Release Notes
2025
Oct
Aggregation Option in Matrix Report
New- You can now apply aggregation functions (such as sum, average, min, max, and count) in Matrix Reports. This enhancement allows you to summarize and analyze datapoint values across rows and columns, making it easier to identify key patterns and insights. Learn More
Map View Redesigned
New- The left panel in the Maps view has been redesigned for better usability and navigation. You can now view additional details such as alarms, location history, etc., in the map selection drop down list. Learn More
Enhanced Reference Access
New- New access type Enhanced Reference Access introduced in Data Slicing rule." Learn More
Map Additional Features
New- Search Functionality: Maps now supports search to locate devices or locations directly within maps.
- Custom Views in Maps: Introduced support for saving and switching between custom map views.
- Satellite View : Maps is now enabled with satellite view for enhanced map visualization. Learn More
Bulk Update and Delete
New- Bulk Update and Delete feature is introduced to simplify bulk management. You can now update fields of multiple records and delete multiple records at a time for modules such as Devices, Assets, and Locations in the respective list views. Learn More
Reports Enhancements
Enhancements- String Datapoint Grouping: Reports now support grouping by string datapoints, similar to widget-level grouping.
- Enhanced KPI Expressions: Computation and KPI datapoint expressions now handle cases where a variable is “0” or “--”. Learn More
New Map Widgets
Enhancements- Live Tracking Widget: Provides real-time tracking of devices and assets directly on the global map for instant situational awareness.
- Location History Widget : Displays historical movement trails of devices, enabling users to review past routes and activity timelines.
- Geofences Widget : Introduces geofence creation and monitoring, allowing users to define custom boundaries and receive alerts when devices enter or exit specified zones. Learn More
Outside Radius Condition in Geofence
Enhancements- You can now define alarm rules using the new Outside Radius condition, based on a location datapoint. This enables alarms to be triggered when a vehicle or managed entity moves out of or remains outside a dynamically specified radius, supporting more accurate geolocation-based monitoring and alerts. Learn More
Geofence Show/Hide Changes
Enhancements- Added the option to show or hide geofences in IoT map views, giving users better control over map clarity and visualization during monitoring. Learn More
Instance KPI Alarm Rule
Enhancements- The Instance KPI Alarm Rule now supports using any KPI datapoint or datapoints from multiple assets, providing greater flexibility in configuring alarms. (Applicable only for instance-level rules.)
Clone Alarm Rules
Enhancements- You can now clone existing Alarm Rules with a single click. This allows you to quickly create new rules by duplicating configurations from an existing one, saving time and ensuring consistency across your alarm setup. Learn More
New Timeline for Alarm Rule
Enhancements- Alarm Rules now support extended timeline conditions such as Last Week (same day), Last Month (same date), and Last Year (same month). This enhancement enables more precise and context-aware monitoring by comparing device data against similar past periods. Learn More
Alarm History View option
Enhancements- You can now directly view the alarm history from any managed entity's list view. This provides quick access to the alarm history avoiding multiple clicks. Learn More
Font Style Customization in Simple Cards
Enhancements- You can now customize the font style of descriptions in Simple Card 1 and Simple Card 2 widgets. Supported options include Bold, Italic, and Underline, allowing better emphasis and readability in your dashboard cards. Learn More
Font Size Customization in Image Layout Widget
Enhancements- The Image Layout widget now supports font size customization. You can choose between Preferred Size or define a Custom Size, giving you greater control over text readability and presentation. Learn More
Comparison Options in Chart Widgets
Enhancements- In Bar, Line, Area, and Column chart widgets, new comparison features are now available:
- Time Comparison Color Customization : Choose custom colors for comparison periods for better visual clarity.
- Previous Period Selection : Compare data against the previous period directly within the graph. Learn More
Jul
Share Dashboard
New- Dashboards can now be shared via a public URL using the Share feature. This enhancement empowers users to securely share dashboards externally without requiring login access. Learn More
WCAG Compliance
New- Zoho IoT now supports WCAG compliance, enabling users with disabilities to navigate and interact with the platform more easily. This ensures greater accessibility and aligns with global standards.
