Tip of the Day 138: Redundant Id Names

We have found that in the naming of sensors some people are duplication the location into the “Identifier” column of Sensor Locations. For example, thus:

This duplicates the information that the sensors are located at the end of the cavity (end of flow). Or sometimes people put “Cavity 1”, “Cavity 2” etc.

In the Alarm Settings and other tools the locations will show up like this:

We recommend that you simply place number or letters in the identifier column because the location is already indicated under the “Sensor Location” column. The simpler version looks like this: