Data Connectors

NEXUS offers a robust REST API library designed to facilitate seamless connection to external data sources. Using external connectors provided by Wood, organisations can efficiently integrate their systems, ensuring smooth data exchange and enhanced operational workflows.

External System Connectivity

NEXUS IC provides a diverse range of external data connectors, each tailored to connect with specific types of external systems. These connectors enable integration with the following types of external data sources:

  • Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), such as SAP, Maximo, Oracle

  • Digital Twins, for example, Open Wells, Wellview, EDM

  • Digital Data Collection (tablets, import data)

  • Data Lakes, for example, sensors, sampling, historians

  • Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS)

  • Visualisation Tools, such as GIS

  • Dashboards (Power BI, Spotfire, Tableau)

  • Calculation Engines (FEA Engines, FFS Analysis, ECE)

Data Connector Types

NEXUS supports a flexible integration model, allowing data connectors to be aligned with specific stages of the asset integrity management lifecycle. Each stage can be associated with connectors designed to handle particular data types, enabling targeted and efficient data exchange with external systems.

The diagram below illustrates the main workflow stages and examples of data connector types that can be integrated at each point:


Connector Core
Services
Assets
Planning
Inspection
Anomalies
  • Asset Tree
  • Asset Attributes
  • Planned Maintenance (PM)
  • Workpacks
  • Data Entry
  • Sensor Data
  • Task Completion 
  • Analytics (FFS)
  • Anomaly
  • Anomaly Actions
  • Corrective Maintenance (CM)

These connectors are intended to support the flow of structured data between NEXUS and external platforms, enhancing the precision and efficiency of asset integrity processes.

For further details on connector design and implementation, refer to the relevant documentation sections.

Accessing Data Connectors

NEXUS data connectors are available as subscription-based services. Developed and maintained by Wood, each connector is part of an off-the-shelf framework that can be tailored to fit client-specific systems and workflows.

Wood handles the setup, configuration, and ongoing support, ensuring smooth integration with minimal effort from the client. Connectors can be deployed in the cloud or on-premises, depending on operational needs.

For more information or to request a connector, contact your Wood representative.

Integration Models and Data Sources

NEXUS data connectors can be deployed using different integration models to suit client infrastructure, security and regulatory requirements. These models define how connectors are hosted, how data is transferred and which types of external data sources can be supported across Software as a Service (SaaS), on-premises and hybrid deployments.

For more information, see Integration Models and Data Sources.

Connector Data Process Flow

As data moves through a NEXUS connector, it passes through a defined sequence of processing stages. These stages govern how data is acquired, validated, structured and submitted into NEXUS, ensuring consistency and integrity across all integration models.

For more information, see Connector Data Process Flow.