Granta MI 2023 R1 Release Notes

Ansys Granta MI 2023 R1
Granta MI 2023 R1
Release Notes
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Granta MI 2023 R1 Release Notes
Table of Contents
1 Granta MI product overview ...................................................................................... 4

2 Release information ................................................................................................... 7
2.1 System requirements for this release ....................................................................... 7
2.2 Upgrade advice .......................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Licensing .................................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Removed and deprecated features ........................................................................... 8
3 Overview of Granta MI 2023 R1 release .................................................................... 9
3.1 Feature enhancements ............................................................................................. 9
3.2 New data ................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 New releases of related products ............................................................................. 9
4 What’s new in this release? ..................................................................................... 10
4.1 MI Ansys Material Calibration ................................................................................. 10
4.2 Support for cross-database Tabular data links ........................................................ 10
4.3 New AM data importer for EOS machines .............................................................. 10
4.4 Support for Azure SQL Database ............................................................................. 10
4.5 One MI Home page changes ................................................................................... 11
4.6 MI Explore enhancements....................................................................................... 12
4.7 Authentication and user management enhancements .......................................... 14
4.8 MI Service Layer changes ........................................................................................ 16
4.9 General usability improvements ............................................................................. 16
5 New/updated Ansys Granta Materials Data ........................................................... 17
6 Bug fixes and usability improvements ..................................................................... 18
7 Upgrade considerations ........................................................................................... 25
7.1 Migration to the latest One MI apps ....................................................................... 25
7.2 Report jobs created in Granta MI 2020 R1 or earlier .............................................. 25
8 Known issues ............................................................................................................ 26
8.1 Exporting tabular data with functional data columns via MI Service Layer ............ 26
9 User assistance for Granta MI ................................................................................. 27
10 Contact us ................................................................................................................ 27
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1 Granta MI product overview

Ansys Granta MI 2023 R1 is the latest version of the leading materials data management software
system for engineering enterprises. Granta MI meets the different and demanding needs of the
materials experts, design teams, engineering analysts, environmental professionals, managers, data
publishers, and other professionals who work with information related to metals, composites,
ceramics, plastics, and other materials.
Core system
A Granta MI system consists of one or more Granta MI databases hosted on SQL Server, plus a suite
of core software components.
Component Description
MI Server The Granta MI application server
One MI Web application that provides a Granta MI home page and a single,
streamlined workspace for the Explore, Import, Export, Job Queue,
Favorites, Settings, Data Flow Manager, User Manager, Material
Calibration, and Machine Learning web apps.
Settings Service Web application for storing integration and configuration settings for
Granta MI applications.
MI Viewer Standalone, rich web application for browsing, querying, editing,

comparing, analyzing, and exporting data.
MI Data Flow Enterprise workflow management application for Granta MI. MI Data
Flow is the new name for MI:Workflow.
MI Admin Windows client application that provides schema and data

management tools for Granta MI administrators.
MI Toolbox Windows client application for bulk data management.
MI Data Flow Designer Windows client application for defining materials data management
workflows.
Service Layer Web application that provides an interface between the Granta MI
application server and client applications.
MI Search Server Component that provides indexing and search functionality for
Granta MI.
MI Material Calibration Application for fitting material test data to hyperelastic material
models for use in simulation.
MI Machine Learning Provides process parameter optimization and data analysis for
additive manufacturing.
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Additional software products

A range of additional Granta MI software is available to extend your Granta MI system capability.
These products are all installed separately from the core Granta MI components listed above, and
have their own installation and configuration documentation.
CAD, CAE and PLM integration

• MI Materials Gateway — a suite of modules enabling data and tools from Granta MI to be
accessed within CAD, CAE, and PLM software. MI Materials Gateway applications are now
available for Abaqus/CAE, ANSA, Ansys Electronics Desktop, Ansys Workbench, Creo
Parametric, HyperMesh, NX, Teamcenter with NX, and Windchill.
• MI Enterprise Connect — support for server-level integration of Granta MI with Teamcenter.
• MI Material Card Connect — support for file-based transfer integration with design,
simulation and PLM applications.
Analytics
• MI BoM Analyzer — application for importing and editing Bills of Materials ('BoMs') for
products or product designs, or building new BoMs from scratch, then running reports that
assess product risk and support better-informed design decisions.
• MI Mat Analyzer — application for detailed plotting, visual exploration, and statistical
analysis of materials data (e.g., to probe process and property relations), complementing
other Granta MI applications by strengthening visualization and cross-table data exploration
capabilities.
• MI Scripting Toolkit — Python API for interaction with Granta MI.
• MI Machine Learning — machine learning apps for analyzing materials data and optimizing
process parameters. Powered by the Alchemite™ artificial intelligence engine from
Intellegens.
Additive Manufacturing
• Additive Manufacturing Data Integration tool — a command-line tool which extracts raw
data from AM machine build output/production files/API, processes that data, and imports it
into your Granta MI Additive Manufacturing Template database.
Compliance and Sustainability

