There are 3 fields you’ll see in the Analytics Portal that appear to show similar results, however they are all slightly different.
The reason behind this to allow you the flexibility to analyze your data in the exact way you want, regardless of your unique scenario.
We highly recommend that you use ReasonState in almost every scenario, but we’ll cover it here last to better break down the differences.
State
When you select State, the system will provide you with the data records for your actual machine States.
This means you will NOT get back data for any downtime “reasons” that your team entered during shifts, days, etc. It will only provide you with true machine states.
Examples of true machine states you’ll see in the portal:
Running
Idle
Slow Running
Micro Stoppage
Examples of when to use State:
When you want to see the number of occurrences when a machine was in certain states
When you want to find how long a machine was in a Slow Running state
When you want to figure out the cumulative duration a machine had Micro Stoppages throughout the day