Sample: Shift based report for energy delivered.

Note: When business hours is configured for an application, all visualizations will be based on the set of data fetched for the business hour.

Features Using Business Hours/Shifts

1. Reports  

You can apply business hours/shifts to reports to show only the data recorded during working hours. (e.g., daily energy usage from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

1. Dashboards & Widgets
   

You can use business hours/shifts in widgets to display metrics automatically, such as machine uptime or occupancy, only during operating hours.

1. KPI Datapoints
   

You can link business hours/shifts to KPI datapoints to calculate metrics like total production or power consumption during business hours of a particular day/week/time period.

Configuring Business Hours  

1. Access the End Application.
   
2. Click on the Setup icon to display the setup options page.
   
3. Click General, and Application Settings in the left pane.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Business Hours tab.
   
   
   
   
5. Click Add Business Hours.
   
   
   
   Note: We can configure business hours across days for 24 hours. e.g. 8 a.m. to next day 8 a.m.
   
   
6. Select the week start day in the Week Starts On drop down list.
   
7. Select the Days and the Time Range as desired.
   
8. Click Add.
   

Image: Configured Business Hours

Note: When editing business hours, the changes should take effect from the configured date onward. Currently, any modification to the time applies retroactively to previous data as well.

Configuring Shifts  

Note: You can configure up to 4 shifts in a business hour.

1. Access the End Application.
   
2. Click on the Setup icon to display the setup options page.
   
3. Click General and Application Settings in the left pane.
   
4. Click the Shifts tab.
   
5. Click Add Shifts.
   
6. Provide the Shift Group Name.
   
7. Provide the individual shift name, and configure the day of the week and timing for the shift.
   
   
   
   
8. Click on the + icon to configure more individual shifts within the group.
   
9. Click Save.
   

Note:

1. The shift hours must be inside the selected business hour.                    
   
2. Maximum of 4 shifts can be created in a business hour.
   
3. Maximum of 2 break hours can be created in a shift.
   

Image: Configured Shifts

How Business Hour/ Shifts Influences Other IoT Functions

Sample use cases

1. Ensure you select the Scheduled KPI Datapoint, and the Schedule option for Execute Interval.

2. Select End of Business Day or End of Shifts to select the day or shifts after which the value has to be calculated and stored for the data point.

3. Click Add.

Note: When Shifts are enabled in the KPI Datapoint, the Shift option can be selected when configuring the datapoint. 

Note: In the case of a KPI Datapoint, if an existing KPI is configured with a time range of 8:00 a.m. to next day 8:00 a.m. and is currently in use (Monday). And then you configure a new time range of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m for the next day (Tuesday).

The system will calculate and display KPI data for that day based on the new 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m schedule.

However, for the previous days, the KPI data calculated using the earlier 8:00 a.m. to next day 8:00 a.m. configuration will remain unchanged, as it was already computed.