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Ignition Tag Latency in Canary Historian

I'm currently having issues with canary reading the correct tag values. I previously had this working at one point in time before all my servers got reset.…

How do I use Continuation field in /getTagData response?

Hello, I am doing a rather large aggregate query against /getTagData which exceeds the maxSize of 1,000,000. The continuation property has a primitive array of three date times in it with no…

Example for using continuation in /getTagData response

I understand what the continuation property is for, but I’m unable to find any practical information or examples on how to use it. I sent an aggregate request to canary,…

Architecture Question

Multiple industrial sites with occasional network connectivity issues Multiple legacy control systems in place, all support OPC Business users want to see some process tags in a cloud BI system…

Store all TVQ

Hello I have a use case where each new value coming into the historian is a unique sample. Sometimes two sequential values might come in that are identical but they are still from separate samples,…

Delete or replace old tag values

I have data that was put inserted in error. I need to replace it with the correct data. Is there away to remove old tag data and rebuild a file with the correct data?

Create a template of display

I have several sites with the same variable names. Only the site name changes. I'd like to create a display template where I only have to change the site name.…

Performance testing not visible

Hi, I downloaded postman canary from here https://www.postman.com/downloads/canary/ I created a collection with four requests (POST) .. those are running fine individually.…

Consume csv files without the Engineering units row

Hi everyone, I have an operator's logs screen in Ignition processed as a dataset, which I later export as a csv file for Canary's csv collector to consume.…

How to Get Tag Data type via the API

Is there a way to get the data type of a tag via the Web API, or even a way to export the tag data type manually. I am trying to integrate with Canary with the Seeq analytics application?…

Scripting value box property changes with an asset template

I have some controls at the top where users can select a date and shift. I have scripting on the controls to update the aggregateinterval and aggregatestarttime on some value boxes.…

Text Data Files to Canary

Hi, I am working on a project that sends local machine data to a Highbyte service on another network. We want to send this data to Canary from Highbyte,…

How To Read & Write ValueBox Values To/From Script

I need to read and write values to/from ValueBox controls using results from within a script. I tried pasting the simple example from the help tutorials/examples but I receive an error.…

Specifying timestamp in MQTT payload

Hello, I have an MQTT SpB payload coming in from HighByte where one of the fields is a "Date & Time". Is there a way to have Canary take this value as the timestamp and not the value of the…

Cross Reference Table to turn operator id number into name

We have a tag with the numeric employee number of the operator on the machine. We have a simple table (e.g. Excel file) with columns for that number and the employee name.…

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Removing commas from string values shown as numbers

I have a tag that is setup as a string but in Events in Canary shown in Axiom using an event table control, it is shown with commas. Is there a way to setup my event property calculation or…

Aggregate Interval Picker

I have 2 x DateTime pickers that return the start and end values of motor run hours correctly in 2 x Value Boxes. I need to either:- Subtract ValueBox1 From ValueBox2 and put results into ValueBox3…

Font is different on identical value box

Hi, I have a bunch of value boxes in an axiom application that point to different tags but they look different, some are darker that others. I can't find a settings in the valuebox's property to fix…

Value Box, Grid Or Panel With User Selectable Start and End Time

I have managed to find my way around a lot of tasks and requirements in Axiom but I still seem to be struggling with something I believe should be simple (FLW!!!!…

Inconsistent Vector Size When Writing Historical Data

Hey Guys, I'm fairly new to Canary, and I'm struggling to understand how Vectors work. The only documentation I found says the Vector size should be based on data type.…

Administrator unable to connect to endpoint(s)

Hello All the Canary administrator is no longer connected to the local host. Yesterday the power to shut off to the entire facility was including modems and computers.…

Calculation with notification sends email.

I have a calculation setup with an event that will send an email based on an event start and end trigger. I do the calculation every 30s. Then I check the average value over the last hour and check…

Trend Chart Aggregate Start Time

Is it possible to change the aggregate start time on trend charts? For example, I want to overlay the shift average for a tag on a trend chart that displays the the time average of the tag…

Using the iFrame Control to display a Wi-Fi WebCam

Hello, I've set up an old iPhone to use as an IP Web Cam. I'm using DroidCam on the iPhone. From a Web Browser on the machine that runs Canary, I can easily access the page using the following…

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Storing MQTT SparkplugB Dataset Objects

Hi! We're testing Canary and the MQTT Collector towards a MQTT broker were most of our data is sent as SparkplugB messages. Regular SparkplugB messages are automatically picked up and stored in the…