• Restricted Substances — an optional package for Granta MI that supports regulatory risk and
compliance analysis and reporting, using in-house and supplier data in combination with
Granta reference data. Reports can be viewed in the client applications MI BoM Analyzer, MI
Viewer, and the Explore app in Granta MI.
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Data
All Granta software includes a set of Core Materials Data and their properties. This can be
supplemented with a wide spectrum of Advanced Materials Data for different industries and material
types.
Templates are also available to help you create your own databases:
• MI Metals Template—a template database schema and homepage for managing metals
data, with supporting import, export and analysis tools.
• MI Composites Template—a template database schema and homepage for composites, with
supporting import, export and analysis tools.
• MI Additive Manufacturing Template—a template database schema for storing and
managing materials and process data related to Additive Manufacturing. This database also
includes tools for importing AM build data.
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2 Release information
Ansys releases a new major version of the Granta MI software every 6 months. Each release delivers
new features, bug fixes, and improvements to quality, performance, and usability. All Granta MI
releases are distributed as a full product installation package and are installed in the same way
whether you are installing the product for the first time or upgrading an existing installation. All
Granta MI releases are cumulative, that is, they include all changes, enhancements, and bug fixes
released to date in previous releases.
Upgrading the Granta MI software does not make any changes to the data stored in Granta MI.
2.1 System requirements for this release

For full software and hardware requirements, see the Granta MI 2023 R1 System Requirements
document.
Note that, at this release:
• Window Server 2012 R2 is no longer a supported Granta MI application server platform
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is no longer a supported data platform for Granta MI
2.2 Upgrade advice

See Section 7, Upgrade considerations, for advice for customers upgrading from earlier Granta MI
releases.
2.3 Licensing
Monthly Active User (MAU) licensing for Granta MI Release 2023 R1 is managed with Ansys License
Manager Release 2023 R1. See the document Ansys License Manager Server Hardware and Network
Requirements for information on software and hardware requirements for Ansys license servers.
Customers who purchased a license of Granta MI, or renewed maintenance, before December 2019,
may still be using the legacy Granta ‘named user’ licensing model. These customers can still
download Granta MI Enterprise software through My Granta for this release and use their existing
16-character license key, and do not need Ansys License Manager.
However, note that 2023 R1 is the last Granta MI release that supports the old license model. The
Monthly Active User licensing model for Granta MI was introduced in January 2020 with a three-
phased plan for transitioning customers from the old, named user model:
• Phase 1 – Jan 2020 - All new Paid-Up licenses using MAU model
• Phase 2 – Jan 2021 - All new lease licenses using MAU model
• Phase 3 – Jan 2022 - All new maintenance licenses using MAU model
We are now at the end of the last phase. For all future Granta MI releases, any customers who are
currently using the legacy Granta named user licensing model will need to transition to the MAU
licensing model, and start using Ansys License Manager.
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2.4 Removed and deprecated features

This section lists the features that are deprecated or removed from support in Granta MI.
Deprecated features will be removed in a future release.
This information is subject to change with future releases.
2.4.1 Deprecated features

The following Granta MI features are deprecated. You can still use these features now, but the
version specified below will be the final release to support them. These features will continue to
work up until they are removed, but we encourage users to migrate away from deprecated features
ahead of their removal.
Feature Deprecation first Support will be

announced removed after
Legacy Granta licensing model July 2022 Version 2023 R1
Bulk Data Importer July 2021 TBD
TBD: The specific timeframe is to be determined (TBD). You can continue to use the feature for the
near future.
2.4.2 Unsupported and removed features

The following features are no longer supported and are no longer in the product.
Feature Deprecation first Support was

announced removed in
Workflow v1 July 2021 Version 2022 R2
Statistical Rollup Module plugin for MI Toolbox July 2021 Version 2022 R2
The Remote Import standalone web application July 2020 Version 2022 R1
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3 Overview of Granta MI 2023 R1 release
3.1 Feature enhancements

See Section 4, What’s new in this release? for information about new features and usability
improvements in this release.
In addition, the release includes more than 160 bug fixes and minor enhancements, which are
summarized in Section 6.
3.2 New data

Ansys releases new versions of the data bundles for Granta MI every 6 months, concurrent with the
latest Granta MI software release. Databases that are new, or that have data updates and other
enhancements in the 2023 R1 release:
• Senvol Database™
• MMPDS-17
• Electromagnetic Materials
• ASM Medical Materials
• Global Metals Specifications
• Global Polymers
• MaterialUniverse
See Section 5 for details.
3.3 New releases of related products

New versions of these related products are released at the same time as Granta MI 2023 R1. These
products are installed separately from Granta MI on client computers, and come with their own
release documentation.
• MI Materials Gateway version 2023 R1 features support for recent host software releases;
additional options for design-to-simulation workflows in Ansys Workbench Version 2023 R1
(including transfer of Granta material assignments from NX to Ansys Workbench via the
Workbench Associative Interface, and support for simulation records in a hub-and-spoke
data configuration); support for assignment to Family Tables in Creo Parametric; the ability
to configure data profiles separately for each host application; support for localized Display
Names for database schema items; and other minor enhancements and bug fixes.
• MI Scripting Toolkit version 3.1 is an update to Version 3.0 that supports Ubuntu 20.04,
introduces support for the conda package manager on Linux platforms, and includes a
number of enhancements and bug fixes.
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4 What’s new in this release?

This section details new features, significant improvements, and important changes delivered in
Granta MI 2023 R1.
4.1 MI Ansys Material Calibration

In this release of the MI Ansys Material Calibration App, users can estimate initial coefficient values
for more complex models with the new AI-driven Initialize feature, including the Three Network
Model and Arruda-Boyce.
4.2 Support for cross-database Tabular data links

Tabular Attributes can be used to collate data stored in multiple Tables into a table on a single
datasheet.
Previously, the linked data could only come from Tables in the same database. Now, Tabular
Attributes can include linked data from a different database.
4.3 New AM data importer for EOS machines

The Additive Manufacturing Data Integration tool can now be used to import build data from EOS
machines into Granta MI via the EOSCONNECT web API (v6.1).
This out-of-the-box solution for EOS machines extends the existing support for SLM®280, Concept
Laser M2, and Renishaw AM250 machines.
4.4 Support for Azure SQL Database

Granta MI data can now be stored in Azure SQL Database, making it easier to deploy Granta MI with
your existing Azure Cloud subscription.
All Granta MI databases are now provided in two different backup file formats:
• .bak files, for Microsoft SQL Server
• .bacpac files, for Azure SQL Database
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4.5 One MI Home page changes

In this release, we have made changes to the way that One MI home pages are defined, to enable
customers to make more flexible, customized One MI home pages for different groups of Granta MI
users.
• Home page access based on membership of User Manager Roles, Groups, and Projects.
Home pages can now be defined for different groups of users based on user membership of
Roles, Groups, and Projects defined in User Manager. This extends the existing role-based
access configuration options, where access depends on a user’s system privileges in Granta
MI (Admin, Write, Read, etc.).
• Access to multiple home pages via the Apps menu.
Individual home pages can now be added to the Apps menu, making it easy for users to
switch between different home pages, for example, their default system login home page,
and home pages for different Teams or Projects they are working with.
• Bookmarkable home pages.
Home pages are now individually-addressable via the application URL, for quick and easy
access. For example:
http://my.mi.server/grantami/#/home-page;root=MetalsGroupHomePage
• New content styling options.
We have extended the available styling options for home page content, allowing buttons and
text to be styled with CSS-like properties specifying colors, borders, margins, padding, text
styles, backgrounds, and hover effects.
• Easier management of home page JSON configuration settings. Home page content, layout,
and access management settings are now defined in a single JSON setting, settings.home-
page-config.json, instead of in 3 separate JSON settings.
• Reusable components. To make it easier for Team and Project home pages to be managed
and maintained by different Admin users, they can be defined as components that are stored
in separate JSON settings, and referenced in the main home page configuration.
Because we have made extensive changes to the way that home pages are defined, all existing One
MI home pages used in Granta MI version 2022 R2 or earlier must be upgraded to make them
compatible with the new configuration format. A Home Page Upgrade wizard is provided to make
this easier, and can be accessed from a link on the default One MI Home Page installed when you
upgrade the software to version 2023 R1.
Information on how to define new-style home pages with all the new styling and access management
features is provided in the One MI Home application help: go to the default home page, and then
click the Help icon in the top right corner.
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4.6 MI Explore enhancements

4.6.1 Support for record version control
In version-controlled Tables, all users can now see the version number and version history for
Released records. Users with Write privileges and higher can now see Unreleased records as well as
Released versions, and can release, revert, and withdraw records.
Access to Unreleased records, and to release, revert, and withdraw functionality, depends on a new
application ‘Viewing Mode’, and on the user’s privileges.
Record version state Availability in MI Explore
Unreleased • Not visible to Read users.

• Visible to Write users in Edit Mode.
• Can be edited by Write users.
Released • Visible to all users in Read Mode.

• Visible in Edit Mode unless there is a newer Unreleased
version, in which case you won’t see the Released version, only
the Unreleased version.
• Cannot be edited by any user.
Superseded • Not visible to any users, in any viewing mode.

Withdrawn
Users with Write+ roles can switch between Edit Mode and Read Mode, allowing them to preview
what Read users will see in the data view:
• In Edit Mode, Unreleased and Released records are visible, making it possible to compare
different versions of the same record. Data edit and record management features (Release,
Revert, and Withdraw) are available.
• In Read Mode, only Released records are visible and no record management or data edit
features are available (even if editing is enabled in the data view configuration). This is the
same view of the data that Read users see.
Note that availability of version-controlled records in a data view is also dependent on the access
control settings on the record, e.g. a user with read privileges may still not be able to view a Released
record if they do not have the access control permissions to do so.
4.6.2 Support for Display Names

The Display Names feature introduced in Granta MI 2022 R2 allowed alternative names to be defined
for a range of schema items including Attributes, Layouts, and Tables, and shown in the MI Viewer
user interface instead of the underlying object name.
In 2023 R1, support for Display Names is extended to the MI Explore application. Where Display
Names are defined for schema objects, Explore users will now see these in datasheets and searches.
For more information about Display Names, see the MI Admin help or the Granta MI Schema Guide.
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4.6.3 New Functional data edit capability

