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Release Notes

Production Release 10th November 2025​

General Updates

  • Level Crossing Options - Options can now be created that contain only Level Crossing assets.

Bug Fixes

  • WT5x Calculations: resolved an issue whereby incorrect WT recommendations were provided.

Production Release 30th October 2025​

General Updates

Caching behavior has been updated for Option 4435. To improve stability during the CP planning period, manual caching has been disabled. Caching will now run automatically twice daily, at 12am and 12pm. The “Cache Required” button is disabled, with a mouseover message indicating the scheduled caching times.

Bug Fixes

  • Impact Data Sets: Resolved an issue where Impact Data Sets could not be renamed.
  • Train Workbank: Resolved an issue that caused Cost and Volume exports to fail.

Production Release 24th October 2025​

General Updates

  • CP Planning Asset View: Base Costs and Add On Costs have now been split within table view.
  • Delivery Reporting: Dashboard total costs now includes adjustments.
  • Workbank Search: Search functionality has been improved within workbanks. Search terms are retained when navigating between calendar and table outputs.

Production Release 16th October 2025​

Bug Fixes

  • CP Planning - Asset View: Resolved an issue where CP Planning Asset View may incorrectly split costs for WT5x

General Updates

  • Project Delivery - Added "Deliverer" as new project delivery attribute.

Production Release 8th October 2025​

Bug Fixes

  • Cost Profiles: Resolved an issue whereby BOQ did not filter indirect costs when using a package filter.
  • CP Planning Asset View: Resolved an issue where CP Planning Asset View may timeout when loading.
  • CP Planning Capex View: Resolved an issue where CP Planning Capex View may timeout when loading.

Production Release 6th October 2025​

Bug Fixes

  • Cost Profiles: Resolved an issue whereby "filter by work type" would not be respected for cost totals or RMM costs.
  • Option Adjustments: Resolved an issue where option adjustment exports would be unavailable when using filters.

Production Release 23rd September 2025​

Bug Fixes

  • Cost/Volume Profile Graphs: Resolved an issue where the info banner that displays when more than 30 results are returned was incorrectly returning the count of results when certain option filters were applied.

Production Release 17th September 2025​

General Updates

  • WT5x: When hovering over the help text for an asset, we now display the help description for the asset group e.g. Tail cables included
  • Generic Non-Area Interventions: Now renamed to Generic (Non Asset) Interventions

Bug Fixes

  • Interventions: Resolved an error where Level Crossing child projects could not be created if missing a route ID.
  • Interventions: Resolved an error which would occur when creating a new intervention for a level crossing, adding a Work type and a date then removing the Work type and date.
  • CP Planning Views: Resolve an error which would prevent exporting to CSV from the Package or Asset views.
  • WT5x: Resolve an issue where unit rates were being stored to 2 decimal places instead of 4.

Production Release 16th September 2025​

This release contains some tweaks to Cost and Volume Outputs and some modifications to the search function within the Workbank:

  1. New Package CapEx Costs has been renamed CP Planning Package View.
  2. Asset CapEx Costs has been renamed CP Planning Asset View.
  3. Both outputs now include:
    • The selected and the next Control Period's data.
    • A breakdown of costs by year for the selected and next control period.
    • The Whole values for SEU CAV, SEU DAV and AFC for the Package/Intervention, regardless of the Control Period those values are triggered.
  4. The search box on the Workbank pages (Calendars, Table outputs, etc.) now requires pressing 'Enter' to search. Previously typing in this field would automatically update the page, which could lead to unwanted page updates if the search term was incorrectly formed.

Production Release 15th September 2025​

A major update to Rail BI was released. This included many new features and changes to existing features.

You can see highlights below, please click on the links to learn more about any of the new features available.

Generic Non-Area Interventions

Generic (Non-Area) Interventions are interventions that do not yet have an assigned asset area. These can be created where work is set to be completed on a route, but no assigned asset area is set for the work.

Project Delivered Activity Volume (DAV) Override

The KVL on an intervention can now be overridden and in turn, this now updates the DAV whilst keeping the asset worktype unchanged.

Change Requests

We've continued to add improvements to our recently released Change Requests feature, which allows users of all permission levels to suggest changes to the workbank or to delivery, for the routes default approver to approve or reject.

