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Display information of data entered/modified in a data table (or other control)

Hello, I have an scenario where an operator may want to override an existing value captured from the process unit (or even add a new value). I'm trying to understand if there is a way to present in a…

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Axiom - Custom Header Text indicating Environment

Hello! Has anybody implemented such customization (if allowed), where Axiom portal displays a text indicating which environment one is connected to? I know, URL's help,…

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Prevent a user to create charts/applications

Hello, Is there a way to prevent a user to create Axiom reports? I can see there are options to deny access to views (but prevents the user to open reports on views denied) and deny access to Read…

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Setting file/folder permissions in v24 and above

Hello, I've been looking to define permissions in Axiom folders, but I only found this article from v23. Setting File/Folder Permissions in Axiom (version 23) - General - Canary Community Is this…

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Enable/Disable Users

Hello I am unable to find in documentation or Canary system anything that allows Canary administrators to enable/disable users (by users I refer to Axiom users) - but I may be wrong here!…

Trend Graph displaying only an Event Duration

Hello, I'm new to Canary, so please accept my apologies if this has been already discussed or answered (I could not find anything on this in the help center).…

Axiom Panel Visible at certain times and blinking panel

I am making a dashboard and I am wanting to have a panel that is only visible at certain times of the day and then turns invisible outside that period of time.…

Axiom custom controls

Is it possible to add custom controls (beyond simple symbols or images) in Axiom? I'm looking to integrate interactive UI elements—such as dropdown menus, radio buttons,…

Clicking on Events table n Axiom to open a display for the selected event

I'm trying and failing to do this using scripting in Axiom but maybe there's another way to do what I want (I'm running Canary V25.1)? What I wanted was, within Axiom,…

Data Entry Tags showing NoData for most recent Values

Hello, I'm having a problem where my tags that contain values from a data entry box show NoData when trying to display the most recent value in a Value Box.…

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Average Aggregate Type

Hello, I'm wondering how the Average Aggregate Type works. I assume it does not count zero values when the equipment is off but what triggers it to start averaging and what is the time span required…

Scheduled Report Management

Hi, Is there a way to view and edit scheduled Axiom reports , and the details of the chart/application and the user? I have many errors in the logs, all presumably from scheduled reports created by…

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Axiom No License Message

Hi Everyone I read this message on Axiom....but I have license until next year. What's happenning?

Axiom scripting class reference

I've been playing with scripting in Axiom and I'm wondering if there is documentation of the classes available, eg properties for all the control objects that can be put on the screen.…

Raw Export Returning Duplicate Rows

When using Axiom to raw export 3 tags we are getting duplicated rows for two of the tags but not the other. Is this a result of trying to perform a raw export for multiple tags, a known issue?…

Remote Historian/Views/Architecture Options

I have multiple historians and a remote Axiom server. Is it better for Axiom to be pointed at a local Views instance which is connected to the remote historians,…

Screen Height and Width Dimensions Templates

Are there templates when sizing and choosing height and width based on device I want to display it on. For example, what would be the optimal height and width screen size if I want to create an…

Value Box AggregateInterval/AggregateStartTime Configuration

What is the best way to configure AggregateInterval and AggregateStartTime to accurately display the current shift's total production and current total load count?…

Schedule a daily export to excel

I see where you can schedule an automated report that sends a image via email and I also see how to export data in Axiom. What I would like to do is export a set of data to excel daily.…

"Axiom Error: 'Bad: An Error Occurred'"

Hi everyone, I'm encountering an issue where Axiom is working fine for one user, but when another user logs in, they receive the error message: "Bad: an error occurred while processing your request.…

Issue with HTTPS Access to Axiom in Canary Historian (Lab vs. Prod)

We have both Lab and Production setups of the Canary Historian. In our Lab setup, HTTPS access to Axiom works correctly. However, in Production, it fails.…

Linear gauge scripts for start time and scale max

Hello, I am trying to use scripts to use a date time picker value as the start time for a linear gauge and a value box as the scale max in the same linear gauge, but I am getting errors for both.…

Axiom Time Stamp Math

Hello All, I am building a data source diagnostics page in Axiom and would like to calculate the age of the last TVQ for each data source. I have two parts of this I am having trouble with.…

Using custom time picker entries in value boxes

Is it possible to use the custom time picker entry as the aggregate interval or aggregate start time values in a value box? i.e. use the start time of the custom time picker as the aggregate start…

v24 Axiom does not maintain imported Chart title

In Axiom v23, if you imported a Chart into a Trend Graph control in an application, the default title would be the path/name of the imported chart. If you do the same thing in v24,…