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Jef VanlaerCommunity Manager

published in Trainings

Getting started with TrendMiner

New to TrendMiner? Ready to start analyzing your process data more easily and faster than ever before? Here's a learning path to quickly reach first value with our platform and to gradually build your TrendMiner knowledge and ability: In-App Onboarding FlowUpon your first login, you can follow the in-app onboarding flow. This guided process is designed to familiarize you quickly with our platform's functionalities and capabilities which will improve your work flow. If you prefer, you can access the in-app guides at any time via the Help Center.Onboarding EmailsYou'll receive a series of onboarding emails that contain valuable information and tips to help you start your journey with TrendMiner. However, please note that your company might have disabled these resources, so ensure to check with your admin if you don't receive them.Walk through the TrendMiner Basic GuidesThe bite sized short Basic Guides videos help you understand how to use TrendMiner in your daily work by focussing on pr

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8 months ago

Jef VanlaerCommunity Manager

published in Trainings

Intermediate/Expert trainings repository

Recordings of our recent intermediate and expert level trainings are available via the following Vimeo playlists:English German SpanishHere's an overview of the available recordings since the release of TrendHub NextGen: Advanced Formulas [English,German] Take your formulas to the next level [English, German] Craft And Adopt Your Golden Batch (Profile) [English, German,Spanish] Using formulas to unlock advanced searches [English, German, Spanish] Data Importing - Everything you need to know [English, German] Is Tag Builder only for experts? Wrong! [English, German, Spanish] Data preprocessing: get your data ready for analysis [English, German, Spanish] ML in TrendMiner: detecting anomalies and creating soft sensors [English, German, Spanish] Daily production as a variable & autogenerated event reports [English, German, Spanish] Statistical reporting tricks: track the dangers of climate change [English, German, Spanish] Mastering anomaly detection and follow up [English, German, Spa

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8 months ago

Christian speierNavigator

posted in Functional Tips & Tricks

Creating Tags Made Easy: Excel Tool for TrendMiner

Best Practice for Tag Nomenclature in TrendMinerOrganizing tags effectively is crucial for efficient data analysis in TrendMiner. A clear and consistent naming convention allows teams to quickly identify, manage, and collaborate on tags. To address this, we recommend adopting a structured format that simplifies tag creation and ensures long-term usability.Using a standardized approach benefits everyone involved. Whether you’re searching for specific types of tags, identifying a calculation, or finding the creator of a custom tag, a proper naming convention saves time and effort. This system ensures that tags are intuitive and easy to understand, even for new team members, while also enabling existing users to locate information quickly and reliably. Introducing a Drop-Down Menu Solution in ExcelTo make this system even easier to use, we’ve developed an Excel template where users can generate tags effortlessly. The template features drop-down menus for each part of the tag name, so user

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1 day ago

David MerschhoffEmployee

published in Success Best Practices

Incentive Program for TrendMiner Users: Boosting Knowledge Sharing and Innovation

Encouraging TrendMiner users to present successful use cases not only highlights the value of data-driven insights but also motivates employees to maximize their skills. By offering an incentive for the best use case, showcased in a meeting with other colleagues, the company can drive collaboration and efficiency improvements across teams. Benefits for the CompanyEnhanced Motivation: Incentives encourage employees to explore new solutions and share impactful results, increasing their engagement and creativity with TrendMiner. Knowledge Sharing: Presenting top use cases enables others to learn from proven solutions, creating a culture of shared learning and best practices. Company-wide Efficiency: Replicating successful solutions across departments accelerates process improvements and increases overall productivity. Possible Incentives for EmployeesThe most impactful use case each year could be awarded the TrendMiner of the Year title, along with the TrendMiner Award as recognition for

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3 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Success Best Practices

[Sitech] TrendLab Use Case

Here is the recording of Marc Pijpers &Sebbe Lecocq (@Sebbe) at TrendLab 2024 Europe, where they shared how Sitech used TrendMiner to optimize production, avoid quality losses, and proactively resolve issues.Sitech faced reduced production speed and quality issues when switching from product A to B. Using TrendMiner, they quickly identified off-spec periods, calculated the feed/production speed ratio, and analyzed the ideal operating curve with xy diagrams. New conditions were set based on this analysis, avoiding €0.5M in quality losses, decreased downtime because of good preparation. For an in-depth understanding of Sitech's application of TrendMiner and the results achieved, watch their presentation at TrendLab 2024 Europe:

