Introduction

The Data Rules section of an individual machine's settings form allows you to customize certain behaviors of your machine based off the data that MachineMetrics is collecting. 

To configure the Data Rules for a particular machine:

1. Navigate to the Machines Page by selecting Machines in the sidebar navigation menu.
2. Select the desired machine from the Machine Switcher
3. Click the Settings Cog Icon to access the selected machine's Settings form.
4. On the left side of the Settings page, select Data Rules. 

Topics covered in this article:

• Configuring Data Rules
• Selecting the Correct Part Count Metric/Path

Configuring Data Rules

After selecting Data Rules, you will see the following options:

• Program Metric - This field is used to display the program metric in the Dashboard. Configuration and use of this field should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager.
• Select Part Count Metric - This allows you to specify a path for MachineMetrics to use for counting parts. See this article for more information on paths and what they do.
• Warmup Programs - This field allows you to list the names of any programs that are part of the machine warm-up operations. When the machine is running the programs listed in this field, MachineMetrics will treat and display the machine as inactive. If more than one program is listed in this field, the program names must be separated by a semicolon (;). Configuration and use of this field should be discussed with your MachineMetrics Customer Success Manager.

Click the Save Changes button to save your changes to the Data Rules.

Selecting the Correct Part Count Metric/Path

If one or more of your machines are counting too many parts, you might have too many/the wrong part counter selected. In order to fix this, change the option selected by the Select Part Count Metric drop-down. You can leave this as "Default" if you wish to detect all parts from all counters, or you can change this to the part metric that matches the one on the machine that you wish to use for counting parts as shown below.

By selecting a specific part counting metric, your machine will only count parts when that metric increases. If after making this change you see that you are missing part counts, please confirm that the M-code that increments your control's part counter is included on that path for all programs.

Click the Save Changes button to save your changes to the Data Rules.