Capability: Automations and SOPs

When something happens, the right procedure starts itself.

A threshold is crossed, an asset changes state, an event arrives. Canvas starts the procedure your team already agreed on and tells the people who need to act.

Demo data
Canvas SOP repository on the fictional demo plant: procedures by category, with the steps, emergency contacts and linked triggers of the weld cell safety procedure

Two tools, two jobs

Procedures for events. Flows for routines.

  • SOPs

    A standard procedure that starts on a condition: an asset state, a threshold breach or an event. Canvas drafts the steps. A person reviews them before they are used.

  • Automations

    A multi-step flow described in plain language and started by a schedule or a change in an asset. Every run keeps a timeline.

Building an automation

Describe it, check it, then trust it

  1. Describe the flow

    Write what should happen in plain language.

  2. A planner drafts it

    Canvas turns the description into steps.

  3. Run it dry

    See exactly what it would do before it does anything.

  4. Add approval where it matters

    Any step can wait for a person to say yes.

Where it fits

Inputs in, people informed

Sensors, systems and detections feed Canvas. Canvas decides what procedure applies and informs the people responsible.

Canvas architectureSensing inputs and operational systems feed Canvas. Inside Canvas, the Integration Runtime connects them, the Data and Context Engine resolves them into one picture, and Automations and SOPs act on it. Canvas outputs dashboards and reports, tickets and tasks, alarms with video and maps, chat channels and Power BI.SENSING INPUTS AND SYSTEMSCANVASOUTPUTSVISION INPUTSCorvus, Vailient Plates, FacesCAMERAS AND RECORDERSMilestone XProtect, Luxriot EVO, Dahuarecorders, ONVIF, IMOUBUILDING AND INDUSTRIALBACnet, Edwards fire panels, Dahua accesscontrol, Advantech ADAM, MQTTBUSINESS SYSTEMSPeak Accounting, Huawei eSupplier, SQLdatabases, Excel and CSV foldersSENSORS AND LOCATIONRuhr flood sensors, ThaiWater, Tuya,BlueIOT, generic RESTCanvasThe system of operationsIntegration RuntimeConnects a system, sandboxedData and Context EngineResolves one picture from manyAutomations and SOPsStarts the right procedureDASHBOARDS AND REPORTSBuilt from a sentence, sent on a scheduleTICKETS AND TASKSAssigned, tracked and closedALARMS, VIDEO AND MAPSPlaced on the map, camera beside themCHAT CHANNELSLINE, Telegram, Microsoft TeamsPOWER BI (OUTBOUND)Canvas data, read from Power BI

Sensing inputs, the engine, and outputs to people.

Limits, stated plainly

Can an automation switch a device on or off?

No. Automations notify people by text, through LINE, Telegram or Microsoft Teams. They do not operate devices.

Who writes the SOP?

Canvas drafts it. A person reviews it. Only reviewed procedures are used.

Turn the binder on the shelf into a live procedure.

Choose one procedure your team already follows. We will show it starting itself.