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Hi Miao, Does the script contain any commented-out line of code that has a .ShowUI() call? This will also incorrectly flag the script as requiring interaction. You can work around this by avoiding this...
View QuestionPerforming a drag-and-drop of multiple items is possible using the following steps: Open the view card for the view that contains all the 500 services. Go to the list of services in this card. Select...
View QuestionUp until DataMiner version 10.0.9 the last used credentials were saved in a file %AppData%\Skyline\DataMiner\SavedUser.dat. Starting from DataMiner version 10.0.9 (RN26483) we store the last used credentials...
View QuestionHi Benjamin, This will happen when using a Cube version that was installed with an MSI Launcher (shared) package. These packages are found in the C:\Skyline DataMiner\Webpages\Tools\Installs folder on...
View QuestionHi David, nice to hear you like the new feature. As you found out, it is indeed limited to 4 pinned items at the moment. We plan to remove this restriction in a future version, as soon as we have worked...
View QuestionHi Ruben, This should be possible. Cube only needs a TCP connection to port 8004 on the DMA, as long as the connection setting has been set to "Remoting", the destination port is set to 8004 and polling...
View QuestionAs of DataMiner 10.0.10 the default browser engine has changed from Internet Explorer to Chrome (RN26662). The VLC video player is an ActiveX control that only works in IE. In order to keep using IE instead...
View QuestionCube will contact https://dcpapi.skyline.be/ to retrieve the protocols and updates, so the firewall rule should allow hostname dcpapi.skyline.be and TCP port 443.
View QuestionHi Alberto, When Cube gets stuck with "application not responding", it can be caused by either a blocking call or deadlock (resulting in 0% CPU usage of the main thread), or by intensive processing (resulting...
View QuestionHi Miguel, The incorrect username and initials has been fixed today with RN35584 and will be available in 10.3.0 CU1 / 10.3.4.
View QuestionHi Alexander, This has always been possible using the MSI installation package that can be found on any agent in \webpages\tools\installs\DataMiner Cube.msi. Recently in DataMiner 10.2 we have redesigned...
View QuestionHi Miloš, If you are on a recent version of the Cube Launcher, you can modify the settings for the button and select "HTTPS only" as the transport. Alternatively, you can add the button again. In the...
View QuestionHi Dominik, APIGateway was first released in 10.2.1 feature release and should not be present in 10.2.0 main release packages. The upgrade action that is responsible for installing the MSI package could...
View QuestionYou can change the default browser engine via Cube > System Center > System Settings > Plugins. You can also configure protocol-specific overrides, e.g. if a certain older device only works with...
View QuestionThis is the location where Cube stores the upgrade packages downloaded from DCP via the Update Center. There is currently no automatic cleanup of this folder.
View QuestionThere is a scheduled task "Skyline DataMiner LDAP Resync" in the Windows Task Scheduler that performs a sync every hour, on the hour. You can manually trigger this task to see the changes reflected in...
View QuestionCube has a setting to limit the number of open cards (default: 16). The same value is used to display the warning in the screenshot: if you open more than 16 elements inside a service, it can potentially...
View QuestionHi Tim, You can grab the latest DataMiner Feature release upgrade package (10.4.3 as of writing) from https://community.dataminer.services/dataminer-server-upgrade-packages/. Extract this .dmupgrade file...
View QuestionHi Edson, There is a commandline option for that, see https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Getting_started/Accessing_DataMiner/Accessing_DataMiner_Cube/Opening_DataMiner_Cube/Options_for_opening_DataMiner_Cube.html#autoslide...
View QuestionStreamReader uses an internal buffer (default size 1024) because it would not be very efficient to read one byte at a time from the source stream. When the StreamReader gets disposed at the end of the...
View QuestionHi Dave, This link will download the Cube installer, which will in turn download the latest Cube from the DataMiner agent you are connecting to, and optionally from the latest public online version depending...
View QuestionHi Jeff, If you are uploading the upgrade package using Cube or the TaskBarUtility, the client will upload the package to the connected DMA, and that DMA will forward the package to all other agents in...
View QuestionThe popup in your first screenshot is Cube not trusting the certificate of the agent you are connected to (A). That will probably be solved by fixing the hostname in MaintenanceSettings.xml to match with...
View QuestionInternet Explorer as a standalone webbrowser application will have its support ended by 2022 indeed. However, the Internet Explorer browser engine (MSHTML) has support until 2029 (see references). This...
View QuestionHi Alberto, Filtering the netstat list on port 8004 may not give the full picture. When a client connects to the server using .NET Remoting, an outgoing TCP connection is established from that client...
