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September 30, 2026
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Search & Charts: Data Modeling time series appears in Default categories but does not work correctly

  • September 30, 2026
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In Flows (Search and Charts), a Data Modeling time series shows up under the Default categories (Classic data model time series) by default. When selected in Search it appears with incomplete metadata (including an empty External ID) and cannot be added to a chart (“You can only add time series with external IDs to a chart”), even though the underlying time series does have an external ID.

The same time series can also be found under Other categories, where it works as expected: the External ID is shown and the time series can be plotted.

The confusing part is that users are presented with the non-working version by default, and there is no obvious indication that they should instead select the time series from another category. Since both entries appear to represent the same time series, I would consider this a UI bug or an inconsistency between how Classic and SDM time series are surfaced in Search & Charts.

 

 

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Markus Pettersen
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MVP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 30, 2026

This mix causes confusion among our end users and is the source of unnecessary noise

Sofie Svartdal Berge
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Expert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September 30, 2026

Hi! 
Due to how time series (and Files) are stored, they are accessible with the asset-centric/Classic APIs as well as Data modeling. 

If you are in a hybrid project, and have not defined your locations, you can see both and we can not change this. In “default category” you will then see the base metadata of the Time series (and Files), and not any properties from the view schema. 

We strongly advice to use locations if you are in a hybrid project set up, where the locations are not spanning asset-centric/classic and Data Modeling. If you have pure locations with either only asset-centric/classic or Data modeling, then you will not see default and other categories. 

 

Regards, 

Sofie

HaakonAuthor
Seasoned ⭐️⭐️
September 30, 2026

Thanks for the prompt reply Sofie! 

Is it possible to change the default location in a tenant? So that we could have classic as a secondary option in the interim before it’s retired.