Manufacturers do not lack data. If you are running Inductive Automation's Ignition, you already have the ultimate industrial operating system. Your production data is captured, centralized, and governed. Yet, despite having this robust foundation, many manufacturers still struggle with the "last mile" of intelligence. Engineers remain overloaded building complex dashboards. Plant managers wait hours or days for reports. Decisions on the shop floor still run on experience rather than live facts. The friction is not in data collection; it is in data consumption. This is where Itanta Analytics steps in — helping manufacturers turn data into decisions, instantly. Itanta Analytics and Ignition: A Natural Partnership Itanta Analytics is an officially registered Technology Provider with Inductive Automation, recognized within the Ignition ecosystem for delivering analytics and AI capabilities that extend the value of Ignition deployments. Itanta is built around two complementary products: the Core Platform and Prompt-to-Insights (PTI). Both are designed to work seamlessly with Ignition, and together they address the full spectrum of industrial analytics — from structured dashboarding to AI-powered conversational insights. The Core Platform: Descriptive Analytics on Top of Ignition The Core Platform is the structured analytics foundation that sits on top of your Ignition deployment. It connects natively via MQTT, Sparkplug, and OPC UA, and natively understands Ignition Tag UDTs and Alarms out of the box. It adheres strictly to the Unified Namespace (UNS) architecture, ensuring that data flowing from Ignition retains its full industrial context. For System Integrators and manufacturers who want a no-code descriptive analytics layer on top of Ignition — without writing a single line of custom SQL or Python — the Core Platform delivers that immediately. It offloads heavy analytics processing from the Ignition Gateway while respecting the single source of truth. KPI building, automated reporting, shift management, compliance tracking, and audit trails are all available without custom scripting. The Core Platform is the foundation. But the real transformation happens when you give that data a voice. Prompt-to-Insights (PTI): Where Ignition Data Becomes a Conversation Prompt-to-Insights (PTI) is Itanta's conversational AI engine — an end-to-end analytics platform that natively speaks Ignition's language, understanding plant hierarchy, UNS structure, Tag UDTs, and operational context right out of the box. Instead of waiting for an engineer to build a dashboard, anyone in the plant can simply ask a question and get an answer. Instantly. A plant manager types: "Analyze the OEE drop on the packaging line from yesterday's second shift." PTI returns a clear, accurate chart showing a material shortage caused 61.8% of the drop, while machine faults accounted for only 3.5%. No scripting. No waiting. Turn data into decisions. Instantly. PTI delivers this across three phases: Integrate (connect to your Ignition data via MQTT, OPC UA, Excel, and CSV), Analyze (natural-language Q&A returning charts and tables), and Visualize (dashboards, prompt-filtered views, and automated email distribution). The entire journey from raw Ignition data to decision can be completed in weeks, not months. Looking ahead, PTI will also support native connectivity with QuestDB — the high-performance time-series database that Inductive Automation has adopted within the Ignition ecosystem. For manufacturers already leveraging QuestDB as their historian, this means PTI will be able to query billions of time-series data points at millisecond speed, making conversational analytics even faster and more powerful at scale. The PTI Difference: Built for the Realities of Manufacturing Not all industrial AI is built the same. PTI was engineered specifically to solve the friction points that other platforms ignore. End-to-End Operational Context. Some AI tools are narrowly scoped to anomalies or isolated data streams. PTI covers the full operation — OEE, downtime, quality, shift performance, and material tracking — because it natively understands the UNS defined within Ignition. Active SME Context and Absolute Traceability. Generic AI models hallucinate; industrial AI cannot afford to. Every PTI answer traces back to immutable raw data. SMEs can actively review, validate, and set context within PTI — ensuring the AI is grounded in plant-specific reality, not generic assumptions. Data Sovereignty by Design. PTI uses a split deployment architecture: AI Server on cloud, Data Processing Engine on-premises. Only the question and structured response travel between the two. Your raw production data stays inside your plant — always. Built for Everyone, Not Just SMEs. PTI is built for three distinct personas: The Analyst (the SME who reviews and validates AI-set context before answers reach anyone else), The Asker (plant managers who need answers now, without touching a tool), and The Viewer (leadership needing operational visibility without logging into complex systems). You should not need to be an SME to ask your data a question. What This Means for System Integrators For System Integrators, Itanta and Ignition together multiply profitability and client value. SIs can drastically reduce scripting time, offer conversational AI right out of the box, and deliver faster time-to-value — without needing to hire data scientists or push clients into heavy infrastructure investments. PTI's land-and-expand model makes it a compelling entry point: a two-month pilot that answers real operational questions builds far more trust than a six-month scoping exercise. And with PTI designed as an MCP Client for Ignition's upcoming Model Context Protocol (MCP) Module, the integration only deepens as the ecosystem evolves. Growing Together: Our Ignition Partner Network Itanta Analytics is proud to be working alongside some of the most trusted names in the Ignition reseller community. We are actively partnering with Clarien Solutions LLC, Appomax, Kymera Systems Inc., and AXONE-IO — organizations that share our commitment to delivering real, measurable value to manufacturers through the Ignition ecosystem. Together, we are bringing the power of conversational AI and descriptive analytics to plants that are ready to move from data collection to data-driven decisions. If you are an Ignition reseller or System Integrator and want to explore what Itanta PTI can add to your client engagements, we would love to connect. The Bottom Line Ignition gives manufacturers the best industrial data foundation in the world. Itanta Analytics gives that foundation a voice. Whether you are a System Integrator looking to deliver more value to your clients, an engineer looking to spend less time building dashboards, or a plant manager who just wants answers — PTI is built for you. You already have the data in Ignition. Now it is time to ask it a question. Turn Data Into Decisions. Instantly.