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Now it's challenging to find the correct timeseries, especially for OPCUA, where we have many service signals. It would be good to have a way of prioritizing it in all the UIs, including Canvas and Search. Could be a flag in the timeseries properties or any other way.  

When viewing an asset in search, if you click the asset tab in the overview window, that tab is defaulted to the “Asset Parent”, but path would be a more appropriate default, showing details for the currently selected asset.   

When creating calculations, the four basic arithmetic operations are some of the most frequently used features. However, in the current Charts experience, creating even slightly complex expressions requires configuring a large number of Functions.For example, the Add Function can only add two time series at a time, so even for a simple expression like A + B + C + D + E, you need to place four separate Add Functions.Could this process be made simpler so that basic arithmetic can be built more easily?Ideally, it would be great if users could enter an expression directly on the “Create calculation” screen—for example:A + (B - C) / (B + C) * 100 + D × Eand Charts would automatically generate the necessary Functions.If the expression format followed something similar to Excel, most users would find it intuitive and easy to use. 

Within the CDF search tool, it would be helpful to have the option to toggle the preview of the file to be full-screen, to better preview the information. Having a compressed window for a document containing a large amount of information is tedious to zoom and scroll. The only alternative is to download every document, but this defeats the purpose of using Cognite.The same logic would be helpful with Canvas as well, the ability to select a document and toggle a full-screen rendering, possibly with a pagination type toggle that could flip through the different pages that have been sequenced in the Canvas.

Canvas has a feature that allows us to display the latest time series values as numeric values, and this is a function we use very frequently.For this feature, there is an option to adjust the number of decimal places shown. However, would it be possible to extend this functionality slightly so that values can be displayed as integers, without any decimal places?For example, for time series data that records production batch numbers, displaying decimal places feels somewhat unintuitive. In such cases, displaying the value as an integer would be more appropriate and easier to understand.

We use Charts daily for real-time operational monitoring in oil refining operations, and it has become an essential tool for our engineers thanks to its automatic data updates and reliability.We would like to ask whether it might be possible to extend Charts so that the X-axis can be configured using values other than timestamps. For example, plotting control valve opening on the X-axis and actual flow rate on the Y-axis would be very useful for our operations. We would appreciate it if users could freely choose what is used on the X-axis.At the moment, since this is not supported in Charts, we rely on custom Streamlit applications built by Cognite engineers. In the future, we would like to place multiple such graphs on Canvas and monitor them on a single screen. From a usability perspective, implementing this capability directly in Charts—rather than through custom apps—would be much easier for users.We would greatly appreciate your thoughts on whether this kind of enhancement could b

Hi Team,We are required to update the capabilities of existing CDF groups to add features like “Streams and Records”, “Functions and Workflows”, etc. Since, it is required to do in the production, so we tried to automate it through python scripts.However, we realized there is no function to update the group capabilities in python sdk.One option is to delete the existing groups and re-create a new one with the updated capabilities, but doing so in production environment posses some risks, like pipeline failed after deleting and before re-creating the groups, etc.Another option is to manually add the new capabilities, however, this practice should also be avoided in Prod env.Hence, suggesting you add the update function.

Hi all,The point is to get the possibility to enlarge the All Categories column in the Search. This should be useful if views names are too long to facilitate the navigation.  

To change the columns that are shown when selecting a specific View I use the “Select column” functionality. If I select multiple properties from the list and press Apply, it works well.However, if I locate the property by “Filter by name” search, select, and then repeat for another property, only the last property I selected will be added when I press Apply. You see the same behavior if you “Filter by name”, select a property, and then remove the filter characters either by deleting the characters or “x them out”, the selection is removed.This is a very unexpected behavior, and confuses users. It makes it very cumbersome if you want to add multiple properties from a very long list of properties (where you would prefer searching for the property)

At our company, we frequently need to compare specific time‑series trends with historical data. For example, we may want to compare the temperature increase after a plant startup with the trend observed during a previous startup two years earlier.Currently, the “Shift time series” function in Charts allows us to overlay the same tag with a time offset. However, to do so, we must expand the global time range to cover the entire historical span (for example, setting the range from 2023 to 2025), even when our actual analysis focus is limited to a single year such as 2025. This makes detailed analysis more difficult and reduces readability when working with a clearly defined target period. Ideally, we would like to set the display range only to the target time span, while still being able to retrieve and overlay historical data from earlier periods using a time shift.This request has also been raised multiple times in the past, including by Mr. TAKASE , and we understand that many other u

In the InField app, it is possible to add comments to photos and videos when uploading them, but it is not possible to specify the file name.The file names appear to be (probably) inherited from the default names assigned by devices such as iPhones or Android phones. In most cases, even when checking the file name later, it is difficult to tell what the file actually contains.For this reason, I believe that having a feature that allows users to freely change the file name at the time of upload would be very useful for utilizing the information later.

We need an Excel-based solution for CDF that can serve as a practical alternative to PI Datalink, which is currently widely used across existing Aker BP assets.Today, importing data from CDF through OData is possible, but it is limited and cumbersome compared with the functionality and user experience provided by PI Datalink. My experience is that OData can be made to work in Excel, but it does not provide the same efficient workflow for engineering analysis, validation, and reporting.For users unfamiliar with PI Datalink, its main strength is that Excel cells can be directly linked to data tags. These links can return:current values archived values calculated values such as average, minimum, and maximum raw values based on a timestamp or time interval time references taken from other cells in the workbookA particularly important capability is dynamic date handling. If one cell contains the date or time reference, the user can change that single cell and automatically refresh the entir

In previous versions of InField it was possible to go into a template and find all checklists that was generated from that template. The same functionality is not longer available.For finding historical data for a particular template it is very beneficial to be able to search for a certain template and find all check lists. Its easy to compare the results that have been logged for each list.A proposal for how this can be done is to add a new column in the check list section in the overview tab for “Template”. If the user can choose a template from here, it is possible to find all checklists that have been genereated from that template.  

