Open Automation Solution
Niagara Data Service™
Niagara Data Service™ extends API-based access to contextualized data aggregated by the Niagara Framework®. Historical data that originates from on-premise control networks is made accessible via the Niagara Cloud management portal and APIs.
Niagara Data Service includes read-write APIs that can be programmed to remotely push changes in near real-time to Niagara supervisory control, just as an on-premises Supervisor might do in response to observed conditions.
Live Read and Write APIs empower developers to seamlessly integrate with the Niagara Cloud Suite platform in real time. Whether you’re building custom applications, automating workflows, or enhancing existing features, these APIs offer unparalleled flexibility and speed.
PREREQUISITES
Niagara Data Service and access to the Niagara Cloud Management Portal require an active Niagara Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). The end-customer should be updated to a current, supported release of Niagara Framework with all the latest cyber-threat protections applied. This is to help safeguard data at the network edge and is another aspect of Tridium’s ‘Secure by Default’ policy for all Niagara Framework offerings.
NIAGARA DATA SERVICE KEY FEATURES
- No Add-On Gateways
- Any building equipped with JACE devices and Niagara software already has what is needed to support Niagara Data Service
- Does not expand cyber threat landscape with new hardware gateways to Internet
- Clean, Contextualized Data
- Trend data accessed from Niagara Supervisors and JACE® controllers maintains tags and relations. Tags applied once at the BMS level can be used to drive multiple analytics and AI/machine-learning algorithms
- Supports the building owner’s data ownership rights
- Data Model Export Via API
- Query directly from dashboards and analytics tools of customer choice
- Live Read and Write Via API
- Enables seamless workflows that rely on interactive data exchange between overlay applications and Niagara supervisory control
- Alarms Management User Interface
- UI enables querying alarms by device or project, as well as adding notes to an alarm, exporting device alarm information and filtering alarms
- Alarms Service API
- Enables the querying of the alarms database for alarm histories, alarm states, and alarm counts
API ARCHITECTURE
- Built-in API support secure extraction and import of Niagara data to preferred 3rd-party business intelligence and data modeling tools
- One cloud storage location allowing for multiple 3rd-parties to access Niagara fully contextualized data. No need for gateways.
- Predefined JSON payloads for cloud export which saves time, makes it scalable, and reduces errors.
CONTEXTUALIZED DATA FOR TREND ANALYSIS
- Eases Data Normalization and Integration for all Downstream applications
- Upload, store, analyze Niagara histories with model data
- Flexibility & Productivity
- View histories from On-Prem Niagara Station via Station WebChart on-demand
- Meet Data Ownership Requirements
- Copy of data can be stored locally and managed as archive. Up to user’s discretion
- Tridium does not own or use the end user’s data
- Cost Control and Simplified Billing
- Match cost to expected usage. Tiered pricing based on quantity of data stored and quantity of queries
NIAGARA CLOUD SUITE MANAGEMENT PORTAL
- Easy data and subscription management
- Built-in charting, shareable with customers
- Management Portal for all future Niagara Cloud Suite services
- Web-based tool for organization of subscribed systems
- Management by customer, by user and by role
- Built-in query and dashboarding tools enable quick data analysis and visualization
