CUBE Client comms – gRPC vs Eventing vs Polling

.NET Remoting is still the default communication type in DataMiner 10.4 and will remain supported even in 10.5, but gRPC is indeed recommended. .NET Remoting has 2 ways of operating: …

Scoping session variable using InitVar

Hi Bing, Session variables can have one of the following scopes: Current DataMiner Cube session (default scope) Current DataMiner Cube card Current Visio page Current workspace To change the scope, …

Exporting Dashboard to PDF Using Web Services API C#

Hi Geovanny Generating a PDF is process with multiple steps, one of which is stitching the different parts together using the ComposePDF call you found. While it is technically possible to …

Issues installing Visual Studio 2022 Templates

Hi Stephen, As Davor pointed out, this can occur when the DIS extension is installed on a Visual Studio version that is outdated. Updating Visual Studio to the latest version …

How to create a custom alarm property

Hi Jeffrey, You can find the steps detailed in the help: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Basic_Functionality/Alarms/Working_with_alarms/Changing_custom_alarm_properties.html The page also contains a link to a video showing you how to do this.

LCA – use new Dom instance data in script

Hi Robin, I’m assuming you are using the functionality in LCA to execute a script after you save the form. I’m not sure if you can pass the form data …

QAction not trigger

Hi Muhammad, QAction 211 will only be triggered if the value of parameter 211 changes, maybe that is not changing, while others are.

Networking Visuals

Double click on the table column cell.  This opens the parameter detailed page.  Hover over the ID:XXXX  text to get the column DMA ID, Element ID, and Parameter ID.

Dataminer webservices v1, filtering alarms

Hi, follow these steps: Save your alarm filter by clicking the save icon. Send a GetAlarms web service request using your saved alarm filter as a filter item.