Arthur Ria
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110 lines
4.8 KiB
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title: "Data Analytics"
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type: module
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sources:
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- areas/data_analytics/index.md
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related:
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- modules/labor-management.md
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- modules/aps3d.md
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- concepts/transactions.md
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- concepts/warehouse-designer.md
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last_compiled: "2026-04-10"
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---
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# Data Analytics
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## Overview
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The Data Analytics module provides a business intelligence (BI) platform integrated into Easy WMS. It enables users to create custom dashboards with widgets displaying real-time and consolidated warehouse KPIs, share dashboards across teams, and configure metric-driven alarms.
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The module is architected around **metrics groups** (data collection rules), **widgets** (individual visualizations), and **dashboards** (composed views). Standard pre-built dashboards are available for Easy WMS, Labor Management, and APS3D.
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## Key capabilities
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- Real-time and consolidated metric groups (hourly history vs. current snapshot)
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- Widget library: 50+ widget types covering shipping, receiving, inventory, locations, equipment
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- Custom dashboard creation: drag-and-drop widget placement, grouping, and filters
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- Dashboard sharing/publishing: share dashboards to specific user groups or departments
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- Pre-built dashboards: standard dashboards for logistics best practices (Easy WMS, LMS, APS3D)
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- Metric group management: enable/disable updates, change schedule
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- Alarms: configure alerts per widget, delivered in-widget or by email
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- Multi-device: PC, unattended screens (cyclic display), and mobile phones
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- Developer extension: metric groups created via EasyBuilder; dashboards created via SmartUI
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## Architecture
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### Data model
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```
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Metric groups (definition + update script + frequency + purge period)
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→ Metrics (calculated values)
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→ Widgets (visualization components)
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→ Dashboards (composed views)
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→ Published dashboards (shared with user groups)
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```
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### Metric group types
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| Type | Update frequency | Data retention |
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|------|-----------------|----------------|
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| Consolidated | Hours | Full history (purged after configured period) |
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| Real-time | Minutes | Only latest value (no history) |
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**Metric gatherer service**: background service that executes update scripts on schedule and handles history purging.
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### Widget categories (by business process)
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Widgets are classified by:
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- **Business process**: Shipping, Receiving, Locations, Inventory, Labor, etc.
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- **Display type**: area chart, curve area, stacked area, 100% stacked, tab, trend tab, ring chart, pie chart, bar chart, stacked bar, line chart, curved line, tree map, dynamic table
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Real-time widgets display current operational status. Consolidated widgets display historical performance trends.
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### Standard dashboards per module
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| Module | Available dashboards |
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|--------|---------------------|
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| Easy WMS | Shipping performance, Shipping service level, Shipping statistics, Receiving, Inventory, etc. |
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| Labor Management | Productivity, efficiency, utilization per operator/team/shift |
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| APS3D | Shuttle utilization, channel occupancy, order throughput |
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### Publishing model
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Any user can create personal dashboards. Publishing makes a dashboard available to a specific group of users (appears in their menu). Creators distribute dashboards without others needing to rebuild them.
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## Configuration
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### Metric group management (PC — Data Analytics menu)
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- View all metric groups with current schedule and enabled status
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- Enable/disable metric updates per group
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- Change update schedule
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- Metric group definitions require EasyBuilder (developer access)
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### Dashboard creation and design
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1. Access Dashboards view (Data Analytics menu)
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2. Create new dashboard → enter basic info (name, description)
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3. Enter design mode: select and arrange widgets from catalog
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4. Apply filters and configure groupings
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5. Save and optionally publish to user groups
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### Alarm configuration
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Per widget:
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- Set threshold values for KPI breaches
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- Configure delivery: in-widget alert and/or email
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- Multiple alarms per widget supported
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## Operations
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### Dashboard display modes
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- **PC**: standard interactive dashboard with drill-down and filter capabilities
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- **Unattended screen**: cyclic display of widgets on large monitors (warehouse floor screens)
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- **Mobile phone**: responsive widget display for managers on the move
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### Slotting heat map (cross-module)
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When the Slotting module is installed, the warehouse 2D map enables a **location heat map** showing picking activity intensity. This is powered by Data Analytics metrics for activity per location.
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## Related
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- [[labor-management]] — LMS provides the data for Labor Management standard dashboards
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- [[aps3d]] — APS3D shuttle and channel data available as widgets in Data Analytics
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- [[transactions]] — Transaction data feeds consolidated metric calculations
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- [[warehouse-designer]] — Warehouse 2D heat map (Slotting-powered) visible in Warehouse Designer
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