APIS IQ 8.0

Service Pack-Version 8.0 - 0040

CDM Server:

• The new version of the CDM-Server V1.1.0 is required to use the CDM together with IQ-SoftwareV8.0 - 0040.
  Further details and changes can be found here. [V8-2460]

General:

• Table editors now have an additional display option "Show notes in header where available" similar to the option "Show notes where available". [V8-1613]

• The quality rule "Actions groups without measures but with A/E ratings < 10" now also takes faded in actions into account. [V8-1913]

• Layout elements can be given their own color or alternatively the color of their “object type” in the “Fonts and colors” dialog. To do this, the new check box “Use text color of object types” must be active. [V8-1978]

• Functional Safety: Instead of displaying the sum of the processing times, now the maximum processing time is shown for the safety goal violation.

  The display option "Fault Tolerance Time Interval (minimum)" (new: "Fault Tolerance Time Interval (minimum/maximum)") now shows also the maximum processing time for each node in the Failure Net. [V8-2216]

• There is a new workstation setting "Assign None Action automatically if O=1" in tab "Actions" (default: inactive). Previously this always happened since V8.0. [V8-2255]

• The existing workstation setting "Derive actions for customer operations: only for error detections" is now called "Derive actions for customer operation: Error detections and reactions as detection actions" (default: active). Its behavior was changed accordingly. [V8-2302]

Excel-Ex-/Import:

• Excel-Import: When updating characteristics, requirements, etc., it is necessary to identify the target objects in IQ whose attributes are to be updated. For this purpose, a checkbox in the column header can now be used in the import dialog to specify which criterion or criteria should be used for identification (e.g. the name or the ID number). [V8-1389]

• Excel-Import: When updating characteristics, requirements etc., there is now the option "Delete attribute value if Excel cell is empty". If this option is active, attributes of IQ objects are deleted when updating if the corresponding Excel cell is empty. If the option is not active, the corresponding attributes of the IQ objects are not changed when updating (as before). [V8-1762]

Only with Maintenance License:

• A new statistical analysis is available: “Causes based on net connections”. You can use it for the analysis types “Analysis of structures” and “Analysis of cause-based forms”. Causes based on the number of direct net connections in effects direction will be listed. [V8-1713]

The following bugs have been fixed with this service pack:
V8-2066, V8-2203, V8-2279, V8-2384

Service Pack-Version 8.0 - 0030

General:

• The new workstation setting "System Optimization | Other | Optimized palette entries" allows for anti-aliasing in form editors. [V8-1224]

• Text search (Ctrl+F): You can now also search in the “User-defined attributes” tab. [V8-1523]

• Actions which are faded in somewhere else now show a distinctive object type icon. [V8-1680]

• You can now define a custom "Numbering" color as well as a color for "IQ object ID" via "Tools | Settings | Fonts and colors..." dialog. [V8-1936]

• Filtering: the criterion “Number of effects/causes” is now also available in the forms editor. [V8-2080]

Editors:

• Excel import in Deadline Customer Requirements Editor: The assignment of (symbolic) deadlines in Excel to Customer Requirements in IQ has been improved. [V8-1338]

• Process Flow Diagram: A cover sheet is now also available here (similar to the FMEA form, Control Plan, etc.). [V8-1439]

• Graph Editor: Using the display options you can now show a short form of the comment in each node. [V8-1540]

• Workstation setting "Table Editors | Fold System elements when opening a table editor":
  - Synchronising a system element unfolds it, e.g. from the structure editor into the FMEA or AIAG/VDA form.
  - If an FMEA form contains only one system element, the system element is unfolded. [V8-1676, V8-1988]

Object Inspector:

• You can now show and edit inspection equipments and machines in Object Inspector. [V8-1657]

• You can now show and edit all attributes of a person in Object Inspector. [V8-1779]

Statistics Editor:

• In the results table of the "Difference Analysis", there is a new column “Notes AP”. [V8-1505]

• In the "Risk Matrix AP" the summary always shows all Action Priorities available in the catalog. If there is no data for a priority category in the evaluation, the value 0 is displayed. [V8-2044]

License server:

• A new version of the APISGMBH vendor daemon (version 11.19.6.0) is available. This provides compatibility with new functions on the FlexNet license server (e.g. reporting tool lmreporter). This functionality is only available server side and requires a Docker based lmreporter installation.