Functional data can now be edited in the Explore application. Users can edit data values directly, and
add/remove data points and data series.
4.6.4 Other general enhancements

• For Attributes that have Meta-attributes defined, the > Show/Hide metadata control on
datasheets no longer appears if none of the Meta-attributes have any data (only applies in
data views where empty attributes are hidden i.e. ‘Show empty attributes’=Hide)
• When there is only one Favorites List to which a user can add records, the list is now
automatically pre-selected in the Add to Favorites list dialog when it opens.
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4.7 Authentication and user management enhancements

4.7.1 Easier OpenID Connect authentication configuration
Customers using OpenID Connect (OIDC) for Granta MI user authentication can now use a new
configuration tool to configure the required settings to establish the connection between MI Server
and MI applications, and their Identity Provider.
Previously, users needed to use several different PowerShell cmdlets to do this configuration. The
new ‘one-stop’ configuration tool presents all configuration settings in a single UI, with required
settings, optional settings, and default values clearly identified, making the job of OIDC auth setup
more manageable for Granta MI administrators who may not have in-depth knowledge of how
OAuth and OIDC work.
The new tool can be accessed from the MI Server Connection tool after selecting OpenID Connect
Authentication/User Manager Authorization as the MI system security mode:
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4.7.2 New standalone User Manager application

A new, standalone User Manager web application is available. Customers who have experienced
problems logging into the integrated One MI User Manager app when using header-based
authentication, or OpenID Connect authentication, can now use this new standalone User Manager
application instead of the integrated One MI app.
The standalone User Manager application has all the same features and functionality of the One MI
User Manager app, but integrates directly with the User Manager backend in MI Server, with no
dependency on the Service Layer. This makes it possible to run User Manager independently of the
Service Layer, so MI administrators can check User Manager is set up correctly, add users and groups,
and check user authentication is working correctly, before the Service Layer, MI Viewer, or One MI
web applications are even installed.
To access the Standalone User Manager application, enter the application URL in a browser. To find
the URL for your Granta MI deployment:
• Where Windows Authentication or User Manager authentication are used, you can obtain
the URL from the ServiceURL parameters under System Security Settings in the MI Server
Connection tool, and remove the '/api' part. For example, in the case shown below, you
should access User Manager at https://my.server.name:9000
• Where OpenID Connect authentication is used, you can find the FQDN and port in User
Manager configuration under MI Server Connection -> System Security Settings -> OIDC
Configuration. For example, in the example below you would access User Manager
at https://host.domain.de:9000
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4.8 MI Service Layer changes

This Service Layer release includes a new Service Layer Interface Version – 22/04, with
enhancements to the Browse, DataImport, and DataExport services, and extensions to the
NamedRecord schema type. For details, see the Granta MI Service Layer Revisions document.
There has also been a change to the structure of MIServiceLayerClientInterface.dll. Customers who
are using our API using this DLL should refer to the Granta MI Service Layer Revisions document and
the Granta MI Service Layer API Guide for more information.
4.9 General usability improvements

This section highlights some general usability improvements delivered in this release in response to
customer requests.
• MI Viewer home pages can now refer to Search Masks, Search Templates, and Tables by
GUID as well as by identity.
• Released date is now available as a reportable record property for version-controlled records
and can now be included in MI Viewer Comparison Tables reports, and in Excel templates
and exported workbooks.
• We have made the UI for sharing datasheet links in MI Viewer more intuitive. For Read users,
the Bookmark datasheet menu option is replaced by a Copy record URL to clipboard option
which copies the record URL directly, without opening a separate page in MI Viewer. For
Admin users, the page that opens on clicking the datasheet Copy record URL to clipboard
option is now called Copy URL to clipboard and not ‘Switchboard’, and now includes copy
button rather than requiring the user to right-click to copy.
• In MI Viewer text searches, Tabular linking values are now searched as well as local tabular
data.
• The Attribute Default Threshold Type can now be set as blank in MI Admin. When an
Attribute with no value for Default Threshold type is added as a search criteria in MI Viewer,
it will not be used in the search unless the user sets a threshold value explicitly. This ensures
that users don’t inadvertently use a search threshold they don’t want in a search, for
example, when adding multiple Attributes to a search with a Search Template.
• It is now possible to specify an alternative location for file uploads in the MI Data Flow web
service by editing the FileUploadsDirectory key in the application web.config file, for
example, where space is short on the drive where Granta MI web applications are installed.
• The format in which MI Viewer search projects are saved has changed. Saved search projects
created in earlier Granta MI releases cannot be run in version 2023 R1 or later.
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5 New/updated Ansys Granta Materials Data