4 days ago

Luis CarreteroEmployee

published in Success Best Practices

🔔 Internal TrendMiner Community/Sharepoint: Unlock the Power of TrendMiner within your Organisation 🔔

Implementing and evaluating new data tools often involves two main phases: Implementation and User Adoption. While the technical aspects of implementation are crucial, the success of a new tool ultimately depends on user adoption.Many organisations struggle with the second phase, user adoption and change management. We have already shared plenty of advices regarding adoption and change management, but from our experience, one crucial factor for a successful TrendMiner adoption is the creation of an internal SharePoint to track all actions, projects, sessions, and reports.Our most successful customers have found immense value in creating a centralised repository for TrendMiner use cases and investigations. This empowers both new and experienced users to learn from each other, multiplying the benefits of TrendMiner across your organisation.An internal SharePoint can act as a valuable toolkit for your team. Whether you're a new user seeking training, an intermediate user searching for use

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10 days ago

Wouter DanielsEmployee

published in Functional Tips & Tricks

Creating stepped formula tags

You may have experienced that when working with stepped tags in formulas, your output is not quite what you were expecting. As an easy example, let's look at a batch process where we have a a discrete tag with the quality (top), and a digital tag with the product name (middle). Suppose now we want to create a tag that only shows the quality when the product is Alpha, you might think to implement it as in the screenshot below. However, as you can see, the result (bottom tag) is not quite what you would be expecting: So why we do we get this sawtooth pattern? The first thing to understand is that our resulting formula tag only gets calculated where one of our input tags has a datapoint. Where there is a datapoint for any of the input tags, values for the other input tags are obtained through interpolation. The second factor that gives us this result in that formula tags are always of the analog type, meaning the interpolation is linear. Since our underlying discrete tags are sparse (the

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11 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Success Best Practices

[Synthos] Re-inventing Synthos Asset Reporting by leveraging the functionalities of TrendMiner

Hello 🖐🏻Here is the recording of Sascha Hartung’s presentation at TrendLab Europe 2024. Synthos, a leading chemical producer specializing in polymer-based products, faced a challenge in managing their data. With production and failure data stored in SAP and Excel across multiple factories, as well as the need to gather maintenance data, their processes were highly manual and time consuming.Their goal was to consolidate these efforts into one platform for all their needs (analysis, asset performance management, reporting, operation management, monitoring, and dashboarding). During their testing phase with TrendMiner, Synthos saw its potential to streamline these tasks efficiently.Sascha Hartung @Sascha from Synthos shares how they’re transforming these manual, siloed processes into an integrated solution using TrendMiner. Watch his presentation for inspiration on how data analytics can revolutionize industrial workflows and make you save time.Enjoy!

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12 days ago

CharlotteEmployee

published in Success Best Practices

📣 The Bandwagon Effect and How It Can Boost Your TrendMiner Rollout

Have you ever noticed how we’re more likely to jump on board with something when we see others doing the same? That’s the Bandwagon Effect in action—a powerful psychological phenomenon where people adopt behaviors, trends, or tools simply because others are doing it. Like everything in life, this has both positive and negative effects, but either way, it’s a proven behavioral insight that we can harness to make your TrendMiner rollout a success. 🚀 What is the Bandwagon Effect?The Bandwagon Effect happens when people feel motivated to join a trend or adopt a behavior because they see their peers doing so. In a workplace setting, this means employees are more likely to engage with new software if they see colleagues embracing it, achieving success, or simply talking about it positively. 💡 Using the Bandwagon Effect for TrendMinerHere’s how you can use this effect to ensure a smooth rollout of TrendMiner:Highlight Success Stories: Share examples of teams or individuals who have already

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16 days ago

Jordi JorissenEmployee

published in Admin Corner

My newly created tag is not visible in TrendMiner

If you’ve added a new tag to an existing data source, but it’s not showing up in TrendMiner, it’s likely because the automated connector sync only happens every 24 hours.Why Tags May Not Appear ImmediatelyTrendMiner refreshes the data source tag cache every 24h from the moment the data source was added, the connector was last manually synced, or the tm-datasource service was restarted. This means that updates to the list of available tags and their metadata (name, description, units and tag type) can take up to a day to take hold organically.Need the tag right away?You can manually refresh the tag cache to make the new tag available immediately:Navigate to ConfigHub > Data Sources. Select the data source where the new tag was added. Click Refresh Tag Cache to pull in the latest tags.Alternatively, you can also sync the connector to ensure the data source is fully synchronized with TrendMiner.This way, your new tag will be available without waiting for the next scheduled sync.

