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BlastIQ™ Insights Release Notes - 2023

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BlastIQ™ Insights

2023

Updates to BlastIQ™ Insights released on 2023 bring in new features, improvements and bug fixes. For further information, please contact BlastIQ™ Support at support.blastiq.com.

December

Update 4th of December 2023

  Improved

  1. Updated BlastIQ Volume Calculation to achieve consistency with SHOTPlus in scenarios where hole lengths vary in length. Read more here.
    Note: Only newly created or modified blasts will be considered for this updated calculation, if a plan requires reprocessing, please contact BlastIQ Support.

November

Update 27th of November 2023

  Fixed

  1. Removed "Holes blocked" for open-cut sites in the Overview Dashboard.
  2. Resolved an issue in the drilling and loading quantities dashboard where a null volume in one of the blasts would result in a blank page. The fix ensures that the dashboards will still be displayed even if the volume is null.

Update 9th of November 2023

  Fixed

  1. KPIs Dashboard
    • The chosen KPI consistently appears accurately, whether you modify filter selections, navigate to different dashboards, or return to the KPIs dashboard.

Update 6th of November 2023

  Fixed

  1. KPIs Dashboard
    • Bar plot: Blasts are now sorted by date, with the oldest on the left and the newest on the right, depending on the top filter criteria.
    • Summary Statistics: The maximum and minimum KPI values are now correctly reflected.

Update 1st of November 2023

  Fixed

  1. File Storage - Download fails for files containing the EM dash character.

October

Update 26th of October 2023

  New

  1. KPIs Dashboard.  Read more here.

Update 23rd of October 2023

  Fixed

  1. The top filter criteria are now retained when transitioning to other dashboards.
    • An exception is when transitioning from a dashboard supporting 500 blasts to the site map, where a limit of 90 is observed.

Update 10th of October 2023

  New

  1. Loading by Hole Dashboard. Read more here.
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Update 5th of October 2023

  New

  1. File Storage Blast files - Display Completion Status column with completed/total defined mandatory documents for sites that have at least 1 defined mandatory document. Read more here.

  Fixed

  1. Hole details panel displaying inferred values as actual values.

August

Update 30th of August 2023

  New

  1. Multi Blast Temperature Dashboard.  Read more here.
  2. Blast Progress Dashboard.  Read more here.

  Improved

  1. Updated the display of "Explosive Used" and "Item Used" on the Overview Dashboard.

Update 28th of August 2023

  Improved

  1. Updated AVM Modelling Parameters labels.
    • From "Charge weight scaling factor A" to "Constant (A or K)"
    • From "Charge weight scaling factor B" to "Exponent (B or n)"

Update 18th of August 2023

  Improved

  1. Added new metrics to the Underground Overview Dashboard. Read more here.
    • Water Presence
    • Breakthrough
    • Exceptions: Holes blocked

  Fixed

  1. Removed thousands of separators from the exported data.

July

Update 31st of July 2023

  New

  1. Drilling Quantities.  Read more here.

  Improved

  1. Additional filter option to display blasts by oldest first.
    • Site Map. Read more here.
    • Overview Dashboard. Read more here.
    • Compliance Dashboard. Read more here.
    • Drilling Quantities Dashboard. Read more here.
    • Loading Quantities Dashboard. Read more here.
  2. Enhanced the hover information for the Compliance, Drilling Quantities and Loading Quantities dashboards.
    • The top plot of the dashboard will show Created or Fired date on the data point hover over, depending on the date range filter criteria.
  3. Temperate range legends now display the corresponding thresholds on the Temperature and Overview dashboards. Read more here.

Update 21st of July 2023

  Fixed

  1. The elevation filter being shown in the Underground Overview Dashboard has been removed.

Update 19th of July 2023

  New

  1. Overview Dashboard for Underground sites.

  Improved

  1. AVM Job list table - searching and sorting.

Update 7th of July 2023

  New

  1. Added a banner in every dashboard scheduled to be retired soon.
    • The banner contains a hyperlink redirecting the user to the corresponding dashboard.
    • Classic Dashboards:

      • Drilling Length (classic)

      • Drilling XY Position (classic)

      • Weight (classic)

      • Weight % (classic)

      • Horizon (classic)

      • Top Stemming Length (classic)

  2. If a user has saved a URL to a site deleted in Phoenix, they will be automatically redirected to the site selection page.

June

Update 30th of June 2023

  Improved

  1. Digging Performance Monitoring Dashboard.
    •  A new checkbox has been introduced to filter and display only blasts with Dig data. This checkbox is enabled by default, ensuring only blasts with relevant Dig data are included in the displayed results. Read more here.
  2. Fragmentation Performance, Regression Analysis and Regression Analysis (multi-blast) dashboards.
    • Changed the unit for fragmentation size from 'm' to 'mm'.