Ansys releases a new version of the data bundles for Granta MI every 6 months, concurrent with the
latest Granta MI software release. Some of the reference databases included in each bundle may
have new or updated data or other enhancements, while others are simply re-released with a new
schema version to make them compatible with the latest Granta MI software version, and no other
changes.
Table 1 Databases with new or updated data for 2023 R1
Database Changes in this release include Data Bundle/License
MaterialUniverse 10 new low alloy steel records; updated material Ansys Granta Core
price data; new surface treatments; update risk Materials
indices for critical materials
Senvol Database Data added for 279 new materials and 88 new Ansys Granta Advanced
industrial AM machines; 7 new material types Materials – Additive
Manufacturing
ASM Medical New materials used in FDA approved devices; new Ansys Granta Advanced
Materials FDA-approved devices with links to associated Materials – Medical
materials, coatings and drugs; updated FDA
guidance documents; updated recalls data
Electromagnetic Updated data for PCB materials, with 388 new Ansys Granta Advanced
Materials records, and updated curve data for RO3000 series Materials -
PCB materials. Electromagnetic
Global Metals Updated data from StahlDat SX and SAE Ansys Granta Advanced
Specifications International, bringing the total number of records Materials - Metals
to over 99000.
Global Polymers The latest plastics and additives data from UL Ansys Granta Advanced
Prospector; new data from Sabic and Kuraray; new Materials - Polymers
functional data e.g. Tensile Stress vs. Strain.
MMPDS-17 All the latest changes and updates to the MMPDS Ansys Granta Advanced
dataset, including new/updated thermal, strength Materials - Aero
and moduli data, new aluminum alloys, & changes
to Ramberg-Osgood data for many stress-strain
figures.
If you have older versions of any of these databases installed, and you have not added data or made
other changes that you want to keep, you should consider replacing your database with the latest
version from Ansys when you install the new Granta MI software. See the Granta MI Installation
Guide for information on adding new databases to your Granta MI system.
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6 Bug fixes and usability improvements

