Ideas

Derived templates (element and event frame) will not allow for inherited attributes to be used as the "Default Attribute". This breaks inherited analyses that use the "Default Attribute". The only workaround is to override the the attribute, which...

This would allow for validation of input unit of measure during expressions.

Use case: 1. An element has an attribute that looks up information on equipment configuration (ex: a pump rate) 2.  Due to an equipment change, the lookup table and the element were increased in version 3. A backfill needed to be performed o...

Currently there is no way to know if Analytics missed important updates (e.g. start of a batch) without analyzing the message logs. However, the AFSDK does provide an indication on the DataPipe if the pipe is in an overflow state, allowing for a c...

I would like to be able to insert a new variable above or below a highlighted variable, instead of having the new variable always go to the bottom of the list. This is very problematic when needing to add a new variable to the top of the list when...

I would like to be able to do a Rollup Analysis of Booleans attributes, without casting or converting the boolean. As Rollup Functions I would suggest: Logical AND, Logical OR and maybe Count of True/False. It can be use to create a Combined Stat...

There are no number base conversion functions available in AF Analysis. There are many situations where I need to convert numbers between different 'number bases'. I frequently work with MODBUS devices and there are many times number base conversi...

When troubleshooting intermittent issues, using AFGetTrace may be problematic as the trace can consume quite a bit of disk space, and setting a maximum file size will cause the trace to stop once the file is full. Without knowledge of when the iss...

I have an analysis that is event-triggered by multiple attributes. This analysis has the purpose of merging input attribute events with output tag, therefore I need to know which attribute triggered analysis to save only the newest event to outpu...

Expression analyses allow you to find the largest value of an attribute over a specified time range using the TagMax function. A function which offers the ability the find the Kth largest value (i.e. 2nd, 3rd, etc.) would be useful. Something simi...