Introducing 'Auth Service'

A new central application for administrators to manage user accounts across the full suite of Rail BI applications

Bug Fixes

  • Categories: Resolved an issue where categories could not be assigned to Work Types in the work type configuration.

Production Release 10th September 2025​

This update contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workbank Duplication: Resolved an issue preventing options being duplicated when a route filter was applied.
  • Workbank Filters: Resolved an issue where using the 'OR' operator would display an error.

Production Release 9th September 2025​

This update contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workbank Export: Resolved an issue where the export "CSV For Import inc Automated Renewals" would fail from published options that contained assets since removed during SSADS import.

Production Release 12th August 2025​

This update contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workbank Export: Resolved an issue where the export "CSV For Import" would fail
  • Workbank View: Resolved an issue where year filters would not persist on page refresh

Production Release 30th July 2025​

This update contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Options: Fixed an error from preventing options from caching if the option duration was too short to span an entire control period
  • Workbank View: Resolved an issue whereby Post-Comm SEU Count was incorrect after export.

Production Release 29th July 2025​

This update contains general updates and bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Option Filters: Resolved an issue whereby filtering by Work Type = Minor Works displayed no results.

General Updates

  • CP Planning Asset View: SSADS LX Only toggle has been added for Signalling & LX costs.
  • CP Planning Asset View: Costs are now broken down by year for future Control Period.
  • Cost Profile: Export option is now available on the cost profile breakdown.
  • Delivery Reporting: Selecting a column in the costs graph now displays a cost breakdown.
  • CP Planning Package View: Costs are now broken down by year for future Control Period.

Production Release 22nd July 2025​

This update contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Option Logs: Resolved an error where AFC is showing as updated when unedited.
  • Option Logs: Resolved an error whereby dates are formatted incorrectly.
  • Workbank Calendar: Resolved an error whereby responsive calender layout could stop menus from opening.

Production Release 20th July 2025.​

On 20/07/2025, a major update to Rail BI was released. This included many new features and changes to existing features.

You can see highlights below, please click on the links to learn more about any of the new features available. Alternatively, our full documentation is available here.

Terminology Change

Projects have now been renamed to Interventions. This more closely reflects industry standard terminology.

Option Logs

We've added a new entry to the left hand side bar. Here you can access the new Change Requests feature and Audit Logs (which were previously available in Option Settings).

Change Requests allow data changes to be proposed and updated with a full approval process and audit history.

  • Affected Area (including Post-Intervention SEUs)
  • Commissioning Dates
  • Work Types
  • BP Costs & Volumes

Default Approvers can be set on a per-route basis.

Programme Date maps

A new Programme Date map is available in the Maps module by selecting Programme Dates from the Map Type.

This allows the user to step through different control periods (or years) and displays the interventions within each different time period.

General Updates

  • If an intervention has an SCO or OP number, a banner will recommend data changes are made via Change Proposal in the Change Request section.

  • Option Adjustments: A change reason is now required when completing an option adjustment. This is displayed in the Option Audit Log.

The following tab names have been changed in the Package Delivery Modal:

  • Change log has been renamed to Audit Log.
  • Estimates (BP) has been renamed to BP Costs & Volumes.
  • Actuals (OP) has been renamed to OP Costs & Volumes.
  • Add Estimates has been renamed Add Change Proposal.

Production Release 17th July 2025​

This release contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workbank Options: Resolved an issue where export options would be missing.
  • Deferred Renewals: Resolved an issue where the dashboard would not load.

Production Release 15th July 2025​

This release contains bux fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Workbank Options: Resolved an issue whereby exports would hang while an option is being rebuild.
  • Workbank Options: Resolved an issue whereby the throbber would not be displayed when updating data.

Production Release 26th June 2025​

This release contains bux fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Target Interventions: Resolevd an issue where target intervention data would not be displayed.

Production Release 19th June 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Impact Data Sets: Resolved an issue where categories would not be editable.
  • Interlocking Calendar: Resolved an issue where no results would be displayed when no route filter is set.

General Updates

  • Workbank Caching: Warning modal text has been updated.

