Utilization Timeline

The following properties are available for the Utilization Timeline:

• Asset - Sets the piece of equipment to chart. To show data, the selected asset must be tracking equipment performance.

  You can search for assets by name, by filter, or both.

  • To search by asset name, enter a value in the Asset field.

  • To apply filters, select the Asset field, then select to view and select filters. Select to accept your selected filters and return to the previous search panel.

  • Select an asset from the search results to add it.

• Use shared entity - This property is available if this visual is added to a dashboard. If this is enabled, the source is set to the shared entity used by the dashboard. For details, see Configure a dashboard to allow shared entity selection.

From the timeline chart, users who have permission to create and edit utilization events can perform the tasks described below.

See information about an event

Hover over an event to see information about it.

Add a new event

1. Select the Add icon.

   

   The Add Event dialog appears.

   

2. Do one of the following:

   Select a reason.

   For more information about navigating reason groups and selecting a reason, see Reason groups and reasons.

   After selecting a reason, its associated equipment state is automatically assigned.

   If no reasons have been defined in the system, select an equipment state.

   Later, when the reason is known, the event can be changed to map to the reason. See Edit a utilization event below.

   If a Downtime event has no reason assigned to it, the count and duration KPIs will not include the event. However, the time summary will include it.

3. (Optional) Type a comment.

   Entries can include alphanumeric and special characters. Entries are limited to two lines or 130 characters.

4. Select Add.

Edit an event

You can select a different utilization reason or equipment state for an event, or change its comment.

If the event being edited is within 3 hours of the current time, the equipment's hourly KPI tag data for the last 3 hours will be updated. Equipment efficiency tag data is updated at the top of every hour.

5. In the event timeline chart, select the event block that you want to edit.

6. Click the Edit icon.

   

   The Edit Event dialog appears.

   

7. Do one of the following:

   Select a reason.

   For more information about navigating reason groups and selecting a reason, see Reason groups and reasons.

   After selecting a reason, its associated equipment state is automatically assigned.

   If no reasons have been defined in the system, select an equipment state.

   Later, when the reason is known, the event can be changed to map to the reason.

   If a Downtime event has no reason assigned to it, the count and duration KPIs will not include the event. However, the time summary will include it.

8. To change the comment, type or edit the comment.

   Entries can include alphanumeric and special characters. Entries are limited to two lines or 130 characters.

9. Select Save.

Merge two events

You can merge an event with the previous or next event in the event chart.

• The merged event will have the same reason as the initially selected event.

• The comment from the initially selected event will be entered by default for the merged event and can be changed.

• The comment in the previous or next event that was merged will be discarded.

• If the events being merged are within 3 hours of the current time, the equipment's hourly KPI tag data for the last 3 hours will be updated. Equipment efficiency tag data is updated at the top of every hour.

Events that do not have a utilization reason assigned to them, but only an equipment state, cannot be merged.

10. In the event timeline chart, select one of the event blocks that you want to merge.

11. Click the Merge icon.

    

    The Merge Event dialog appears.

    

12. Select one of the Merge direction buttons to determine whether the other event to be merged into the selected event precedes or follows the selected event.

    The duration of the merged event appears above the event timeline.

    Note that the event blocks lengths here do not represent the actual event time spans.

13. (Optional) Edit the comment from the initial event or, if that event didn't have one, add a comment.

14. Select Merge.

Split an event

You can split an event into two events.

• One of the two events will retain the same reason as the original event. You will assign a different reason to the other, new event.

• If the existing event had a comment:

  • The existing event's comment will be retained.

  • The existing event's comment will be entered by default for the new event and can be changed.

• If the event being split is within 3 hours of the current time, the equipment's hourly KPI tag data for the last 3 hours will be updated. Equipment efficiency tag data is updated at the top of every hour.

Events that do not have a utilization reason assigned to them, but only an equipment state, cannot be split.

15. In the event timeline chart, select the event block that you want to split.

16. Click the Split icon.

    

    The Split Event dialog appears.

    

17. Select one of the Split direction buttons to determine whether the new utilization reason precedes or follows the event being split.

    Note that you can select the current event's reason as the reason for the new event.

18. Set the time point at which to split the event by doing one of the following:

    • Use the slider.

    • Manually enter the time point in the date/time control.

    If you manually enter the time point, press the Tab key or select an area outside the date/time control to update the split time point.

19. Select a reason for the new event.

    For more information about navigating reason groups and selecting a reason, see Reason groups and reasons.

    After selecting a reason, its associated equipment state is automatically assigned.

20. (Optional) Edit the comment from the initial event or, if that event didn't have one, add a comment.

21. Select Split.