| Product(s): | WaterSight |
| Version(s): | 10.00. |
| Area: | Documentation |
WaterSight New Updates (July 2025)
A new release has been published in July 2025, bringing the following additional functionalities:
Display labels on map
When accessing the Map dashboard, the user can now turn on the display labels for sensors, zones, large customers and for the hydraulic model elements which are associated with the sensors. The option to turn on labels is available from the side widget, for each one of the tabs (sensors, zones, large customers, hydraulic model). By default this option will be off.
Figure 1 - Displaying labels for sensors
Figure 2 - Displaying labels for zones
Figure 3 - Displaying labels for hydraulic model elements associated with sensors
Graphs - additional Y range options (including auto-scale mode)
When accessing either the graphs overview pages or the detail graph page for sensors, zones or large customers, there are now more options available to change the Y axis scale of graphs. The new options are available under the settings button () located on the top right of the graphs, and include four options:
- All data - when selecting this mode, the Y-axis will adapt in order to include all the real time data and pattern values.
- Default - this is the default mode, where the Y min. axis value is set to zero and the Y max. axis value is set to include all the real time and pattern values.
- Non-Negative - when selecting this mode, the Y-axis will adapt in order to exclude negative values.
- Auto-Scale - when selecting this mode, the Y-axis will automatically adapt to the real time values while excluding potential spikes in the data (usually related with meter failures). This option can be very useful as sometimes when there are big spikes on the data and the y-range will try to adapt to those bigger values, making the graphs more difficult to read.
Graphs Overview - automatically adapt to the registration frequency
The Sensors and Zones overview graphs were previously automatically displayed based on a 15 min time step. However there might exist in some cases some sensors which the registration frequency is higher than 15 minutes (for example 1 hour) and for those cases the solution automatically displays the graphs based on the 1 hour time step. The sensor registration frequency is defined by the user in the administration >> sensors and administration >> smart meters.
Figure 4 - Zone graphs automatically display based on the sensor registration frequency defined by the user.
Rest API connection - Adding new sensors or smart meters
Users that have sensor or smart meter data being pushed to WaterSight through a Rest API connection, can now autonomously add new sensors or smart meters without requiring any intervention from a Bentley resource. The workflow is simple and the steps are the following:
- Go to the Administration >> Sensors or Smart meters, and add a new sensor or smart meter.
- The user can directly add through the interface by clicking on the plus button on top of the table, or can re-upload a new excel file containing only the new new sensors to be added (all the existent ones will remain).
- Either adding the sensor through the WaterSight interface or through the excel template, make sure to fill all required fields/columns that are marked with an asterisk.
- Make sure to fill the collumn with the sensor or smart meter Provider. This corresponds to the name of the sensor or smart meter company that provided the rest API. This is a mandatory field in order to be able to successfully bring the time series data into WaterSight. One provider name should be defined for each different API (for example if 4 different API are defined, it is required to fill with 4 different names).
Automatic ingestion of customer meters and billing data
WaterSight provides now with two API that users can connect to in order to send customer meter and billing data. This new option allows users to have a more automated workflow regarding customer meter and billing data ingestion - and as an alternative to the other approach of uploading information each month through the upload of an excel file. For more information on how to set up this connection please reach to your Bentley point of contact.
Preserve filters in all administration tables
Users have now a better experience while performing any updates in the administration, either being on sensors, smart meters, zones, pumps, tanks or alert triggers. When using the filters, search or sort options on the tables to edit specific group of elements, those same selections are preserved and not reset, so that the user can continue with the updates to the specific group. Those selections are only reset when exiting the page.
Performance Improvements
The new release also brings better performance when accessing the map dashboard when there are significant number of active events.
See Also
OpenFlows WaterSight TechNotes and FAQ's
WaterSight Learning Resources Guide