Richer reports and legal limits on the air

We have expanded the Report Builder, the tool you use to create the environmental reports for your sites, with new table blocks that fill in automatically from the site's real data. The first type of table summarizes the land-use composition, showing in a tidy way how the different land covers and environmental categories of the area are distributed. The second type gathers the data from censuses and surveys, so you can bring them into a report without having to transcribe them by hand. Both tables are designed to meet recognized reporting criteria, so they help you present the information in a clear form that is consistent with the most widespread standards. We have also improved the visual rendering: the tables automatically adopt your report's colors and, when the header is not available, it is rebuilt from the rows, avoiding empty spaces or untitled columns. To use them, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Site → Report, add a new block and choose one of the new tables from the block library. Once inserted, the table populates itself with the data of the selected site and you can move it and resize it like any other block. It is a quick way to turn your monitoring data into tables ready to drop into your documents.

We have made the way the Report Builder handles the descriptive texts written by artificial intelligence much smarter. From now on, when you save a report template, the template keeps the instructions used to generate the texts and not the already-written text: this way, when you apply the same template to another site, the descriptions are recalculated on that specific site's data instead of carrying over words that refer to a different place. This avoids finding sentences in the report that do not match the site you are analyzing and guarantees content that is always relevant. To make everything even more convenient, after you apply a template a handy banner appears that lets you generate all the planned AI texts in one go, without requesting them one by one. While the texts are being prepared you will see a progress indicator and you can keep working on the rest of the report. This new feature saves a lot of time for those who produce similar reports for several sites, while still keeping each document tailored. To try it, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Site → Report, apply a template that contains AI-generated texts and use the generation banner that appears at the top. We recommend always reviewing the proposed texts before exporting the report, so you can add your finishing touch.

We have added to the air-quality chart the ability to show or hide the lines that indicate the legal limits for the main pollutants. These reference lines let you understand at a glance whether the values measured by the station stay within the thresholds considered acceptable or whether they exceed them. You can turn them on or off with a simple switch, so the chart stays clean when you want to focus only on the trend of the data and instead shows the regulatory references when you need an immediate comparison. This new feature makes it much easier to interpret environmental data, especially for those who do not know the threshold values of the various pollutants by heart. The lines adapt to the pollutant you are looking at, so the comparison is always correct and relevant. To use this feature, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Census → Sensors and open an air-quality station: on the chart you will find the control to show the limit lines. It is a useful tool to notice any exceedances right away and to report the air quality of your site transparently. Please remember that the lines represent reference thresholds and serve as a guide for reading the data.

We have fixed an issue where, when opening a site's detail page, the year and the perimeter version set as defaults were not always actually applied. In some cases the page opened showing a year different from the one you expected, or a version of the site perimeter that did not match the default one, forcing you to select them again by hand. This could cause confusion, because the data shown was not the most relevant to you from the very first access. With this fix, when you open a site, the default year and the correct perimeter version are now applied automatically and reliably. This way you immediately find the right view, without having to repeat the same settings every time. The fix is already active automatically and requires no action on your part. To check it, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Site and open one of your sites: the year and perimeter filters will start from the correct values. If in the past you had to reset these filters every time you opened a site, you will now notice a much smoother experience.

We have fixed an issue that, in some circumstances, could freeze the map in the Census section and mistakenly show a page that looked like a 404 error, as if the content did not exist. In reality the data was in its place: it was a technical hiccup in the map's rendering that interrupted the loading of the page. When it happened, you could find yourself facing an unexpected error screen and be forced to reload or go back to try again. We have strengthened the handling of these situations so that a single problem on the map no longer compromises the whole page. Now, even if a map element runs into an unexpected issue, the rest of the section keeps working and the page remains usable. The fix is already active automatically for all users and requires no action on your part. To use the section, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Census → Map: the map of surveys and sensors now loads in a more stable way. If in the past you had come across that error page, we invite you to try again with peace of mind.

We have improved the behavior of the calendar you use to choose the date range to analyze. Before, when you reopened the date selector, it always positioned itself on the current month, even if you had already chosen a different period: to get back to your dates you had to navigate back through the months every time. Now, instead, the calendar opens directly on the period you had selected, immediately showing you the dates you are working with. This makes it much faster to correct or refine the range, especially when you analyze periods far back in time. The improvement applies in all sections of the platform where you choose a date range with this calendar. You do not have to do anything to enable it: the new behavior is already available to everyone. To try it, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Site, set a date range and then reopen the calendar: you will find it already positioned on the chosen period. It is a small detail that makes it more convenient and quicker to move through historical data.

We have fixed an annoyance that could appear on the satellite view of the map when you zoomed in a lot on the image. At very high zoom levels, some areas could show gray tiles with the message signaling that the map data was unavailable, breaking the continuity of the satellite image. In reality the high-resolution image was available, but it was being requested at a level of detail that did not yet exist in that area. Now the map automatically adapts the zoom level of the satellite images to the area you are looking at, continuing to show the last sharp image available instead of the empty tiles. The result is a clean, continuous satellite view even when you get very close to observe the details of the terrain. The fix is already active automatically and requires no action on your part. To see it, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Map, switch to the satellite view and zoom in on one of your sites: you will no longer find the tiles with the data-unavailable notice. It is an improvement that makes exploring high-detail maps more pleasant and reliable.

We have made the sensor list show each device's activity status on the desktop version as well, just as it already did on smartphones and tablets. Thanks to this indication you immediately understand which sensors are sending data regularly and which instead appear inactive and might need a check. Before, on the list shown on desktop, this information was not visible and to verify it you had to open the individual device. Now the activity status appears directly next to each sensor in the list, for an immediate overview of the state of your device network. This helps you spot in a timely way any sensors that have stopped transmitting, reducing the risk of losing valuable data. The new feature is already active automatically and requires no setting. To see it, go to XNatura → Monitoring → Census → Sensors and look at the device list: next to each sensor you will find the indication of its status. It is a small help to keep the health of your instrumentation always under control.

We have removed an empty space that could appear above the map when you opened a site shared with you in read-only mode by another organization. On these pages the toolbar appears in a reduced form, because you do not have the editing controls, and in some cases it left an empty margin that pushed the map lower than necessary. The result was a slightly unbalanced page, with an unused area at the top. With this fix the superfluous space has been removed and the map goes back to taking its correct position, right below the site's information. The page thus looks tidier and more consistent with that of your own sites. The fix concerns only the visual appearance and does not change the data or the available functions in any way. It is already active automatically and requires no action on your part. To notice it, open XNatura → Monitoring → Shared site and observe how the map is now positioned without superfluous empty margins.