Charts provides a variety of built‑in functions. However, aside from intuitive operators like basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), many of the other operators and functions are not very familiar.Because of this, it is often difficult to understand what kind of calculations are being performed and in what situations these functions can be useful. As a result, there are many functions that we are unable to take advantage of, simply because we cannot easily imagine their use cases.If we are overlooking functions that are actually useful, that would be a great missed opportunity. Therefore, I would really appreciate it if you could provide sample calculations and concrete use cases for these functions somewhere.Ideally, it would be fantastic to have something like built‑in help documentation for Charts functions, with direct links accessible from the Charts interface itself.

When adding data in Charts via the “+Add data”→ “Add time series”→ “Explore and select your data” the behavior using classic vs data modelling is very different.  By using a CDM extended data model we see that a series of actions related to Assets push you out of the “Explore and select your data” and into full Search. We do not see the same behavior when using classic data model.Here is a non-exhaustive list of actions that kick you out of ChartsFrom an Asset, clicking on parent, an asset from the path, or children  from the “assets” reference  From a File, clicking on any Asset reference From an annotated file, clicking on the “Open” button on the popup when you click an Asset annotation From an Activity or TimeSeries, clicking on Asset references Clicking on any Asset in the “bread crumb” trail in the  “Explore and select your data”  Clicking on the back button in the “Explore and select your data”, if the last item in the “bread crumb” is an Asset What does not kick you out:Maneuve

When clicking “+Add data” and “Add time series”, you can search for other data types, like assets. However, if you try to follow links, like parent of child asset, you are kicked out of Charts and pushed over to full Search. This means it is impossible to use the asset hierarchy to locate relevant timeseries. Similar issues are seen if you use the files (like P&ID) to enter the asset (to find the timeseries) The test was done one a CDM based data model

When a user have entered a specific tag/functional location and wants to open the P&ID for that tag it is a need to highlight the tag in the P&ID so its easy for the users to identify where the tag is in the diagram. This was enabled in our previous version of InField, but does not work anymore. In our current solution, all tags are highlighted.

When using the search functionality on desktop and handheld device it would be great if the users gets a drop down menu showing the previous search history. Often a user needs to enter or re-enter the same tags during a day and can choose a previous tag from the drop down list. Alternative is writing down tags digitally or in a notebook which are not optimal solutions.

As we are aggregating more and more activities since our go-live, we noticed a need to export more than 5000 activities from Maintain to Excel or Csv.   

There is a need to generate a check list for all functional location in the object list of a work order in SAP independent of operation. Currently it is possible to generate check list based on operations/tags. I.e if I choose one operation and click “Create and assign” I will generate a check list for all f.locs assigned to the operation.Sometimes it is a need to just get a check list for the whole work order where each f.loc in the object list is listed once. Using the current method this is not possible to get. The exisitng functionality of operation/f.loc checklists works great! This is just needed in addition to what we already have.

Many batch process customers use a long standing approach to batch management where a batch is designated the “best batch”, the benchmark all others are compared to, often called the “Golden” batch. CDF can provide batch and or other time period comparisons by using Atlas AI. This can provide key differences between batches for sure. The visualization is where there is a functionality gap. They want to see batch parameters overlaid on “Golden” parameters. I do not know how to accomplish this except with an AI driven dashboard. Attached is a basic example of output that would be useful. This was generated by co-pilot based on Atlas AI output.  

We would like to ask if the -> open button under files (see below screenshot) can be coded in such way that it can be opened in a new tab in the browser. 

As per the 3D Config feature, it should be good to have a Canvas Config option to configure the colouring for a quick highlight of the contextualization results in a Canvas for P&ID or any “plan” documents like isometrics loaded in a Canvas.In the configuration option we should be able to select attributes/data linked to the OCR captures, then in Canvas we should have a button to select and highlight all the OCR captures contextualized to PI-Tags, 3D tags, WOrkorders, SECE equipments…This option is of importance, it will avoid to check one by one each equipment in a P&ID, it will accelerate the completion of the contextualizations workflows, but not only… it’s also of importance for operations when preparing an intervention.

For classic data model, the UI can roll up timeseries from all children, which is a very useful function allowing you to reduce the amount of traversing to find all relevant timeseries. This functionality seems to be missing for data modelling. Is this functionality missing, or is it a particular requirement to the data model that we have not met in our model?It would be good to either document ​​​​​​better how to make this happen with data modelling, or reintroduce it if it is missing.  

ProblemIn checklist items today, users can only see the time series description, not the actual tag name. Because assets often have multiple associated tags, it can be difficult to determine which time series a checklist item is referencing. This is especially challenging when users click through to view trends and must manually identify the correct tag.Proposed EnhancementDisplay the time series tag name directly on the checklist item (alongside or in addition to the description).Value / BenefitsImproved operator usability: Newer or less experienced operators are not yet familiar with tag naming conventions, making it harder for them to confidently navigate from checklist items to the correct trend. Faster troubleshooting: Power users and IT frequently need to diagnose checklist or tag write‑back issues. Seeing the tag name directly eliminates the need to switch back and forth between checklists and templates to identify the correct time series. Reduced ambiguity: When multiple tags e