Creating Analysis Flow¶

To Create an Analysis Flow behind the mask of the Custom Analysis package, proceed as follows:

1. Click on the “Start creating your Analysis Flow” while creating the new Analysis Template. In case of an existing definition, click on the “Open Flow Editor”.
   The “Analysis Flow” editor page appears. It will be empty for new Analysis Templates and in case of existing definitions, the existing Flow appears.

   

   ① Back button to get back to the Analysis Template definition

   ② Library of Analyzing Functions

   ③ Flow Workspace

   ④ Context Bar

   ⑤ Save button to save the Flow

   The following table shows the different categories within the Analyzing Function Library:

   Categories	Description
   Interface	Contains interface functions to receive a data or parameter which will be selected at the Analysis Package UI, to use this data or parameter within the flow, or to create data which is supposed to be uploaded from the edge to the Insights Hub, e.g. the calculation output of a flow.
   Arithmetic	Contains functions to perform arithmetic operations onto data
   Generation	Contains functions for simple data generation
   Input	Contains functions to read values for a given data name
   Logic	Contains functions for logic operations
   Output	Contains functions to write values to a new data
   Statistic	Contains functions for statistical analysis
   Monitoring	Contains functions for data monitoring operations

   Note

   For more details of a selected Analyzing Function, read the information available within the Context Bar.

2. Perform graphical programming by dragging and dropping Analyzing Functions into the “Analysis Flow” workspace and interconnect their Inputs and Outputs.

   Note

   Double click the Analysing Function which is already in the workspace to view its detailed properties.

   • To receive data or parameter which can be used within the Flow, use the interface functions “AnalysisFlow Input” or “AnalysisFlow Parameter”.
   • An “AnalysisFlow Input” will be shown as a field for input data assignment at the final Analysis Package UI. The output of these functions needs to be connected to an input function, for example, “InptNumbr”, to read in the single values of the target data.
   • An “AnalysisFlow Parameter” will be shown as an input field for a constant value at the final Analysis Package UI. The output of this function can be connected to any other numeric input.
   • To upload calculation results, a new output data has to be generated, for example, with “OtptNmbr”. This function has to be linked with the interface function “AnalysisFlow Output”, which will link and show this data has to be uploaded Output Data on the final Analysis Package UI.

   The image given below shows an example flow that performs the addition of two input signals.

   

3. Click the “Save” button to save the Analysis flow.

4. Click the “Back” button to navigate back to the Analysis Template definition.

   Note

   In case the existing Custom Analysis Packages are in use at some places within the project and a breaking change of the interface is done for this Analysis Template definition e.g. by removing interface functions in the Flow, the corresponding Custom Analysis Package instances will get outdated and need to be re-created.