  Attention: Only use this new vendor daemon if you are using V7.0 Service Pack 0190 (or newer) or Version 8.0 of the IQ-Software. Older versions of V7.0 can not access the license server any longer after the upgrade.

  You can download the new vendor daemon here:

  https://download.apis.de/v8/ApisVendorDaemon_80201.zip

  A current version of the license server is available as well:
  https://download.apis.de/v8/lmadmin-x64_n6-11_19_6_2.exe [V8-1922]

CARM and CARM-NG-Server:

• There are now instructions on our homepage for data transferal from CARM NG Server for "CSS Functional Safety":
  https://www.apis-iq.com/sl/datatransfer-carmng [V8-1170]

• An inserted module used its module version number as the number of its root system element (if this did not have an explicit number set). Now the module version number is no longer used for this. [V8-1756]

The following bugs have been fixed with this service pack:
V8-2002, V8-2014, V8-2018, V8-2037

Service Pack-Version 8.0 - 0020

General:

• The possibility to assign multiple classifications to functions, characteristics and failures is now always active. Files from version 7.0 (and earlier) that were using single classifications are automatically converted on opening in V8.0. [V8-2]

• You can now assign one or more "Inspection Categories" to an inspection (also variant-specific). You can manage the inspection categories in "Administration | Attributes and categories". [V8-44]

• The history concept is no longer offered in V8. [V8-54]

• When converting the template file, new standard values are automatically created:

  - Naming patterns for failures

  - Evaluation criteria (FMEA scope)

  - AIAG/VDA - AP & evaluation catalogs

  - Labels of the noise factor categories (P diagram) [V8-85]

• 8D report: Previously, it was only possible to synchronize from an 8D report to a set object. The opposite direction is now also possible: from the object to the 8D report. [V8-94]

• When calculating the classifications in an FMEA Form automatically the compatibility option "Calculation based on maximum of O/D valuation (can originate from different actions groups" is now per default turned off. You can activate it manually in "Tools | Document settings | Classification" if needed. [V8-100]

• In the administration, "naming patterns for failures" can now be created in the "Attributes and categories" area.

  These templates can then be created automatically for a selected function using the context menu ("Create failures").

  If the "Documentation required" checkbox is set for the corresponding template in the administration, any variant exclusion and the deletion of such a failure for the function is documented. [V8-108]

• There is now a structure cover sheet analogue to the container cover sheets. [V8-111]

• The German translation of structure type "Design" ("Konstruktion") was changed to "Design" in accordance with the AIAG/VDA handbook. [V8-120]

• Requirements can now also be imported and updated with the attribute values for the specification. [V8-131]

• It is now possible to assign classifications to failure, function and characteristic types.

  When creating new instances of one of these types, the set classifications are adopted. [V8-137]

• The favorites from the "Select command" dialog are now also displayed in the toolbar. [V8-163]

• If the new workstation setting "Copy | Copy the variant-specific values when copying" is activated when copying within a structure, all variant-specific values are now copied.

  This behavior also applies to Special D&D (D&D + Ctrl). [V8-164]

• The modelling of follow-pages for the cover sheet was changed to simply their behavior. Now all follow-pages are variant-specific in their entirety. There are no longer interactions between variant-specific follow-pages and follow-pages of the main structure. If you delete the last variant-specific follow-page, the follow-pages of the main structure are visible again in the variant. [V8-171]

• The meeting log now contains changes to revision states and action groups. [V8-178]

• In the workstation settings there is a new option "Derive actions for customer operation: only for error detections". This can be used to control whether actions are also derived for error reactions. [V8-184]

• You can now assign a variant-specific background color for all IQ objects. [V8-192]

• The terms of the measure status in the MSR environment have been adjusted. [V8-194]

• We are now considering faded-in actions also in the structure for determining the status of a revision state/action group. [V8-241]

• When "Read/update template", the print jobs from presentation printing and web publisher are listed individually. [V8-246]

• You can now reset the display options of an editor by pressing a button on the starting page of the display options dialog. [V8-258]

• You can now use "File | Extended | Translate document automatically" to translate all (or missing or out-of-date) terms in a document from the reference language to a content language in one go. Please note that using an automatic translation service may incur costs! [V8-296]

• In the workstation settings, the "Application components" section has been expanded to include additional areas (such as CARM Server). [V8-306, V8-447, V8-448, V8-449]

• Bookmarks: A filter criterion is now offered with which you can search for bookmarks. If it is an object bookmark, the name or notes, for example, can be used as a criterion. [V8-308]

• The workstation and document settings relating to the meeting log have been standardized.