Update 26th of June 2023

  New

  1. Loading Quantities Dashboard. Read more here.

Update 21st of June 2023

  Improved

  1. Summary Panel
    • The metrics, including Length Over Design, Length Under Design, and Net Length Deviation, as well as their respective values, will vary based on the selected comparison option. Please see the example below. Read more about the Drilling Length dashboard here.SummaryPanel.png

  Fixed

  1. The number sorting in the dashboards Table Views has been resolved.
  2. Compliance Dashboard KBA link is up to date.

Update 8th of June 2023

  Fixed

  1. Loading Weight dashboard histogram plot is not displaying data properly. Read more about the Loading Weight dashboard here.

Update 7th of June 2023

  New

  1. Display selection now includes increased blasts up to a maximum 500.
    • This applies exclusively to the Compliance and Overview dashboards.
  2. Ability to view and download deleted documents.
  3. Compliance Dashboard - Navigation to Single Blast dashboard.

  Improved

  1. Null compliance (where no holes have been evaluated) is represented in a separate data set, and these won't affect the Compliance trend line.

May

Update 31st of May 2023

  New

  1. Compliance Dashboard. Read more here.

Update 23rd of May 2023

  New

  1. Overview dashboard Additional plots:
    Read more about the Overview dashboard here.
    1. Hot Ground (hole temperature).
      Note: this plot is only visible for sites that have temperature enabled via the Admin Portal.
    2. Drilling Productivity.
    3. Backfill Potential Consumption.
  2. Copy to clipboard. Click on the 'copy' icon to copy a .png image of any plot to your clipboard.
    Note: only available in supported internet browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge. This feature is not supported in Mozilla Firefox or Safari.

  Improved

  1. Overview dashboard:
    1. Quantities - Drilling length plot - units now show 'm' or 'ft', and thousands are displayed as 'k' in the Y axis labels.

    1. Improved styling and overall appearance.

Update 17th of May 2023

  Fixed

  1. Blast Progress Dashboard taking long time to load in some situations. Read more about the Blast Progress dashboard here.

Update 4th of May 2023

  New

  1. Regression Analysis (multi-blast). Read more here.
  2. Export Functionality is available for the following dashboards in the Table View section.
    • Water Presence. Read more here.
    • Temperature. Read more here.
    • Hole Status. Read more here.
    • Potential Misfire. Read more here.
    • Drilling Length. Read more here.
    • Drilling XY Position. Read more here.
    • Powder Factor. Read more here.
    • Loading Weight. Read more here.
    • Stemming Length. Read more here.

 

  Fixed

  1. Table View sorting

April

Update 28th of April 2023

  Fixed

  1. Overview Dashboard - Drilling XY Position compliance plot showing erroneous values.

Update 27th of April 2023

  New

  1. Overview Dashboard. Read more here.
  2. Table View - available for the following dashboards:
    • Water Presence. Read more here.
    • Temperature. Read more here.
    • Hole Status. Read more here.
    • Potential Misfire. Read more here.
    • Drilling Length. Read more here.
    • Drilling XY Position. Read more here.
    • Powder Factor. Read more here.
    • Loading Weight. Read more here.
    • Stemming Length. Read more here.

March

Update 28th of March 2023

  Improved

  1. Increased limits for Polylines and Image Overlays:
    1. Up to 4 polylines.
    2. Up to 16 image overlays.
      Read more here, in the Layer Administration section.

Update 14th of March 2023

  Fixed

  1. Loading Weight Dashboard not calculating deviation when design and actuals are exactly the same (at 3dp precision).

February

Update 27 of February 2023

  New

  1. Hole Details Panel.
    • Click on a hole on the map to open the new Hole Details panel where decks and measurements information is displayed. This feature is available in the following dashboards:
      • Water Presence. Read more here.
      • Temperature. Read more here.
      • Hole Status. Read more here.
      • Drilling Length. Read more here.
      • Drilling XY Position. Read more here.
      • Powder Factor. Read more here.
      • Loading Weight. Read more here.
      • Final Stemming Length. Read more here.
  2. Expansion of Hole Type Tolerances - BlastIQ Insights now supports hole type over and under tolerances for Loading Weight (absolute and percentage) and Final Stemming Length.
    These are visible in the hole hover over in the corresponding dashboards.
    Where hole type tolerances are non existent, the dashboards will fall back to evaluate based on the site level reporting tolerance. SHOTPlus will allow these tolerances to be set in an upcoming release.

Update 14th of February 2023

  New

  1. Multiple Blast Powder Factor Dashboard. Read more here.

Site_Map_Go_To_Multiple.png

 

Update 7th of February 2023

  New

  1. Single Blast Final Stemming Dashboard. Read more here.

Summary.png

January

Update 11th of January 2023

  New

  1. Site Map - turn On/Off Site Center, turned Off by default. Read more here. Other tools>Display.
    1. Click View Settings.
    2. Select Standard or Alternate colour palette.
    3. Select Blast Name On/Off.
    4. Select Site Center On/Off. **NEW**

Site_Map_Display_Options.png

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