

(Utilization Control) tpm_stat update trigger doesn't update last_edit_at if the updated row is prior to the current shift

L00139767

In Configurator, unable to access Factory Connector configuration with a valid license installed - Factory Connector no longer included in the product

L00139780

Restore operation in MES Client DB Maintenance ends with "Error count" X and "Number of records processed" 0 (because of spc_rule table), but data has been moved successfully.

L00139810

Custom strings (string_id > 100,000) are deleted from the default languages on upgrade

L00139946

Stateless API call aaMES.Prod.aaJobExec.RejectProd calculates item_prod.hour_start_utc incorrectly for the new reject record

L00140012

MES Client cannot retrieve characteristics in the QM Specification editor and goes into error with 100,000+ QM_spec_char_link records

L00140135

The SP_U_UTIL_EXEC_SETRAWREASON is taking 7 million reads and 5 seconds to complete inserting 1 event

L00140150

Creating a BOM on an item that already has a BOM fails with error - "A cursor with the name 'cur_item_process' already exist."

L00140181

After changing regional setting to 24 hour format, not all editors in MES Client adhere to the setting.

L00140182

Production Events Summary Report for Utilization only allows 255 characters in the comments; If more, the report errors.

L00140287

Incorrect update of lot record when adding multiple different sublot records in the item_inv table

L00140337

Add switch in MES Web Portal to disable many of the links and the entity configuration page

L00140498

When the user's default language is Chinese, the tooltips of buttons display English, not Chinese

L00140556

Test Connection fails while trying to provision an MES database with a Skelta Repository using a Domain with Kerberos DNS negotiation

L00140560

StartDataEntryJob is not updating est_prod_rate

L00140583

The setting for system attribute 185, "Error Log Level 1(highest) to 5" is not enforced properly

L00140643

Top right corner of Operater is in white when the screen resolution is 1920X1080 and maximize the operator window

L00140755

Active Directory Browsing Not Working in complex forest - filter issue

L00140778

SetRawReason with reason code is ignored if existing util_log record already has the same reason code even though a different reason is provided

L00140922

Active Directory Browsing Not Working in complex forest - filter issue

L00140962

Cannot copy category to the new utilization event when using "copy row" in the data editor

L00140976

Skelta BPM Connector for MES that contains new transaction control activities and passes user context to MES

L00141091

OS Group based security: In MESClient it takes too Long (sometimes up to 30 min) to assign entity to Group

L00141234

MES Client does not recognize all types of Domain Trust relationships

L00141289

Arithmetic overflow in sp_S_Job when completing a PO with extremely small quantities

L00141328

MES client fails to login when using OS Security in huge domain

L00141330

When parent entity has been updated using Ent class Update() method ent table has been correctly updated, but table ent_link point to original values created by Add() method

L00141352

Sample Viewer unable to read data from the middleware for sample updates when user autologs out at end of shift

L00141461

Minimum traceable Inventory amount is not applied for indistinguishable lots in storage entity

L00141585

sp_I_Item_Cons_AddConsPostExec updates item_cons table spare1 field with @comments instead of @spare1

L00141608

Data Grid Error "An attempt was made to group non-existing column.Field name" occurs when switching the entity and there is a group by column selected in the grid.

L00141672

MES client will fail to authenticate any user if any group configured in the Users and Groups module is not accessible to the WW Network Account user

L00141694

Difference in the Util_log and TPM_stat tables when two Work Orders are run during the same shift

L00141765

HF 137707 Issue: Calling a SCC Import/Export a second time passes NULL parameters.

L00141814

Even if EventTime is set in the aaMES.Prod.aaJobExec.LogJobEvent, it saves only the actual date and time.

L00141911

"qty_per_parent_item" column is rounded off in the "bom_item_oper_step_link" table

L00141924

When changing the minutes time on the Utilization tab of Data Editor, sometimes the hour time also changes.

L00141930

HF 141352 for 5.0.1: Sample Viewer unable to read data from the middleware for sample updates when user autologs out at end of shift

L00142015

HF 134125 for 5.0: Difference in the Util_log and TPM_stat tables when two Work Orders are run during the same shift

L00142108

Issue where the FactMES.API.Quality.dll is not getting imported when importing the aaMES.aaSLIB.