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16 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Trainings

[Recording] Advanced Formulas

Hi,Here is the recording of our Advanced Formulas webinar.From creating dynamic daily production variables to forecasting time remaining before a tank reaches critical levels, this webinar covered essential skills to supercharge your data analysis.Watch the full recording below:English German If you have any questions or feedback about this webinar, feel free to share them in the comments below.

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18 days ago

Natasha NeeseEmployee

published in Functional Tips & Tricks

Monitoring Short-Duration Events in TrendMiner

In the chemical industry, monitoring specific events that occur within a defined time frame - such as under X minutes - is crucial for ensuring safety, maintaining product quality, and optimizing processes. While such short-duration events might be fleeting, their impact can be significant, and timely detection is essential to prevent disruptions or inefficiencies. In this article, I will demonstrate how to monitor short-duration events in TrendMiner effectively, enabling proactive responses to these critical occurrences.Why monitor short-duration events?Short-duration events can provide key insights into process dynamics, equipment performance, and potential risks. By monitoring and addressing these brief occurrences, you can enhance operations and safeguard compliance. Here are some practical examples:Environmental compliance and safety: Detecting leaks or abnormal emissions that last less than X minutes is essential for mitigating environmental risks and ensuring safety protocols a

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18 days ago

David MerschhoffEmployee

published in Success Best Practices

Assess and develop your TrendMiner skills using the TrendMiner Skill Matrix

Increase TrendMiner usage and improve user skills by applying a skills matrix that provides key users with a structured path for skills development, providing a clear roadmap to progress from someone who is not aware to beginner, advanced, expert and finally to TrendMiner Coach level. Embark on the journey and reach the summit to become a TrendMiner coach! Follow these three steps to get started and benefit from the TrendMiner Skill Matrix yourself by improving your Skill Level: Take our TrendMiner Quiz and see how many points you have scored. Download the TrendMiner Skill Matrix, open the Excel sheet "Key User questionnaire", evaluate your skill level based on the points you have achieved in the quiz and the definitions of the Key Value Streams (General, Monitoring, Reporting, Dashboarding & Troubleshooting) given for each skill level (Not aware, Beginner, Advanced, Expert, Coach). Refer to the second sheet of the Excel file "Trainingsmaterial per Key Value" for relevant t

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19 days ago

fvandaelEmployee

published in Use Cases

Valve opening counter

BackgroundThis use case shows how to create a dashboard that shows an overview of the number of valve openings and the current valve state. In the past this used to be a non-automated procedure, requiring a lot of manual work to count the amount The objective of this dashboard is to streamline and automate the monitoring of valve operations, reducing manual effort and enhancing real-time visibility.Example of a valve opening tagSolutionThe solution includes the following steps:Value based search: Create a value based search to identify all the valve opening events you want to display on your dashboard. Save this search for later use. Contextualisation of Events: Select “Add as Context Item” for the identified events. Fill in the context item details such as Component (valve opening tag), Type (High Flow), and Description (Valve open). Monitor Setup: Go to the “Monitoring” tab and enable a new monitor. Use the saved valve opening search and set it to create a context item for each event

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19 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Success Best Practices

[Clariant] Energy Management in Knapsack

Hi everyone,Here is the recording of Clariant’s TrendLab presentation. In this session, David Judersleben (Assistant Plant Manager) @DavidJudersleben presents an use case on Clariant's energy management system, highlighting how it efficiently optimizes energy usage, reduces CO2 emissions, and lowers operational costs.About Clariant's Energy Management System:The Knapsack site of Clariant in Germany, a producer of flame retardants for construction and coatings, uses TrendMiner for continuous improvement in energy monitoring.Key Benefits of Using TrendMiner:Identifying energy waste, generating project ideas for improvement Substituting traditional lab analyses with real-time process monitoring Enhanced predictive maintenance Effective management of energy top-load Comprehensive project visualization Alarm raising and deviation tracking to preclude penalties due to excessive energy consumptionOne of the most significant achievements realized through this system is the optimization of hea

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19 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Trainings

[Recording] What's New in TrendMiner 2024.R3.0?

