ThinkIQ Glossary of Terms


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Term Definition

Model Explorer

The place within the customer website that allows editing and viewing of plant data. Provides a simple and quick way to build context without software engineering or data science skills.

Module

Modules are lightweight and flexible pieces of functionality that can be inserted into a page to display certain types of pre-configured content.

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MQTT Connector

A software component that enables communication between systems using the MQTT protocol. This protocol sends data payloads without strict schema enforcement.

No Interpolation (none)

When no data exists, no line is drawn between the values of time-series data between two recorded points. 

OPC HDA

OPC Historical Data Access is a standard developed by the OPC Foundation to enable seamless access to archived process data in industrial systems. In ThinkIQ’s case, a gateway uses this protocol to receive/read data from a historian.

OPCDA

OPC Data Access specifications for communicating real-time and continuous data from historians to other systems. In ThinkIQ’s case, a gateway uses this protocol to receive/read data from a historian.

OPCUA

OPC Unified Architecture. A machine to machine communication protocol for industrial automation developed by the OPC Foundation.  see industrial automation on Wikepedia.

Outflow

Movement of material out of a Material Account.

Pens

The function of trend / data. A “description” of how the data is behaving.

Previous Interpolation

When no data exists,line is drawn between the values of time-series data between two recorded points will maintain the current value