L00142169

HF 140135 for 4.5: The SP_U_UTIL_EXEC_SETRAWREASON is taking 7 million reads and 5 seconds to complete inserting 1 event

L00142170

CR 138482 plus CR 137729: The middleware call to get the count of licenses should use the NOLOCK hint.

L00142178

FactMES.API.EnProd.StorageExec.MoveInventory fails due to date time format of to_expiration_date parameter being formatted according to local regional settings.

L00142214

Utilization control with Auto login set and the entity hardcoded logs onto the entity the first time, but logoff/login after that will not login to the hardcoded entity

L00142219

Error when refreshing genealogy grid - Specified cast is not valid.

L00142360

In MES Web Portal, Entities/Configuration/Allowable reasons cannot scroll beyond list of 30+ reason

L00142363

sp_U_Item_Inv_Reduce: incorrectly logs consumptions into item_transfer table

L00142751

Reversal of consumption / production should not remove record until ERP quantity is updated

L00142765

If item prod occurs shortly after shift change, the records can be incorrectly recorded against the previous shift

L00142993

It should not be possible to consume a blocked Item (item grade=3) with AddConsPostExec call.

L00143037

Ending a suspended job after starting a second job clears out calendar samples for the running job

L00143099

After consuming a substitute Item for an Operation the quantity can't be edited with Data Editor

L00143110

Back Flushed Consumption Records Have Wrong created_at And shift_start Times

L00143247

After deleting a user from an OS Group, no one in that group can login to MES when set to OS Group security

L00143273

Time-based Supply Chain Connector import and export schedules "Every N Minutes' never are executed

L00143315

MES Client requires utilization reason group names to be unique while MES Web Portal does not

L00143331

Resubmitting rejected messages gives error with date format

L00143354

Timeouts on entity monitor and line monitor pages

L00143488

SRO not connecting to MES Middleware after a failover of AOS when 20+ SROs are switching

L00143576

Dead lock issue with UtilLog.UpdateSpecific

L00143753

Skelta BPM .Net Connector for MES cannot change the job state by API Prod.JobExec.ChangeJobStates

L00143862

HF 142360 for 5.2: In MES Web Portal, Entities/Configuration/Allowable reasons cannot scroll beyond list of 30+ reason

L00143948

HF 142363 for 5.0: sp_U_Item_Inv_Reduce: incorrectly logs consumptions into item_transfer table

L00143952

The scroll bar on the bottom of the SPC Chart does not going to the far right for the most recent sample on subsequent loads after the initial load

L00144027

Merge HF 141328 and HF 143273 as both make changes to FactMES.Server.Communication.dll

L00144082

MES Client crashes searching large OS User Domain with over 50,000 users

L00144721

A work order was not created from a process for an item that has two or more BOM versions and in any of those BOMs there is at least one obsolete item.

L00144765

Logging in to MES Client in OS Group security mode takes about 1 minute.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Known Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

Known Issues

This section describes important known issues in Wonderware MES 2014 R3, and in Wonderware System Platform that affect Wonderware MES.

License Viewer Shortcut Does Not Open After Uninstall

When uninstalling a Wonderware software component with other components still installed, the shortcut to the License Viewer application (aaLicView.exe) might no longer work. This is more likely to happen when uninstalling Wonderware MES or when uninstalling any Wonderware component from a non-default install path. This issue can be resolved by modifying the shortcut location manually or by running a repair on any of the remaining Wonderware software components.

Known Issues for Wonderware MES

The following table lists the known open change requests for Wonderware MES, listed by their change request number.

L00131983

Trying to start a job on more than one machine causes an error inserting into the prod_rate_history table.

L00132902

If multiple items to be produced in a process have a common sub-item to be produced in BOM #1 and BOM #2, then every time that common sub-item is marked as "Set as Produced Item" on BOM #1 for an operation, the same sub-item will be marked as produced on that operation for BOM #2.

L00133800

The date/time control on the entity configuration Attributes tab in MES Web Portal is enabled only after the third click in Internet Explorer 11 when used for the first time.

