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addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 4
The Trend Viewer
The Trend Viewer
Use the Trend viewer to see a plot of tag values stored in the database. To open
a Trend viewer, click New Window and select Trend. The trend toolbar is shown
in Figure 33.
Figure 33. Trend Viewer’s Toolbar
Prior to explaining the ways to display data in a Trend viewer, please make
yourself familiar with the tool bar and its elements, which you will frequently use
in your daily work with addVANTAGE Pro 6.2.
Button 1
Save
Saves the current panel. If this panel has not
been saved before, clicking this button opens
a dialog you use save it.
Button 2
Save As
Opens a dialog you use to save the current
panel with different name. If the current
panel has not been saved before, this button
functions the same as the
Save button.
Button 3
Print
Prints the Trend on the default printer.
Button 4
Properties
Opens the Trend Options dialog, where you
set the options for each object in the Trend,
or add/remove objects from the Trend.
Button 5
Go to Begin
Sets the starting date of the trend to the
beginning date of your database.
Button 6
Go 1/7/30
Days back
Moves the starting date of the trend 1, 7, or
30 days back.
Button 7
Go back X
Goes back the specified period of time, where
X is the span shown in 13.
Calendar 8
Date
Chooser
Shows the start date of the Trend viewer.
Clicking the downwards arrow to the right of
the Date Chooser opens a calendar you use
to select a specific start date.
Button 9
Go forward
X
Goes forward the specified period of time,
where
X is the span shown in 13.
Button 10
Go 1/7/30
Days
forward
Moves the starting date of the trend 1, 7, or
30 days forwards.
Button 11
Go to End
Sets the end date of your database at the
end of the currently selected span. If you
have, for example, selected to view a 7-day
span, and you click
Go to End, the trend
viewer will show you the data of the last 7
days of your database.
List 12
Span
Chooser
Displays the time span being used in the
trend. Click the downwards arrow to the right
of the Span Chooser to open a dropdown with
predefined time spans to choose from.
You’ll also see a
Custom duration. Select this
to display the Trend Options dialog, where
you’ll select the
Display tab and choose the
duration you want.