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Steve Mason

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Re: Excel Add-In not Fully Installing V26.3
To me, it looks like it is trying to use the 32-bit version of the add-in based on the .xll file, "CanaryLabs-Packed.xll". The 64-bit version is "CanaryLabs64-Packed.xll".…
- smason
- 5 days ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Excel Add-In not Fully Installing V26.3
Hi @timothy. vertin , Here is what my screen looks like: I have 3 additional COM Add-in types, but I am also using the 64-bit version of Excel. It appears your end user may be using the 32-bit…
- smason
- 10 days ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: How to send a subset of tags from one Canary historian to another
Hi @isaac fowler ! Great question! The easiest solution would be to set up an alternative OPC Collector session and send the data to their Historian directly, assuming the network allows it.…
- smason
- 10 days ago
- 1
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Calcs & Events Tile (version 26)
@frank. zhao You are correct on all accounts. From the Jobs screen you can also be selective about which assets you want to backfill.
- smason
- 12 days ago
- Calculation Server
- Reported - view
Re: Error when opening Axiom applications containing Spark Charts
Hi @zach. hoskin , I would recommend opening a support ticket for this issue. I think they'll be able to resolve it faster than us going back and forth.…
- smason
- 12 days ago
- 1
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Linked Tags (version 26)
Hi @frank. zhao. The only way you could look at data separately is through the Historian tile. All other client queries are routed through the Views service where the two are combined.
- smason
- 2 wk ago
- 1
- Views and Asset Models
- Reported - view
Re: Connecting Canary to Power BI (version 26)
@James Wise Thanks for the post! I updated the article to include this information. In regard to your last comment, you shouldn't have to check the box to "Allow any extension to load without…
- smason
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- Using Canary's APIs
- Reported - view
Re: Aggregate List (version 26)
Hi @Davin Ross , I believe that aggregate has been deprecated. I'll remove it from the list. I would recommend using Startbound of Start as an alternative.
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Excel Add-in
- Reported - view
Re: How to Configure the CygNet Collector (version 26)
Yes! I updated the article to include that information.
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Data Collection
- Reported - view
Re: V26.5 OPC UA session/group tag limits
Will do @Lane Olsen ! There really shouldn't be a limit anymore in terms of a session or group. We suggest 25k tags in a DataSet, but that's to control the daily HDB file size.…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: OPC UA Collector performance issues
Hi @michal. frydrych , Performance improvements to the OPC Collector U/I have been made in v26.5.
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: API Returns duplicate offset during fall-back DST transition
@Shawn Rieger , This has been resolved in 26.5.
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: Linked Tags (version 26)
@Damon Vinciguerra Do you have a specific group of tags to look at? The Linked Tags do not appear to have been updated since March. Feel free to open a support ticket so we can investigate this…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Views and Asset Models
- Reported - view
Re: Linked Tags (version 26)
Hi @Davin Ross , I tested this on 26.3 and 26.4, and I am not seeing the same behavior. It is working as expected for me with the left column taking precedence over the right.…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Views and Asset Models
- Reported - view
Data Logging Paused after Hard Shutdown (v26.3)

Starting in v26.3, SaF data streams are automatically paused when the Historian experiences a hard shutdown. This is to prevent data from being stored in the previous file if the current file is…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- 104
- Latest News
Re: Regex Modifiers
@Damon Vinciguerra I make mention of .NET regex in these two articles:…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Regex Modifiers
Hi @Damon Vinciguerra , (?i) does a case-insensitive search (which all the new custom functions do under the cover by using this syntax). We would expect any modifiers supported by the .…
- smason
- 1 mth ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Install Publisher service on dedicated server?
@kevinhasler The Views service is what's doing most of the heavy lifting. If you offload the Publisher by itself, it's still hitting the same Views service and I don't know if that's worth it.…
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Merge Tags at file level
Hi @mike. dash , Yes, assuming the file names are in chronological order, you can merge them in with the active dataset. @Damon Vinciguerra is correct. The boundary files were the two meet should be…
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- 2
- Questions & Answers
- Reported - view
Re: Installer doesn't uninstall ODBC Service
This has been resolved in v26.3.
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: Identity -> Axiom Security new user group missing
Hi @Lane Olsen , This has been resolved in v26.3.
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- 1
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: Axiom cursor offset by line width of state drawing mode trends
Hi @Lane Olsen , This has been resolved in v26.3.
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- 1
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: Event Properties missing from Events Table (V25.5)
Hi @timothy. vertin , This has been resolved in v26.3. You'll need to make sure an EventType is selected; otherwise, the properties will not appear in the Columns menu.
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: DataTable no longer displays data in descending order
@zach. hoskin , this has been resolved in v26.3.
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view
Re: Canary Axiom Trend graph default setting adjustment
@tedkdj88 Gotcha. So currently, there is not a way to change the default "localhost", but I will make an internal request to look at this functionality.…
- smason
- 2 mths ago
- Bugs or Issues
- Reported - view

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