ARDI Documentation

Full System Comparison Page - created

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:30:37 +0000

Full System Comparison Page After choosing your time range, you'll be able to then select which assets you'd like to compare. By default, all of the assets in the database are selected. You can click on an individual asset name to toggle them on/off, or click the target icon to re-focus the comparison to only compare assets

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Choosing a Time Range - created

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:13:36 +0000

Choosing a Time Range To begin a full system comparison, pick the time ranges you'd like to compare. These do not have to be a similar size - you can compare a 2 hour batch against a 5-minute one. [400] Once you've done that, press Compare Times and continue to the comparison page.

Full System Comparisons - created

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:10:07 +0000

Full System Comparisons A Full System Comparison - not surprisingly - compares the behaviour of your entire process between two times. It's often used to compare two particular time periods to determine the root cause of a difference in behaviour, such as a quality failure, breakdown or unusual amount of resource usage.

Full System Comparison

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:05:23 +0000

Full System Comparison A full system or deep comparison doesn't limit itself to only a few assets - it can be used to compare the activity of every asset in your system between two points in time. This type of comparison is provided by the compare addon.

Moment-To-Moment Comparison

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:04:23 +0000

Moment-To-Moment Comparison In some cases, you're not interested in comparing periods of time like you do in most of the other forms of comparison we offer. Instead, you're interested in specific moments or sample times. This is quite common when you're trying to understand interactions between parts of your process, such as how product type effects temperatures, or how environmental conditions influence your quality.

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optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:13:09 +0000

Compare

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:09:16 +0000

Compare The Compare addon is designed to compare the behaviour between assets or between times. There are currently four different options when you first choose to compare. [400] The first two options - Compare Two Times and Compare Two Assets - are visual

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optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:08:14 +0000

Visual Comparisons - created

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:01:31 +0000

Visual Comparisons Normally, you use the Compare addon to compare either two assets, or one asset across different times. You can also - if the problem seems more difficult to find - perform a Full System Comparison comparison. Unlike trend charts, this type of comparison works even when the two time-frames are dissimilar (ie. when you're comparing a 10-minute time frame against a 30-minute time frame).

SDK for AI Ingestion - created

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:14:56 +0000

SDK for AI Ingestion This page contains specialised versions of our API documentation specifically designed for AI ingestion. Topics ARDI Concepts and APIs

Combining Rules

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:24:52 +0000

Combining Rules Selector rules can be combined by placing them one after the other. By default, each rule will be applied to the items found before it - narrowing the number of selected assets. For example... Finish Oven.Internal Temperature ...would find an asset called 'Finish Oven', but only if it had a property called 'Internal Temperature'.

ARDI Selectors

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:21:14 +0000

ARDI Selectors Selectors are a new method of searching for and choosing ARDI assets. They're smaller, simpler and faster to write than AQL statements, although slightly less flexible. Selectors are often used when choosing/specifying assets. They will be appearing in more ARDI plugins as time goes on, and can also be used in queries AQL using the

Relationship Selectors

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:08:46 +0000

Relationship Selectors In selectors, a rule with a '{' or '}' symbol indicates a relationship rule. A relationship rule requires that you've already selected something (with a name or type rule, for example). It adds more assets to the results by searching down relationships.

Choosing Properties to Export

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:58:02 +0000

Choosing Properties to Export ARDI uses your relationships to help find the properties you are likely to be interested in around this asset. This includes all of the properties of the asset itself, along with properties of items inside and around the asset too.

Setting Range and Resolution

optrix@undisclosed.example.com (optrix) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:01:40 +0000

Setting Range and Resolution After you've chosen your properties, you then need to choose how much data you want. This is done by choosing a range (the amount of time you want to cover) and the resolution (the amount of detail) you're looking for. Set the range by using the time control to choose a start and finish time, or pick from one of your events, such as a specific batch or shift.

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