Client Release Notes

Client Release Notes

Release 16 September

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

  • Gates are now available to view and update progress against

  • You can also add annotations against a Gate

  • Gates will have 2 status':

    • "Not started"

    • "Gates complete"

 

  • Digital Twin

    • You can now search for a Pile based on it's tracker or table name. A pile will be associated with a tracker if you have trackers on your site, otherwise it will be associated to a table.

 

  • Bugs fixed: 1

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.14.0

  • Serial Number Scanning

    • You can now perform serial number scanning activities against Inverters, Transformers, Combiner Boxes & Trackers

 

  • Bugs fixed: 0

Release 2 September

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • When toggling on/off layers against a Development & Construction event, these will now persist when you change event

    • You can now add a title to an event

 

  • General

    • We've hidden the Infrastructure page

    • Observations & Task Templates have been added to our public API

  • Tasks

    • The PDF export now includes Subtask information

    • Priority, Due Date & Status have been added to the Excel export

  • Thermal

    • Added links to further information available on the "Technical summary & analysis" section of a Thermal report

 

  • Bugs fixed: 4

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.13.0

  • General/Serial Number Scanning

    • The initial loading screen has been updated to show a "Select Component" section. This is in preparation for adding more structures available for serial number scanning.

  • Inspections

    • You can now add Inspections against HV, MV & LV Cables

 

  • Bugs fixed: 0

Release 19 August

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • Negative progress is now shown on the component charts

    • GCP's are now available to view and update progress against

    • You can also add annotations against a GCP

    • GCP's will have 2 status':

      • "Not in place"

      • "GCP correctly placed"



      

 

  • Bugs fixed: 1

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.12.0

  • General/Serial Number Scanning

    • Loading times are now improved when loading into a solar plant and also into the serial number scanning tab

  • Inspections

    • You can now add Inspections against Weather Stations, CCTV or SCADA structures

 

  • Bugs fixed: 0


Release 5 August

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • Minor naming changes:

      • "Last Modified By" is now "Modified By"

      • "Last Modified" is now "Modified"

    • Contracted start/end dates can now be entered before the first construction scan

 

  • Digital Twin

    • You can now select a random percentage or number of items from a search to add to a task list. This is available by selecting the "Add to tasks" modal after completing a search. You will be able to choose between all results, a random percentage or a random number.

 

  • General

    • Minor naming changes:

      • "Add comment" is now just "Comment"

      • "Advanced search" is now "Advanced filter"

  • Portfolio Dashboards

    • The drill to detail table will now take into account whether there is a filter applied on the page (date or advanced filter)

 

  • Tasklists

    • Updated the CSV export to include Task state, priority & due date

    • You can now select the "Text" type when adding a subtask. This is a free-text field allowing up to 255 characters and standard special characters e.g. ?, !

 

  • Templates

    • You can now select the "Text" type when adding a subtask. This is a free-text field allowing up to 255 characters and standard special characters e.g. ?, !

  • Thermal

    • All anomalies that had the anomaly type of "SEHP" have now been changed to "Multiple Hot Cells" with "Potential PID" as a root cause.

    • The advanced filter is now available to use on the Dashboard. We have also moved the advanced filter to the top for consistency purposes.

 

  • Bugs fixed: 6

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.10.0

  • General

    • All instances of "Solarfarm" or "farm" have been changed to "Solarplant" and "plant" respectively

    • Fixed an issue where the Android overlay was obscuring buttons in the app

  • Tasks

    • You can now select the "Text" type when adding a subtask. This is a free-text field allowing up to 255 characters and standard special characters e.g. ?, !

 

  • Bugs fixed: 1

Release 22 July

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • Additional validation when selecting dates for the Component Progress charts which will no longer allow you to select an end date that is after a start date (and vice versa)

  • General

    • Support has been renamed to "Help Centre"

    • All instances of "Solar farm" have been renamed to "Solar plant"

  • Portfolio Dashboards

    • Portfolio Dashboards is now the landing page within Solargain

    • Portfolio Dashboards will given you an overview of how your Portfolio is performing

      • You can filter charts by date and the advanced filter

      • You can export a selection of charts into CSV

      • You can export your charts as images

      • There are sections on Reports, Serial Number Scanning, Tasks Management and Anomaly Statistics

 

  • Tasklists

    • Renamed the "Add task list" button to "Create task list"

    • When adding a subtask, the default selection will now be "Pass/Fail/NA"

  • Bugs fixed: 3

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.9.0

  • Inspections

    • Changed wording from "Cad" to "CAD" within the Map layers settings

  • Tasks

    • Offline mode is now available for non-Pro sites

    • Subtasks are now available in offline mode for both adding & editing

  • Bugs fixed: 3

Release 8 July

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • Wording changed from "Contracted" to "Baseline" on the Overall Progress table and when editing Baseline start/end dates

    • CSV export wording changed from "Contracted" to "Baseline"

 

  • Observations

    • Clicking an image on the list view will now open the Image carousel directly

    • Markers have changed name to "GPS Markers"

    • You can now filter by blocks using the advanced filter

 

  • Task Templates

    • When adding a subtask, it will now default to "Pass/Fail/NA"

 

  • Thermal

    • The list view now has the same right hand drawer available on the map view

    • Clicking on an image will now open the Image carousel

    • Tracker name will now be shown if available

    • PID has now been added as a selectable root cause for Multiple Hot Cells

 

  • Bugs fixed: 4

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

 

Version 1.9.0

  • Inspections

    • Drastically improved Inspections loading times

  • Tasks

    • Module location is now shown as Row & Column

 

  • Bugs fixed: 3

Release 24 June

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Observations

    • Updated Advanced filter to show Weather Stations, CCTV, SCADA & LV, MV and HV cable types

 

  • Tasklists

    • You can now assign a user from an organisation to a tasklist instead of having to individually add them to the tasklist first

 

  • Thermal

    • When on the list view, you can now multiselect and perform actions

 

  • Bugs fixed: 3

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE

Version 1.8.0

  • Tasks

    • Tasks can now be accessed and changed in offline mode. Subtasks will be read-only until a future release.

Release 10 June

CLIENT PORTAL

 

  • Development & Construction

    • The predicted completion table has now been merged with the overall progress chart

    • Added contracted start and end dates for activities on site - these can be edited

 

  • Thermal

    • Soiling has been added as a root cause option for Heated Substring and Heated Substring*2

    • Serial numbers have been added to the CSV export

  • Bugs fixed: 5

Release 28 May

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Dashboard

    • Calculations on capacity will now be displayed as MW instead of KW

 

  • Development & Construction

    • The predicted completion table has now been merged with the overall progress chart

 

  • Observations

    • Renamed a few instances where Observations was still being referred to as "Image Repository" - CSV Exports & E-mails

    • You can now zoom into the images presented in the image carousel

 

  • Task Templates

    • Editing a Task Template is now it's own page instead of a modal

Release 21 May (Solargain Mobile)

Version 1.7.0

 

Tasks

  • The state of a task (Open or closed) can now be seen on the Task list view and within a Task. An open task will have the same background as it currently does today, a closed task will have a cross-hatched appearance

 

  • Creators & Editors of a Task can now open and close a task

Release 13 May

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Development & Construction

    • Overall progress is now reported by each structure's classification status

 

  • Observations

    • Tracker name will now be visible in the Location information for Observations that have a module linked to a named tracker

 

  • Tasks

    • We've now added an info icon to the actions button

    • We've reduced the size of images within the Excel task list export

    • Tracker name will now be visible in the Location information for Tasks  that have a module linked to a named tracker

 

  • Thermal

    • Tracker name will now be visible in the Location information for Anomalies whose module is linked to a named tracker

 

  • Bugs fixed: 4

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE (1.6.1)

  • Tasks

    • Subtask titles will now fit within the titles section, regardless of size

Release 6 May (Solargain Mobile)

Version 1.6.0

Serial Numbers

  • You can now see the number of modules scanned on a table when saving

  • There are extra settings available so you can be instantly aware of a serial number outside of the parameters set. This can be set to be a sound, vibration or both

 

Tasks

  • When uploading, you can now add an inspection item directly to a task list

Release 22 April

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Development & Construction

    • LV, MV & HV cables are now available for analysis and can be tracked through progress reports

 

  • Digital Twin

    • Inverters, Transformers & Combiner Boxes will now show their serial number

 

  • Tasks

    • Rearranged the status buttons in the right hand drawer on the Map & List view

 

  • Tasklists

    • Reorganised the "Create Task List" & "Edit Task List" modal

 

  • Thermal

    • Module location will now be shown in the format "Row & Column" instead of "X modules from the East, Y modules from the North"

  • Bugs fixed: 4

Release 15 April

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Development & Construction

    • Weather Stations, CCTV & SCADA systems are now available for analysis and can be tracked through progress reports

    • Response times when loading the map should now be quicker

    • For sites with Topography scans only, you will now be directed to the Map view first instead of the documents tab

 

  • Tasks

    • You can now multiselect & edit tasks on the list view

    • Task/Subtask actions shown in the right-hand drawer are now buttons instead of icons

    • The due date and priority are now visible on the top left hand corner of the page

 

  • Tasklists

    • When sharing Tasklists, you will now see the organisation a User is attached to in the Permissions section at the bottom

    • The organisation when searching for a User will now show at the top of the list, followed by the user

  • Bugs fixed: 9

 

SOLARGAIN MOBILE (Version 1.5)

 

  • Tasks

    • You can now upload a Template when adding a new Task

 

  • Serial Number Scanning

    • Tables on the Map view will now show red if a serial number is outside of the selected range

 

  • Bugs fixed: 3


Release 1 April

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Digital Twin

    • Weather Stations, CCTV & SCADA are now available to search for

    • You can now zoom out further

 

 

  • Thermal

    • Potential PID is now a root cause choice for Multiple Hot Cells & Hot Spots

 

  • Image Repository

    • Trackers have now been added to the advanced filter

 

  • Templates

    • You can now reorder Subtasks within a Template

 

 

 

  • Tasks

    • Modifications to Subtasks will change the modified date/time on a Task

Release 18 March

CLIENT PORTAL


  • Digital Twin

    • You can now search by "Date uploaded" for Site Observations

    • String and Tracker name, if applicable, are now included in the results for any searches including Modules. They are also included in CSV downloads.

 

  • Thermal

    • Improvements to PDF generation to allow downloads for sites with larger anomaly sizes

 

 

  • Image Repository

    • Creator permissions on Items are now inherited by everyone within the organisation of the user who uploads them

    • Information Icons are now available on the Dashboard view

 

    • Information Icons are now available on the List view

 

  • Templates

    • Templates can now be created through the Task Templates page

    • Templates can be edited, duplicated & deleted

 

    • Templates can be added to Tasks on the Tasks page and through the single/bulk add to tasks buttons

 

  • Tasks

    • The list view has been updated to include extra columns including Subtasks, Priority & Due Date

 

  • Account Details

    • The helpdesk E-mail is now displayed

  • Organisations can now have Admins. Admins will be able to give organisations access to Solarfarms and also be able to add new users to their organisation through the Admin section. The admin section is only visible for Admins.

 

 

  • General

    • Users will now see a privacy policy banner when logging in. As soon as this is accepted, it will not appear again. This is to notify Users of the information we store and does not include anything more than necessary.

    • The percentage of Impacted Modules and Powerloss is now included on Thermal Report E-mail notifications

SOLARGAIN MOBILE (Version 1.3)

 

  • Tasks

    • Subtasks functionality has now been added

  • Inspections

    • Improved support for Solarfarms with a high numbers of components

Release 18 February

CLIENT PORTAL

  • Thermal

    • There is now the option to export all Thermal anomalies into a PDF

  • Development & Construction

    • The map has now been added to the PDF export

    • The Completed Items to Date & Component Progress charts have now been added to the PDF export

 

  • Digital Twin

    • New components have been added to the Digital Twin (Piles, Tables, AC Cables, DC Cables, Road, Fences and Buildings)

    • Removed "Is" from the Digital Twin e.g. "Is Module" is now "Module"

    • Components shown will only be applicable to the Solar farm instead of returning all possible components

 

  • Image Repository

    • Image repository is now available to all Pro Solar farms. This replaces the Visual Reports pages.