Version 2023 R1, released in January 2023, is the latest major release of Granta MI. Each release
includes all changes, enhancements, and bug fixes released to date in previous releases.
As well as new features and enhancements (see Section 4), this release also includes more than 160
bug fixes, and minor usability improvements. Notable fixes and enhancements are listed below;
additional fixes not itemized below may also be included in this release.
Authentication Unhelpful error message ‘Knowledge of the password is not proved’ when OIDC
login fails
Authentication The One MI Job queue app does not respect roles created by OIDC mapping rules,
preventing import and export jobs from running.
Data Updater Errors when applying a full database update that attempts to sync GUIDs
Data Updater If the source database for an update contains Tables which have never been
updated in the target database, the order of the Tables is changed when the
update is applied
Data Updater Usability enhancements: Data Updater reports now include columns that shows
the target record location for data links and record link memberships, and the
target file path for files
Excel Exporter In Excel Templates used in the Export app, the table from which data is being
exported must be the first table (Table 1) in the Valid Table section of the Import
Options worksheet. This is not the case with templates used in the MI Toolbox
Excel Exporter plugin.
Excel Exporter The Specimen type of COLUMN has been added to the BlankFullExcelTemplate.xls
demonstration workbook
Excel Exporter Enhancement: Header rows in Excel exports are no longer merged by default
Favorites When the same Favorites list is open in multiple tabs, changes made to the list in
one tab are not synced to the other tabs
Installation If the MI Material Calibration installer cannot find the prerequisite ASP.NET
software already installed, it prompts the user to install 'ASP.NET Core Runtime 6'
but this should say 'ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle 6'
Job Queue app Files/folders in the JobQueueRoot\output folder of MI Server are not deleted by
the standard 30 day purge.
Licensing User has to wait a long time on start-up while a license is checked out from the
Ansys license server
Material Calibration Errors seen after installation because of a missing Visual C++ Redistributable file
Material Calibration The 'Certificate' dropdown in the installer is not wide enough to see all the
certificate details needed to choose the right one
Material Calibration The 'Certificate' dropdown in the installer doesn't show which certificate store the
available certificates are in, making it hard to choose the right one.
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Material Calibration Usability enhancement: when specifying the Material Calibration Service settings
during installation, clearer information is now shown about the different SSL
certificates that the user must choose.
Material Calibration A CSV file with blank rows/columns causes parsing errors when loaded.
Material Calibration Volume ratio was not parsed as a valid measurement when importing from CSV.
Material Calibration Unhelpful error message in the Material Calibration app when the format of a CSV
file being uploaded is not correct.
Material Calibration Enhancement: in CSV import, rows where one of more of the data values is invalid
(empty, or not numeric) will be skipped, and a warning added to the parsing errors.
Material Calibration Unhelpful error message in the Material Calibration app when user selects a record
where the mapped functional data contains ranged Y values.
Material Calibration When exporting coefficients to a single functional attribute, the parameter
definitions are sent using database units and not the user preferred unit.
Material Calibration A mapped Functional Attribute marked as Not Applicable causes errors.
Material Calibration Usability issues in the data selection control: column with check boxes is too wide
and cannot be resized; sorting is enabled but not useful here; selection highlight
behavior is not correct.
Material Calibration Unable to filter on Model in Optimization app.
Material Calibration The 'Select data' button is obscured by a spinner.
Material Calibration No “Reset columns” button in the coefficients grid.
Material Calibration When selecting a model, the dialog allows you to click on 'OK' before any models
are selected.
Material Calibration Entering a very large upper bound value in the coefficient grid results in an error
message even though the value is valid and calibration completes.
Material Calibration The spinner in the Calibration dialog is not centered.
Material Calibration Unhelpful feedback if you map Temperature to an Attribute that does not have a
unit.
Material Calibration Unable to reopen the dialog if you get Provided unit is invalid for the currently
provided measurement error when clicking OK.
Material Calibration When attempting to export data to an existing record in a version-controlled Table,
it is not possible to select an Unreleased record version in the tree.
Material Calibration A 'Did not receive record reference for new record' error is reported when a new
record is created in a version-controlled Table, even though the new, Unreleased
record was successfully created.
Material Calibration Unhelpful feedback during export when there are duplicate coefficient definitions
for a model in the output configuration file.
Material Calibration User can enter the same value for the coefficient & the upper and lower bounds,
resulting in an error.
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Material Calibration The 'Select data' dialog briefly appears again after OK button is pressed in 'Select
data'.
Material Calibration Pressing OK without choosing a model on the 'Select model to export' dialog
results in an error.
Material Calibration Usability enhancement: the check box column is now the first column in in the data
plot legend.
Material Calibration Usability enhancement: the full data source name is now shown as a tooltip on the
Name column in the chart legend.
MI Admin Table 'Visibility' setting can’t be set when creating a new Table via the 'Create new
Table' link in the 'Create a new Record Link Group' dialog.
MI Admin MI Admin crashes when trying to edit a multi-valued Attribute with a very large
amount of data.
MI Admin Enhancement: Version number is now available to add to a Comparison Table
Report Template.
MI Admin Attempting to delete a Smart Record Link Group that contains a large number of
links causes MI Admin to crash.
MI Admin When editing a Linked Column in a Tabular Attribute, the column name in the 'Edit
linked column' page is reset to the default name (the name of the target column).
MI Admin Meta-attributes are listed in a different order in the 'Edit Meta-Attributes for
attribute' page, the Attributes page 'Meta attributes' column, and the 'Edit Layout'
page.
MI Admin Inconsistent labelling on Delete Display Names button/Remove Display Names
popup.
MI Admin When copying and pasting Attributes with meta-attributes, the pasted meta-
attributes are always reordered alphabetically.
MI Data Flow Unable to change the default FileUploadsDirectory.
MI Data Flow Error on opening a workflow definition containing an Activity that is minimized.
MI Data Flow MI Data Flow Designer slows down during extended use.
MI Data Flow Status messages on the Start Workflow page in the Data Flow Manager app are not
updated to reflect the latest status of the data.
MI Explore Using multiple large Favorites Lists to filter search results causes an error.
MI Explore When exporting functional data using a Material card exporter, the data summary
table does not show the correct status of values that will be exported.
MI Explore Reset graph does not clear curves record selection.
MI Explore The Scatter Plot claims to be showing more records than are available.
MI Explore The Curves graph is not automatically updated after changing the unit system.
MI Explore Navigating quickly using the browser's back/forward button result in errors when
the data being viewed includes curves.
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MI Explore Errors in the List view when there are Attributes with a value of ‘N/A’ in the list.
MI Explore Tabular data edit fails for an Attribute with a linked column.
MI Explore Logical data values on datasheets are misaligned when custom formatting is being
used.
MI Explore When scrolling right to see extra columns added on the List page, the new columns
don't have any gridlines.
MI Explore Errors when Layouts used for datasheets or search include Attribute names with
square brackets [] in them.
MI Explore Plotting curves or opening Tabular data from a datasheet causes Meta-attributes
associated with the data to be shown/hidden.
MI Explore After opening the Switch data view dialog, if you choose a different Table before
the Layouts for the current data view have finished loading, the list of available
Layouts is not updated, and you still see the Layouts from the original Table and
not the newly-selected one.
MI Explore Double-clicking on a Picture Attribute that has metadata opens the Meta-attributes
instead of the image.
MI Explore When using the “Plot curves” links from the List page or from datasheets, the data
plotted on the Curves page is not always refreshed correctly.
MI Explore When editing Tabular data, the linked records selection control is not tall enough
to see a useful amount of data, making it tricky to navigate.
MI Explore When adding columns on the List page, the columns don't automatically fill the
available space once the Columns sidebar is closed.
MI Explore Issues with axis labels not being updated correctly when plotting different curves
from datasheets.
MI Explore After changing the Unit System, the units on curves axes on the Area tab are not
updated.
MI Explore If a parent Attribute is not populated, it won't be shown in the Search panel, but its
populated Meta-attributes are included in the Search panel, without any label
identifying the parent Attribute/context.
MI Explore It takes a long time for the new chart to plot after switching the Y-axis of curve
data from the default Y-axis attribute.
MI Explore Calendar control does not close after selecting a date.
MI Explore Order of Tabular columns in one Tabular Attribute is being incorrectly applied to
other Tabular Attributes which happen to have the same column names.
MI Explore Spaces are removed from workbook file names.
MI Import On resubmitting an Import job, there is no warning if the destination folder no
longer exists (e.g. has been deleted or renamed).
MI Machine The Machine Learning Visualization tool displays the incorrect X-axis if the input
Learning selection is changed during loading.
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MI Server Unexpected behaviour with Add-MIAuthApplicationNameMapping when not
following the documented syntax.
MI Server In MI Server Manager, unhelpful error message “The given key was not present in
the dictionary” when attempting to add a database from SQL that has already been
added.
MI Server Indexing error appearing in MI Server Manager / MI Viewer includes unhelpful
Elasticsearch error referencing bugzilla .
MI Server Enhancement: currency exchange rates have been updated for 2023 R1.
MI Server Temporary files created by MI Server in
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys) are not removed after use.
MI Server In MI Server Manager, errors shown when adding/removing/loading multiple
databases at the same time.
MI Server In MI Server Manager, upgrading the schema of multiple databases at once can
result in some of the databases being removed from Granta MI.
MI Server Embedded files with a colon in the filename, for example, where a date has been
appended to the filename, cause an indexing error which prevents the database
from being loaded.
MI Server After an MI Server restart, a large database fails to reload and we see a SQL
timeout error.
MI Server In some circumstances, attempting to update/import linked Tabular data in
multiple records fails with a 500 Internal Server error.
MI Settings (Firefox only) When creating a JSON setting, the value cannot be edited once it has
been validated and recognised as invalid JSON.
MI Viewer Error thrown during MI Viewer Substitution when Use All Attributes option is
selected.
MI Viewer The title of the 'Everything' Profile home page is not localized.
MI Viewer When editing direct (static) links in a record, adding a link from the record back to
the same record results in an Exception error.
MI Viewer Database keys and other parameters with symbols are now correctly encoded in
the Viewer Reports page.
MI Viewer Unreleased Tables are visible in the Advanced search page Attribute browser
control when MI Viewer is in Read Mode.
MI Viewer An 'Exists' criteria search for a Tabular Attribute doesn't return the expected
results.
MI Viewer Enhancement: the format in which MI Viewer search projects are saved has
changed.
MI Viewer When copying a record URL from the datasheet Tools menu, the user's current
search is also included in the URL along with the record identifier information.
MI Viewer Linked records are not shown on clicking 'Show all' on the datasheet.
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MI Viewer Search errors when the selected Profile includes a Table with no default Subset.
MI Viewer Text copied from the user interface will not directly copy to clipboard in all
supported browsers.
MI Viewer Data is not correctly laid out in a tabular column with a List Distinct roll-up type
when the number of distinct items matches the number of linked records.
MI Viewer In Read mode, attempting to do an Advanced Search in a Table immediately after
version control has been turned on for that Table (when all records are still
Unreleased) results in an error.
MI Viewer Entering data into a Tabular Range cell fails validation if exponential format
numbers are used. This also happens if you try to edit or delete an existing cell with
such data.
MI Viewer Errors when opening a Comparison Table from the Search Results pane.
MI Viewer The list of Attributes selected for inclusion in a Comparison Table Report is not
updated after removing a record, causing the report to error when a record from a
different database is then added to the same report.
MI Viewer In Comparison Chart data saved using the Save as XLSX option, the wrong decimal
separator is used in some non-English locales.
MI Viewer Enhancement: Released date is now available as an option in Comparison Reports
for version-controlled tables.
MI Viewer Exception reported in MI Viewer log file when a user attempted to access a non-
existent Profile.
MI Viewer Error when sorting a Comparison Table that includes version-controlled records.
MI Viewer Quality rating information cannot be deleted from an Unreleased record.
MI Viewer Results of an Advanced search can be slow to load when the databases being
searched include a lot of Tabular Attributes.
MI Viewer Sorting on record property columns in a Comparison Table report does not work.
MI Viewer When exporting the Record List, the exported list is not sorted in the same order as
the Record List in the application UI.
MI Viewer Creating a new version of a record changes the record's Last Modified Date.
One MI On some browsers, it is not possible to select the last row from a grid of items e.g.
records in the list view in the Explore app, models in the list in the Material
Calibration app.
Service Layer Unhelpful error shown when the Service Layer cannot contact the MI Server
service, for example, when the service is starting up.
User Manager User is prompted to log in to the User Manager app multiple times.
User Manager Canceling an 'Add user to project' action on the 'Set permissions' part of dialog still
adds the user.
User Manager Cryptic error displayed when there was a problem importing Users.
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User Manager Can't add a Team to a list (roles/projects) if there are no Teams defined.
User Manager When deleting users via a CSV import, the deleted users remain visible in the UI
until the browser is refreshed.
User Manager Unhelpful status/error messages when a user cannot be added on the Add a new
user page.
User Manager Role and User details views are retaining information about deleted Teams/Users
after they have been deleted.
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7 Upgrade considerations
7.1 Migration to the latest One MI apps

