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Server
- Adaptive Raw
The Adaptive Raw sample method works differently from the other sample methods. The Calculation Engine uses an algorithm to transform raw data points into fewer data points for the consuming application (such as the P2 Explorer trend). - Asset Model
The overall structure of assets within a system. Asset modelling makes use of hierarchies, entities, templates, and attributes to give you a relevant “big picture” of your entire system. - Attribute
The characteristics of the entity that we want to find information about. - Attribute definition
Defines which attributes are connected to each template. - Attribute value
The data value output by an entity's attribute. - Attribute value definition
Defines the structure of an attribute. - Context
Extra information that is added to a comment that allows a comment to be associated with other comments about an entity, across different uses within an application. - Data format
Data can be formatted as either time series or tabular data. - Data type
The type of data that is returned from a system, such as string or boolean. - Dataset
Data returned in a tabular format from a dataset datasource. - Matrix data
See: Tabular data - PARAM
A keyword that can be used to pass a value to an SQL query. Usage: PARAM(parameter_name,data_type) Example: PARAM(prodStartTime,datetime) - Plant Model
See: Asset Model - Raw
The Raw Sample Method returns unprocessed raw data from the Historian. It can be selected in an Explorer Trend, or when choosing a sample method for an Explorer page control that uses times series data. - Relational data
See: Tabular data - System identifier
A unique identifier for an external system, that enables P2 Server to translate an entity name to the equivalent name in the source system. - Tabular data
Contains data points that can be represented using rows and columns. This data is often represented in charts such as bar charts, or as a pivot table on a page. Tabular data is obtained from Oracle or SQL Server, and requires a dataset datasource. - Template
A way of defining the attributes of an entity, where an entity is a real world object (such as a pump) or a conceptual object (such as an area). - Template definition
Defines the template, the group it belongs to, and the associated attributes. - Template instance
A template that is assigned to an entity for a period of time. - Templated Calculation
A Templated Calculation in P2 Explorer refers to a calculation that uses certain keywords or functions to allow the same calculation to be used to evaluate different entities. - Time series data
A sequence of named data points which typically contains consecutive measurements over a period of time.
Explorer
- Adaptive Raw
The Adaptive Raw sample method works differently from the other sample methods. The Calculation Engine uses an algorithm to transform raw data points into fewer data points for the consuming application (such as the P2 Explorer trend). - Asset Model
The overall structure of assets within a system. Asset modelling makes use of hierarchies, entities, templates, and attributes to give you a relevant “big picture” of your entire system. - Components
In P2 Explorer you can add components to a page in order to create dashboards, mimics, and other types of pages. - Context
Extra information that is added to a comment that allows a comment to be associated with other comments about an entity, across different uses within an application. - Dataset
Data returned in a tabular format from a dataset datasource. - Raw
The Raw Sample Method returns unprocessed raw data from the Historian. It can be selected in an Explorer Trend, or when choosing a sample method for an Explorer page control that uses times series data. - Shapes
See: Components - Snapshots
A capture of an Explorer page or trend, taken at a point in time, that saves all settings and options on the page or trend. - Trend Zoom
If there is a particular portion of an Explorer trend that you want to see in more detail, for example an unexpected spike in values, you can zoom into this to get a closer look.