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