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Extrapolation Function

Hello

I was wondering if there would be a way to implement an linear extraploation function which would allow the user to extrapolate between two linear points?

For input I would image the function would need data between two data points of a channel and how far out (or in or both) the end user would like to extrapolate.

I have created my own function but it would be neat to have one available in DIAdem to quickly select some data points on a curve.

Attached is a copy of my function

Save Data optimized in Navigator

Text as table

In specification for MME files is defined that "Additional descriptors" are written with "." dot as first character of descriptors.

In Diadem the properties of channel cant begin with ".", so diadem replaces it with "_", but Diadem MME data plugin loads MME files without these properties.

Could you please implement it that it will load these descriptors as well?

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Now when i export data by MME export plugin, its doesnt collect and save Additional descriptors and after calling the function 'DataFileSave("", "MMEExport")' i must manually open each file created, parse it and add Additional descriptors by checking each line of the file. I got problem there when i got files with lot of values, because using functions "TextfileWriteLn" or methods of Scripting.FileSystemObject takes really long time.

If the data plugin export all descriptors, it would solve the problem im facing.

For example channel with 500.000 values takes minutes to "recreate" the file with just few new lines added.

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Stacked Bar Chart

It would be nice to have the Report panel included stacked bar charts. When looking at a number of inputs to a process while changing those inputs, it's helpful to easily see the relative contribution of each input to the total output.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/DIAdem/Bar-Chart-with-moret-hen-1-Channel/m-p/3152564/highlight/true#M20550

I created a service request asking for a way to do this after reading the documentation and the person that answered the request confirmed that there's currently no way to do this. He also recomended that I posted the information here, in order to include this feature in future versions of DIAdem / DataPlugins.

The file path I want my dataplugins to obtain is the path of the dataplugin’s own script file, including the filename. For example: if my dataplugin is named “ABCD.vbs”, then I would like that dataplugin to find out its own absolute path, which may be something like “C:\Dataplugins\ABCD.vbs”. Having a way to do that would save us the trouble of hardcoding it and keeping track of the path if it changes for every single dataplugin.

For scripts that run on the Windows Script Host we can use Wscript.ScriptFullName to obtain it and for scripts that are run in DIAdem’s scripting context we can concatenate the DIAdem variables CurrentScriptPath and CurrentScriptName. What I want is to have that same functionality but for dataplugins.

Line Highlighting

The new Event Search in 2015 is nice. But it does miss one feature. The need to allow output of the original value if TRUE, or better yet, a function calculation. Right now, the Event Search only allows a static numerical value to be entered when the condition is TRUE, then another function call like Multiple from the original channel and the Event Search channel has to be performed to create a "filtered" channel of the original values. Having functions for both the TRUE and FALSE conditions could hep with filtering and charting. a 0 result for false isn't always the best option.

Clear Data Portal

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There is obviously a problem converting time Strings like 1.5.2015 correctly to time data and back. Everything works well as long as Day and Month have really both two digits. As long as this is not fullfilled, the conversion is wrong when the TTR is then used like this:

D2AXISXBEGIN=TTR(ZeitMin_,"#DD.MM.YYYY")

Then 2000 years missing and the date arriving the report is 1.5.0015 what is in fact slightly different. I off course programmed a workaround filling up the "0" in front of a one digit day and month, but that shout be done by the TTR correctly.

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Hello,

Because it is only possible to play a driven route including graphs in the DIAdem VIEW and the cursor is hardly visible in this view it would be a good feature if it is possible to change the cursor style/cursor line thickness. See the attached video for an example of the hardly visible cursor.

With kind regards,

Stijn

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Not having the DataFinder index anything except NI's folders by default on install would be extremely convenient. Optionally, this could also be a setting chosen on install.

Each of our users who installs the application immediately has every MS Excel file from their 'My Documents' folder indexed, which wouldn't really hurt anything except that most of these MS Excel files aren't true 'data' files. In my experience, most Excel files rarely store anything as simple as what could be stored in text-tab delimited format, so aren't easily or usefully indexed, so seems to confuse the DataFinder as it is unable to close them automatically once opened.

The results is dozens to hundreds of Excel.exe processes running in the background, until the machine runs out of memory or files, so we have had to make a point to disable all datafinder indexing on each and every install. We've scripted this process into our standard configuration, but if the user doesn't contact us right away, they suffer greatly from performance issues and blame DIAdem (rightly so).

I suspect that anyone who wants to use the DataFinder would want to do some manual configuration to specific folders, dataplugins, times of day to index, etc. which would make requiring setup perfectly acceptable to users who want to use it (and not waste resources for those that don't).

-Josh

Add block comment/uncomment

Add a scripting console window

During script development I'm finding I often want to run little one-off scripts to get some insight into the environment at that particular point in time. Stuff like...

LogFileWrite(ItemInfoGet("MyGlobal"))

or maybe iterating through a collection to see what it contains.

Currently I have to open a new script window, type up my script, and execute it. This gets to be a headache as I have several temporary script windows open each with a different command I want to use. It would be nice to have a script console tab available in the watch window where I could type in the commands and have them execute immediately. Alternatively, an option to highlight a section of a script and execute only that section would allow me to bunch all my commands into a single temporary window.

Merge two element list

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DIAdem Idea Exchange

Number of COM ports a usable Baudrate in DIAdem 2018

Expand the coordian window by 1 / dx

Extrapolation Function

Save Data optimized in Navigator

Text as table

Add numeric displays to VIEW area

MME data plugins & Additional descriptors

Stacked Bar Chart

Code completion for GetReference method

It would be useful to have a way for dataplugins to obtain their file path programatically

Line Highlighting

Event Search with Variable Value Rather than just Static Value

Clear Data Portal

Bug in the RTT and TTR function

Change cursor style/cursor line thickness - DIAdem VIEW

Default DataFinder Indexing Disabled

"auto complete" also for global Variables

Add block comment/uncomment

Add a scripting console window

Merge two element list