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general:industrial_app_store_faq [2021/03/01 12:21] – [How can I find out if my organization is using the Industrial App Store?] sugeneral:industrial_app_store_faq [2023/09/28 13:27] (current) – [Where is data stored?] su
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 ===== What is the Industrial App Store? ==== ===== What is the Industrial App Store? ====
  
-The Industial App Store is an online marketplace for industrial applications. Industrial Apps typically perform visualization and analysis functions on industrial process time-series data (e.g. pressures, temperatures, choke postions, tank levels, flow-rates, etc...) and/or Alarm & Event data (e.g. outputs from monitors on SCADA, DCS, and ESD systems).+The Industrial App Store is an online marketplace for industrial applications. Industrial Apps typically perform visualization and analysis functions on industrial process time-series data (e.g. pressures, temperatures, choke positons, tank levels, flow-rates, etc...) and/or Alarm & Event data (e.g. outputs from monitors on SCADA, DCS, and ESD systems).
  
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 App Store Connect runs as a windows service on your corporate network (it's the only installation you need to do).  App Store Connect runs as a windows service on your corporate network (it's the only installation you need to do). 
  
-Once set-up, it acts a data conduit routing queries from Industrial App Store users to data sources configured on your App Store Connection. This video provides a good introduction...+Once set-up, it acts as a data conduit routing queries from Industrial App Store users to data sources configured on your App Store Connection. This video provides a good introduction...
  
  
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 App Store Connect has already been approved for use by a number of blue chip clients and we're ready to work with your Digital Security Team. App Store Connect has already been approved for use by a number of blue chip clients and we're ready to work with your Digital Security Team.
  
-For starters, here's an overview of our [[https://www.intelligentplant.com/datasheets/IAS-Digital%20Security-Key%20Features.pdf|Digital Security Key Features]]. +For starters, here's an overview of our [[https://appstore.intelligentplant.com/nuget/downloads/IAS-Digital Security-Key Features.pdf|Digital Security Key Features]].
  
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 ===== Where is data stored? ===== ===== Where is data stored? =====
  
-Client data remains on client infrastructure. App Store Connect is not a data transfer tool, it as a connection tool.+Client data remains on client infrastructure. App Store Connect is not a data transfer tool, it is a connection tool.
  
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 ===== Have you a privacy policy? ===== ===== Have you a privacy policy? =====
  
-Yes, read it [[https://intelligentplant.com/datasheets/privacypolicy.pdf|here]].+Yes, read it [[https://appstore.intelligentplant.com/Content/assets/legal/IAS-PrivacyPolicy.html|here]].
  
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 ===== I'm new to the App Store, where do I start? ===== ===== I'm new to the App Store, where do I start? =====
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 +Take a [[https://appstore.intelligentplant.com|look around]]. Click on the app cards for more information and video links. Get in touch with us for more information.
  
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 ===== How do I connect an historian to the Industrial App Store? ===== ===== How do I connect an historian to the Industrial App Store? =====
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 +App Store Connect ships with connectors for most Industrial Data Historians. The configuration required for each will be slightly different, but the general procedure is the same:
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 +  - Install App Store Connect
 +  - Configure Real Time Data Source
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 +More information is available on: [[data_core:how_to_connect_your_data_to_the_app_store|How to Connect your data to the App Store]].
  
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 ===== Can I use the Industrial App Store to collaborate with colleagues in other companies? ===== ===== Can I use the Industrial App Store to collaborate with colleagues in other companies? =====
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 +The [[https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/1014/ukcs_maximising_recovery_review.pdf|Wood Review on UK offshore oil and gas recovery (2014)]] identified:
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 +   the need for far greater constructive collaboration between operators 
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 +With this in mind, we designed data collaboration at the heart of the Industrial App Store. Organizations can enable trusts that enable their employees to work together.
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 +For more information, see [[general:organization_user_and_data_management:trust_management|Inter-organization Trust Management]].
  
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 ===== Do I need to install App Store Connect? ===== ===== Do I need to install App Store Connect? =====
  
-You only need to install App Store Connect if you want to connect data to applications. If your organization is already registed with the Industrial App Store, the chances are that an App Store Connect has already been set-up and access to organzation data sources configured. If so, you should contact your App Store Connect administrator and request access.+You only need to install App Store Connect if you want to connect data to applications. If your organization is already registered with the Industrial App Store, the chances are that an App Store Connect has already been set-up and access to organization data sources configured. If so, you should contact your App Store Connect administrator and request access.
  
-If you do not who your App Store Connect administrator is, contact <support@intelligentplant.com>.+If you do not know who your App Store Connect administrator is, contact <support@intelligentplant.com>.
  
 ===== How do Microsoft Power Tools (Power BI, Flow Automate, Power Apps) integrate with the Industrial App Store? ===== ===== How do Microsoft Power Tools (Power BI, Flow Automate, Power Apps) integrate with the Industrial App Store? =====
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 +In March 2019 Microsoft announced that Power BI Desktop would ship with [[https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-march-2019-feature-summary/#IntelligentPlantsIndustrialAppStore|Intelligent Plant’s Industrial App Store connector]]. This means you can now connect your Industrial Data Historians directly Power BI reports (no need to export to excel or SQL first).
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 +Connectors for Microsoft Power Apps and Automate soon followed.
  
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 ===== My country/company has strict data protection laws. Can I still use the Industrial App Store? ===== ===== My country/company has strict data protection laws. Can I still use the Industrial App Store? =====
  
 +App Store Connect can be a good solution where data protection laws prohibit the migration of data across borders. App Store Connect enables access to existing data sources rather than moving data to alternative repositories in other countries.
  
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 ===== Do you support multi-factor authentication? ===== ===== Do you support multi-factor authentication? =====
  
-Yes. If you register your organization with the Industrial App Store, your Domain Administrator can enable multi-factor authenticaion on your Azure Active Directory.+Yes. If you register your organization with the Industrial App Store, your Domain Administrator can enable multi-factor authentication on your Azure Active Directory.
  
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 +===== Will upgrading Windows OS impact Intelligent Plant software? =====
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 +The Industrial App Store model means that apps are hosted in the cloud and therefore software management is not an issue for organization IT departments. However, you may host some software on-prem - for example, App Store Connect, Data Core Nodes, or stand-alone instances of Intelligent Plant apps.
  
 +In these cases, refer to our guidance notes for more information.
  
 +  * [[general:preparing_for_a_server_upgrade|Preparing for a Server Upgrade]]
    
  
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