User guide

addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 4

The Trend Viewer

group of RTUs and be able to inspect or compare them at a glance, such as the

example shown in Figure 40.

Figure 40. A Trend Viewer Showing Tags from Several RTUs

You can export all of the data from this graphical view the same way as from the

table view, which is described on page 40.

Saving Trends

Now that you’ve configured those tags, you might want to save this panel for

later use. If you are working with a data provider rather than your own copy of

addVANTAGE Pro 6.2, please make sure that you have the privileges to save

your changes.

When you first create a trend or any other type of panel, you must click Save or

Save As in the toolbar to save the panel. You typically use Save As when you’ve

made changes to an existing panel and want to save it under a different name.

In either case, the Save dialog shown in Figure 41 is displayed.

If you try to close an existing Trend, one of two things happens. If you chose to

automatically save panels when you close them (page 25), the Trend closes with

any changes you made saved. If you did not choose to automatically save

panels, a pop-up appears, asking if you want to save the Trend viewer. Click Yes

to display the Save dialog.

Select an area (a folder) where you want your custom Trend viewer saved. It’s

best to select an area having a certain relationship with the content of the Trend,

but there is no rule to prevent you from saving it directly under the root node

(except that the name must be unique in that area). Enter an appropriate name

in the Name field, then click OK to save the customized Trend viewer as a panel.

Figure 41. Save Dialog

You can also save a panel any time by clicking Save.