Advanced Data Source Options
Data sources can have additional options beyond those in their settings.
These can be set up in the Advanced Data Source Options page.
Advanced data source options are set up as key-value pairs (ie. a name and a value). They are entered in using the format of INI files, meaning they look something like the file below…
Loop=2018-12-02 00:00:00
In the case above, Loop is the property name, and 2018-12-02 00:00:00 is the value.
There are some common advanced options (such as the loop directive shown above) that work on every ARDI driver, and some that are specific to individual drivers.
Note that the names are case-sensitive.
Some of these are documented below…
Loop
The Loop directive adjusts how historical fetches are made. When given a starting date to work with, all queries are re-mapped to occur on the specified day.
This is useful when you're working with a simulation or a recording of a specific instance and only have a small amount of recorded data.
If you have the following setting…
Loop=2018-12-02 00:00:00
Then a query for 9:00 on the 19th of February 2019 will be instead queried from 9:00 on the 2nd of December, 2018.
Likewise, a query for 2:00am on the 30th of September 2020 will again actually come from the data from 2:00 on the 2nd of December. 2018.
This is a common option - it will work on any and all ARDI drivers, as it is handled by the ARDI infrastructure itself.