Events in depth

Purpose

The purpose of the events layer is to define all possible event types that can occur on the product or location and that are worth to be recorded

Terms

  • Event instance: a single occurrence of an event that happened at a given moment in time
  • Event type (or Event definition): the type of event that occured
  • Event class: a higher level for classifying event types

Event classes

We classify event types in these classes:
  1. failure → the product is blocked, down, unavailable
  1. major anomaly → the product is still working but something wrong has happened that affects product health and could potentially cause a failure in the short term; a short term action is needed to avoid this risk
  1. minor anomaly → the product is still working but something wrong has happened that could potentially affect product health in the long term; there is no risk of short term failure, therefore a programmable action is enough to deal with this case
  1. work session (or job) → these represent the jobs that the product performed and for which it was designed and purchased
  1. regular operations → these are operational events that are not the main ones
  1. maintenance → a maintenance operation has been performed on the product

Health impacting events → Needed actions

Event class
Needed action
Failure
an immediate action is needed
Major anomaly
a short term action is needed
Minor anomaly
a programmable action is needed

Event instances creation

Event instances can be created in the DPS system in two ways:
  1. detected automatically by processing RAW Data → a condition is checked against past values
  1. inserted manually by a user → a widget is exposed to the user

💡 Tips

  • Avoid to consider any “machine alarm” as a failure. Try to evaluate its real impact on product health and choose its class accordingly