Overview of Data Sink

The data calculated by the blueprint should be easily accessible to plant engineers for trending, live data display and other analyses on a daily basis. Data sink blocks are responsible for sinking all the values calculated by the blueprint. Text, OPC or .NET Wrapper data sinks are available.  While the blueprint is being configured in design-time, only the text sink will be used. Data is typically run through the blueprint and the trained model in design-time, to allow the user to evaluate the trained model before it is implemented. While in run-time, the data produced by the blueprint would typically be saved to an OPC sink, these data sinks are discussed further in the section on deploying the blueprint.

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Terminology

• Delimited - This refers to the separation of data elements in a text file by a character or combination of characters. The character that separates the elements is called the delimiter.

• Delimiter - A character or string used to separate, or mark the start and end of, items of data in, for example, a database, source code, or text file.  The comma is the delimiter in a .CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, whilst the tab key is the delimiter in a text (.TXT) file.