Hi everyone,Here is the recording of the recent TrendMiner 2024.R3.0 release webinar. This webinar includes new functionalities like;Scatter Plots to Event Analytics, Dashboard Configuration Improvements, Tag Dependencies in The Active Tags list, Plug 'n Play connectivity to Canary HistorianWatch the full recording to learn how these updates can benefit your operations and help you achieve your goals more effectively.You can find the slides here.Watch the webinar recording below:If you have any questions or feedback about the new release, feel free to share them in the comments below.

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22 days ago

KevinEmployee

published in Use Cases

Documenting, Tracking, and Analyzing Batch Cycle Times

BackgroundIn batch processes, tracking key metrics like batch start and end times, cycle durations, and critical values such as maximum temperature can provide valuable insights. For instance, maintaining temperature within a certain threshold during a batch step can prevent quality issues and ensure process safety. This use case will guide you through how to document, track, and analyze batch cycle times, utilizing TrendMiner’s TrendHub and ContextHub features to streamline and automate this process.ChallengeTraditionally, batch cycle times have been recorded manually in Excel spreadsheets by board operators. This manual entry system often results in inconsistencies, especially when operators miss recording the start or end times of batches. TrendMiner provides a more reliable solution by automatically identifying and documenting batch steps and storing this information alongside tag data. By automating these records, TrendMiner reduces the reliance on Excel and increases accuracy.Sol

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23 days ago

eddiehEmployee

published in Success Best Practices

Bridging OT and IT: 3 Key Concepts for Successful New Software Implementation

In process manufacturing, especially in chemical engineering, collaboration between Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) teams is essential when implementing software like TrendMiner. For the software to work well, data from physical processes needs to be integrated with analytical tools. This requires good coordination between the OT and IT teams. Here are three key concepts that can help make your work with the IT team more effective.Data Integration and AccessibilityTo make software like TrendMiner work effectively, the data from physical processes needs to be easily accessible. The OT team collects real-time data from sensors and control systems, while the IT team ensures this data is available for analysis by providing the right infrastructure and secure connections.CybersecurityWhen OT systems (which often use older technology) are connected to IT systems, cybersecurity becomes crucial. IT teams focus on protecting systems from cyber threats, while OT needs

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24 days ago

TomMinEmployee

published in Admin Corner

Which information is useful when creating a ticket for TrendMiner support?

When creating a ticket for the TrendMiner support team it is useful to include detailed information about the issue. This will ensure that the issue can be investigated and fixed in shortest amount of time possible.Creating a detailed ticket will prevent a lot of back and forth communication and will increase the chance of a quick resolution.Steps on the creation of a detailed support ticket:Write a clear and concise title that describes the issue with a few words.Useful information to include in the ticket description:A detailed and clear explanation of the issue. Screenshots or videos provide additional clarity. Upload the appliance logs. This can be requested from your administrator if you do not have the required permissions: https://documentation.trendminer.com/en/how-to-extract-appliance-logs-.html If there are multiple TrendMiner installations within your organization. please specify which installation you are experiencing the issue on. Which version of TrendMiner are you using?

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29 days ago

fvandaelEmployee

published in Functional Tips & Tricks

Reporting on consumption/production

TrendMiner offers three main methods for calculating and tracking consumption or production over time, depending on your goals. You can use the Statistics Table, Calculations on Search Results, or set up a Consumption/Production Tag for continuous reporting. 1. Using the Statistics TableCalculating consumption or production for a given period is a simple one-step process, assuming there is already a tag representing the flow, rate, ... that is to be quantified. If this is not the case, such a tag can be created as a rate or through a formula. Once such a tag is in place you can navigate to the relevant period and open the statistics table. Here all the corresponding values can be read immediately. Often the total amount for the selected period is of interest, which can be read from the integral value, although the average value could also be interesting.Note: TrendMiner does not interpret the units of your tag. The integral value calculation always assumes your rate is expressed in 'pe

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29 days ago

PelinsuCommunity Manager

published in Success Best Practices

[ICIG] Tackling Use Cases in Key Value Streams: Troubleshooting, Monitoring, Reporting & Daily Dashboards with TrendMiner

