Capturing Data with KPICapture

Capturing data with the KPICapture library is designed to be very simple.

First, import the library…

import kpicapture as kpi

Next, create an instance of the KPICapture class. The constructor takes one parameter - the name of the data set you want to record to.

There's also an optional 2nd parameter that is the path to where you'd like to record all of the captured data.

KPIs = KPICapture('daily')

Next you write the KPIs you want to record with the CaptureValue function. Each value should be identified with a unique name…

KPIs.CaptureValue("Daily Production Total",mycalculatedvalue)

And finally, you write all of the changes using Commit, which actually writes all of the values.

KPIs.Commit(day)

The Commit function takes a Python datetime object. The values you've captured with the CaptureValue function are all recorded as happening on the date (not time) from that timestamp.

Once you've recorded these values, you might want to read them back again in another report.