Open XDMoD 6.0.0

• Important Notes
  • Updated Highcharts from v3.0.9 to v4.2.5.
    • Commercial users (as defined by the Highcharts license terms) will
      need to acquire a new Highcharts license if their current license does
      not cover the new version.
• Features
  • Added demo user type.
  • Added roadmap link to feature request dialog.
  • Shredders
    • Fixed calculation of missing end times from the start time and wall
      time.
    • LSF
      • Now storing the node list, exit code and exit status for SUPReMM
        support.
    • Slurm
      • Now allowing null eligible times.
      • Failed parsing of datetimes are no longer a fatal error.
    • SGE
      • Now supporting older versions of SGE that contain only 43 fields
        in their accounting logs.
• Bug Fixes
  • General
    • Fixed some charts not rendering if more than 1000 points were plotted.
    • Improved consistency of chart aesthetics across tabs.
    • Fixed report generator not cleaning up old report files.
  • Metric Explorer
    • Fixed Add Filter list only including filter types applicable to the
      realm of the first data series on a chart.
  • Shredders
    • PBS
      • Fixed parsing of newer exec_host formats (e.g. host/0-3,
        host/0*8).
  • xdmod-import
    • Fixed importing of hierarchy and group-to-hierarchy files.
• Refactors and Miscellaneous
  • Refactored Open XDMoD to be the code base upon which XDMoD is built
    instead of the other way around.
  • Updated jQuery from v1.9.1 to v1.12.4.
  • Updated Node.js Mongo driver from v1.4 to v2.1.
  • Improved tab loader to allow tabs to be defined in configuration files
    instead of being hard-coded into the loader.
  • Merged public and private versions of the main page into a single page.
  • Added options to more quickly build Open XDMoD for development purposes.
  • Reduced duplicate code in asset setup script.

Open XDMoD 5.6.0

• New Features
  • Federated Authentication
    • Open XDMoD can now use any authentication system supported by
      SimpleSAMLphp (https://simplesamlphp.org/).
    • For more information, please view the
      Federated Authentication guide.
  • Roadmap
    • Added interactive roadmap for XDMoD development to About tab.
  • Contact Us
    • Added option to contact developers for technical support.
  • Data Warehouse
    • Improved speed of filter (dimension value) lists by precomputing
      available values.
  • Metric Explorer
    • Added redo button.
  • Shredders
    • Added support for PBS Pro.
    • Added additional input validation to the Slurm helper script.
  • Upgrade Process
    • Added warning to upgrade addon modules before migrating.
  • Database
    • Changed column types and added indexes to the logging table.
  • Documentation
    • User manual now available.
    • Improved installation and configuration documentation.
• Bug Fixes
  • General
    • Enabled toolbar scrolling when window is too small.
    • Fixed trend line R^2 values sometimes not being calculated.
    • Removed redundant warnings about role-based restrictions.
    • Fixed the About tab not being able to be the default tab.
    • Improved chart loading speed by removing most animations.
    • Fixed incorrect trend line calculation and display for discontinuous
      data series.
    • Fixed security vulnerability in Report Generator's image generator.
    • Fixed extra slashes in URLs in password reset emails (including
      account creation emails).
    • Fixed email template paths.
    • The About tab can now be set as the default module.
  • Data Warehouse
    • Fixed cases where current time period would not be aggregated.
      • Now that this is resolved, code that can work by scanning any
        aggregate table now uses the year tables, as those are smallest.
    • Improved consistency of time period tables and removed unused ones.
  • Metric Explorer
    • Fixed handling of HTML characters in chart titles.
    • Fixed issues with axis renames not persisting.
    • Fixed Load Chart search not working.
    • Modified chart options menu label to be a fixed length.
      • This prevents the button from being placed in the toolbar's
        overflow area when it shouldn't be.
    • Fixed changes to y-axes not being undoable.
    • Modified "Show Trend Line" button in chart options to be disabled when
      trend lines aren't available.
    • Fixed case where duration selectors in main toolbar and on x-axis
      popup could desynchronize.
  • Shredders
    • Fixed handling of "NONE" in SGE's pe_taskid field.
    • Now allowing all values that were previously resulting in fatal
      errors in Slurm fields that represent lengths of time.
  • Upgrade Process
    • Fixed broken error for when portal_settings.ini is not writable.
  • Usage
    • Fixed bad default settings for dimensions that default to pie charts.
    • Fixed long initial load time by starting on a single-chart page.

