Best practice for a Stream with multiple temperature data points?

[Chad-Smith]

When using Streams, a typical Connection might contain multiple and different data types.

e.g. Temperature, Airflow, CO2.

But I have a device that contains multiple data points of the same data type.

e.g. Temperature 1, Temperature 2, Temperature 3, Temperature 4

I've then noticed in the Streams table that this data is stacked side-by-side.

The alternative is to bring each of those Temperature 1/2/3/4 data points in as their own Stream, so they all use the Temperature data type.

From your experience, what would be the best practice in this instance?

Is it best to keep all data for a device in a single Stream, despite the table losing some legibility?

[Chad-Smith]

I think I may have now answered my own question, but am still seeking some input to validate.

It looks like it is better to keep all those unique Temperature 1/2/3/4 data points in their same device Stream. While it may grow the number of default columns in the Streams View, the View's filter or the Global Filters greatly assist with focusing on an element and removing irrelevant view columns.

But it does raise another question.

When using the filters, it isolates the elements in the Model and Streams views. But then why doesn't the Streams view also filter when selecting one or more elements in the model?

i.e. Selecting the Stream Pin will find the data in the Streams view and won't filter the colulmns, and selecting the element which the Stream Pin is hosted on does nothing. Is this a feature gap that is yet to be developed?

[derek_milz]

Hi Chad,

We'll bring this up with the team, but today in terms of filtering in the streams view, you're right - it's a bit specific to streams in general where as the left filter pane is geared more towards geometry, categories, etc. Today, when you select a stream name or multiple names, those pins will becoming highlighted in your current view and vice-verse (you select the pin, it highlights the name).  You also have the ability to check 'Follow selection' in the streams view, which will take you directly to the location of that pin (or through  my tests, multiple pins).  Will certainly bring up the stream host on an element with the team, as I believe that has been discussed before. So great idea, will pass that feedback along. 

Thank you!

Derek