View QuestionHi Martin, New version of DataMiner and Cube are typically released every month. You can find the exact update schedule here: https://community.dataminer.services/dataminer-release-overview-23-24/ If...
View QuestionHi Ive, This specific error (Cannot accept SOAP messages (text/xml)) occurs when using Remoting when no channel has been registered, typically when using polling mode. The issue should have been fixed...
View QuestionHi Ive, gRPC has not been made available publically (*) as an explicit selectable connection method, for 2 reasons: Changing the default connection setting to 'gRPC' in a 10.3+ Cube would break older...
View QuestionHi Donnell, At first sight this does not look like a permission issue but rather a problem with long path support in both Windows and DataMiner. The path in question here exceeds the MAX_PATH limit of...
View QuestionHi Nils, The Cube installer on dataminer.services is intended to update itself to the latest version, however, this requires internet connectivity on the client machines. There are 2 main ways to deploy...
View QuestionSome troubleshooting options: Inspect the Cube Launcher logfiles for more details. As the error message mentions the correct Cube version I would expect it was able to access the VersionInfo.ashx endpoint...
View QuestionHi Robin, It looks like the hostname that was configured in MaintenanceSettings.xml contains a wildcard *.domain.com. It should contain the actual hostname of this specific dataminer agent, e.g. dma.domain.com....
View QuestionA new Cube version with a fix has just been published on the preview track. If you don't want to wait until the next automatic update check, you can fetch it with a manual "Check for updates" via the bottom-right...
View QuestionHi Bernard, This is the result of Cube not being able to download the CefSharp browser plugin from the agent. If you check the Cube logging in the first tab, you can see the exception details which may...
View QuestionHi Michael, Yes, this tool hasn't been updated since 9.0 and is still compiled against the .NET 2.0 / 3.5 Framework. Installing the .NET 3.5 component in Windows is one option, but if it is just to run...
View QuestionIf both clients connect with the same user to the same DMA and experience different behaviour, the clientside protocolcache could indeed be the source of this issue. To clear this cache, you can safely...
View QuestionOur software checks for the presence of this registry key: reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5} /v pv I've seen it happen in the past...
View QuestionThe connection setting in Cube must be set to "Auto". The ConnectionSettings.txt file on the agent(s) must contain GRPCConnection (see link from Seppe). Cube will attempt to retrieve ConnectionSettings.txt...
View QuestionThe ConnectionSettings.txt file is unique per agent in the cluster and does not get synced automatically. When the connection type is set to "auto" in Cube, it will retrieve the ConnectionSettings.txt...
View QuestionHi Shawn, While performing an upgrade, there is a moment in time when the old SLNet.exe process shuts down and before the new SLNet.exe process starts up. During that timespan clients can temporarily...
View QuestionHi Gilles, If port 80 is closed in IIS on the DMA, the Taskbar utility requires a valid (trusted) certificate configured on port 443 in IIS for hostname "DATAMINER-03". If you uncheck the setting, a certificate...
View QuestionHi Paul, 1. In this scenario I would say there is currently no immediate benefit, and as you can see in my response on point 2 there is quite some configuration work. It could be useful to wait until...
View QuestionHi Arunkrishna, This is a default security prevention in Internet Explorer and is not related to the certificates or DataMiner configuration. You will need to add the DMA to either the Trusted Sites or...
View QuestionHi Jens, This works the same way in the visio shape as it does in the filterbox. In your case the pipe character | in your regex will be interpreted at a higher level, as a separator of different ParameterControlOptions....
View QuestionHi Ana, Package 10.2.0.0-11517 is 10.2.0 CU0. Unfortunately, the client independent updates feature is only available starting with 10.2.0 CU3. From that version onward you can start using the latest...
View QuestionThe jumplist on the pinned taskbar item was a proof-of-concept from the last Inspire. These items will only appear if you have installed the Cube version from demoinspire.skyline.be. The jumplist functionality...
View QuestionThe VLC ActiveX plugin for IE runs on the client, so VLC needs to be installed on every client machine that wants to display the video stream.
View QuestionOne thing we have seen in the past is that certain cache folder permissions in C:\ProgramData\Skyline are not set correctly, causing extra requests to the server and delays whenever opening a card in Cube....
View QuestionThere is a global permission flag General > Elements > Data Display > Device webpage access that can remove these webinterface pages, but there is currently no configuration to do this on a protocol...
View Question.NET Remoting is still the default communication type in DataMiner 10.4 and will remain supported even in 10.5, but gRPC is indeed recommended. .NET Remoting has 2 ways of operating: - eventing, which...
