National Instruments has released its LabVIEW DataFinder Toolkit, an extension of the LabVIEW graphical system design platform that reportedly allows engineers and scientists search and find valued data faster.
The company claimed that the toolkit enhances LabVIEW by adding an internet-like search functionality that indexes and stores the properties of time-based measurement files, making the process of finding data of interest effective than the traditional approach of loading all files into memory and manually scanning the results.
The toolkit can also be combined with the company’s DataFinder Server Edition to extend the same search technology to servers, so large groups or departments can share or analyse their data, the company stated.
With the new offering, engineers and scientists can reportedly create custom, deployable data management applications using DataFinder, an off-the-shelf data index that stores metadata and properties stored in test files.
The company said that engineers and scientists then can search DataFinder using its DIAdem software for offline post-processing or with their own custom applications, built using the new offering. The toolkit can be used to perform simple keyword searches or advanced parametric searches such as finding channel data that exceeds a limit on a particular day or using a particular sensor.
Using DataPlugin technology, the toolkit is compatible with any file format and works natively with Technical Data Management (TDM) and Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) files, the company claimed.
The company further claimed that to provide data management functionality to large groups, the toolkit can be combined with the company’s DataFinder Server Edition software, which is loaded onto a server to index files for faster search.