Location and Geofence Map Widgets
New- Two new map widgets namely Location History Map and Geofences Map are now available for Module Specific and Overview dashboards. These widgets provide real-time visual insights into movement history and geofence boundaries, enhancing location-based monitoring within individual modules. Learn More
Mapped Picklist
New- Mapped Picklists are now available, allowing a picklist to dynamically update based on the option selected in another field. This makes filling out fields more reliable and streamlined. Learn More
Support for Zoho Maps
Enhancements- Zoho IoT now supports Zoho Maps alongside Google Maps for both Location History and Geofence features. This provides greater flexibility in map provider selection and ensures seamless tracking and boundary monitoring within the platform. Learn More
Heat Map Enhancements
Enhancements- Custom Scaling and Color Rules: Dynamic scaling and custom color rules introduced to visualize temperature ranges or metric intensities more effectively within your Heatmaps.
- Heatmap Chart Support in Module Specific Dashboards: The Heatmap chart is now available as a widget type in Module Specific dashboards, allowing you to use real-time Heatmap visualizations in filtered views.
- Drill-Down Support in Heatmaps: Interactive drill-down capabilities in Heatmaps introduced. Here, you can click on a Heatmap section to view detailed subviews or entity-specific data. Learn More
Dynamic Geofence in Alarm Generation
Enhancements- You can now define alarm rules using the new "Within Radius" condition, based on a location datapoint. This allows you to trigger alarms when a vehicle or any managed entity enters or stays within a dynamically specified radius, enabling more precise geolocation-based monitoring and alerts. Learn More
Provision to add multiple threshold lines to charts
Enhancements- Threshold settings have been improved with the ability to add multiple threshold lines for better visualization and control. Additionally, thresholds can now be displayed as either lines or shaded areas, offering greater flexibility in how threshold limits are represented on charts and dashboards. Learn More
Button Widget to invoke URL
Enhancements- Button Widget has been introduced with the "Invoke URL" action type, allowing users to trigger and display external services or custom endpoints directly from the dashboard. Learn More
Dynamic Descriptions Based on Data in Card Widgets
Enhancements- The description in the Card widget can be configured to vary based on the value ranges of the displayed data. Learn More
Timeline Comparison
Enhancements- Introduced the ability to compare data across different timelines such as days, weeks, months, and years within supported widgets. This enhancement is available in Line, Area, Bar, and Column charts with time grouping, enabling users to analyze trends and patterns over varying time periods more effectively. Learn More
Assorted Metric Table
Enhancements- Introduced Assorted Metrics Table with support to create a single table that displays metrics and values across multiple models, instances, and fields—enabling a more consolidated and flexible data view. Both live and stored data values can be displayed. Learn More
Instance Inclusion in Chart Widget
Enhancements- Charts and Tables (Assorted Metrics Table) now support the ability to view instance-specific data, allowing for more targeted display of data in widgets within dashboards. Learn More
Located At and Under the hierarchy operator
Enhancements- Properties such as alarms, datapoints, commands, etc., are configured for instances for devices, assets, and locations; storing it under the column name "Source". The 'Source' column in the above mentioned properties shows the names of the devices, assets, and location to which the alarms, datapoints, commands, etc., are associated. With this update, you can now filter these properties based on sources that are either 'located at' a specific location or 'under' that location and its hierarchy. Learn More
May
Custom Fill Widgets for Fluid and Battery Levels
New- Custom fill widgets are introduced to represent fluid and battery levels in more appealing formats. These widgets provide an intuitive and aesthetically enhanced way to monitor level-based metrics. Learn More
Location history of managed entity in maps
New- You can now track the location history of managed entities over a selected time period. Additionally, you can play back their movement to visualize routes and monitor activity more effectively. Learn More
Geofence feature in maps
New- The Geofence feature in Maps allows you to define virtual boundaries for your managed entities. You can now configure alarm rules to automatically trigger alerts when vehicles enter or exit the defined geofence areas, enabling smarter, location-based monitoring and control. Learn More
Field Permissions
New- You can now assign Read Only or Read & Write access to individual fields based on user profiles. This gives you precise control over who can view or edit each field in your form. Learn More
Invoke Overview Dashboard of instances from the menu item
Enhancements- You can now add the Overview Dashboard of specific module instances as a menu item to the navigation menu. This enhancement includes support to filter the required instances. Learn More
Map Revamp
Enhancements- Specific module instances in map: A powerful enhancement to the Maps feature allows you to display all or specific instances filtered by custom criteria across multiple modules. This enables better visualization of module-based entities on a single map, supporting more effective monitoring and analysis at scale. Learn More
- Performance enhanced: Performance of map views is enhanced drastically with faster loading of screens.
