What If FIN Framework Managed the Holidays?

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Twas the holiday season and all throughout J2, our team was dreaming of ways that FIN Framework could manage their holiday. Here’s a fanciful look at how FIN’s built-in applications might be (mis)applied to your holiday preparations. 

• Navigation could help you get to all the stops on your Tacky Light tour or help Santa find those who've been naughty or nice. In FIN, there are multiple intuitive ways to navigate a project, such as magic bubbles, drill-down graphics, and the navigation bar.   
• Logic Builder could build and automate your holiday decorations for the ultimate light show. In reality, the app is used to design control routines and automate your smart building. 
• Graphics could allow you to share your virtual light show to any browser based or mobile device. With Edge2Cloud, you can also remotely access your building's graphics securely from anywhere in the world, on any device (this might be a great tool for Santa - or Krampus).  
• Notes can help track your holiday shopping list (so you can check it twice). In FIN, the Notes app actually helps log exceptions and communicate information to other users in the BAS.
• Alarms are great for getting notified of important tasks, such as when the turkey needs to go in the oven or when the in-laws are arriving. In a smart building, FIN alarms help notify you about temperatures or energy performance. 
• O&M Manuals provide easy access to your holiday content, such as recipes and addresses, but in FIN, smart building content such as data sheets, wiring diagrams, and training links are more common.  
• Scheduling helps manage your special events (like holiday parties, virtual Happy Hours, or cookie baking sessions) - not too different from scheduling lighting and HVAC equipment.
• Summaries can keep track of your relationships and help maintain your holiday card list. In FIN, it's actually used to show a table of related pieces of equipment or systems. 
• Favorites can bookmark your favorite online shopping sites for quick access. We also use Favorites in FIN to provide quick access to commonly used views of your system. 
• Historian can keep track of oven temperatures for your holiday brisket or challah and provide analytics for when it's done.

We hope you enjoyed this fun play on FIN Framework. FIN’s real magic lies in the management of Smart Buildings, Smart Equipment, and IoT enabled devices, which can be enjoyed all year round! We hope you have a FINtastic holiday season!