Filter Dataset Based on Column Value

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I'm using a query tag to get a dataset that is 14 rows and 9 columns.
Here's the dataset in a table.

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I'd like to use a script to filter the dataset down to one row and pass it to another tag. So for example I could filter it by machine name to DSHW001 and activity type to ISSUE so that way it passes a dataset of 1 row and 9 columns to the next tag.
I looked through the dataset documentation here
There didn't seem to be a command for returning a row index or for searching by a value.

Thank you for your time!

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There's lots of ways to skin this cat, but if you truly want to do it from scripting, it'll probably be easiest if you convert to a PyDataset first.
If all your conditions are simple literal values, you can do something like this:

def filterDataset(ds, **kwargs):
	pds = system.dataset.toPyDataSet(ds)
	output = []
	for row in pds:
		if all(row[key] == value for key, value in kwargs.items()):
			output.append(row)
	
	return system.dataset.toDataSet(list(ds.columnNames), output)

E.G:

def sampleData(rows=10):
	from random import choice, randint
	
	machines = [
		"DSHW0001",
		"DSHW0002",
		"DSHW0003",
		"FGHW0001",
		"FGHW0002",
		"FGHW0003",
		"MCHW0001",
		"MCHW0002",
		"MCHW0003",
	]
	activityTypes = [
		"ISSUE",
		"PROD",
	]
	data = [
		[choice(machines), choice(activityTypes), system.date.now(), "ABC{:05}".format(randint(0, 100))]
		for _ in xrange(rows)
	]
	
	headers = ["machineName", "activityType", "productionDate", "orderNumber"]
	return system.dataset.toDataSet(headers, data)

ds = sampleData()
print "input:"
system.dataset.print(ds)

def filterDataset(ds, **kwargs):
	pds = system.dataset.toPyDataSet(ds)
	output = []
	for row in pds:
		if all(row[key] == value for key, value in kwargs.items()):
			output.append(row)
	
	return system.dataset.toDataSet(list(ds.columnNames), output)
	

filtered = filterDataset(ds, machineName="DSHW0001", activityType="ISSUE")
print "filtered:"
system.dataset.print(filtered)

input:
| Row | machineName | activityType |               productionDate | orderNumber |
| --- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------- |
|   0 |    FGHW0001 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00054 |
|   1 |    MCHW0001 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00073 |
|   2 |    FGHW0002 |         PROD | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00096 |
|   3 |    FGHW0003 |         PROD | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00053 |
|   4 |    DSHW0001 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00067 |
|   5 |    FGHW0002 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00021 |
|   6 |    MCHW0001 |         PROD | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00002 |
|   7 |    MCHW0001 |         PROD | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00059 |
|   8 |    FGHW0002 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00094 |
|   9 |    FGHW0001 |         PROD | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00071 |
filtered:
| Row | machineName | activityType |               productionDate | orderNumber |
| --- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------- |
|   0 |    DSHW0001 |        ISSUE | Tue Oct 18 20:35:23 UTC 2022 |    ABC00067 |

system.dataset.print comes from Ignition Extensions but is just useful for testing, not necessary.

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For some reason, I'm rather partial to the view() expression function:

view("SELECT * WHERE machineName==args[0] AND activityType==args[1]",
  {path/to/base/dataset/tag}, {path/to/desired/machine}, {path/to/desired/activity})

From the free Simulation Aids module.

That's one of the reasons this module exists. (:

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Thank you so much for your response! I'll give this a go!

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Wow, this seems much more concise than scripting with python, and I can do it in SQL this way. I'll try that module. Thank you!

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Just beware that it is Pseudo-SQL, not real SQL. Note the double-equals--expressions are python syntax, not SQL.

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I can't quite seem to get this to work.

def valueChanged(tag, tagPath, previousValue, currentValue, initialChange, missedEvents):
	"""
	Fired whenever the current value changes in value or quality.

	Arguments:
		tag: The source tag object. A read-only wrapper for obtaining tag
		     properties.
		tagPath: The full path to the tag (String)
		previousValue: The previous value. This is a "qualified value", so it
		               has value, quality, and timestamp properties.
		currentValue: The current value. This is a "qualified value", so it has
		              value, quality, and timestamp properties.
		initialChange: A boolean flag indicating whether this event is due to
		               the first execution or initial subscription.
		missedEvents: A flag indicating that some events have been skipped due
		              to event overflow.
	"""
	filteredData = view("SELECT * WHERE machineName==DSHW001 AND activityType==ISSUE", currentValue.value)
	system.tag.writeBlocking("[.]usft2Filter", filteredData)

If I just use system.tag.writeBlocking("[.]usft2Filter", currentValue.value) it works fine, so I must be making a mistake with the view() expression. I installed the module and reset my designer.

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view is an expression, not a scripting function.

Use an expression transform.

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view("SELECT * WHERE machineName==DSHW001 AND activityType==ISSUE", {[.]usf2Query})

I'm getting a configuration error. I noticed it's not making view() bold like it normally does for functions. Is it possible the module is not running on my project?

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try wrapping DSHW001 and ISSUE with single quotes, assuming machineName and activityType are your column names, and the other two are the values you want them to equal

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Go to you're gateway->Config->Modules page. Do you see the simulation aids module is running?

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Yes it's running. And I restarted my designer as well.

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I tried single quotes but that didn't work either.
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Here's an image of my values. machineName and DSHW001 match

view("SELECT * WHERE machineName=='DSHW001'", {[.]usf2Query})

I tried making my expression simpler to get it to work.

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seems to work for me:

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view('select * WHERE name == "Location 1"', {[.]New Tag})

is it erroring out?
is the expression tag the correct data type? (dataset)

also, i assumed you were using a UDT based on your tag reference. Are you using a UDT, or are you using 2 separate tags?

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I'm using a UDT
Both tags are set to dataset. If I change the expression to just

{[.]usf2Query}

Then it works and shows the full dataset, so I know the tag path is correct.
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I tried formatting it exactly like yours and I still got the error.

view('select * WHERE machineName=="DSHW001"', {[.]usf2Query})

I also tried removing everything but select.

view('select *', {[.]usf2Query})

Still getting Error_Configuration
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It almost feels as if the module isn't actually running, but again it says it is under the modules config page.

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if you open the tag editor and open the Show Diagnostics pane, what does it show for the error?

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Oh nice, I was not aware of that of the diagnostic tool.

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It looks like it doesn't recognize the view function, so there must be a problem with the way I installed it?

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I installed version 8.1 of Simulation Aids.
It says it's running on my Ignition configure module page.

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Restart the module while watching your gateway log. There's probably something there that I'll need to fix.

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I checked the logs located under status on the gateway. You can see it restarting the module but it doesn't give any errors. Is there a different place I should be looking?

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No, that's the right place.