Event data

Event data is any data that you want to measure about an event. Data comes from many sources, and it must be transformed into a format that can be used by IBM® Predictive Maintenance and Quality.

For example, if the event is recording an inspection result, you might want to record: who was the inspector, when did the event take place, which product lot was it based on, and what was the result of the inspection?

IBM Integration Bus transforms data into a format that can be used in IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality.

IBM Integration Bus has a visual interface that you use to map the data structure of the source data into the expected format.

The loading of event data involves the following steps:

1. In IBM Integration Bus, define the content and format of the event information that is coming in.
2. Map the data into the format that is expected by IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality. You can use the graphical mapper, or for more complicated mappings, you can use a programming language such as Java™.
3. A message flow is provided to load data from a file. To use this flow, specify the file and location, and set a predefined time interval for checking the location. The file can be in a comma separated value format, for more information, see File format and location. However, by modifying a message flow, other formats such as XML are supported.

The data is processed:

• The data structure is brought into the correct format, then ported into event tables in the data store.
• The KPI and profile tables are calculated. KPIs are used in predictive models or in reports.
• This information is used to call a scoring service to receive a recommendation that is based on the current state of the event.
• The predictive model to be used is defined.

For information about the file locations and names and file format, see File format and location.