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If you are using TrendMiner APIs to access context items (for example to pull them into PowerBI), it makes sense to set up a client user for this purpose. In fact, it is recommended to use a distinct client for every TrendMiner automation you set up. These clients can be configured by a system administrator in ConfigHub.  After setting up authentication via your new client id + secret, you may notice that you cannot access some context items. This is because they are attached to assets to which the client does not have any access rights. These asset permissions can be granted by an application administrator in ContextHub. There is an issue, however: the user search UI does not retrieve client users, and so there seems to be no way to grant permissions to our client user. Thankfully, such a limitation does not exist in the back end. Through a series of API calls, we can configure our client to have the required permissions. In this example I use the built-in API console (accessible by a

This page explains how to execute a TrendMiner upgrade using one the two scripts attached to this post. There are a few causes which can prevent an upgrade from getting started due to an incomplete upload:The upgrade file can reach a size of more then 10 GB which is fully loaded into the browser memory when upgrading through Edge manager. Some devices do not have enough RAM memory to completely load the file in memory. Some network devices can block the upload of large files through a browser. If the upload is taking a long time, it is possible you get logged out of Edge manager while the upload is in progress.The upgrade process will be structurally improved in version 2025.R4.0, but since the above issues can occur in all previous versions, this script was created.The alternative method to upgrade TrendMiner is explained below:Upgrading from a Windows device:Download the Windows_upgrade_script.zip file attached to this post. Unzip the file on the device from which you want to execute

Hi,This session shows how TrendMiner helps engineers at Bayer troubleshoot faster, understand process behaviors better, and make smarter decisions across the plant, all explained through real examples shared by Mazie Foret.One highlight was how TrendMiner helped solve a cooling difference that had confused the team for over 20 years.Bayer’s team also uses TrendMiner for other monitoring tasks like: Meter reliability Energy management Centrifuge overflow generation Emissions reporting A cool fact: One of these monitors was actually set up by Mazie’s intern, which shows how simple and user-friendly TrendMiner really is.Curious to learn more? Check out the full recording!  

Hi everyone,In this session, Matthew Brantl ( ​@Matt) shared insights into how Nestlé Health Science optimizes their production processes using TrendMiner. Here are some of the key highlights he discussed: CIP optimization Detecting fouling in critical heat exchangers Verifying tank load cells Using ContextHub and DashHub for monitoring and visualization Check out the full recording to dive deeper into these use cases👇  

Hi everyone,In this session, Bita Fillipi ​@bitafillipi from BASF shared how they use TrendMiner dashboards to monitor boiler efficiency, optimize fuel usage, and reduce CO₂ emissions.Even small adjustments in boiler operation can lead to significant fuel savings, lower emissions, and costs reductions.Watch the full recording below and see how TrendMiner makes a real impact! 👇  

We’re excited to announce that one of the most requested dashboard features is finally here: Gauge Tiles are now available in TrendMiner’s 2025.R3 release.Gauge tiles provide a simple, intuitive way to monitor KPIs and process values at a glance. Whether you're tracking a critical parameter in your unit or creating a clean, executive-level overview, gauge tiles make it easier to visualize where your values stand. Gauge tile display modes:Gauge tiles come with four built-in display styles to fit different dashboard layouts and preferences: Angular Speedometer Linear Horizontal Linear Vertical You’ll see all four showcased in the screenshot included below. Dashboard with angular (conc and temp), speedometer (flow), linear horizontal (coating), and linear vertical (level) gauge tiles.Configuration and setup:To configure a gauge tile, the only required inputs are the minimum and maximum values. From there, you can tailor it to your needs with several optional settings: Target value

Hi 👋🏻Here you can find Kuraray’s presentation at TrendLab 2025 Americas.In this session, Kyle Tillman shares his perspective on how he uses TrendMiner at Kuraray. He also talks about how TrendMiner can support different roles, including field technicians, board technicians and shift supervisors.The presentation gives a clear view of how TrendMiner fits into daily work and how it helps teams make better, faster decisions.The recording 👇  

When creating a CSR (certificate signing request) in TrendMiner it is important to always include a SAN (subject alternative name). What is a SAN?It is a field in an SSL certificate that allows a single certificate to secure multiple domain names, subdomains, or IP addresses. This is useful for protecting various websites on a single IP address or for securing a main domain along with its variants. Why is it mandatory to fill in a SAN?Browsers used to rely on the CN (common name), but this has led to security vulnerabilities.That is why standards have been updated to require browsers to use the SAN extension.All modern browsers ignore the CN and strictly validate hostnames via SAN.If you leave SAN empty, your CA will issue a certificate without valid hostnames, and TrendMiner will appear as “Not secure” even with a signed certificate. Where can I fill in the SAN during creation of a CSR?When creating a SAN in Edge manager, the SAN can be filled in at the bottom of the Certificate Signi