    • All previous visual reports will be migrated from the 18th February

    • All items from visual reports will be able to be viewed via a Map and a List view

    • Items can now be multiselected using the List View

    • You will be able to apply single & bulk actions to these items e.g. Share, edit, delete, export

    • Items can be uploaded through the "Add New Items" page within the Image Repository

    • The dashboard will present a high level view of all the Items (inspections/reports) through charts

    • All pages can be filtered by "all,today, week, month, year or a custom date range"

    • The advanced filter can be used across all pages

    • The advanced filter will remain applied if you switch pages

    • There is now an image carousel which allows you to switch between both items and the images attached to those items

 

  • Tasks

    • Subtasks can now be added to Tasks

    • Subtasks can be added, edited and deleted

    • Subtasks are visible within the right hand drawer on both the Map & List views

    • The map has been added back into the PDF export

 

  • General

    • The right hand drawer size has been increased across all pages


Release 11 February (Solargain Mobile)

  • Tasks

    • Add ability to see more than 1 "Origin" picture on Tasks.

  • General

    • Add Inspections and Tasks support for Topographical Sites.

    • Fixed an issue where sessions would expire after going offline.

  • Amended Labels for Cables and Piles


Release 4 February

  • Digital Twin

    • A selection of structures are now selectable when launching the Digital Twin (Combiner Boxes, Inverters, Trackers, Transformers)

    • Structure colours now match the colour scheme of SolarGain Mobile

  • Development & Construction

    • There is now the option to turn all layers on or off

         

  • Tasks

    • The tasks page has now been changed to contain a Map and a List view

Release 24 December

  • Construction & Monitoring

    • The colours of annotations have changed based on their category

 

 

  • Completed Items to date on-hover tool now has the colour legend and number associated to the structure visible

 

 

  • Thermal

    • The list view now shows the amount of anomalies and total modules impacted. This is updated when an advanced filter search has been added

 

Release 10 December

  • Thermal

    • Date has been added to each anomaly

    • You can now filter by the date using the advanced filter



         

Release 26 November

  • Tasklists

    • Tasklists & Tasks now have a priority and due date

  • Digital Twin

    • You can now cancel a search on the Digital Twin

    • Progress is better represented when performing a search





Release 29 October

  1. Construction Management
    1. The construction management pages can now be accessed and updated before the first Above scan has been completed. There is also a construction start field which can be updated to accurately reflect when construction has started.
                  
    1. Combiner Box Progress is now visible in the overall progress and predicted completion tables.
                  
    1. Combiner Boxes have been added to the component progress charts
                  
    1. Combiner Boxes are now shown in the Map view
                  
  1. Thermal
    1. Table name information has been added to the Thermal CSV Export
  2. Digital Twin
    1. The latest orthomosaic layer will now be loaded by default
                  
  1. Task Lists
    1. If there are multiple modules affected by an anomaly, these will now all show up (previous functionality would only show 1)
    2. The "To do" status is now reflected with the colour black whilst "On hold" will now be purple.
                  


Release 15 October

  • Thermal

    • Informational icons have been added to the column headers in the List view which, on click, will display further information about what each column represents

      

    • Informational icons have been added above each of the charts in the Dashboard which, on click, will explain the chart and provide a link to further information

      

               




Release 1 October

  • Construction Management:

    • Adapted the Key Colour guide to show gradient changes visible on the map between "Table Structure Complete" and "Modules Mounted"

    • Module installation status represented as a colour across Tables

       

    • Various improvements to downloadable PDF's


  • Digital Twin

    • You can now search for the row and column within a table

       



Release 3 September


  • Task List
  • Thermographic tasks that are resolved have the option of resolving the underlying anomaly in the original Thermographic reports
                                              



  1. Digital Twin
  • The map has been optimised by loading tables first then the relevant components on demand.
  • When serial numbers are searched in the Digital Twin, the CSV format contains the table name and module positions. This is similar to the requested onboarding format so the user can find the relevant information by table name and location.

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  • Bugs fixed: 12


Release 27 August 2024


This is a SolarGain Mobile (SGM) release only


Task List improvements
  • New task lists and individual tasks can be created in the app
  • Task lists and task names still need to be edited in the portal, but the flexibility of adding new task lists and tasks will be a big win for those working in the field who want to add new tasks to new and existing task lists.

Serial Number improvements

  • Improved serial number scanning to account for different mobile configurations in all regions. As this app is used by more clients, there are more edge cases to consider. 

Inspections improvements

  • To ensure valuable work is not lost, we added a confirmation modal if cancelling in the module inspection item view.

