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Events Table Control - manually format properties

Hi all, using the events table control (v25.3) I would like to manually define the property's format, similar to the question by James Wise. I couldn't find any documentation on formatting the values…

Calcs string comparison like

I have a use case where I need to start an event when a flare pilot goes out. For whatever unknown reason, statuses are sent to us in string. And they're not uniform.…

Axiom Extrapolation?

We have a scenario where a tag may only have a single timestamp with value until membranes are replaced in the future. We want to see this data point as an extrapolated value from the entry point to…

OPCUA Collector - Unhandled error BadOutOfMemory during Publish

We've encountered this error a couple times now and are not sure how to continue debugging to find the root cause. We've been able to resolve by just restarting the service/the host machine,…

Canary.Axiom.Session eating CPU Usage% - What is this Service?

We have an instance where there is a math added to some charts (I've asked that they move the math to the calculations module and pull that calculated data) But while troubleshooting this I went to…

Should IsQualityGood propagate the Quality of the tag?

We have a use case where we have two flow meters that we want to sum up. If one of them is Bad quality from SCADA, we want Calcs to treat it as zero. We did If(IsQualityGood('tag1'),'tag1',…

Axiom Chart - Break in Data isn't reflected in Chart Data

I have a situation where we had a power outage for about 3.5 hours and when looking at the chart data, the unchanged data is what is shown in the charts during this power outage.…

Recommendation on Canary tag names for multiple purposes views

Hello Canarians, I've been trying to come up with a good way to manage Canary tag names that can manage multiple views that we would need to build. We need to satisfy at least three different…

"All ReadOnly" Folder is missing

I'm getting errors on the "All ReadOnly" folder not being present. Looking in to it, it doesn't look like it exists. But when I login to Axiom I see the "Read Only" Folder there as a path (granted I…

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How to get Canary Version, and System HDD and other info for Axiom Display

Hi There, I'm creating an Axion dashbaord for system information and I found the following Axiom Showcase: https://helpcenter.canarylabs.com/t/h7h7g0k/canary-system-health-and-statistics I'm trying…

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Can Collectors be Upgrades before Historian?

We have a rather large system with 2 historians and about a dozen collector machines all running on 23.2.1. We're looking at upgraded to the latest version. Do we have to upgrade Historians to v25.…

Certificates for the ODBC Service

Hello, I'm trying to setup the ODBC Client to retrieve data from Canary Historian via SQL queries. So far the ODBC has been correctly setup (in the same server as the Canary Historian where I keep…

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Handling Async or Out-of-Order Data in Canary SQL Collector and MQTT

Hello, I am using Canary with a SQL Server as a data source, and I have tags that sometimes come in asynchronously or out of time sequence. This happens mostly because older data arrives late due to…

Axiom error message

Is there information available for this error message? I do not see anything that looks related in the message log.

Admin Client Preferences Lost on Upgrades

Hi, I have a minor request: Every time I upgrade my Admin Client on my PC (admin client only, no services installed), I lose all preferences. Persist last connection and the "speed dial" are the ones…

Canary Clients to Identity

When a user logs into Axiom (via browser), does the Axiom Core service authenticate directly with the Identity Service (port 55351 gRPC), or does it rely on the Views Service as an intermediary to…

How to configure Axiom Canary Labs to export in ISO Time Format?

We are using Axiom Canary Labs at several local sites around the US. Each time team members share CSV files we struggle which time zone this was exported in.…

Axiom Display Abbreviated Day of the Week

Good day folks! Is there a way to display the date, in a value box, in the following format {Time:MM/dd} with the day of the week like Sun, Mon, Tues, etc.? Hoping to get a display like 10/31/Fri etc.…

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Stats on tag usage

I had a customer ask if there was a way to report on the most used tags. I poked around Admin and couldn't find anything. I know Historian shows you a count of the number of tags being read,…

How to configure Dead Band Setting in Axiom Canary Labs

The current configuration is a local OPC-UA server that has two connections: (1) Axiom Canary Labs, local historian, & (2) AWS OPC-UA connection, cloud historian.…

Highly Available Axiom

Has anyone attempted to run Axiom HA. The typical scenario would be 2 web apps behind a network load balancer and talked to a single database as the backend.…

How to export RAW data from Canary in Chart Trend

I am attempting to export the "RAW" data from Axiom Canary Labs using a new Chart Trend and a single data point for a 24-hour period. However, the "Edit Trends" dialog/menu will not allow me to set…

Maximum number of users in Canary System

Hello all, Are there any limitations on the number of Canary users you can create in the system through Canary Admin client? Thanks!

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Stagger OPC DA Poll Times

We're trying to coordinate OPC DA polls of a SCADA system to maximize polls while minimizing the impact to the OPC server. Specifically, we have 7 branches in the OPC DA server.…

Enhanced Audit Log - Identity events

In the case that Enhanced Audit Logging is enabled, what identity events are logged with Standard verbosity? I see this noted in the release notes for Axiom,…