Hi everyone,You can now watch the recording of the TrendMiner 2025.R3.0 release webinar!This release helps make quicker decisions, analyze data with more detail, and see process health more clearly.📑 TrendMiner 2025.R3.0 Webinar SlidesFor more detailed information, you can read the Release Notes.🎥 Recording: 

 Scatter Plots have long been one of TrendMiner’s most powerful tools to visualize relationships between process parameters. In recent releases, this functionality has been significantly enhanced — making it easier than ever to uncover correlations, compare time periods, and analyze performance in detail.Let’s take a closer look at what’s new and how you can apply these features in practice using a heat exchanger example. 1. From Trends to Scatter PlotsWhen analyzing process data  in TrendHub, you can easily switch the visualization type under “Select chart type” — directly below the focus chart. From there, you can change the default Stacked trend view to Trend or Scatter.In the Multi scatter view, all visible tags from your active tag list are plotted against each other. Each combination generates a scatter plot, accompanied by histograms and a regression line (initially linear), including its regression coefficient.This multi-dimensional view is ideal for identifying correlations be

Following up on my last post “High Energy Costs Driving New Use Cases for TrendMiner”, I’m excited to share our latest content updates focused on utility and cleanroom performance optimization. In industrial environments, utilities and facility systems - power, heating/cooling, water, air, and waste management - are the backbone of production and can represent up to 10% of total product costs. Key challenges:⚙️ Maximizing asset reliability and avoiding costly downtime🌱 Optimizing energy use for sustainable production🧼 Preventing fouling and improving maintenance efficiency📊 Reporting on sustainability and emissions performance How TrendMiner helps:🔹 Data-driven energy optimization for more sustainable operations🔹 Predictive insights to prevent unplanned downtime🔹 Continuous monitoring & reporting for compliance and transparency Curious how our customers achieve these results?👉 Explore our new page: “Industrial Analytics for Utilities & Facility Optimization”and discover

 Hello everyone! 👋In this TrendLab 2025 Europe presentation, our VP of Customer Success Frederick Motte and Ben Schulze (​@Ben) from Bayer share their experience working together on data integration. They explain how they brought additional data sets into TrendMiner and how this collaboration helped create real value.🎬 Watch this session to hear why context data matters, how they approached connectivity and implementation, what worked well, the lessons they learned, and the results and next steps of this journey. 

 Daily production tracking isn't just a routine: it's the backbone of efficiency, quality, and transparency in manufacturing. But are you making the most of TrendMiner’s powerful features? Whether you are a TrendMiner veteran or just starting out, a few small habits can make a big difference in how you track performance and communicate across shifts. Start Your Day with a Clear ViewImagine starting your workday or shift with a dashboard that shows you exactly what you need: no more hunting for numbers or flipping between screens. TrendMiner dashboards let you visualize your most important metrics (throughput, yield, downtime, quality, and more) at a glance.Use tiles to compare production in the last few days, monitor targets vs. actuals, and spot trends before they become issues. Set up a dashboard tailored to your role —operator, engineer, or manager— and see how much time you save each day! Ensure a Smooth Shift HandoverEver come in for your shift and wonder, „What happened last nigh

Hello,In this TrendLab 2025 Europe presentation, Ruud Timmermans (​@ruudtim) from Nobian describes his journey managing TrendMiner from the IT side.He talked about the balance between upgrades, governance, and user engagement.Ruud’s story is packed with honest and practical lessons that many of you can relate to.🎬 Watch his presentation to hear what worked, what didn’t, and what he’d do differently.    

One of my favorite uses for the multi-layer scatter plots is to check performance before and after asset maintenance. Not only is it interesting to compare how much the situation improved by maintenance, you can also see at a glance whether your maintenance is always equally successful, and whether you are performing it at a consistent level of degraded performance.This scatter plot shows the correlation between product throughput (x-axis) and specific energy consumption (y-axis) for 1 day periods just before and after 3 maintenance events. I picked the same color for the layer just before and after each maintenance event, so I can see what layers belong together. What we can indeed see from this plot is that the specific energy consumption decreases after maintenance, always returning to approximately the same level. This indicates maintenance was done successfully each time. We should also notice though that we clearly do not perform maintenance at the same level of performance degra

Here’s an inspiring session from TrendLab 2025 Europe 🎬In this presentation, Matthijs Geerse (​@MatthijsG) from Huntsman shares how their team uses TrendMiner for process health monitoring, from defining what a “healthy process state” means to creating different dashboards that help operators, engineers, and experts collaborate better.💡 You’ll discover: How Huntsman structured health monitoring across teams Real TrendMiner use cases from their sites How they apply Event Analytics and Parallel Coordinates How their monitoring approach evolved with TrendMiner’s data-driven capabilities 👉 Watch the full presentation here:  

