Applications can write custom metrics to the run output file using the standard Statistics convention. These custom metrics live under the top-level statistics property of the run output and are extracted and displayed in the run details view in Nextmv Console.

These metrics were displayed in a technical manner using their full data path as the name of the metric. For example, if a custom metric tracking total waste was named total_waste and was a property of the custom object which in turn was a property of the result object, the name of this metric would be displayed as result.custom.total_waste.

These object data paths were obscuring the meaningful parts of the metric names, and the end user often only cares about the metric and its value, not where it’s stored in the output JSON file. For these reasons, the metrics are now displayed without the data paths and also are presented with a more human-friendly title casing.

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When creating a new acceptance test you can now specify a tolerance level for the pass/fail rules. Prior to this, you were only able to set hard rules on how a test would pass or fail. When setting the tolerance, you can define it as an absolute value (specific number) or as a relative value (percentage-based).

This tolerance will be reflected in the final chart visuals as well.

A small update to the behavior for downloading run input and output ZIP files was made. Before, when you downloaded a ZIP file from the run (input or output), the files within the ZIP file would be automatically extracted and downloaded individually.

This auto-extraction has been disabled and now the ZIP file is downloaded as a single file that you can then extract as needed via your operating system (e.g. double click the file). This keeps all of the files in a single directory rather than spreading them out wherever they were downloaded.

A new column pinning feature for table views has been added to Nextmv Console. Now when viewing table data you can select certain columns to be pinned by hovering over the column header cell and then clicking the pin icon.

To unpin the column, just click on the filled-in pin icon and the column will return to its normal location in the table. You can pin as many columns as needed.

The ability to manage secrets in Nextmv Console is now available. You can add new secret collections and assign them to instances or individual runs, as well as edit and delete existing secret collections.

Read more about how to use secret collections to enhance your app and workflow functionality in the Secrets collection reference section in Nextmv Docs.

You can now share a run URL with someone on your team and it will preserve the particular view that was shared. Before, if you were, say, on the Result view of a run and copied the URL to share with someone on your team, when they opened that URL they would land on the Details view. This produced a confusing experience when trying to share views.

Now, when you click the share view button, your current run view is copied as part of the URL and will open the run on the same view from which it was shared. Further, the URL will preserve the specific data and layout selections for that view if applicable. For instance, if you are viewing the result of a routing run with a split table and run visual, when you copy the link to share the URL, it will open on the Result view with the same split table and run visualization displayed.

In addition to this new share action, the create new and clone existing run action has been given a small makeover, and download input and output have been consolidated into a single download menu.

Create/clone new run

The ability to create a new run and clone an existing one was already in place, but it has been revamped with a universal + action button that opens the menu of create options. This will also serve as a place for any future create new actions for runs and other entities.

Download input and output

The ability to download a run’s input and output file existed prior as well, but the UI to do so was only available on the Input and Result view respectively. And depending on the type of application or the run size, the UI to download the input or output could vary slightly. This update consolidates the download actions into a single menu that is always accessed from the same place and from any view.

All JSON-based application runs now have an automatic tabular view into the data. For a run result, the solution is extracted and presented in a tabular view; for the input view the full input data is used for the tabular view.

How the data is presented (code and table) can be toggled with a new control at the bottom of the page as well, so you can easily switch between JSON and tabular views of the data. The code view displays the input or output for a run like it did before, there is no change there, so at any point you can view the exact input or output for the run.

This update has been applied to new and past runs. Also, the view control will remember your last selection for the app, so each app can have its own default view into the data for each individual user.