Multiple module-model select in maps/map widgets
Enhancements- Map and Map Widgets now support selecting multiple modules and models, allowing you to view and manage entities from different sources in a single map. You can also apply filters across multiple models for more refined and dynamic data visualization. Learn More
Live widget color based on status
Enhancements- The LIVE widget icon now changes color based on the device's connection status. It appears red when data is being received, and gray when the device is disconnected or no data is available. Learn More
Mar
Passing the Device Event message JSON to custom function
New- Device notification JSON values sent via the events topic can now be extracted and passed as custom function arguments in the Alarm Rule, enabling efficient rule configurations.
Validation rule for fields
New- With the new Field Validation feature, you can define custom rules to allow only specific values as input in a field.
Edge Agent configuration - Modbus RTU over TCP
New- Zoho IoT Agent now supports Modbus RTU over TCP, allowing you to configure it remotely from the application and push updates to the agent. Learn More
Axis Settings configuration in widgets
Enhancements- Advanced Axis Settings configuration introduced to provide greater control over axis properties in widgets. This enhancement includes Min/Max Scaling, Data Step/Interval, and Handling Out-of-Range Values capabilities. Learn More
Visual Enhancements in Widgets
Enhancements- New enhancements have been introduced to the dashboard, improving the visual appeal and clarity of data representation. The enhancements include revamped look for dial widgets, and curvature for stack charts. Learn More
Module Filter Dashboard Updates
Enhancements- Dashboard creation process has been enhanced with custom module selection along with ME models providing greater flexibility. Learn More
Escalation Action repetition in notification profile
Enhancements- Users can now enable the option to repeat the action for the escalation type in the notification profiles. This will help the user to keep repeating the configured action(s), until the configured escalation notification is not resolved. Learn More
Acknowledgement-Based Event Handling in Alarms
Enhancements- By acknowledging an alarm, users can pause repeated alerts and associated actions for the same state, preventing unnecessary notifications until there is a state change. This enhancement is particularly useful for scenarios where users need continuous alerts until an issue is addressed. Learn More
Profile Permissions Included
EnhancementsUser Profiles are now enhanced with better visibility and control:
- Permissions for Datapoint Definition, Datapoint Template, Email Settings, Map Settings, Report Groups, Dashboard Groups, and Map Groups are now visible in Profiles.
- The Acknowledge/Unacknowledge Alarms action for Device, Asset, and Location modules has been added, with an option to enable or disable it as needed.
Milesight Data Stream
New- Milesight Data Stream is now available for integration with Milesight gateway devices that have built-in LoRa Network Servers. Learn More
Jan
Module specific dashboard
New- Module specific dashboards have been introduced, allowing users to create widgets for a selected model or module. This dashboard provides the option to apply data filter on the model's properties in all the widgets at the same time. Learn More
Date and Time widget
New- A new Date and Time widget has been introduced to display the current date and time. It includes configurable timezone settings to cater to specific requirements. Learn More
Aesthetic improvements in charts
Enhancements- Threshold line color selection option included to set the desired color for the threshold line in chart widgets.
- Area color selection option included to choose the desired color for the sections below and above the threshold line limit in Metric Line/Area/Bar charts.