Important Android update

  • Google update: Target Android 14 (API level 34)

Bugs fixed

  • It was reported that the offline notification reminder would trigger multiple alerts. This has been fixed.

Release 20 August 2024

  • Construction Management 
  • Further improvements to the Progress Reports tab
  • Roads are measured in m2, rather than segments
  • A new dropdown has been added to filter for "All" data and "Above data only" if users want to differentiate between the data sets.

  • Warning text for modules in Component Progress charts: Some modules might show as negative, due to the table calculations. Though a solution to fix this calculation is in progress, this message will help clarify any concerns, if the user sees negative values.
  • Update Progress tab, incremental improvements to make this functionality more flexible
  • Last user entry can be deleted in case the user decides the data for that day is no longer required. Before, it was not possible to delete the last entry.
  • Date can be changed on latest entry. The date could not be adjusted initially, but now the most recent date can be amended.
  • Modal shows all classifications for each component, bringing clarity to all components, even those that do not require a change to that stage (greyed out).
  • Account Details page
  • This page has been updated to the latest technology and consolidated onto one page. This improvement has been done to allow for future global settings.
  • Bugs fixed: 9

Release 7 August 2024

  1. Construction Management 
    1. Further Improvements to the Progress Reports
    2. Data quickly refreshes after new user data has been entered
    3. "Completed items to date" graph has been resized for a better screen fit
  2. Digital Twin
    1. Search for component locations by block

  3. Bugs fixed: 5

Release 23 July 2024

  1. Construction Management 
    1. Improvements have been made to the Progress Reports
    2. Completed Items to Date chart displays months for a clearer overall view
  1. Component progress charts show round numbers
  2. Bugs fixed: 9

Release 9 July 2024  

  • Construction Management

    • This release of Construction Management allows you to self-service your own data in the new "Update progress" feature.

      • This feature is for PRO sites only

      • There is a new tab called "Update progress" which allows users to update the status of component progress each day

      • When creating a new event, a modal will pop up, giving options to choose a component and indicate how many have changed status.


      • Users with appropriate permissions can edit the progress on that day only. Users can view the progress from previous days.


      • Progress Reports: Updates will appear in all charts, with distinction between Above data (from drone scans) and user data (added via Update Progress)

      • Component progress

        • The charts can now handle negative values

  • Digital Twin

    • A new filter has been added for Thermographic anomaly groups


    • Serial Number Management: The long awaited tool is ready, that allows users to bulk-delete serial numbers from modules, via the Digital Twin. Users can search and delete serial numbers for individual modules or all modules on marked tables.



  • Bugs fixed: 12


Release 24 June 2024
  • Notification emails for report sharing and publishing

    • Users will receive a "daily digest" of all reports published and shared with them. Currently, users get one email per activity, so this is a big improvement when multiple reports are happening.

  • Thermographic reports

    • Map: String name has been moved above serial number as it's a more logical spot

    • Dashboard: Anomaly type charts have a legend to give a clearer picture of the root causes at a glance

  • Construction Monitoring

    • Progress reports: Charts have a new style to accommodate the upcoming "Client update progress" feature

    • Annotations: Column in the Annotations tab "All event dates" has a column in the Annotations tab

  • Bugs fixed: 14

SOLARGAIN MOBILE v1.0.9 (SGM) - This will be available on App Store and Google Play on Wednesday 26 June.

  • Login page

    • Improve keyboard input ability for the login password screen, as it was showing strange different characters on certain iPhone models

    • Fix deprecated warning message in some use cases

  • Inspections

    • Add feature to back up Inspection images to the gallery so user will have a copy

    • Improve Map support for returning to the same zoom point after adding an inspection item

  • Tasks

    • Confirm before exiting a new task or serial scan without saving changes

    • Improve support for multiple task comments uploaded in a single session and upload user experience

  • Serial Numbers

    • Amend Serial Number column and row characters to be numbers only (not letters)

 

Release 11 June 2024

  • Thermographic reports
  • List view: "Modules impacted" has been added to the table
  • Map and List view: Advanced filter button
  • It has been changed to be more visible by being green to start
  • When filter is on, the button turns grey with an X
  • Map view: Actions buttons
  • Buttons have been added to the right drawer to "Resolve", "Change root cause" and "Add to Tasks"
  • Map view: Selecting modules
  • It is now much clearer when a module is highlighted by making the colour brighter

  • Construction Monitoring
  • Progress reports: 
  • Future functionality will be to provide a form for clients to update progress on site, in between Above's events. We are iteratively working on showing the difference between client-entered data and Above data. The first visible change is a green label with text "Above data" in the hover tools. In future releases, when a client adds data, it will state "Client data".
     
