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Background Job | A process that runs behind the scenes without user intervention. Typical tasks for these processes may include logging, system monitoring, scheduling, exporting data, and user notifications. See Managing Background Jobs. |
BACnet | A communication protocol for Building Automation and Control (BAC) networks that leverage industry standard protocols. See Managing BACnet Objects. |
BAS | A building management system (BMS), otherwise known as a building automation system (BAS), is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building's mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems. This system is composed of both hardware and software. |
BAS Agent | An agent specific to a building automation system (BAS) that contains drivers used to communicate with BAS system. See Working with BAS Agents. |
BCU | A Building Control Unit (BCU) houses devices and objects that are used for program communication. |
Blocks | Term used to represent elements used to create formula criteria within the Formula Editor. These blocks include formula elements such as sensors, logic operators, math operators, etc. See Working with Formula Editor Blocks. |
Boolean | A data type used in computing that is algebraic in nature that looks for a status of an object (e.g. on/off, yes/no, true/false). This data type is used by BACnet objects within a BAS network. See Sensors Overview. |
Building Type | Used to identify what a building is used for within a site (e.g. laboratory, data center, hospital, hotel, etc.). See Creating a SiteSee Working with Sites in Architect. |
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Campus | A grouping of sites used for reporting and analysis within the program. |
Change Count | Number of times a rule transitioned from a faulted state to an okay state and vice versa over the duration of time specified. See Additional Rule Processing. |
Children | A data hierarchy is used throughout the program to group data. In this tree-like data organization structure child records are nested under a parent record. This structure allows reports to be generated based on the parent record that could include all associated child records currently nested under that parent record. For example, you can run a report for your entire building (parent) which includes reception, laboratory, and manufacturing (all children). |
Client | A customer of a company that can only be associated with one company. The following is an example of data hierarchy in the program starting with the largest grouping to the smallest.
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Company | A company is a grouping that houses all data for a specific company and can have more than one client. The following is an example of data hierarchy in the program starting with the largest grouping to the smallest.
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Conditional Formatting | Method used to highlight cells or ranges of cells to help you visually detect critical issues and identify patterns or trends. When the criteria is met, the cell range is formatted. See Conditional Formatting. |
Contact | An individual who works with the client is referred to as a client contact. This individual may also be used for contacting, if needed. See Adding a Client Contact to a Service Request. |
Current Period Faults | The number of times an object falls in and out of fault within the specified time period used to track key performance indicators (KPI). For example, if a fault has gone in and out of fault three times within that time period, this counts as 3. If the fault has stayed in fault during the time period, then this would count as 1. See Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). |
Custom Rule | A rule within the program defines a set of facts, rules, and constraints that are used to gauge performance scoring criteria and event notification of devices in real-time, providing a quick analysis on how equipment is operating and performing while sending alerts when critical events and alarms occur. When using an existing rule you can make changes to the rule to meet your business needs. When the rule is changed it is no longer a system (pre-defined) rule, but is now classified as a custom (user-defined) rule. For more information, see Rules. |
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Target Count | Numeric value that represents a goal (target) that's used to represent the target count needed for optimal performance and efficiency within the Inspection Report. See Reporting. |
Target Range | Time frame of month and year that is used for goal (target) calculations to gauge optimal performance and efficiency within the Inspection Report. See Reporting . |
Technician | A person who performs work on a client's site. See Working with Technicians. |
Time-series Data | Data collected from a BAS system (listed or graphed) in time order over a period of time. |
Time Zone | Used to determine how data is displayed and appointments are scheduled based on the time zone selected. Time zones allow you to set different time zones for different company'scompanies, if needed so the data is relevant to their location. See Creating a SiteSee Working with Sites in Architect. |
Trend Interval | Setting used to determine how often in minutes new data is collected. See Setting the Trend Interval. |
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