L00134990

During shift change, the events in the util_log table have wrong duration or negative duration with UCO writing events at the same time. These will be addressed in the next release of MES.

L00135404

With the OS language set to Russian, the Entity OEE targets set in MES Client will generate a validation error but still save correctly.

L00137118

During migration of the MES database from MES version 4.5 SP1 to 5.0 SP1, there is an error associated to conflict with check constraint CK_Sample_Size.

MES 2014 (version 5.0) and above prohibit this invalid configuration. The user must correct the bad data in the database and then run the migration again.

L00142497

Negative and zero duration entries in util_log. These will be addressed in the next release of MES.

L00143414

Launching of the Operator following a fresh install fails with an error dialog that states "Unable to load DLL 'PEGRP32C.DLL'.

This is an intermittent issue that can be resolved by rebooting the machine after installation.

L00143769

HF 134990 for 5.0 SP1: During shift change, the events in the util_log table have wrong duration or negative duration with UCO writing events at the same time.

L00143866

When editing events associated to a job that spans a shift change, sp_U_Job_Exec_AdjustJobDur can delete records in job_util_log_link seeming randomly based on how SQL returns data

L00143981

When running a restore it aborts due to system out of memory and issues with conversion from nvarchar to float.

L00144226

The stored procedure sp_i_item_inv_add does not convert UOM before checking if there is negative inventory.

L00144252

Restoring MES Quality data from an archive results in error: Cannot perform '=' operation on System.String and System.Int32.

L00144413

Archive and Purge jobs abort with “System Out Of Memory Exception” when large amounts of data are involved.

L00144586

Shift schedule calculation is wrong when the database is set on British English date format because the first day of week is Monday instead of US expectation of Sunday.

L00144608

Autologon using ArchestrA Group Security does not work for all MES .NET client controls in InTouch.

L00144751

Cursor is not closed in the stored procedure sp_BOM_Item_Oper_Link_Chk.

Known Issues for Wonderware System Platform and Common Components That Affect Wonderware MES

The following table lists the known open change requests for Wonderware System Platform that affect Wonderware MES, listed by their change request number.

L00117794

Tooltip text on the MES Button Bar .Net Control buttons is not shown when running the control in InTouch. This is an InTouch issue.

L00131845

When using a UCO and referencing an attribute on the UCO, the attribute might remain in the initializing state or an error message similar to the following example might appear in the SMC Logger for Wonderware System Platform 2014 or 2014 R2:

Evaluation Error: Raw Reason Code= EStop [UCO.Attr4=="ji"]: CompiledExpression.Evaluate: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

The resolution is to apply an ArchestrA hotfix specific to your version or use Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 Patch 01 or later.

L00136956

For Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 (but not earlier versions), in the OCO, the Attributes tab does not show the properties window on the right side.

To correct the issue, click the Filter icon to show the filter and then click it again to collapse the filter. After this the properties window displays. Customers can also request Hotfix 139108 for Wonderware System Platform 2014 R2 Patch 01 or Hotfix 141524 for System Platform 2014 R2 SP1. This is fixed in System Platform 2017.

L00138837

AppEngine can crash due to the calls made to the FactMES API dlls even when using try / catch. Recommendation is to continue using the wrapped MES API dlls in Application server scripting.

L00140001

On an OS using a comma separator instead of a period separator for numbers, when the ArchestrA IDE is first opened, the MES objects will display the period separator instead of the comma separator. If you open another editor, the MES objects will display correctly. This is an ArchestrA IDE issue.

L00140616

Dynamic attributes deletion doesn’t propagate in WSP 2014R2 SP1. This impacts the OCO production and consumption counters and the SRO characteristic attributes. This is fixed in System Platform 2017

For WSP 2014 R2 Patch 01 can request hotfix 138741

L00144202

After failover, selecting an OCO object with PEM enabled in the Object Viewer logs a bunch of error messages from the BaseRuntimeComponentServer component when reading a PEM extended attribute's data type property.

This can be corrected by restarting the hosting engine of the object.

L00144260

Command line (silent) configuration fails when the response file contains localized characters.

