When you create a Time Series project, you define the initial real entity and, optionally, the schedule for generating new entities automatically. The schedule is typically set up to coincide with when you receive data feeds. You can also manually generate a new entity on an as-needed basis.
A Time Series project contains:
Time Series Analysis entities and attributes can be referenced by multiple projects. In other words, it is possible for the same entity or attribute to be included in multiple Baseline Analysis, Time Series Analysis, or Quality Analysis projects.
Guidelines: Note the following when
creating Time Series projects:
- Each time you run a Time Series job, a new Time Series entity is created which
you view by:
- Clicking the Entities tab
- Opening a Time Series project in the Navigation View and expanding the Entity Generations folder
- Opening a Project View of the Time Series project
- Each time a new entity generation is added to a Time Series project, the entity keeps the name of the source entity and is displayed in the Navigation View with a unique reference number. (In a Time Series Project View, the entities also display the unique reference number of the original entity; for example (37 1), where 37 is the unique number of the Time Series generation and 1 is the reference number of the source entity.)
- If you change the location of the data source by editing the loader connection in the Repository Manager, the data loaded into subsequent entity generations will reflect the updated data source.
- You can monitor data compliance and basic metadata for a data source over time by copying the business rules you set to the next occurrence of an entity, giving you access to compliance trending data.
- A user can be allowed or denied certain Time Series project permissions (such as read, create, and edit) in a Windows-authenticated environment. For more information about object security, see Using Windows Authentication Security.
- Alternate ways to create a Time Series Project
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The following are alternate methods used to create a Time Series Analysis project:
- From any entity in the Control Center, including input and output entities in a Quality project.
- When working in a Quality project, adding a Quality Analysis process generates a Time Series Analysis project. Each time the process is run a new entity generation is produced in the associated Time Series project. For more information about working with the Analysis process, see Using the Analysis Process and Adding an Analysis Process.
Note: If the Analysis process is deleted from the Quality project, the associated Time
Series project remains as an independent Time Series project.
To create a Time Series Analysis project