  The workstation setting "General | Create meeting log" has been removed.

  Instead, there is now the document setting "Administration | Record details" as a dependent option of "Create meeting log for this document". [V8-179, V8-347]

• The document setting "Classification | Enable assignment of multiple classifications" has been removed.

  It is now always possible to assign multiple classifications by default. [V8-370]

• The XML interface receives the new draft version msrfmea30_1 of DTD and XSD. [V8-410]

• XML interface: the variant-specific values are now stored with the single elements. This leads to a significant speeding up of export and import. [V8-423]

• Versioning (forms, etc.): when versioning, a PIM entry can now be created and information can be defined for it. [V8-427]

• When copying and pasting, document languages are no longer created in the target document. This applies, for example, if the copy comes from another FME document or when inserting CARM server modules. [V8-432]

• Properties dialog: When searching in "User defined attributes" the notes of the attributes are now searched as well. [V8-472]

• In the workstation and document settings as well as in the display options of all editors, some of the standard settings have been revised. [V8-487]

• The "last used commands" from the "Select command" dialog are now also displayed in the toolbar. [V8-496]

• An AP catalog now has an optional extendend AP range for its priorities. In addition to the existing AP values L, M and H there is "-" (ignored), "S" (Safety-relevant) and "T" (Top). You can choose which values each AP catalog should support in its Properties Dialog. For each value you can also choose a color in "Tools | Parameters for color coding".

  This allows you to use different strategies for risk evaluation within IQ Software, e.g. the risk priority level (RPL) approach. The template file contains a special RPL catalog for this purpose. [V8-521]

• The different bookmarks can now be recognized by different icons. The tooltip shows the respective bookmarks directly. [V8-538]

• It is now possible to create a PIM entry for the FMEA forms, the cause-centred FMEA forms, the DRBFM worksheets, the process flow diagrams, the control plans and the design verification plans. This also applies to the respective versions. [V8-540]

• You can now optionally define access rights not only for structures but also for variants. Using the "Tools | Access rights" dialog you can switch back to the old behavior using the checkbox "Only structures" if you do not need this functionality. [V8-566]

• If the rating of a preventive action is set to 1 and no detection action exists yet, a detection action "none" is automatically created. [V8-568]

• Filter ex/import: userdefined attributes which groups filters are exported now. During import existing userdefined attributes will be reused again. New userdefined attributes are imported also if the appropriate check box is active. [V8-581]

• The document setting "Calculate the classification of characteristics/functions automatically" now calculates differently: Only direct failures are considered. For each not rejected actions group in the last, not rejected revision state it is checked if its S/O/D valuation matches a calculation rule.
  The new compatibility option "Calculation based on maximum of S/O/D valuation (can originate from different failures)" in "Document Settings | Classification" allows you to fall back to the previous behavior. [V8-593]

• Notes etc.: Text templates that are saved in the FME can now also contain embedded graphics. [V8-608]

• If the workstation setting "Actions | Copy O/D values for new action groups/revision states from previous state" is active, the O/D values are now copied from the previous not rejected state. [V8-614]

• The toolbar has been restructured (areas: General, View, Edit) and extended with icons for focusing. [V8-616]

• Filters: these can now also have background color, user-defined attributes and ID numbers. [V8-624]

• It is now possible to define individual objects (system elements, functions, failures etc.) as "layout elements", which can be used to organise the structure list more clearly, for example. To do this, select the "Is layout element" attribute in the "Attributes" tab of the properties dialog. A separate color can be defined for layout elements in the "Fonts and colors" dialog. [V8-572, V8-649]

• XML interface: variant-specific functional safety values are included in the XML draft version. [V8-743]

• When "Read/update template", user defined views are listed individually. [V8-758]

• The new “CDM Administration” editor can be opened via the “Administration” menu. It is used to manage the CDM Server Business Units and their projects. Among other things, the projects can be opened in IQ software. [V8-763]

• There is a new option in the display options to display the counter of effects and causes only for multiple links. [V8-803]

