Glossary

Drill down

Drill-down refers to the process of changing the view. Starting from an aggregated level, which tends to show an overview of a large section, to a high-resolution, more detailed data level, e.g. individual measurement data.

PDC format

The PDC format is a special archive format in the context of ibaAnalyzer.

PDC stands for "Process Data Container". These files are normal ZIP archives with a different file extension, but otherwise the same functionality as the standard archives.

The advantage of these files is that the .pdc extension is registered by ibaAnalyzer and the files can be opened by double-clicking in Windows Explorer. This allows ibaAnalyzer to be set as the default application for these files.

Time period

Time periods mark a range of time inside a time-based HD store. The time period data is generated by ibaPDA and stored as a table in the ibaHD-Server. Time period data is useful for storing and labeling production data for analysis purposes or for marking data belonging to work shifts.

The start and end times and a unique identifier are stored for each time period. In addition to these standard parameters, calculated values or metadata from the production system can also be stored to enrich the information. You can then use the data for filtering or for any type of statistical process analysis.