Production Release 16th June 2025​

This release contains bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Cost Profiles Graph: Resolved an issue where clicking on a bar would cause an error.
  • Maps - Resolved an issue preventing the Control Point map from loading.
  • Package CapEx Costs - Resolved an issue whereby the 'Total' column data was misaligned

Production Release 12th June 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

General Updates

  • CP Planning Package View: Improved the speed in which SEU counts and costs load.

Bug Fixes

  • Impact Data Sets: Fixed an error where datasets would not load.
  • CP Planning Package View: Fixed an error where SEU values would not be correctly assigned to a project
  • Signalling & LX Calendar: Fixed an error where route / region filters would not be respected during export.

Production Release 3rd June 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

General Updates

  • Signalling & LX Calendar: "SSADS LX Only" toggle now defaults to on.

Bug Fixes

  • Signalling & LX Calendar: Fixed an error where toggling "SSADS LX Only" would not correctly apply to the results.
  • Signalling & LX Calendar: Fixed an error where route / region filters would not be correctly applied.
  • Workbank View: Fixed an error with responsive page layout after resizing the browser window.

Production Release 2nd June 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

General Updates

  • Cost and Volumes: When viewing Costs or Cash, the Asset Type Selector is now disabled

Bug Fixes

  • Volume Profiles: Resolved an error whereby the Accrued Activity Volume Graph type would not load

Production Release 28th May 2025​

This release contains general updates.

General Updates

  • Delivery Reporting: Improved the load speed of the Delivery Reporting Dashboard
  • Delivery Reporting: Added the ability for users to configure their own variance / divergence percentage for delivery planning packages.

Production Release 27th May 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an error where the changelog in the delivery modal would display the ID of the WT5x asset updated, rather than its name.
  • Fixed an error in the delivery modal where empty CAV values would result in the loading spinner being displayed indefinitely.
  • Fixed an error preventing option navigation favourite settings being updated.
  • Fixed an error where the deletion of Override Warnings caused an error.

General Updates

  • CP Planning Asset View - Added columns for LTDP Area Grouping and Level Crossing to LTDP Area Grouping. These are available under User Area Interlocking Sub Groups
  • Project Delivery - Editing is now disabled on published options.
  • Project Delivery - Summary AFC calculation is taken from Actuals on Project Delivery summary tab. If no Actuals are set, estimates are used.
  • Project Delivery - Rounding has been updated on AFC calculation to match Actuals tab rounding
  • New Table Outputs* - Search entry on new tables has been restricted while a search query is running.
  • New Table Outputs* - Arrow keys can now be used for horizontal scrolling.
  • New Table Outputs* - Status column has been renamed to Project Status.
  • New Table Outputs* - CSV Export column ordering now matches the column ordering.

*New Table outputs include; CP Planning Asset View, Delivery Reporting, Variance Report, CP Planning Package View, Deferred Renewals.

Production Release 19th May 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an error that could lead to Maps failing to cache on certain map types.

General Updates

Production Release 15th May 2025​

This release contains bug fixes and general updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an error where the calendar scroll would become locked after adding an LX worktype to a project.
  • Fixed an issue that could lead to the Volume Profile graph failing to load.

General Updates

  • Download Maps option has been moved from Map Controls. This now appears in the Maps sidebar.
  • Calendar Project Exports now include the Project Description.

Production Release 12th May 2025​

This release contains several bug fixes, general updates and adds the Compare Option Filters feature.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an error that could lead to the Delivery modal failing to load on certain packages.
  • Fixed an error that occurred during import of SICA Assessments whereby the 'Internal Overrides Set' and 'IS_ARS' attributes were not imported correctly. In some cases, this caused automated interventions to be created to address incorrect Target Renewal Dates. To understand any impact to your route, please contact our support team

General Updates

  • Upgraded our database size to reduce occurrences whereby users were experiencing Request Time Outs.
  • Improved the speed in which SEU-CAV and SEU-DAV values load in various table outputs.
  • Technology Policies now display version comments at the top of the policy page.
  • Added more information to the tooltip when viewing Minor Works interventions that contain variances

New Features

Compare Option Filters

New filters are available when comparing options within a business case. Cost outputs can now be filtered by Route, Region, Interlocking, Work Type and Years.