  • Annotations can be included for viewing on "All event dates". This can be done when first adding or editing annotations.
  • Bugs fixed: 8

Release 28 May 2024            

  • Thermographic reports

    • Documents tab has been upgraded to show the new file structure format.

      • Any images that have been uploaded specifically for that site can be viewed in this area

    • Export dropdown:

      • Download images (Zip) has been added

  • Construction Monitoring

    • New component types have been added: Batteries and Substations

  • Digital Twin

    • New component types have been filtered: Batteries and Substations

  • Visual Report: 

    • Users can edit the title of the Visual Reports, formerly only editable in Admin

  • Bugs fixed: 4

Release 20 May 2024

SolarGain Mobile (SGM) is our mobile app designed for performing site inspections, managing tasks and scanning serial numbers. We are continuously working to enhance this app, based on client feedback. Here are a few updates with more coming in the near future.
  • Inspections items
  • When adding a star rating of the component, the corresponding rating word is also included.
  • Inspections and Serial number map
  • When navigating on the map, there is a north indicator to help with orientation on site.
  • Error reporting tool
  • If an issue occurs with the app, there will be a pop-up stating the error and will send the details to the development team to rectify the issue.
  • Bugs fixed: 5

Release 8 May 2024

  1. The Thermographic reports have been overhauled into the latest technology and will be aligned with the newer pages in the portal. Additional improvements include:
  2. Dashboard tab
    • GSD data will be shown so the users know the image resolution we used for this report
    • Improved charts:
    • Anomaly type and root caused have been merged and user can filter by root cause
    • Anomaly groups are are a logical pie chart
    • Charts show all the values when hovering

    • Advanced filter tool can be accessed from both map and list views. The user can toggle between the views, retaining the selection and clear filter by refreshing or clicking on the Advanced filter "X" button.

    • Map tab
    • Properties window has moved to the right drawer (similar to Task Lists) and displays all the properties information and images in one place
    • Properties drawer displays new fields: GPS coordinates, string name, table name and serial number (if available)
    • Map selection includes groups of modules affected by heated strings or SEHP
    • Exports
    • CSV shows columns for GPS coordinates
    • Documents tab will be added in the next release.

Release 3 April 2024

  • Solar farm page: Providing more clarity of MW totals in portfolio
  • Total MW capacity has been added to the upper left corner of the page
  • The total MW capacity also changes when searching or applying filters
  • "Inspected in 2024" has been removed, as it only relates to Thermographic reports. This information can be accessed in the filter tool.
  • Development and Construction: Progress report changes:
  • Predicted Completion table: "Total count" has been changed to "Total to Complete"
  • Component graphs: Formatting of status' in legend matches the map key guide formats
  • Bugs fixed: 4

Release 18 March 2024

  1. Reports page has had small improvements in wording and button placement, improving the recently added bulk share features.
  1. Development and Construction improvements: Construction Monitoring reports are available in a PDF format! This report shows all the site data, progress report tables and annotations. Next stage will be to add the new graphs.


  2. Task Lists: There is a new option to download in Excel with images. Images are embedded in the Excel rows and show the important information such as location and origin details.

  3. Bugs fixed: 11

Release 4 March 2024

  • Release notes modal appears to give users an update of the latest features after every sprint. There is also a link to release notes so details and history can be easily viewed. Once this window is closed, it will not appear until the next release (so it will notify yet not disturb the user).


