Introduction

what this section is about the concepts section gives you a high level understanding of the core building blocks in factry historian it’s not technical reference documentation instead, it helps you build a mental model of how the system works, what the key components are, and how they fit together if you're new to factry historian, or you want to better understand how to configure and use the platform, this is a great place to start who this is for this section is written for users and administrators of factry historian production engineers and process experts data and quality analysts project leads and system integrators anyone who configures, uses, or supports factry historian on the shop floor or at a production site you won’t need a background in software or databases to understand these pages, but you will learn what each building block does and how it connects to others what you’ll find here each concept page explains what the concept is why it matters how it fits into the system some examples when to use or configure it common misconceptions and best practices links to related documentation topics covered this section currently includes explanations for collectors docid\ wp81bftwmpuk gfimcj6u how data flows into the system measurements docid\ xqwlemdcnfff3 0h gmms the time series at the core of the historian calculations docid\ opiodkgnngyjedx6zkg d how derived values are created assets docid\ c4opdlucirj0draexrisp how your physical equipment is structured events docid 0ith2zlcais5yywhsdtje how the system tracks what happened, when, and why manual entry forms docid\ e6zvm8l zlpfpchdtqu0h structured ways to input data by hand sinks & forwarders docid\ xcoj5kic2xmxsz4inas how data is published to other systems time series databases docid\ h4js6gcabog53kbawgyua the storage layer for high frequency data organizations docid\ ie9bm zmn69tumtdfngbk how data and permissions are isolated users and groups docid\ qbrzo7rkw3jk66xvbrt2l how access control is managed per organization more concepts will be added over time as the product evolves what this section is not this section does not cover configuration steps or setup instructions api or schema documentation grafana specific functionality release notes or how tos if you're looking for those, check the introduction docid 890p6qfs6tsktgignnv or introduction docid\ p7o9w1skamquefek2dpdm sections instead next step pick any concept from the list in the sidebar to get started if you're not sure where to begin, we recommend starting with system architecture docid\ kcgbfmc9nzalo3m2rqmmi describes the overall architecture of factry historian measurements docid\ xqwlemdcnfff3 0h gmms understand the foundation of all data in the system assets docid\ c4opdlucirj0draexrisp learn how data is structured to reflect your production environment events docid 0ith2zlcais5yywhsdtje see how you can capture and contextualize what happens during production