- Sorting of pie chart and donut chart included. The segment of the chart can now be arranged in ascending or descending order on the value or name (label) property by which the chart is grouped. Learn More
Accent Colors for the user interface
New- Users can now personalize the end user interface by choosing from appealing color themes, enhancing the overall visual experience. Learn More
Sender email address preference setting
Enhancements- When a verified and authenticated sender email address used in any email notification is deleted, it will be replaced with the default email address configured in the references section. Learn More
Acknowledge/Unacknowledge in alarms
New- The ability to Acknowledge and Unacknowledge alarms in the application has been introduced to enable users to manage better and track alarms. The acknowledged/unacknowledged status is used in trigger conditions in escalation and resolution actions in notification profiles. Learn More
Notification Profile - Escalation Action & Resolution Action condition
New- Notification profiles now support trigger conditions that consider an alarm's acknowledgment status. Hereafter, escalation actions can also be triggered for unacknowledged alarms, while resolution actions can be tied to acknowledged alarms. Learn More
Device Notification - Condition's key used in placeholder
Enhancements- In the case of device notification in alarm rules, the parsing key provided in the primary condition can be included in the description by using the # place holder option. Multiple conditions will be available for selection in the case of multiple conditions. Learn More
2024
Dec
Application data backup
New- Data backup-on-request option is included to allow users to securely get back up of their application data. Learn More
Permission for CRM Integration actions
New- Separate permission setting is included for performing any IoT and CRM data, and integration-related mapping. Learn More
Manage/Unmanage action for assets, location, and peripheral devices
New- Users can now manage or unmanage a selected asset, location, or peripheral device. This allows them to disable datapoint processing, alarm rules, and live data processing for the chosen managed entities. Learn More
Font & Zoom Level preferences
New- Users can now personalize the Zoho IoT interface by choosing the desired font and zoom level enhancing the overall visual experience. Learn More
Sorting in reports
- Sorting of report columns has been introduced in Report Tables, allowing for enhanced data organization. Use the sort icon available in each column to easily arrange data as needed. The sorting will be retained in the exported report. Learn More
Hide title in widgets
Enhancements- The Hide Title setting has been introduced for all widgets, allowing users to enhance their viewing experience by displaying widgets without titles, regardless of their type and size. Learn More
Filtering of related instances in KPI datapoint
Enhancements- Filtering of instances option introduced in the related model section in KPI datapoints.
Onboarding assistant
Enhancements- The onboarding experience has been enhanced with clear guidance, providing a smoother setup process for all device types.
Enhancements in message handler & formatter
Enhancements- Device Level Settings: Additional settings to control the behavior of the message formatter and handler at the device level are available.
Status: Allows control over the execution of the formatter/handler for the device.
Continue on Failure: Allows control over data processing in subsequent processes like datapoint processing and alarm rule evaluation, even if the execution fails.
Connection Update: Allows control over the execution of the handler function when an MQTT device connects or disconnects.
- State Memory Support: Message hander functionality in Custom functions has been enhanced to maintain and process contextual data with this option.
- Enhanced Debugging: Debugging has been improved with enhanced console options, available both at the Builder and the History Message Viewer.
Excel format of scheduled reports
Enhancements- Users can now receive scheduled reports in Excel format (.xlsx format), making data analysis and sharing more convenient. Learn More
Day-wise subscription usage widget
Enhancements- Subscription usage widget has been introduced to display day-wise usage for the current subscription month.
GDPR PII Configuration screen
Enhancements- In PII Datapoints configuration, UI has been enhanced to display the managed entity along with the source/model in the same column for easy reference, and the module name in the PII Datapoints list. Learn More
Limit check for manage/unmanage action
Changes- The manage/unmanage actions that can be performed on managed entities such as devices, assets, and locations are limited based on the license plan and automatically reset every 24 hours. Learn More
Limit check for alarms generation
Changes- The generation of alarm history from user-defined alarm rules is restricted based on the limits of your license plan. Learn More
Permission for Zoho CRM Integration
Changes- Zoho IoT integration with Zoho CRM can now be performed by the application owner. Previously, both application and portal ownership were required for integration. Learn More
Sep
Introducing Zoho IoT
New- Zoho IoT is an expansive low-code platform designed for connected businesses, empowering developers to create bespoke solutions effortlessly. With customizable solution accelerators for Industrial IoT, Energy Management, and Smart Buildings, Zoho IoT speeds up enterprise IoT adoption worldwide. Additionally, it offers simple, targeted solutions for specific needs like temperature and humidity monitoring, ensuring flexibility for various customer requirements.