  • Development and Construction improvements
  • Export CSV: New CSV's downloads from the upgraded Construction Monitoring Progress Reports.
  • When clicking on "Progress reports as CSV", 4 files representing the different graph types will be downloaded onto your device.
  • Progress Report tab: If the site has buildings, we have changed the label from "Other Buildings" to "Buildings" which will be reflected in the graphs.
  • Annotations tab: Annotations now defaults to "Other" rather than "Quality" to accommodate the integration of Topographical views.
  • Documents tab: This area can show both Construction Monitoring and Topographic files
  • Task List improvements: Exports are shown in a dropdown rather than buttons to remain consistent. This will allow other types of downloads that will be coming up in future releases.
  • Bugs fixed: 5

Release 19 February 2024

  • Development and Construction improvements
    • Progress Report tab: Further clarification in "information" buttons for each chart. There is now a link to the Support page with a detailed explanation of the charts for each section.

  • Reports page improvements
    • Multiple report sharing: Ability to share multiple reports to many organisations. Previously, each report had to be shared individually and now they can be shared instantly from this one page.

  • Entire portal
    • Page titles have been removed from each page to allow more room for valuable content. The left side bar highlights what page the user is on. The only exception is Task Lists, which will show the title within each Task List.
  • Bugs fixed: 5 

Release 6 February 2024

  1. Development and Construction improvements
    1. Construction Monitoring: Progress Report UI improvements
      1. Improve styling on the charts for better clarity of the progress numbers
      2. Overall Progress chart has been improved to clearly separate out the groupings and bar size. It encourages users to hover over each bar to view exact number progress.
            
  1. Completed Items to Date and Component Progress charts by improving visibility of dates and data in the hover tool
            
  1. Bugs fixed: 6


Release 22 January 2024

  1. Development and Construction improvements  
    1. New topographic studies map data has been integrated into the Maps tab
    2. We now have an elevation map layer and orthomosiac map layer on the left drawer. Both layers can be selected and opacity can be adjusted for the best view possible.
    3. Annotations can be added to the map to note of any observations such as elevation variances, unusual tree heights or any important points when planning a site.
    4. An elevation key has been added that matches up to the sites position over sea level
    5. The map changes will be implemented for *new* sites with our topographic service. Existing sites with topographic files will need to be added at the request of the client.
  1. Visual inspection reports
    1. Customised categories were added to all areas on the portal relating to visual inspections. The SolarGain Mobile app has had these changes applied as well.
  2. Bugs fixed: 7

Release 21 December 2023

  1. Construction Monitoring improvements
    1. Progress reports - We have listened to feedback and created a new structure that will help with each organisations reporting needs. The layout is much more dynamic and there is more filtering flexibility.
      1. Components originally were separated into 2 groups: PV Infrastructure and Additional Infrastructure. This did not fully represent the breadth of components so now they have been broken into Mechanical, Electrical and Infrastructure to align more with the component type.
      2. Other changes have been done so different subcontractors can view progress of their precise area of work. For example, originally, table progress covered both module and piles. Piles have been broken out from tables. Modules have been broken out from tables with module count, fulfilling a request from many clients. Now they have been broken out into more detailed areas so progress can be tracked at a more granular level.
      3. We now have the concept of blocks, which is especially helpful for larger sites, by naming specific areas which can be tracked independently. Filtering will allow you to focus on 1, several or all sections of the site. Breaking the site into blocks would be at the request of the client.
      4. New graphs show
        1. Overall Progress: This graph shows progress by component number and %, so people have a visual of overall progress

        3. Predicted completion date: This table gives an estimate of completion based on historical progress between each event.

        5. Completed items to date graph: This graph allows the user to track progress and compare against their own project milestones (e.g. their Gantt chart). There is a helpful hover tool that shows a % complete for each date on the graph.

        7. Individual component progress with flexible date ranges: Each component is broken out with a flexible date filter so work can be tracked between each event date.

  2. Thermographic reports
    1. Portfolio Exports now have Anomaly Groups added into the CSV 
  3. Bugs fixed: 7

Release 8 December 2023

  1. Topographical Studies integration into SolarGain portal - Phase 1 complete
    1. Name for Construction Monitoring page has been changed to "Development & Construction"
    2. There is a new section called "Topographic deliverables", which allows clients to download all the relevant files
    3. The tabs will change depending if site has Topographic or Construction Monitoring
    4. Topographic elements will be integrated into Construction Monitoring map in the new year
  2. Construction Monitoring improvements
    1. Progress reports
      1. Convert polylines to return length in metres (cables and fences)
    2. Annotations
      1. Filter by visibility "Show all orgs" - expand a bit
  3. Bugs fixed: 8