> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ionworks.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2026 11 02 **November 2, 2026** Study dashboards and simulation plots, Maccor recorded procedures, MF4 export, and a faster protocol simulator ## Simulation plots and study dashboards Project dashboards can now hold **simulation plots** as well as measurement plots. Pick runs by filtering the simulations table (including on inputs and metrics), either as a fixed set or as a saved filter rule that picks up new completed runs when refreshed, then preview them in a compact plot drawer and save the plot. Metric plots are scatter plots with hover detail, and time-series legend fields are configurable. A study can now have **its own dashboard**, kept with the study rather than in the project's dashboard list. A study's creator controls its dashboard and which simulations it contains; anyone else can view and preview results, or **Copy study** to get their own editable copy with its dashboard and plots. The study list shows each study's creator, with an **All / Mine** toggle. ## See the procedure a Maccor run recorded Maccor raw (binary) data files, which were previously marked unsupported, are now read for the test procedure the cycler recorded in them. A complete recording is added to the protocol library (or matched to a protocol already there) and linked to the run's measurement automatically. Raw files uploaded before this change have been re-read. On a measurement page, the protocol now has its own **Protocol** card: change, link or unlink the protocol, see whether it matches what the cycler recorded, and **Replace with what the cycler recorded** when it differs. The raw file's page shows the recorded procedure too. ## Export measurements as MF4 The measurement page's **Download data** menu now offers **MF4 (ASAM MDF4)** alongside Parquet and CSV, for use in CANape, asammdf and other MDF tools. Channels carry their units (e.g. `Voltage` in `V`), and the download includes a README showing how to read the files with asammdf. ## Faster protocol simulations Long protocol simulations spend much less time outside the solver: a 1,000-cycle ageing protocol runs about 3× faster, with identical results. > [accordion] Studio > > **Improvements** > > * **Cycle-level capacity and energy.** Measurements and simulations now include > `Cycle discharge capacity [A.h]`, `Cycle charge capacity [A.h]`, > `Cycle discharge energy [W.h]` and `Cycle charge energy [W.h]`, which accumulate across > every step of a cycle and reset at the next. Existing measurements have been updated, > and the columns are included in data downloads. > * **Raw files on the measurement page.** A **Raw files** card lists the files a > measurement was built from, what each did (created, replaced or extended it) and links > to each file's page. The Details, Analyses and Raw files panels can now be collapsed. > * **Project Contributors can delete** the project content they can create and edit. > Deleting the project itself, its members and roles, live-sync sources and raw-data > issues stays with Project Admins. > * **Every protocol needs a name.** The simulation builder always asks for one, prefilled > from an uploaded file or a generated protocol, and won't run with a name another > protocol already uses. > * **Protocol names link to the protocol** on the simulation page, in measurement tables > and on the lab channel schedule. The simulations table groups its Columns panel and > links its Protocol column. > * **Column widths are remembered.** A column you resize keeps its width through search > and page reloads, on every table. > * **Failed measurements** show a red alert icon beside their name instead of a separate > column. > * **Live sync sources that are still being set up** show amber on the Live sync page, in > the top bar and on project Home, instead of looking healthy. > * **Dashboards load faster**, fetching all their plots in one request. > * **Parameter metrics.** Metric suites can define metrics such as stack thickness or > areal capacity, computed directly from a parameterized model's parameters. > > **Fixes** > > * **Simulating a saved protocol** fills in every input it references, including inputs > used only in its global settings, from the protocol page, a study and the full setup > page. > * **Table rows can't lose their controls.** The selection checkbox, View button and row > menu can no longer be hidden from the Columns panel. > * **The last row of a table** is no longer partly covered by the scrollbar strip on macOS, > and single-page tables no longer show a pagination footer. > * **The Voltage components section** is only offered for models that have a voltage > breakdown. > * **Opening a raw file's plot** no longer fails intermittently right after the file was > updated. > [accordion] Pipeline > > **Improvements** > > * **`ElectrodeBalanceFromFirstCycleEfficiency`** supports composite electrodes (e.g. > graphite/SiOx) through `options`, and now computes the formation loss against the > positive electrode's capacity, so it follows design changes to loading. > `"Nominal cell capacity [A.h]"` is no longer an input, and **results change for > existing configs**. > > **Fixes** > > * Data fits and validations now use the model's saved simulation settings (mesh and > solver) instead of the defaults. > * `CycleAgeing` warns with the cause whenever a metric is scored as a failed evaluation, > and a fit where every evaluation fails raises an error instead of returning the > initial guess. > [accordion] Python API > > **Improvements** > > * **Every record links to the web app.** Detail `get` calls return `url` (the record's > page in the app) and `api_url` (its canonical endpoint). > * **Per-run simulation settings.** Simulation batches take `simulation_settings` > (`solver`, `var_pts`, `submesh_types`, `spatial_methods`, `discretisation_kwargs`), > overriding the model's and parameterized model's settings for that run. > `discretisation_kwargs` can also be saved on models and parameterized models. > * **Repeat inline simulations reuse stored results.** Submitting the same inline > parameterized model again reuses the existing one instead of creating a new copy or > failing on its name. > * **Protocol groups.** `client.protocol_group` creates, lists, updates and deletes > groups, and protocols take `protocol_group_id`. > * **Projects carry your own access.** Project records include `my_role` and > `my_permissions` for the caller, and no longer embed every member's role, so project > lists are much smaller. > * **Metric suite surrogates.** `client.metric_suite.create_surrogate(...)` trains a model > that predicts a suite's KPIs anywhere in a range of design variables without > simulating. > * **Sites have a timezone** (`Site.timezone`, an IANA name defaulting to > `America/New_York`). > [accordion] Data Processing > > **Fixes** > > * Under `termination="events"`, a constant-current or constant-power step whose last > logged sample belongs to the next step now takes its end value and setpoint from its > own samples, so simulated steps no longer stop early. > [accordion] Protocol Simulator > > **Fixes** > > * **Voltage sweeps** (e.g. slow cyclic voltammetry) with no explicit duration run until > their setpoint reaches an end condition, instead of stopping at 24 hours. > * **Sub-procedure jumps** in protocols imported from Maccor, Arbin or UCP files resolve > correctly, and an unresolved block-level `goto` is reported when the protocol is saved. > [accordion] Skills > > **Improvements** > > * `run-simulations` covers per-run simulation settings, metric suite surrogates and > protocol groups. > * `manage-protocols` and `discover-api` document protocol groups. > * `manage-projects`, `manage-cells`, `run-pipelines` and `discover-api` link to records > through their `url`. > * `manage-equipment` documents site timezones. 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