Open XDMoD 5.5.0

• New Features
  • SUPReMM support
  • Metric Explorer Changes
    • Improved management of charts
      • Charts are no longer automatically saved after each
        operation. A manual Save button has been added that will
        indicate whether or not a chart needs to be saved.
      • When displaying pie charts, only a single dataset is
        allowed.
      • Added ability to rename saved charts.
      • Added undo capability.
    • Improved UI for data filtering
      • Added Quick Filters for quickly restricting data. This
        replaces the Role selector.
    • Improved data access controls
      • Non-public metrics and dimensions are now restricted
        according to users' roles.
      • Improved filter lists to only include values for which
        the user can view the underlying data.
      • Added the ability to include a remainder data series.
  • Migrated more server calls to the new REST stack
  • Simplified the chart/data retrieval infrastructure used by the
    Metric Explorer and Usage tabs
  • Improved performance of certain queries
  • Updated PBS parsing to support time fields that are formatted in
    seconds and not HH:MM:SS
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed report generator document formatting
  • Fixed inconsistent data series ordering between timeseries charts
    when sorted by value in Usage and Metric Explorer tabs
  • Fixed Metric Explorer sometimes loading the same chart twice
  • Fixed the "Hide Tooltip" option not always working as expected in
    Usage tab
  • Fixed filter lists occasionally getting stuck under a loading mask
  • Fixed predefined date durations not being saved correctly in the
    Metric Explorer
  • Removed auto-loading of the last open chart in Metric Explorer, a
    new chart is now opened when visiting the Metric Explorer
  • Improved stability, consistency, and performance of numerous other
    components
  • Prevent warning messages produced by LSF jobs that don't have a
    host list

Open XDMoD 5.0.0

• New Features
  • Utilization metric may now be normalized to a specified percent
    allocated
  • Removed javac dependency
  • Add host filter shredder feature
  • Improved stability of Usage tab
  • Improved error handling for internal dashboard errors
  • Added meaningful HTTP status codes to failed login responses
  • Resolved frequent warnings in Apache logs about implicitly
    converting arrays to strings
  • PBS memory value parsing errors are no longer fatal
  • Removed Apache requirement for listening on 127.0.0.1
  • Added support for Univa Grid Engine 8.2+
  • Shredders now skip duplicate data
  • Added support for MySQL 5.6+
  • Added support for PhantomJS 2.0+
  • Added helper script for updating resource specs
  • Improved documentation
• Bug Fixes
  • Adjust LSF unique key constraint
  • Added PBS unique key constraint to prevent duplicate job data

Open XDMoD 4.5.2

• New Features
  • Remove excessive "wall time" error messages
  • Add more debug logging
  • SGE memory value parsing errors are no longer fatal
• Bug Fixes
  • Fix SGE parsing regression

Open XDMoD 4.5.1

• New Features
  • Support for Torque's new "exec_host" syntax
  • Updated SGE parsing to support Univa's new "job_class" field and
    requests for "INFINITY" memory
• Bug Fixes
  • Backslash characters in LSF log files now parsed correctly
  • Report generator now handles double quotes in portal_settings.ini
    properly
  • Fixed optional Node Utilization statistic

Open XDMoD 4.5.0

• New Features
  • Major re-write of the Metric Explorer user interface including a
    metric catalog and context-sensitive menus
  • Report generator performance enhancements
  • General user interface updates
  • Improved image export dialog
  • Added metric description pane in Metric Explorer
  • Improved session management
  • Added additional error checking and reporting to shredders
  • Added LSF support
  • Improved utilization metric to support resources that don't have a
    constant cpu count over their lifetime
  • Added suport for alternate PI data sources
  • Improved logging
  • Added weighted job size statistic
  • Improved IE compatibility
  • Added xdmod-admin script
  • Added automatic update checker
  • Added support for slurm job arrays
  • Improved documentation
• Bug Fixes
  • PBS and SGE job arrays were not ingested correctly
  • sacct configuration option was not recognized
  • Arrow keys did not work in axis range boxes
  • Parentheses not available in Metric Explorer chart titles
  • Proper handling of apostrophes in search dialogs
  • On some charts, data points on the last day of the specified date
    range were not displayed correctly

Open XDMoD 3.5.0

• Initial public release