Measurement Data Services Overview

Measurement Data Services is a set of services for test engineers and automated test developers to store, organize, and query measurement data and test metadata. Use Measurement Data Services to publish traceable test results with shared context and to analyze results with OData queries across steps and measurements.

Measurement Data Services Key Features

Measurement Data Services has the following features and capabilities.

  • Stores measurement data, including scalars, vectors, and waveforms
  • Captures test execution results with outcomes for measurements and steps
  • Manages shared test context metadata, including operators, test stations, UUTs, hardware, and software
  • Links measurements to conditions, equipment, software versions, and UUT instances for traceability
  • Supports schema definition in JSON and TOML formats
  • Supports custom extension fields with optional schema-based validation
  • Lets you define human-readable aliases for frequently used metadata entities
  • Supports OData queries to filter, sort, and find results efficiently
  • Enables batch publish operations for sweeps and high-volume data collection
  • Provides LabVIEW, Python, and C# client APIs to publish and retrieve typed measurement values for analysis workflows