• As part of V8.0, it is no longer possible to open files of the type PROMIS (extension: .fea), GKN (extension: .dbf) or FMEAPlus (extension: .f2f). [V8-807]

• Commands for editing specific properties can now be found in the context menu of type icons. [V8-830]

• The third toolbar is now displayed by default in the headline of each workspace. [V8-868]

• The “Leasing” command has been renamed “Expiration date” and moved to the Help menu. [V8-887]

• The criterion "Responsible person at the location with..." is now offered. [V8-898]

• When reorganizing, it is possible to remove unused language entries with the “Delete unused translation languages” option. [V8-903]

• "Workstation settings | Automatic Translation": You now have the option to translate to "British English" (DeepL only) or "Brazilian Portuguese" when translating into English/Portuguese. [V8-955]

• An additional icon is now displayed next to the failure/function net icon if there are structure spanning links. The new icon is displayed in blue with the same appearance and behavioral logic as the failure/function net icon. [V8-1028]

• It is now possible to generate a request to an AI using tools in the input collector and have the response read back in. [V8-1148]

• If a system element is transferred to a new structure using the “Extract branch into new structure” command, the object attributes of the original system element are now also copied from the new placeholder. [V8-1155]

• The usability of the dialog for managing user info messages ("Tools | Settings | Manager user information") was improved. It now only displays the suppressed messages and allows you to reactivate them. [V8-1243]

• The context menu entry "No further revision planned" has been renamed to "No further action is needed". [V8-1409]

• You can now choose the language "Thai" as document language. [V8-1471]

• The workstation setting “Embed images (e.g., object icons) for e-mail dispatch” is now offered. If this is active, images are embedded in the email text and no longer sent as attachments. [V8-1618]

• In the context menu, the “Attributes...” command is now also offered for other objects such as failures. [V8-1681]

Editors:

• Users can now define a background colour and a tooltip comment for columns in tables. [V8-115, V8-860]

• In the "FMEA Scope Analysis" you can now specify valuations and other attributes per variant as variant-specific values. [V8-142]

• Statistics: The Frequency Analysis AP now separates the AP classes higher than AP-N into accepted cases (indicator "No further action is needed") and unaccepted cases. This is visualized by stacked bars in the graphic. [V8-174]

• Variants Matrix: It is now also possible to hide variants by filtering. [V8-226]

• Deadline Customer Requirements Editor: There is now a separate column for displaying the number of a customer request. [V8-317]

• FMEA and AIAG/VDA Forms: You can use the new command "Tools | Change faded-in actions" to open a dialog that displays all visible and potentially visible faded-in actions in the formsheet. Utilize the dialog to easily change the visibility of faded-in actions. [V8-375]

• Variants Matrix:

  There is now the possibility to show and hide structure components as e.g. in the structure or FFA editor via icons in the status bar. [V8-441]

• FMEDA Form: It is now possible to import data from an Excel file into the FMEDA form or to update existing data. [V8-503]

• Failure net: The command for creating the function nets has been extended so that the nets can be completely deleted beforehand on request. The function nets are then completely rebuilt. [V8-591]

• There is a new workstation setting: “Table editors | Fold all historical Revision states when opening an FMEA form”. [V8-670, V8-901]

• Deadline editor: There is now the option "Print per person" when printing. If the option is active, a printout of the Deadline Editor is created for each individual person, which only contains the deadlines of this person. If a PDF printer is selected, a separate PDF file is created for each individual person. [V8-696]

• Control plan: Control methods and reaction plans can now be derived from actions via D&D. An object bookmark is stored on the original action. [V8-900]

• Selected table cells with write protection are now displayed with the background colour set for write protection. [V8-1248]

• A global zoom factor can now be defined for all editors in the workstation settings under “Other”. [V8-1334]

CARM Server:

• In the CSS Module Access Rights editor, the “Certificates Administrator” right has been split off from the “Delete modules” right and added as the highest possible right. [V8-1]

• When creating a successor module, the comment of the predecessor is adopted and can be adjusted as usual in the properties dialog before transferring it to the server. [V8-139]

• The option “Start data backup after dialog is closed” has been added to the CARM server remote configuration. [V8-267]