All Wonderware software installations using the Common Install only support English characters for command line (silent) configuration.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

Wonderware MES Documentation

Wonderware MES Documentation

The Wonderware MES 2014 R3 documentation set includes the following:

Wonderware MES Deployment Guide

Provides guidance on deploying a Wonderware MES solution.

Wonderware MES Virtual Environment Implementation Guide

Provides information to assist with implementing Wonderware MES in a virtualized environment.

ReadMe

Provides information about software and hardware requirements, known issues, licensing, and documentation.

Wonderware MES Installation Guide and online help

Provides information about installing Wonderware MES applications.

Wonderware MES Client User's Guide and online help

Provides information about customizing and maintaining the plant floor information.

Wonderware MES Configurator User's Guide

Provides information about customizing and maintaining the Wonderware MES system.

Wonderware MES Dynamic Routing Reference Manual

Provides information required to set up dynamic routing of operations through a process defined in Wonderware MES.

Wonderware MES Middleware Extensibility Hooks Reference Manual

Provides information about how to use middleware extensibility hooks to perform custom actions before or after a specific middleware event is executed.

Wonderware MES .NET Controls Programmer's Guide

Provides information about the properties and methods of the Wonderware MES .NET controls for use in custom applications and ArchestrA graphics.

Wonderware MES Application Object (OCO, UCO, SRO) Help

Provides information about run-time behavior, configuration, and run-time attributes of UCO, OCO, and SRO application objects. This help is accessed from the Object Editor Help menu in the ArchestrA IDE.

Wonderware Operation Capability Object (OCO) User's Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Operations Capability Object to track production transactions against equipment.

Wonderware Sample Recording Object (SRO) User's Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Sample Recording Object to collect and store values for samples.

Wonderware Utilization Capability Object (UCO) User's Guide

Provides information about installing, configuring, and using the Utilization Capability Object to collect equipment performance data.

Wonderware MES Entity Model Builder User's Guide

Provides information about creating entities from the ArchestrA equipment model.

Wonderware MES Stateless API Reference online help

Provides information about using Stateless API within the ArchestrA IDE to develop and customize ArchestrA scripts.

Wonderware MES Stateful API Reference online help

Provides information about using Stateful API within the ArchestrA IDE to develop and customize ArchestrA scripts.

Wonderware MES Operator User's Guide

Provides information about executing production processes at the plant floor using the Operator application.

Wonderware MES Web Portal User’s Guide and online help

Provides information about using the web browser-based MES Web Portal to customize and maintain the Wonderware MES system and execute jobs at the plant floor.

Wonderware MES Service User's Guide

Provides information about how to use the MES Service utility to perform regularly scheduled tasks in the MES system.

Wonderware MES Supervisor User's Guide

Provides information about coordinating and overseeing the daily activity of the plant floor.

Wonderware MES Intelligence Reports User's Guide

Provides information about viewing Wonderware MES Intelligence Reports.

Wonderware MES Reports in Wonderware Information Server User's Guide

Provides information about viewing Wonderware MES Reports for WIS with either the Reporting Services feature or the Table Weaver feature of Wonderware Information Server.

Wonderware MES Help

Provides online information about MES Configurator, Supervisor, Operator, and Data Editor, and MES Reports in WIS.

Wonderware MES Data Editor User's Guide

Provides information about inserting and modifying data in the Wonderware MES database.

Wonderware MES Web Access User’s Guide

Provides information about using web access methods that allow MES middleware calls to the MES database.

The Wonderware MES 2014 R3 product library includes a set of Portable Document Files (PDFs) located in the Docs folder in the Wonderware MES installation folder. You need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view the Wonderware MES documentation. You can download the latest version of Adobe Reader from the Adobe Corporation web site:

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

After installing Adobe Reader, double-click a PDF file to view the book with Adobe Reader. You can also open a book with the Adobe Reader Open command from the File menu.

The Wonderware MES installation instructions are located in the root folder of the Wonderware MES installation folder as a PDF file and an online help file. You can view these instructions by clicking Help as you start the Wonderware MES installation procedure.

Related Topics

Wonderware MES 2014 R3 (Version 5.3) Readme

About This Readme

About This Release

System Requirements

Product Compatibility

Licensing

Upgrading from a Previous Version to Wonderware MES 2014 R3

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

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