Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to condition monitoring in industrial environments. More specifically, some embodiments relate to an embedded analytic engine for motor drives. A drive-embedded analytic engine discussed herein enables industrial enterprises, employers, and other users to monitor an industrial operation comprising at least a motor and a mechanical load in order to detect failures before they occur. An embedded analytic engine may perform condition monitoring from within a frequency drive based on a configuration specific to a monitored fault condition. In order to detect fault conditions, the embedded analytic engine may obtain baseline signal data from an industrial operation using rotating machinery, obtain recent runtime signal data from the industrial operation, and use the signal data to produce data light metrics that may be used to detect fault conditions from within the drive.