• The “Replace with module” command has been renamed “Replace with module (automatic)”. The new “Replace with module (manually)” command replaces the currently selected system element with a module selected by the user. [V8-561]

Control Plan:

• It is now possible to show an extra column for Error Proofing methods. [V8-105]

• For the display of process characteristics there is now another option "Based on structure (all levels)" in the document settings. If this option is activated, then the process characteristics of all subordinate system elements are displayed and not only of the directly following system elements ("Based on structure (next level)"). [V8-525]

• Adaptation to AIAG Control Plan 1st edition (March 2024):

  - There is now a field for "Safe Launch" in the header data

  - There are now separate display options for "Responsible control method/reaction plan" [V8-1308]

Data Manager:

• It is now possible to synchronize directly into the “-> Object Inspector” from various editors of the Data Manager (e.g. Terminology and translation). This makes it easier to assign variant-specific values. [V8-91]

• Links in notes and bookmarks: information is now stored regarding the date and size of the linked file. This means that the link can be checked later - e.g. in the notes list editor - to ensure that it is up to date. [V8-114]

• Valuation Criteria (FMEA Scope):

  - There is now a new column for the short name for the evaluation criteria.

  - The assignment "<<< Not assigned >>>" can now be made for an evaluation criterion. "-" is displayed in the table.

  - When creating a new scope of consideration, the evaluation criteria assigned to the structure type are always used. [V8-269]

• Terminology and translation: There is a new column that shows if an entry has been machine translated. [V8-326]

• Catalogs: Catalogs can now be exported with additional information for preventive and detection actions (responsible person/date).

  Note: This information is not taken into account during import. [V8-511]

• Terminology and Translation: Values in the translation column are now empty if there is no translation (formerly these were showing the entry in the reference language). [V8-536]

• Assistant rules can now be classified for each category into:

  Should, Can and Must.

  This classification is indicated by the corresponding icons (gray, yellow, red). [V8-567]

• Translating filters:

  Filters have been added to "Terminology and Translation" and can now be translated there. [V8-579]

• When importing teams and persons from CSV, also the Site is imported. [V8-597]

• Teams can now be assigned the properties color, notes and userdefinded attributes. [V8-655]

• You can now sort symbolic responsibles manually in the Data Manager. [V8-1098]

• There is a new AP-Catalog: GM 2024 Risk Priority Level (RPL) [V8-1485, V8-1731]

DVP&R:

• Comments can now also be displayed for test methods and test reports. [V8-186]

• In the "Design Verification Plan and Report" editor, the name "DVP&R Test" has been renamed "DVP&R Test Method".

  In the table, the entries for tests and reports are now grouped under a Test Method and Test Report grouping column.

  When a new test method is created, the name of the test method is pre-assigned with the name of the action. [V8-880]

Excel-Ex-/Import:

• When importing from Excel or XML files, a PIM entry is now created and the detailed import result is displayed in the web browser. The detailed import result is saved as a link in the PIM entry and can be opened in the web browser at any time. [V8-328]

• FMEA form - Excel import:

  Both recommended actions and actions taken can now be imported explicitly as detection or preventive actions. [V8-458]

• Cells with formulas are no longer ignored during Excel import. Instead the result of the formula is imported as usual. [V8-476]

• Values representing dates in IQ Software (e.g. Deadline Editor, column "Date") are now exported to Excel without any time values as pure dates. The cell formatting in Excel uses a compatible date format to Windows language settings. [V8-535, V8-790]

• Excel import strategies: all settings for the import strategy are now saved. [V8-613]

• When importing FMEA data from Excel, which only contains 3 levels of system elements and 3 levels of functions (e.g. effect, failure mode and cause levels), the structure and the functions are now imported correctly, even if there are no failures in the Excel file. [V8-988]

• FMEA form - Excel import:

  When importing failure causes, it is now possible to assign them to process characteristics. [V8-1162]

FMEA Forms Editor:

• The display option "Calculate S and RPN from visible effects only" is no longer supported. [V8-71]

• There is a new context menu command for column headings and entry names to enable automated translation from the reference language. [V8-205]

• After executing the “Split cause” command, you can now rename the new failure directly. [V8-332]

• The "Filter Code" column can now be displayed in the various layouts of the FMEA form via the display options. [V8-333]

• The FMEA form layout "GKN" is no longer supported. [V8-808]

