Datamodel

Raw Data

If you have events that you just want to send to the message broker / Unified Namespace without the need for it to be stored, simply send it to the raw topic. This data will not be processed by the UMH stack, but you can use it to build your own data processing pipeline.

ProcessValue Data

If you have data that does not fit in the other topics (such as your PLC tags or sensor data), you can use the processValue topic. It will be saved in the database in the processValue or processValueString and can be queried using factorysinsight or the umh-datasource Grafana plugin.

Production Data

In a production environment, you should first declare products using addProduct. This allows you to create an order using addOrder. Once you have created an order, send an state message to tell the database that the machine is working (or not working) on the order.

When the machine is ordered to produce a product, send a startOrder message. When the machine has finished producing the product, send an endOrder message.

Send count messages if the machine has produced a product, but it does not make sense to give the product its ID. Especially useful for bottling or any other use case with a large amount of products, where not each product is traced.

You can also add shifts using addShift.

All messages land up in different tables in the database and will be accessible from factorysinsight or the umh-datasource Grafana plugin.

Recommendation: Start with addShift and state and continue from there on

Modifying Data

If you have accidentally sent the wrong state or if you want to modify a value, you can use the modifyState message.

Unique Product Tracking

You can use uniqueProduct to tell the database that a new instance of a product has been created. If the produced product is scrapped, you can use scrapUniqueProduct to change its state to scrapped.