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Insights, charting and live data

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Insights is where you look at data. Select one or more time series, choose a time range, and read the chart.

Two things make it more than a chart viewer: you can put several series on the same axis to see how they move together, and you can switch to Live to watch readings arrive in real time.

Picking a time range​

Set a Start and End directly, or use a quick range:

ShortLast 2 minutes · Last 5 minutes · Last 15 minutes · Last 30 minutes · Last hour · Last 3 hours
OperationalLast 12 hours · Last day · Last 2 days
AnalyticalLast week · Last month · Last 3 months · Last year
CustomAny start and end you choose

There is also a week picker, useful when an investigation is framed around a specific production week rather than a rolling window.

Range affects resolution

Longer ranges are drawn from wider aggregation buckets. That is what keeps a year of one-second data readable, but it means fine detail is not visible at long ranges, and it matters for relationship analysis, where the bucket width sets how precisely a lead or lag can be measured. When you need detail, narrow the range.

Comparing several series​

Select more than one series and they are plotted together, up to six at a time; the console warns and asks you to deselect one before adding a seventh. The default range on opening is the last day.

Comparison is where most operational insight actually comes from. A single trace tells you what happened; two traces tell you whether it happened because of something else. Suction pressure against discharge pressure, motor current against throughput, ambient temperature against energy consumption, the pairing is the analysis.

When you want suggestions for what to compare against, the Analyze tab is being built to rank other series by how strongly they move with the one you have selected, so you do not have to guess. It needs the analysis service, which is not part of the standard deployment yet. Relationship analysis, and its status →

Two series on one axis, still arrivingThe pairing is the analysis — and Live keeps the right-hand edge moving.Quick range · Last 30 minutes755025030 min ago20 min ago10 min agonowMotor currentThroughputDivergenceLivenew readings arrivingTwo series, one axisMotor current and throughputmove together minute by minuteThen they divergeCurrent climbs while throughputfalls — that is the findingLive extends the axis2-minute, 15-minute, orgrowing windowOne trace says what happened; two say whether it happened because of something else.
The divergence is the finding, not the shape of either trace on its own: motor current climbing while throughput falls is the signature of something obstructing the process. Because both series were already on screen when Live started streaming, the widening gap was visible as it opened rather than reconstructed afterwards.

Live mode​

Click Live to stream new datapoints onto the chart as they arrive, rather than requesting a fixed window.

  • Select at least one series first, Live has nothing to stream otherwise.
  • Any preset up to one hour works while live, plus growing, which keeps everything since you started and extends the axis as time passes. A longer selection snaps to 15 minutes when you go live.
  • The button shows Connecting… while the connection is established, then streams. Click Stop to return to a static view.

Live mode is genuinely live, readings appear as the platform receives them, not on a refresh timer. It is the right view for commissioning, for watching a machine through a start-up sequence, or for following an incident as it develops.

Under the hood this is a data subscription, the same push-not-poll machinery your systems and agents can consume directly, with millisecond delivery and a position that survives reconnects.

The Analyze view​

Alongside Insights there is an Analyze view, which goes past plotting into characterising how two signals relate: correlation, lead and lag, shared periodicity, and whether the relationship holds up over the whole range or only part of it. The service behind it is on the roadmap for the standard deployment.

That has its own page, because the ideas need explaining rather than just listing. Relationship analysis →

Reading a chart honestly​

Three habits that prevent most misreadings:

  • Check the range before concluding anything. A dramatic-looking excursion over a 15-minute window is often ordinary noise over a day.
  • Check whether the series is a step series. A step series holds its value between readings; a non-step series is interpolated. The same underlying data looks different under the two, and the difference is meaningful for anything with discrete states.
  • Look for gaps, not just shapes. A flat line can mean a stable process or a dead instrument. Overlaying events usually tells you which.
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