• The label of the form columns "Spec. Characteristic" has been changed to "C" and the long text is displayed in the tooltip of the label description. [V8-931]

AIAG/VDA Forms Editor:

• FMEA form versions can now be opened in the AIAG/VDA editor. However, this does not apply to the AIAG/VDA-MSR editor. [V8-78]

• As part of the further development of the AIAG/VDA Forms Editor, a new display option has been introduced which emphasises the relationship between objects in the data model in steps 2 to 4. [V8-206]

Functional Safety:

• It is now possible to assign functional safety parameters on a variant-specific basis. [V8-151, V8-153, V8-1661]

• The failure net and graph editor can now display whether a cause failure is a “Common Cause Fault”. [V8-196]

• The "CSS Functional Safety" functionality of the CARM-NG server has been replaced by a client functionality that is independent of the server. A local functional safety file is now used. The standards can be edited in the "Functional Safety - Calculation Strategies" editor, available in the "Administration" menu. [V8-1170, V8-462]

Function / Failure Analysis (FFA):

• Structure list: a short form of the comment can now be displayed in the structure list using the display option. [V8-325]

• Structure list: redundant faded in measures can now be combined via display option. [V8-405]

IQ Explorer:

• The search for administrative data can now be specified for single areas within the administrative data. [V8-80]

• System filter "Variant-specific assigned object attributes": it is now possible to decide whether the variant-specific values, variant exclusions and/or hidden net connections are to be taken into account. [V8-1084]

• The filter for variant-specific object properties takes all available filter levels into account. [V8-1184]

Quality Rules:

• A new icon is now available as part of the quality rules, which allows a direct examination of the rule violation in the appropriate editor. [V8-160]

• In the dialog for selecting the quality rules, the checked rules can be saved under a name (= quality job). When selecting such a quality job, the checkmarks are set again accordingly. [V8-195]

Management-Report:

• You can now insert a grouped bar chart in the current report for the same key figures from several reports. This allows you to see the key figures from several reports as a history. [V8-275]

• It is now possible to use any combinations of structures and variants or forms and variants as a data basis. [V8-479]

• If no report has been created in a FME yet and the management report editor is opened, an example report is now generated. [V8-529]

• The "Translate contents..." command is now offered, with which the free text fields of the report can be translated manually or automatically. [V8-578]

• A special drag can now be used to insert the sum or average of several selected cells with key figures into a target cell. [V8-580]

• It is now possible to insert teams, responsible persons or symbolic deadlines via D&D from the administration or via command. This can be used to create a legend. [V8-582]

• Within subtables columns can now be added or removed. [V8-599]

• Key figures for "team-oriented" analyses can be generated using the "Responsible person belongs to team ..." filter criterion. [V8-606]

• Text formats that are defined using the main toolbar are now so-called cell formatting. This means that the text properties are "inherited" from the table cells. These cannot then be overwritten in the edit mode of the cell.

  However, the text from V7 is not converted. [V8-1292]

Object Inspector:

• The variant tabs have been merged with the normal tabs. [V8-68]

• It is now possible to create, save and change different layouts for the reduced view. [V8-165]

• It is now possible to open the reduced view in the classic object inspector and no longer only in the undocked version. [V8-167]

• It is now possible to inspect forms. [V8-544]

• The display of variant-specific attribute cells is now clearer.

  Variant filters are also better visualized and can be activated via a tool in the toolbar. [V8-1198, V8-1202]

Structure Editor:

• In the structure editor, the orthogonal line display can now be selected via the display options. [V8-231]

• To be able to quickly recognize which system elements have hidden objects in the structure editor graphics window, a new icon can be displayed in front of these system elements via “Graphics window | Hot-click symbols | Contains variant exclusions”.
  This option is not active by default. [V8-1251]

Tools and Dialogs:

• The icons for comments and user-defined attributes are now displayed in the forms management dialogs. [V8-89]

• The menu commands “Select document language...”, “Create a new document language...” and “Delete document language...” are combined in the command “Extras | Change document languages...”. The current document language can now be changed in a dialog. It is also possible to create or delete new document languages. [V8-431]

• A search field is now offered in the toolbar to search document and workstation settings, display options and all menu commands of the active editor. [V8-491]

• Search in lists: only if the search term is exclusively lowercase, then case matching is ignored during the search. [V8-954]