Use the Uptime Grouping feature to give a clearer, faster Timeline
Introduction
The Timeline view gives minute-by-minute traceability of machine uptimes and downtimes throughout the day and night. This is fantastic for production visibility, but can result in a large amount of data being shown when your machines are running lots of short cycles.
To give a cleaner look and to improve loading speeds, we've introduced an "Uptime Grouping" feature that will group close-together uptimes into a single block of green, like you can see pictured below.
Uptime Grouping Disabled:
Uptime Grouping Enabled:
How do I enable it?
You can enable Uptime Grouping using the toggle at the top of the Timeline.
The toggle position will be remembered by your browser, so even if you refresh the page, it will persist your selection.
The toggle position only applies to your computer, and will not affect other users - it is a setting saved on your computer within your web browser.
What will I see?
When uptimes are grouped together, you will see the text on the green rectangle change to say "GROUPED UPTIME". It will tell you the total end-to-end time and the count of individual uptimes that have been grouped together.
How does it work?
The Uptime Grouping feature does not change the underlying data, but simply makes it easier to view on the Timeline. The grouping is applied based upon your downtime popup duration (the one that triggers a popup on the tablet). By default, this is 5 minutes but can be adjusted.
Any downtime that is shorter than your downtime popup duration will cause the uptimes either side of it to be grouped together by the "Uptime Grouping" feature.
If a downtime is longer than the downtime popup duration, it will prevent the uptimes either side of it being grouped together.
Can you give an example?
Here is an example of two uptimes separated by a long downtime, lasting over an hour. These two uptimes will not be grouped together as the downtime duration is too long.
Contrastingly, here are two uptimes separated by a downtime lasting only 55 seconds. These two downtimes will be grouped together by the "Uptime Grouping" feature as the downtime popup duration (in this case, 5 minutes) exceeds the short 55 second downtime.
Any questions?
If you have any questions then please feel free to get in touch with our support team by emailing support@fourjaw.com