Aurora 16.0.1008 Patch is Here!

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Chart

- Fixed a crash when creating a chart from a memory table

Cloud

- Added a progress indicator during Cloud project downloads

- Updated Cloud simulations to properly follow custom column reporting settings

Risk

- Removed unnecessary risk record surplus warnings during CDS initialization

ORM

- Updated ORM processing to skip duplicate areas and added a warning prompting users to verify input data

Nodal

- Fixed an exception in Radial Equivalence logic

- Improved hub definition processing by aligning text casing before processing

Fuel

- Updated multiple fuel logic to include startup costs for all fuels in the fuel decision process

Ancillary

- Added logic to skip negative-capacity resources during ancillary setup

Scripting

- Fixed an issue where deleting an input table via scripting did not update the input table list in the Aurora UI

Parameter Sets

- Corrected an issue that caused all Parameter Sets to disappear from the Parameter Set window

Change Sets

- Prevented crashes and other errors by enforcing uniqueness in Change Set names

- Fixed a crash that occurred when a referenced input table was renamed while the Change Set retained the old reference

Output

- Added a switch for table type prefixes when writing Input to Output

- Restored missing Available Memory statistics in the Study Log table for cloud simulations using the performance engine

- Corrected an issue to ensure proper custom column reporting

General

- Fixed Simulation Progress initialization hangs that occurred when Windows Performance Counters were unavailable

- Improved handling of license errors when multiple Aurora instances are launched simultaneously via script

DB Compare

- Fixed failures when comparing XML outputs


Check Out The Release Notes and Install Guide!

Click Release Notes for full details on all the enhancements that have been added in the Aurora v17.0 release. For installation details, review the Install Guide included with this release.



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