Variables
Variables are Explorer's way of providing an interactive user interface.
Find out how to link variables between the various components.
Category: Explainer
Information on something, designed to increase general understanding of that thing.
Snapshots in Explorer
Snapshots allow you to capture an Explorer page or trend at a point in time, along with all settings and options on the page or trend. This article describes how to take a snapshot and what you can do with them.
Using a Pie Chart
The pie chart is a circular chart divided into sectors. Read about how to use a pie chart.
Using a Treemap
The Treemap shows relative values of numeric data as rectangles of different sizes, with an additional dimension represented by colour coding. Read about how to use the treemap.
FAQ – Configuring Charts (4.4.6)
This page answers frequently asked questions about configuring charts in Explorer Studio, for P2 Explorer 4.4.6 and earlier.
IP21 Adaptor Features
The IP21 Adaptor is a data source adaptor that provides IFS OI Server access to read and write time series tag data to and from the Aspen InfoPlus.21® (IP21) data sources. This article explains how to configure custom mappings of record field names.
How to Configure the PI Adaptor and Fetch Tags
If you're having difficulty deciding what authentication to use when configuring the PI Adaptor, this article's for you.
Using an Embedded Trend (4.5.0)
Learn how to add data to an embedded trend on an Explorer page, and how to manipulate the embedded trend.
Tag Search and Hierarchy Navigation (4.5.3)
Tags and attributes values can be added to trends or viewed on pages, with or without calculations, to help you diagnose problems and visualise value changes over time.
This article shows you how to navigate or search for entities from a selected hierarchy, and then select attributes, as well as how to search for tags. The article also describes what you can do with tags and attribute values.
Explorer Ribbon (4.5)
The P2 Explorer Ribbon is the main way to access the functionality of P2 Explorer. Find out where you can add a new page or trend, how to search for tags or trends, and more.