INM101: AspenTech Inmation: System Administration

This training will introduce you to the features and functionality of the inmation backend and the inmation frontend applications. It will show you how to install and configure the system; connect to different data sources and servers; access and display both Realtime and Historical data; and connect to the system through outside interfaces. It will also to introduce you to the LuaScripting engine and the flexibility it offers to customize the system to your needs

Audience:

  • Those designated as inmation system administrators

  • Anyone who needs to configure datasources and objects to the system

  • IT supervisors who need to gain an overview of the distributed inmation software architecture and the demands it will place on their networks

  • System integrators

  • Anyone involved in technical evaluation of products

 

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    INM101

  • Duration:

    3 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    2.1

  • Level:

    Introductory

Benefits

  • Obtaining a thorough understanding of inmation will help you to extract maximum value from your investment in this product

  • Training will help you to provide maximum security and scalability for your data and data models

  • Attending training will make for a smoother and more cost-effective implementation whether you do the implementation yourself or are in a supervisory role

 

Approach

  • The training is a 3 day, comprehensive, introductory course for inmation administrators

  • Short lecture sessions focused on concepts and terminology

  • Structured hands-on lab exercises that promote lasting learning experiences

Pre-requisites

  • Although the course does not assume any prior experience with inmation, those attendees that already have a working familiarity with the product will also benefit by discovering how the inmation software components integrate together.

Agenda

General Introduction

SegmentContent Description

Usage

What is system:inmation?

What is problem it does address?

What is enterprise:inmation?

Infrastructure

Components and their tasks

Network architecture

Active vs. passive components

Installation

FullSetup vs NodeSetup

32bit vs 64bit

Manual installation

Differences inmation.exe & WebAPI

Packages

Component Configuration

Basic configuration of components

MasterCore / Local Core / Connector

Key Concepts

SegmentContent Description

Performance Counters

Performance visualization options

Most-used performance metrics

Data Flow and Storage

TimeSeries data, Realtime vs. History

Events

ProductionTracking

Log

Security

Role based security model

Active Directory based authentication

Connectivity

SegmentContent Description

Managed Datasources

OPC Classic DA / HDA

OPC UA Realtime and Historical

Eventstream datasources (OPC A&E, OPC UA A+C)

Event structure in MongoDB

PLC Datasource

Common Datasource Concepts

Browsing and browsing rules

Connector Redundancy

Datasources with Script Support

Dropzone

Relational database as datasource - ODBC

Cloud based data intake with MQTT datasource

Lua Scripting

SegmentContent Description

General Introduction

Lua.org

Lua in components (Core, Connector)

Lua as Advanced Endpoints (WebAPI)

Examples math and string operations

Basic Lua Scripting

Initialization, lifetime, and execution

Data types

Lua table vs JSON

Calculations in GenericItems/ActionItems

syslib functions

Concept: Custom Lua libraries

Included libraries

Commonly used libraries

ESI Community

Consumer Interfaces

SegmentContent Description

OPC Classic Server

Network Infrastructure

Configuration options in Server Model

Setting up user access (COM/DCOM)

Connect 3rd party client

OPC UA Server

Network Infrastructure

Configuration options in Server Model

Setting up user access (Anonymous, Profile, Certificates)

Connect 3rd party client

Web API Introduction

Basic Usage

Network Infrastructure

Configuration options in Server Model

Standard Endpoints and Swagger

Authentication Mechanisms

Setting up user access

Web Studio Overview

Register for a Class

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Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.