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When searching for data in Charts, you are often "kicked" out and over to Search

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  • February 27, 2026
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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

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danielferraz
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  • danielferraz
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  • March 2, 2026

Hi ​@Gunnar Andreas. 

Thanks for the ticket here. To help us understand the issue you are facing, could you please provide a screen recording? 

Thanks in advance.

Daniel Ferraz.

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    I maneuver to the asset, select the P&ID, click on the new asset I want to maneuver to, and then open

      danielferraz
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      • danielferraz
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      • March 5, 2026

      Hi ​@Gunnar Andreas 

      If you find the specific asset of interest through using the Asset category, and not the File category, would that solve the issue you are facing?

      When finding the asset of interest through the Asset category, you will be able to find relevant time series in the Charts app without being kicked out (see screen recording attached)

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      • Gunnar Andreas
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      • March 5, 2026

      A typical workflow is that you are looking for a timeseries that is close to the timeseries you have already included, which is why using the P&ID is so powerful.

      What works is:

      • Click on the P&IDs file icon for the timeseries that is “closest” to the one you want to include. This opens the CogniteFiles for the CogniteAsset the timeseries you started from is linked to.
      • Switching to Tree view and then select the new asset from there keeps you in Charts. It also works if you switch to the extended View (assuming you have extended CDM)

      What doesn’t work is to select it via the CogniteAsset links (parent or children). That kicks you out of Charts and routes you to the full Search.

      Yes, this is a way of avoiding the problem with the P&ID, but it is a very poor substitute since the timeseries you are looking for is most likely in the same (or adjacent) P&ID, but in a different subsystem in your asset hierarchy, meaning that finding it from the asset hierarchy is very hard (eg, a heat exchanger can have T sensors in system 23 for gas and 45 for cooling medium, which makes it impossible to find the correct once via the asset hierarchy  )

      ​​​​​​​I’m relatively sure this is linked to how Charts is interpreting our CDM based data model since this works well with classic data model

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