Production Release 4th May 2025​

On 04/05/2025, a major update to Rail BI was released. This included many new features and changes to existing features.

You can see highlights below, please click on the links to learn more about any of the new features available. Alternatively, our full documentation is available here.

New Features

  1. Enhancing Project Delivery Reporting

You can now use Rail BI to manage: Deferred Renewals including Risk Assessments

  1. Level Crossing Workbank improvements

a. Work Type selection can now auto suggest the correct worktype for the level crossing type.

b. Rail BI will suggest appropriate interventions to install on an Interlocking Area.

c. When viewing the Level Crossing calendar, you can toggle on the display of Interlocking Interventions to easily view other work types in planned for that area

  1. New Calendar - Signalling and LX

This calendar is now the default calendar displayed when you load the workbank and shows Interlockings and Level Crossings combined. Use the drop down should you wish to switch to the Projects, Interlocking Areas, Level Crossing or Trains calendars.

  1. General Calendar Updates

The attributes table on the left hand side has been updated and the legend for the Target Renewal Dates has been moved to the foot of the calendar. Other smaller improvements have also been added, such as improving the definition of the interventions on the calendar.

  1. New Maps

When clicking on an intervention you can now view the project map. Additionally, we have a new map type for ‘Project Map’ available which will show you the next 30 projects that match your filters.

  1. Homepage Updates

We’ve tidied up the home page, adding dedicated sections for Useful links and Status Updates. We also have announcements that your Rail BI administrator may use to communicate important information.

  1. New Search

The search function is now available in the navigation bar from any page. Use it to search for Business Cases, Options, Interlockings or Level Crossings.

  1. Package CapEx Costs

The old page had reached it’s end of life, so we’ve remade this page and it’s currently called ‘New Package CapEx Costs’ It’s much faster. We’ve left the old page in for now and will retire at a later date.

  1. CP Planning Asset View

We’ve introduced a new page that provides the breakdown of costs at the asset level. This page replaced Interlocking CapEx costs and can be used for equivalent Level crossing outputs

  1. Cost Build Up

Override Direct Costs have been retitled ‘Cost Build Up’ as this function helps you to see which cost contribute towards your package. There’s also a new button that will show you the ‘Rate Book’ for that work type, in case you’d like to see all the detail for the costs in use.

  1. Option Adjustments

We’ve tidied up this page, displaying the key information more prominently. We’ve also ensured that changes to Option Adjustments are stored in the option logs and in the Delivery Planning logs.

  1. Cost and Volumes

The configuration options for Costs and Volumes have been simplified and unnecessary rows within the table have been removed.

  1. Audit Log

The option audit log is now split into primary and secondary logs with the latter now used for recording file downloads, option cache, rebuild etc. The audit entries have been reviewed and you’ll find additional information present for new audit entries going forward.

  1. Parent Projects

We’ve introduced the concept of ‘Parent Projects’ to allow reporting of interventions within a package under a different intervention. For example, this could be used to track non-signalling costs associated with a re-signalling work type.

  1. Efficiencies

Routes can now set efficiencies that they expect to achieve for each financial year within Option Settings.

Production Release 1st May 2025​

This release contains several bug fixes and some general updates.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an error whereby trying to open a published version of an option currently rebuilding caused an error.
  • Fixed an error relating to Bulk Editing of projects, where editing would fail due to missing technology applications.

General Updates

  • Delivery Reporting dashboard is now available to add to Option Navigation Favourites within Settings.
  • New option data tables now have a new export option - Current View (All Columns). This allows the current view including all available columns to be exported quickly.
  • Project Number is now displayed in the header of the Delivery modal.
  • Start Date has been renamed to Commissioning Date on the Programme Dates Map.

Production Release 23rd April 2025​

This release contains several bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an issue contributing to slow project modal load times which could cause a time out.
  • Resolved an error that could occur when multiple options were caching or rebuilding simultaneously.
  • Resolved an issue where pages would fail to load when viewing published options.
  • Options can no longer be duplicated if there are outstanding rebuild reasons (i.e. out of date asset data). The option must be re-built before it can be duplicated.