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Possible to Correct Timestamps?

One of our sites had an issue where it wasn't syncing to our NTP server properly for a few days so all our data for those days is in UTC time instead of local.…

Rollup calculation syntax

I'm trying to create a rollup calculation but I don't really understand he syntax and I can't find any examples. I have a virtual view with these asset types: one Company, with multiple Sites,…

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Events Table Optimization

We are trying to optimize performance of the Events and Event Properties table, is it advisable to add Indexing and table partitions to achieve this?

Quality of PreviousValue

Is there a way to get the quality of the PreviousValue of a tag in Calc and Events. I try to use Quality('PreviousValue('[tag]')'), but I get an error for this.

All valueboxes in a row getting time from a datetimepicker

Hi Today I have datetimepickers scripted towards valueboxes in a grid. One datetimepicker for each row in the grid. The grid as it is today is 7 columns and 20 rows.…

Backfill To vs Remove Old Data

How are Backfill To and Remove Old Data related? Below are the definitions from the documentation. So Backfill To will be leveraged anytime the calc is saved or the calc service is started up?…

Asset hierarchy definition help

I have a dataset populated by a CSV collector and I am trying to create a virtual view to put the tags into an asset hierarchy. The tag names are of the form CsvTag.<site>.…

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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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Calculations stuck in Backfilling

I have several calculations that are stuck in 'Backfilling' and never go to Live Mode. This obviously means calculations that depend on them can't start.…

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UFL collector fails to start

I have installed the UFL collector, following https://helpcenter.canarylabs.com/t/m1y8gkj/how-to-configure-the-csv-collector-version-24 but after installation, the install folder looks different:…

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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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Unable to read from transport connection

Hi, Has anyone come across this Error "Error during Live Update: Unable to read data from the transport connection;An exsiting connection was forcibly closed by the remote host" What may be the cause…

Scaling on Virtual View

Hi all- I currently have some tags I am historizing that have a different scale associated with them as I store (10x / 100x / 500x). I am currently using virtual views and I am looking for a way to…

Connecting v23 and v24 historians via Remote Historian View

We currently have two Canary servers, one v23 and one v24. Is it supported to set up Remote Historian Views on each server so that the Axiom instance on each can access the Views from the other? Or,…

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Button or link to a specific page within another application

I see that a button can link to another Axiom application, but I want to go to a specific page within that application rather than just the first page. Is this possible either with a button or a link…

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Replacing NaN in ValueBox calculation

I'm looking for an easy way to replace NaN as displayed in a ValueBox when the underlying calculation is NaN. I was trying to use the Value Transform using an if statement,…

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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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Axiom Scripting Launch Application

Is there any way to launch a different application from a currently running application using scripting?