Introduction At TrendLab, we talked about the added value of contextual information. This topic generated a lot of interest and follow-up discussion, which is why I’m taking the opportunity here to share some additional information to help you on the way. We’ll focus on ODBC here, but the steps and queries for JDBC will be very similar.When setting up a Generic ODBC data source in TrendMiner for the Event capability, you'll need to configure multiple queries to properly integrate your event data. In this post, we’ll demonstrate all required query structures for connecting to databases like SQL Server, Oracle, or other ODBC-compatible sources.Note that the queries may need small adjustments to work with your specific data source. E.g. to only select 10 rows in MySQL, you’d use “LIMIT 10”, whereas Oracle uses a different syntax, e.g. “Rownum<=10”. Sometimes the syntax may even slightly vary between database versions. Therefore we always recommend checking the documentation of your spe

To optimize performance and reduce unnecessary load on data sources, TrendMiner automatically detects and manages dormant tags starting from version 2025.R2.0. What are dormant tags?A tag becomes dormant when it has not received any new data for more than one year — meaning the End of Data timestamp is over 12 months old.When this happens, TrendMiner will stop attempting to index the tag, and its update cycle will display “Never.”This mechanism ensures that resources are not wasted on polling inactive or obsolete signals, keeping your system efficient. How are dormant tags detected and managed?Dormant tags are identified automatically once per day by a background process.When plotting a dormant tag in the focus chart, indexing will be retriggered and the tag will resume its normal indexing status. Administrators can also manually resume forward indexing of these tags by clicking the play button in the index manager. If the indexing call did not receive any new data, the tag will automa

When disk usage exceeds certain thresholds, administrators are notified through the appliance’s monitoring configuration within the Edge Portal.Below are the two most common disk email alert scenarios, along with explanations and recommended actions. Case 1: Disk Alert for ‘/mnt/data’ Description:A warning alert is triggered when the /mnt/data mount — which stores most of TrendMiner’s critical application data such as indexes, packages, logs, and databases — exceeds 80% usage.For email alert example, you might receive an message indicating that only 19.98% (19,127 MiB) of space remains available as shown below.Recommended Action:Follow Disk space extention guide to extend storage. Expanding storage ensures TrendMiner can continue to write data and perform indexing operations without interruption. Case 2: Disk Alert for Root Directory ‘/’ Description:A warning alert is also raised when the root directory (/), which holds the server’s system-critical files — including boot files, binarie

Time and again, one of the key benefits TrendMiner users share is the ability to receive alerts via email, text, or simply historize them for later review and easy analysis. But when you're in the field, away from your desk, dealing with an issue, those conventional alerts can be siloed and hard to track as a team. In one of my recent conversations with a group of users, they shared they were sending alerts directly to Microsoft Teams. This is a neat collaborative approach that perfectly aligns with TrendMiner's focus on making collaboration easier and brings your notifications right where your team is. Here are the simple steps you can take to set up this integration: 🛠️ Setting Up TrendMiner Alerts to TeamsSet up a dedicated Teams channel for the project or area of interest. (See here for how to create a channel in Teams.) Obtain the channel email address: Select "More Options" next to the channel's name, and then select "Get email address." Copy the email address. Configure a mon

Have you ever struggled to find the right tag while using TrendMiner?When the historian’s tag names are full of digits and cryptic codes, it can be tough to know which sensor or process you’re actually looking at. That confusion can slow down your analysis and make it harder to trust your findings. That’s where the Digital Twin Manager comes in. 🧠 With this tool, application administrators can build an asset framework — a clear, folder-like structure that organises every piece of process equipment in a logical, user-friendly way.Here’s how it helps: 🗂️ Organise your assets by creating nodes (folders) for each equipment. 🏷️ Add and rename tags to use meaningful names and descriptions. 🔍 Simplify searches — instead of typing complex codes, just browse the framework to find what you need. Asset Framework of a Combined Cycle No more confusion. No more wasted time figuring out which sensor is which.Just faster insights and smarter decisions. Digital Twin Manager = Time saved + Produ

Hi everyone,You can now watch the recording of the TrendMiner 2025.R2.0 release webinar!This release introduces smarter collaboration, improved usability, and stronger performance across the board. 📑 Slides: TrendMiner 2025.R2.0 Webinar Slides🎥 Recording: Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! 🚀

 📌 BackgroundIn many chemical plants, reactors contain catalyst beds that gradually lose activity and need to be replaced on a routine basis. Because catalyst life can vary significantly, it is difficult to predict exactly when a failure will occur.A premature catalyst failure would have a major impact on production, supply chain, and maintenance. Therefore, it is critical to plan preventative maintenance well in advance – at least a few weeks prior to failure – to avoid costly unplanned downtime and production losses. 🎯 ChallengeWith TrendMiner, a workflow can be set up to monitor and predict catalyst performance: Searching on Process Values The first step is to use value-based searches to identify when process values reach certain limits. These searches can be saved and later used as the basis for monitors. In this way, early indicators, warning levels, and critical conditions can be defined, all providing valuable insights into catalyst performance. Event analytics can of course a