Hi everyone,We're excited to share a recording from the recent TrendLab Europe event (TrendMiner Community event), where Yusuf Hamurcu from ICIG provided an insightful presentation on how they leverage TrendMiner for troubleshooting, monitoring, reporting, and daily dashboard operations.Using TrendMiner brings ICIG the following value:Enhanced Process Insights: ICIG uses TrendMiner to gain real-time visual warnings, quickly identifying any out-of-spec products or batches. Improved Quality Control: Since adopting TrendMiner's soft sensor, ICIG has eliminated out-of-spec batches in their lengthy distillation process (5-15 days). Reduced Raw Material Consumption: In 2023, a valve leak was detected that resulted in a raw material loss of approximately $350,000, but it was detected and troubleshooted it so that it can be avoided now and in the future. Optimized Operations: TrendMiner's performance tags and daily dashboards support better decision-making on shutdowns, maintaining high standa

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1 month ago

KevinEmployee

published in Use Cases

Create custom visualization in DashHub via MLHub

BackgroundThis use case shows how to create a custom visualization / chart that can be displayed on your DashHub dashboard as a tile. We can do this via MLHub. In this use case example, we will create a bar chart to track a key process metric at a facility, monthly average energy usage. Once we have added this visualization as a tile to the target dashboard, we can add other visualizations, as needed, following a similar procedure. These dashboards can then be shared with your peers. SolutionThe solution includes the following steps:Create a TrendHub view: Create a TrendHub view with all of the relevant tags. Adjust the time period on your focus chart. You will want to include all of the data that will be used to create your visualization. Save this TrendHub view. TrendHub view with focus chart duration spanning the entire year of 2024. Create a new MLHub notebook: Navigate to MLHub and create a new notebook. In

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1 month ago

Wouter DanielsEmployee

published in Functional Tips & Tricks

Deriving a flowrate tag from a level or weight measurement

It can occur that we wish to know the flowrate of a certain material stream, but that the only measurement we have available is the weight or level of an intermediary vessel. This is especially applicable to the processing of solids, where measuring a flow directly is challenging. In this example, let's then work with the concept of deriving a mass flow from a total weight.In essence, the mass flow is nothing more that then change (delta) of the weight of our vessel, multiplied by a constant value (to obtain the result in the desired units). As a starting point, we could for example take the weight in kg of our vessel 5 minutes ago, subtract the current weight, divided the result by 300 (the number of seconds in 5 minutes), to obtain a mass flow in kg/s:Note that the choice of the interval duration (here 5m) should depend on how noisy our weight measurement is. The longer we take the interval, the smoother our flow tag will become, at the cost of increasing the lag with which changes i

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1 month ago

Stijn AgtenEmployee

published in Admin Corner

Virus scanners

To ensure security, TrendMiner allows the installation and running of virus scanners next to the TrendMiner application, only on single node deployments and with certain conditions. While antivirus software is an important security measure, it is crucial to note that TrendMiner's performance is closely tied to I/O performance as the application builds a time series index using many small local files, grouped into time-based structures. Virus scanners, particularly those that scan all disk I/O, may still cause performance degradation or failures in some cases. Important Considerations:Performance Impact: Antivirus processes that scan disk I/O can introduce delays, potentially affecting TrendMiner’s responsiveness. In extreme cases, it may cause system failures, such as:User experience degradation due to slower I/O performance and CPU/Memory spikes caused by the antivirus software. Delays in monitoring events, due to slower indexing, related to slower I/O performance TrendMiner upgrade

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1 month ago

Usman I.Employee

published in Success Best Practices

Does your organization have these 3 steps for faster time to value?

Time to value is a key metric directly impacting the bottom line—profitability. The longer it takes, the more value is lost. TrendMiner can reduce the time to value down to a fraction when proper steps are implemented. Engineers struggle daily gathering data from various sources, stitching event information with process data, and using dated technologies built for megabyte-scale data. All this is done in addition to meeting the baseline operation and production at a minimum.Here are three simple steps your organization can implement for faster time to value.Clearly communicate the objectives and goals The organization's vision must be communicated from top to bottom. There is a reason the organization has selected TrendMiner! Objectives of the project must be aligned with the vision. Engineers involved in the day-to-day must be fully aware of the desired goals. The Sponsor, Project Manager, and the end-user must feel that they are integral to the set vision. Streamline the train

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1 month ago

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