View QuestionAs indicated in the requirements, upgrading to 10.4.0 requires .NET 8.0 to be installed: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Reference/DataMiner_Compute_Requirements.html#microsoft-net The prerequisite...
View QuestionHi Anna, This looks like the same issue as reported here: https://community.dataminer.services/question/errors-publishing-to-dma-using-ias-toolkit/ Can you verify if you are on a DataMiner main release...
View QuestionHi Timothy, The ViewLog.asp webpage is encountering that 500 error internally while retrieving the raw logfile from the /logging/ folder. It might be worth checking what happens when trying to retrieve...
View QuestionHi Sean, The webbrowser control in Visio will be reinitialized whenever the URI changes in the Link shape data, similar to opening a new tab in a browser. The note in the docs as you have found will preserve...
View QuestionThere is most likely an issue with downloading or installing the CefSharp webbrowser engine. The Cube logging (first tab) should provide more details on what goes wrong (e.g. unable to download the file...
View QuestionHi Jens, Ultimately it is up to the IdentityProvider web service (Microsoft Azure in this scenario) to decide which authentication steps are required. We have seen different behavior based on IP address,...
View QuestionHi Alex, The independent client update functionality that Ben highlighted on the Inspire 2022 event was introduced in 10.2.0 CU3 main release and 10.2.6 feature release (see RN33360). When you have a...
View QuestionHi Timothy, At the moment there is no functionality to dynamically hide items in the contextmenu. There is only the options="level:5;..." specification to check against the current user's security access...
View QuestionHi Alberto, Your assumption about the installation link on the collaboration portal is correct, this is the new Cube Start Window that automatically downloads/executes the correct version of Cube depending...
View QuestionThe connector can be modified to use a TcpClient+SslStream instead of a HttpWebRequest to retrieve the remote certificate. This approach can work for any TLS-based communication, e.g. LDAP (TCP/636) or...
View QuestionThere appears to have been a packaging issue with the 10.4.0 CU0 version, it comes with the 10.3.12 Cube MSI installer while it should have come with the 10.4.3 Cube. I will contact you with a direct link...
View QuestionYou have verified http://1.2.3.4/ConnectionSettings.txt in a browser, but have you tried http://127.0.0.1/ConnectionSettings.txt or http://localhost/ConnectionSettings.txt ? Can you have a look at the...
View QuestionHi Catarina, This should work if you connect to the (public) hostname of the agent instead of "localhost". If the agent is configured with HTTPS, make sure it has a trusted certificate.
View QuestionHi Alberto, From this screenshot alone there is no conclusion that traffic on ports 23404 <-> 64398 is related to DataMiner traffic. Is this a phenomenon that you can reliably reproduce? If so,...
View QuestionHi Wouter, You can download the latest feature release here: https://community.dataminer.services/dataminer-server-upgrade-packages/ Then extract the Cube.zip and versions.txt files from its Update.zip/Webpages/DataMinerCubeStandalone/...
View QuestionHi Chian, For performance reasons, partial tables in Cube do not support realtime updates when applying a filter or when sorting on a specific column. At the moment you filter/sort, a snapshot across...
View QuestionHi Alberto, 1) When upgrading to 10.3.0, can a DMS cluster still run without enabling the gRPC port? Yes, as Seppe mentioned the default communication channel is still .NET Remoting over port 8004. Note...
View QuestionHi Dario, This is not a limitation from a DataMiner setting or option, it is an issue that will only occur in the XBAP version of Cube. I am currently not able to simulate this locally so it may depend...
View QuestionHi Arunkrishna, This setting ("commonServer.ui.Webbrowser_Engine") is stored on the DMA in C:\Skyline DataMiner\Users\ClientSettings.json. After saving the setting in Cube, you could have a look at this...
View QuestionHi Paul, When using GRPCConnection, most of the options for RemotingConnection (including polling) are no longer applicable. The only 2 options for gRPC at the moment are the serverport and the endpoint:...
View QuestionHi Nils, The actions in the contextmenu on a table parameter can be used for more complex scenarios than a simple parameter set action. They can require multiple arguments, directly invoke a QAction in...
View QuestionHi Ruben, You can manually clear the Cube browser caches by closing all open Cube applications and deleting these folders: %LocalAppData%\Skyline\DataMiner\DataMinerCube\CefSharp\UserCache %LocalAppData%\Skyline\DataMiner\DataMinerCube\Edge\Data...
View QuestionAnother alternative is to use the already-configured IIS HTTPS on port 443 as reverse proxy. This requires the IIS ApplicationRequestRouting plugin to be installed and enabled. The "Reroute API Deployment"...
