Design decisions - HxGN EAM - 12.0.0.2 - Feature Briefs - Hexagon

HxGN OS integration:

Digital Work does not go through IONAPI but follows direct SSO integration like base EAM. This means it cannot be added as a QR code icon under the Desktop and Mobile Applications menu inside the Ming.le application. However, the user can go into the base EAM QR Codes Setup screen to setup QR code for easy login by providing the tenant and server information.

Login Install Parameters:

Digital Work uses the LGNEAM install parameter rather than LGNMOB.

User Defined Fields – Quick Filter:

For UDFs to be visible in the quick filter of Digital Work, they must be available in the base EAM layout.

Layout of cards:

Screens that have multiple tabs have a fixed layout of tabs and cannot be moved. Fields and section headers within a tab can be screen designed using the special Screen Designer for Digital Work screen in base EAM.

Section headers:

In base EAM, the section headers can be collapsed or expanded. This is not the case with Digital Work. The section headers can either be made available or hidden using the Screen Designer for Digital Work screen in base EAM.

Filtering Custom Fields:

Custom fields are always available in the quick filter, unlike in base, where the user must load them by pressing Click here. Custom fields are displayed below the --Custom Fields-- label.

Summary Grid: :

The fields displayed in the list view are always the Mixed view fields (Split View Display = Mixed), as set on the Screens screen in base EAM, i.e., the Code field followed by Description will always display as the first two fields in the summary grid, along with three other fields, determined by the grid field order set in base EAM. The next three fields after Code-Description will not be Date/Time or Checkbox fields, like in base EAM. So, a total of five fields will be displayed in the list view summary grid.

Color Icons:

Color icons are supported on the list and record view based on the setup performed on the System codes screen in base EAM. The following entities have color icons show up in the list and record view: In the record view, it appears at the field level in card view:

• EVST (Work Order status): On the Work Order screen

• JBPR (WO Priority): On the Work Order screen

• PWRS (Risk): On the Permit to Work screen

  Color icons for classes are also supported for the following screens currently in Digital Work. If a color icon is configured for classes on the Classes screen in base EAM it shows in Digital Work:

• OBJ (Equipment): On the Assets/Systems/Positions screen

• PART (Part): On the Parts screen

Language Settings:

The device’s language is set in Digital Work when the user logs in (i.e., after a fresh install or update of the app). The Login and Settings forms' labels will be presented in the language set on the device. English will be set if the device language is not a supported language in base EAM.

• For iOS, language is set separately from locale (called Region in settings)

• For Android, locale and language settings are the same (i.e., locale is determined by the selected language)

• After logging in, the EAM locale (server) language will always be used in all places, including the login and settings form

Locale Settings:

• Date and Number fields on detail screens are always displayed in the EAM locale coming back from the server.

• Number and Date fields on insert and edit forms and data spies (or anywhere numbers and dates are entered or inserted by a user) are displayed in device format. This means:

  • Decimal separator from device locale.

  • Group separator from device locale.

  • Negative symbol "- ".

  • Group digits 3.

• When entering a number, the following keyboards are shown in their respective operating systems:

  • iOS: Numbers and punctuation keyboard with numbers across the top and symbols below

    There is no number pad in iOS with both decimal and negative symbols.

    

  • Android: Full keyboard with numbers on the top

    

Show Toolbar on Load and Extras Toolbar:

Selecting the Show Toolbar on Load check box on the Settings menu always shows the Extras Toolbar when loading a screen. This toolbar is visible in the device wherever a dataspy or search bar exists, such as list views, lookups, and tab list views. This is always turned on by default at the user level for the device but can be turned off if needed.

This Extras Toolbar can be expanded or collapsed by pressing the Caret icon, next to the search bar.

Barcode Icon:

This is used to scan a QR code or bar code with the device’s camera. When scanning the value, is returned within the dataspy search bar and the results are queried automatically (if any). This is a standard search done within the dataspy. For example, it contains the search on the summary grid fields if no filter is applied. If a filter is applied on the dataspy search and the Filter field type is Date/Time, Checkbox, or Drop-down, then the bar code icon is not available, indicating that the search can only be done by manually typing in the values inside the search bar.

This is the list of supported bar code types:

iOS and Android

CODE_39

CODE_93

CODE_128

DATA_MATRIX

EAN_8

EAN_13

ITF (also known as ITF14)

PDF_417 (on Android only when passed in explicitly via formats) QR_CODE

UPC_A UPC_E

When either UPC_A or EAN_13 or both are specified, both can be returned.

Android only

CODABAR

MAXICODE

RSS_14

iOS only

AZTEC

CODE_39_MOD_43

INTERLEAVED_2_OF_5

HTML Comments:

Comments that are entered in base EA, with the HTML editor turned on (i.e., HTMLCOMM = ON), will be displayed in Digital Work, as read-only anywhere comments are supported. The user can only view or delete the comment and close the pop-up. Embedded videos within the comment’s pop-up will play inside the pop-up. If an external link is opened, like a video or a web page, it will render within this comment's pop-up or tab. The HTML editor is not supported. All Hyperlink – Source Types are supported except KB Article.

Multi factor Authentication:

Third party multi factor authentication is supported when entered on an external website. This means the internal EAM MFA flow is not supported (i.e., the MUTLIFAC install parameter).

Custom Tabs with URL:

When a custom tab is added on the Screens screen in base EAM with a URL specified (i.e., Tab type = HTML), opening this tab will pass the value of the URL in the device’s default web browser and load the web page. The user can always close the browser and return to the app anytime.

Action Item permissions:

When the user opens a form by pressing an action item, and if the user does not have permissions to open the action item (by rules set in base EAM), the form will open with all the fields protected. The error message will be displayed, only when the user presses Save. This is by design, and is different from base, wherein an error message will be displayed when the user presses on the action item. When the checklist form is opened from the record view using the checklist icon, the standard permissions error will display.

Swiping on the List view:

The user can delete a record from the list view, by swiping left. This swipe motion will show the Delete icon. To cancel this action, the user can swipe right. But if the user wants to delete this record, pressing the Delete icon will show the standard message for deletion. This option is available only in List Views (not tabs which have lists).

Captions:

When a tab or a pop-up has a caption, it will be displayed when the user presses the additional information icon next to the title. Long-pressing will open a small pop-up window with the captions. The user can close the captions pop-up by pressing the OK button.

Server time offset:

Server time offset will be honored as set in base EAM. If the date/time field is cleared, the system will default the current system date/time without server offset.

Push Notification:

DUX supports Push Notification when setup and enabled in base EAM. This is the setup required in base EAM for DUX to receive push notifications with the following exceptions:

• Attaching reports is not supported

• The SMTPSEV install parameter is not needed for push notifications

• All tables in base EAM can be configured to send push notifications to DUX

• The user to whom the push notification will be sent must have a value specified in the Digital Work App drop-down on the Users screen