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Historian Raw Float Precision
Hello! We are trying to understand why we are observing a lack of precision in our raw float values. Our data source is Ignition with Cirrus Link MQTT. In most cases,…
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Does "Logging to Redundant Canary Historians" require 2 licences ?
Hello, I was wondering if the following architecture require 2 licences or if this functionality is implemented with just one? My main concern is securing my Canary Historian data in multiple…
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Wrong STRING and REAL format with Canary Logger
Hello, We are facing a problem with the format of the Tags with OPC DA Canary Logger 24.2. The tags are displayed in a different way in Logger, Historian and Views, for real time and historical data.…
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Possibly to convert/change data types?
We've implemented our pilot site with Canary using MQTT Collector and noticed that many tags are classified as I8 when they could be I1 or I2. These data types are defined in our Ignition system.…
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How to Delete Tag Properties (version 24)
Properties (or metadata) are attached to tags. These properties can be stored in the Historian along with the tags and the data or in an external database.…
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Linked Tags (version 23)
Linked Tags are 2 or more tags that may exist in different (or the same) DataSets which the user wishes to link together to create one single data stream of history.…
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A tag that's value is the year data started
This is related to not being able to manually create tags. For filtering reasons in Axiom, I want to be able to have a tag that's value is the year the tags were added (i.e.…
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Dataset storage questions
I'm trying to understand how Canary 'knows' what tags it has. As far as I can tell, if a collector sends data for a tag name then that tag is created in the relevant dataset file for that day,…
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Request to share their experience working with Canary vs. GE Proficy or other historians.
Dear All, Could you please share your experience in using Canary to replace GE Proficy or in place of it? What made you to choose Canary and how is the experience so far?
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Continuously repeating "Validating File"
In our Messages log I'm seeing repeated instances of historian files trying to be validated, then terminated, then validated over and over. After it churns for a while,…
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Historian Tile (version 24)
DataSets - number of DataSets configured in the Historian Licensed Tags - number of tags consuming a tag license CPU - amount of CPU the Historian service is using Handles (R/W) - number of tags…
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Historian saves tag path but no data
I created three datasets in the Canary Historian, two of which were testing datasets. There were some logging issues, so I thought it was because the number of logging tags exceeded the 1000-tag…
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Recurring hdb Reference Count Errors
I get recurring Reference Count warnings on hdb2 files (version 23.1). Is this a cause for concern?
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Changing Tag (from Ignition project) name before entering Canary Historian
We've got existing systems that did not use historian database capabilities and I am introducing the concept to the business units. I understand the concept of data historians,…
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Snapshot and Validation Reports (version 24)
The reading and writing of data can sometimes become hindered if the historical archive has been manipulated in anyway. To help troubleshoot these issues,…
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Issues with Aggregation & Resolution
We're having some issues with null-handling and data aggregation. We automatically aggregate the data to control the number of samples. For example, we try to ensure that we are asking for around…
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Views Tile - Historians Issue
Hello, I have an issue with Views>Configuration>Historians. There is not a default historian configured. When I try to add a historian ('Test'), there is no visual feedback of the creation,…
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Data Compression
Hi Everyone, I have some data showing that during the night, the hourly scheduled calculations give me a result of zero. When I check the data the next day,…
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Obsolete API Endpoint
I'm currently using canary with ignition and have found the process of removing tags from canary inconvenient. The current canary ignition module does not have any ability to remove a tag from canary…
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Unable to connect to receiver endpoint issue
Hello Everyone. I can't get a computer (with a logger installed) in my fleet to communicate with my Historian computer . This is the 26th dataset I've created,…
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Moving data between historians
Hello community! I'm exploring the Redundant Logging architecture, where a data collector+sender pair will move data to a primary and redundant historian servers.…
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Unofficial API for Web Read API in NodeJS
Hello everyone! I use Axiom to build production and monitoring dashboards and have built an npm package to be able to integrate the web read API into nodeJS applications such as server daemons for…
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Data Security (version 23)
The following article describes how data is secured In transit from Collector to Historian At rest in the Historian When accessed from the Historian Security In Transit Each Canary Collector is…
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Data Security (version 24)
The following article describes how data is secured In transit from Collector to Historian At rest in the Historian When accessed from the Historian Security In Transit Each Canary Collector is…
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Linked Tags (version 24)
Linked Tags are 2 or more tags that may exist in different (or the same) DataSets which the user wishes to link together to create one single data stream of history.…
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