View QuestionHi Jeroen, You can look for the file starting with 0c78787f8ee98a8aa8ff74d699d0c3e0_ in the subfolder of %AppData%\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\ with your SID. Instead of deleting it, I would recommend to rename...
View QuestionHi Jeroen, I recently ran into a similar issue. Both agents were still empty and only had the Administrator account with the same password. It turned out that one of the agents was not properly added...
View QuestionHi Ive, This can occur with the IE and Edge browser engines if the browser shape is displayed in a layout where it is not completely visible, e.g. scrollviewer (or here a grid layout?). It should not...
View QuestionHi Sam, I created a recording of the installation process. In this example I have a config file with 3 agents preconfigured that I place alongside DataMinerCube.exe in the default C:\Program Files\Skyline...
View QuestionBefore DataMiner switched to the Roslyn compiler with RN20746, it used the System.CodeDom.Compiler library. This uses the C# compiler that is included in the .NET Framework and can be found at C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe...
View QuestionCube will create a separator if the page name start with 3 or more dashes, for example <Display pageOrder="Alarms;----------;General" /> Is it possible that one of the parameters is positioned on...
View QuestionHi Randy, this is not yet possible, we have task scheduled to implement this (DCP155036).
View QuestionPlease note that the minimum client requirements for DataMiner 9.6.0 specify .NET Framework version 4.6.2 https://community.dataminer.services/dataminer-client-requirements/ As Ive pointed out, we do...
View QuestionHi Gerwin, This is currently not supported, but should only be a minor feature request. For the use case you have in mind, would this HTTP header have a static value that can be saved in the visio document,...
View QuestionWhen using Cassandra, this is time-based (last 7 days) and is subsequently truncated to the last 500 items. When using MySQL, this is record-based (last 200 logins + last 500 actions). These limits are...
View QuestionYou can send the SetDataMinerInfoMessage manually from code, or use the easier Force sync... dialog in the Avanced menu of SLNetClient Test tool. The files in C:\Skyline DataMiner\icons\* are for a different...
View QuestionThat would depend on exactly which version of DataMiner you are running, see https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Reference/DataMiner_Compute_Requirements.html#microsoft-net
View QuestionHi Catarina, The <LDAP> and <SNMP> elements are automatically synced between failover agents. However, <AzureAD>, <ExternalAuthentication>, <SNMPv3> and others are not. When...
View QuestionHi Manuel, At the moment this not possible, unfortunately. However, this is only during the version checking step of launching Cube. If you have an existing Cube open (for example by connecting to another...
View QuestionHi Shawn, The file information displayed in the Cube About window is generated once at startup of SLNet and cached throughout its lifetime. For everything in the Files\* folder that makes sense, as a...
View QuestionThere are 2 things you can try out: In the Cube settings > Computer > Performance you can try unchecking the "Use hardware rendering" option. This requires a restart of Cube to take effect....
View QuestionOn a DataMiner server, the WebView2 runtime will typically not be installed out of the box. You can grab the Evergreen Bootstrapper or Standalone installer from here: WebView2 - Microsoft Edge Developer
View QuestionHi Laurens, At the moment this limit is hardcoded in SLLog and cannot be configured through settings. The goal was to limit the logging to reasonable chunks of data and avoid situations where a process...
View QuestionHi Nathan, There is currently no global overview of where each visio file is used. However, it is quite easy to export this information with an automation script. I have made an example that writes it...
View QuestionHi Jeff, Services with a protocol internally consist of the actual service and a hidden element with the same name as the service. If you assign the protocol during service creation the ID of the element...
View QuestionHi Alexander, can the answers on this similar question help you? https://community.dataminer.services/question/drag-and-drop-editing-can-we-move-multiple-services-elements-in-one-go/
View QuestionHi Michiel, This was not part of the initial feature requirement for uploading element-specific documents (RN21997). These files would only be stored on the DMA where the element is hosted and would be...
View QuestionHi Bernard, When adding an agent to the Cube Start Window, it will automatically check if HTTPS is available or not. If it is, it will be preferred over HTTP. If any issues are encounterd when trying...
View QuestionHi Robin, At the moment Cube only supports HTTP on TCP/80 or HTTPS on TCP/443 ports to communicate with the DataMiner agent. Even if you launch Cube through other means, the embedded webpages in that...
View QuestionThe auto-logoff setting of Cube ("Time before automatic disconnect") is based solely on keyboard and mouse input to the Cube window(s). Sending and receiving of DataMiner messages has no impact on this....
View QuestionHi Gerwin, This should actually work, both with a SetVar shape or with InitVar on the page. I created a recording to illustrate: The buttons at the top are SetVar shapes with the following shape data:...
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