An Input component provides a stream of time-series data to a process component. The source of the data is specified by the monitor configured in P2 Sentinel.
When a new user process is first created, the input component is labelled as the Primary Input, and cannot be deleted.
The Primary Input must be attached to the main flow in a user process, otherwise validation will fail.
Note: The primary input must come from a P2 Explorer data source; it cannot be a fixed value.
When a monitor is created in P2 Sentinel, and a user process is used for the test, all of the inputs appear in Sentinel as configurable components of the monitor test.
All user processes must contain at least one Input component. Inputs may be linked to the following data components:
These data components all output one or more data points from the data stream.
Inputs have the following properties:
Name
The name for the input. This is required for validation and for the input to appear in the UI editor.
Fixed Value Data Type
The type of data that is allowed to be entered if the Input is a fixed value. Does not apply to the Primary Input.