Customers on older releases of Granta MI who are using the standalone MI Explore and MI Workflow
Manager applications should be aware that these applications have been superseded by new,
integrated apps delivered by, and accessed from within, the One MI web application.
One MI provides a ‘Granta MI home page’ and a single, streamlined workspace for integrated Granta
MI enterprise web applications including new Explore and Data Flow Manager apps. We encourage
users to migrate to the newer, integrated One MI apps, and to uninstall the legacy, standalone
applications when practical.
MI Explore
To ensure business continuity, any existing standalone MI Explore application will not be
automatically upgraded or uninstalled when upgrading your Granta MI installation to 2023 R1, and
your existing MI Explore application will continue to work with the 2023 R1 Granta MI application
server software.
Customers using MI BoM Analyzer v3 will need to retain ‘standalone’ MI Explore, as interoperability
with MI BoM Analyzer is not yet available in the integrated Explore app.
MI Workflow Manager
MI Data Flow is the new name for MI:Workflow from Release 2021 R2 onwards.
MI:Workflow v1 is no longer supported. Customers who are still using MI:Workflow v1 should
migrate to MI Data Flow 2023 R1 as soon as possible following the instructions provided in the MI
Data Flow Configuration Guide. Any users still using the v1 MI:Workflow Designer or standalone
MI:Workflow Manager applications should migrate to using the MI Data Flow tools in the 2023 R1
software.
7.2 Report jobs created in Granta MI 2020 R1 or earlier

