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Re: Use an attribute of a parent asset in a calculation
@Steve Mason Thanks, yes I found that function and it did what I needed on this occasion. I didn't know it would do grandparents though. Presumably it goes on up the hierarchy until it finds an…
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- 2 mths ago
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Use an attribute of a parent asset in a calculation

I need to reference the value of an attribute in a parent asset in my calculation. For this example I'm trying to calculation the contribution of the current element towards the total of all the…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Add metadata to Asset Types instead of just tags
Would also like to know this. What is the recommended way to add asset information (eg manufacturer, Make/Model, location, Last service date, model performance characteristics and limits,…
- alistair_frith
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Displaying Unit property in Axiom
There were two files there because I forced a roll-over, thinking maybe that would prompt the properties to be added in the new file. Now I think maybe the Units attribute did go into the dataset:…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Font Options
Just having Bold, Italic and point sizes would be a big improvement
- alistair_frith
- 2 mths ago
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Re: Create Asset Frame work - ISA 95 structure independent from views and tags
I too would like to know this if you gained any insights. As far as I can see, an asset is just 'all the tags that match a naming pattern' I'd like to know how to add constants,…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Displaying Unit property in Axiom
I think I've found the problem: I was importing the properties into the MQTTData dataset. If I instead import into the SolarBeacon dataset (which I think is some kind of virtual dataset created by…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Displaying Unit property in Axiom
@Steve Mason thanks for the swift response. Hardcoding the UoM in the format string is what I have been doing, but it means the UoM is both attached to the tag and hardcoded into every display that…
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- 2 mths ago
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Displaying Unit property in Axiom

I have various tags with the property "Units", like this calculated tag: I'd like to show this in Axiom, and reading other posts it sounds like I need to create another Value symbol to show the units…
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- updated 2 mths ago
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Re: Date & time functions in calculations
Yes, that's what I used in the end, and converted it to days. Then I treated that as a rough angle (365 is close enough to 360) and took the sine of it.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Date & time functions in calculations

I'm trying to calculate approximate sunrise/sunset times for each day of the year for a solar generation application. I have them worked out in Excel and need to transfer the calculations to Canary.…
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- 2 mths ago
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Re: Simple calculation. Don't understand where the results go
Perfect, thank you!
- alistair_frith
- 3 mths ago
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Simple calculation. Don't understand where the results go

I'm new to Canary and trying to understand how the asset model and calculations work. I've got Solar PV data coming in for 2 inverters with a number of strings of panels on each inverter.…
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- 3 mths ago
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