A new application called Streaming Analytics is now available in the Cumulocity IoT application switcher. Analytics Builder is now part of this new Streaming Analytics application, together with EPL Apps. See also Starting Analytics Builder.

The following new blocks are now available:

Smart rule behavior:

KPI (this block implements the core part of the "On measurement threshold create alarm" smart rule; see also Smart rules collection in the Cumulocity IoT User guide)

Text Substitution (see also Smart rule variables in the Cumulocity IoT User guide)

Position and geofence support:

Position Input (new block type for the input blocks)

Geofence

Non-device inputs and outputs (see also the "On alarm send SMS" and "On alarm send email" smart rules under Smart rules collection in the Cumulocity IoT User guide):

Constant Value (see also the list of new input and output ports on existing blocks below)

Cron Timer

Send SMS

Send Email

More calculations and aggregates:

From Base N

To Base N

Limit

Range

Discrete Statistics (see also Details of Values and Blocks)

Group Statistics

Utilities and flow manipulation to give more flexibility in writing models:

Duration

Set Properties (see also the list of new input and output ports on existing blocks below)

Selector

Switch (this block is intended to be used with template parameters)

Additions and changes to existing blocks:

Managed Object Input:

The Property Name parameter is now optional. If not set, any update to a managed object generates an output.

Managed Object Output:

The Property Name parameter is now optional, allowing several properties to be updated in one go (for example, using the new Set Properties block).

Event Output:

New Time input port.

New Properties input port (see also the new Set Properties block).

Operation Output:

New Properties input port (see also the new Set Properties block).

Alarm Output:

The Severity parameter is now optional. The severity of the alarm can now be set either via the Severity parameter or the new Severity input port. One of the input port and parameter must be connected or set.

The Severity input port (but not parameter) also supports a CLEARED value to clear the alarm instead of creating or changing the severity of an existing alarm.

The Message parameter is now optional. The message of the alarm can now be set either via the Message parameter or the new Message input port. One of the input port and parameter must be connected or set.

New Time input port.

New Clear Alarm input port.

Extract Property:

The Property Type parameter now supports a new option: Properties. This is intended to be used with the following block types: Operation Output (the Properties input port), Event Output (the Properties input port), and Managed Object Output (the Value input port).

The Property Name parameter is now optional so that the Properties Type is able to just pass through the properties (see also the new Set Properties block).

The input blocks are now able to distinguish between create and update events. For this purpose, a new Notification Mode parameter is now available in the block parameter editor. This is helpful, for example, if you are only interested in new alarms being created and you are not interested in models being activated when the same alarm is updated. This new parameter is available for the input blocks of type Alarm Input, Event Input, Operation Input, and also for the new Position Input type. It is not available for input blocks of type Measurement Input as measurements cannot be updated. See the Input category in the Block Reference for more information.

A new chain_diagnostics parameter for monitoring periodic status is now available. It provides diagnostic information about model chains, such as the time when the chain was created or the number of times the chain has been evaluated. See Monitoring periodic status for more information.

A new block_promise_timeout_secs key for configuring model timeouts is now available. This tenant option defines the timeout in seconds to wait for Promise values returned by block actions like $validate to be completed. The default is 60 seconds. See Keys for model timeouts for more information.

Objects containing the c8y_Kpi property are now treated as broadcast devices in addition to pas_broadcastDevice. See Broadcast devices for more information.

Analytics Builder now supports the standard user interface languages of Cumulocity IoT. See Available languages in the Cumulocity IoT documentation for more information.

Detailed documentation is now available which covers the distinctions between value types representing continuous-time and discrete-time values, and the pulse type. It also covers some of the details of block implementations around windowing and when blocks generate output. See Details of Values and Blocks.