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We are really excited to announce today the release of a new time killer module: Strategy. We have been working for more than 18 months to propose you a very powerful tool to automate every single task you 're used to do very often, sometimes a hundred times. We added to Niagara a Workflow mechanism where you describe with blocks what the system should do (instead of you) like creating a view for every each floor, adding and parametrizing a metering synthesis, creating a link between a schedule and some control points... The workflow is entirely based on the model you use for describing your data.
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No, not necessarily. From our Niagara distributor experience, we noticed that System Integrator looses a lot of time on site on repetitive tasks and from a lack of structure in their integration process. Standardizing the way a station is programmed has been our focus since with a common methodology and a common nomenclature. But you might already have some models that you re-use and adapt from site to site. Strategy is therefore designed to work also independently. You can record your different programing steps once (like the creation of a logic), so the system builds the workflow automatically like an Excel macro. And you can modify your macro in Niagara without writing a single line of code!
You will be able to create a lot of utility macros and to enjoy the ones we will propose in the future so you can save quite some a lot of time.
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- Create a Node like a meeting room, an office, a group of meters... by drawing a polygon on a plan
- Assign every asset (equipment, point...) under that polygon directly to the Node
- Select one of the assets under the zone to give it a specific behavior. Example: define this equipment as a master of the zone or linking a schedule to many devices.
When you combine the Node Drawer with Strategies, you can build very advanced and automatic use cases that stay simple for the end user.
What are you waiting for?
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