Analysis (custom) report and Excel Comparison Table report jobs created in MI version 2020 R1 or
earlier cannot be run in Granta MI 2023 R1. They will still be viewable in the Job Queue page, and
users can still download the results, but resubmitting jobs created in these older MI versions will not
work. Also, any scheduled jobs which have not run prior to upgrade will fail when they are executed.
Jobs created in version 2020 R2 or later can be run/re-run in version 2023 R1 with no special action
required.
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8 Known issues
8.1 Exporting tabular data with functional data columns via MI Service
Layer
A request to the MI Service Layer’s DataExport service will fail if the data exported contains a Tabular
attribute with a functional column. This issue only affects older APIs (17/09 and earlier). If this issue
affects you, we recommend upgrading your code to use the latest API version. If you have a Python
Scripting Toolkit (STK) script that experiences this issue, we recommend updating to use the latest
version of the Python STK.
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9 User assistance for Granta MI

User assistance and training content for Granta MI can be accessed in a number of different ways.
Help for application users

Procedural information on how to use the software can be accessed from the Help menu of
each application or tool.
Reference documentation installed on your Granta MI application server

The complete reference documentation set for Granta MI, aimed at IT Administrators,
Granta System Admins and Data Admins is installed in a Documentation folder on the MI
Server host server during product installation, typically:
C:\Program Files\Granta\Granta MI\Server\Documentation
Reference documentation installed with MI Viewer

The complete reference documentation set for Granta MI is copied to a Documentation
folder in the MI Viewer web site during product installation, and can then be downloaded
easily from the application’s Help menu.
Online resources
Reference documentation and training resources for Granta MI can be downloaded from the
Ansys Customer Portal (Downloads > Current Release), the Ansys Learning Hub, and the
Ansys Help site.
We welcome your feedback on Granta MI help and documentation; you can email your comments to
us at granta-docs@ansys.com.
10 Contact us
If you have any problems, technical questions, or feedback relating to Granta MI, please contact our
Technical Support team:
Email: granta-support@ansys.com
Telephone: USA or Canada: 800 241 1546

UK: 01223 518895
France: 08 00 76 12 90
Germany: 0800 182 5026
Elsewhere: +44 1223 518895
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1 Granta MI product overview ...................................................................................... 4

1 Granta MI product overview

MI Server The Granta MI application server

MI Viewer Standalone, rich web application for browsing, querying, editing,

MI Admin Windows client application that provides schema and data

MI Toolbox Windows client application for bulk data management.

Additional software products

CAD, CAE and PLM integration

Compliance and Sustainability

2.1 System requirements for this release

2.2 Upgrade advice

2.4 Removed and deprecated features

2.4.1 Deprecated features

Feature Deprecation first Support will be

Legacy Granta licensing model July 2022 Version 2023 R1

Bulk Data Importer July 2021 TBD

2.4.2 Unsupported and removed features

Feature Deprecation first Support was

Workflow v1 July 2021 Version 2022 R2

3 Overview of Granta MI 2023 R1 release

3.1 Feature enhancements

3.2 New data

3.3 New releases of related products

4 What’s new in this release?

4.1 MI Ansys Material Calibration

4.2 Support for cross-database Tabular data links

4.3 New AM data importer for EOS machines

4.4 Support for Azure SQL Database

4.5 One MI Home page changes

4.6 MI Explore enhancements

Record version state Availability in MI Explore

Unreleased • Not visible to Read users.

Released • Visible to all users in Read Mode.

Superseded • Not visible to any users, in any viewing mode.

4.6.2 Support for Display Names

4.6.3 New Functional data edit capability

4.6.4 Other general enhancements

4.7 Authentication and user management enhancements

4.7.2 New standalone User Manager application

4.8 MI Service Layer changes

4.9 General usability improvements

5 New/updated Ansys Granta Materials Data

Table 1 Databases with new or updated data for 2023 R1

Database Changes in this release include Data Bundle/License

6 Bug fixes and usability improvements

7.1 Migration to the latest One MI apps

7.2 Report jobs created in Granta MI 2020 R1 or earlier

9 User assistance for Granta MI

Help for application users

Reference documentation installed on your Granta MI application server

Reference documentation installed with MI Viewer

Telephone: USA or Canada: 800 241 1546

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