Click Insert > Trend > click and drag on the page to insert a trend. Once the trend object has been placed, click on the object to open the Property Editor pane.
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The Trend Object has four unique tabs in the Property Editor: Colors, Show Configuration, Initial Time Span, and Pens. The features enclosed in these tabs are explained in further detail below.
Colors
Item | Description |
Background Color Enabled | Allows the user to enable or disable background color filling for the trend. |
Background Color | With Background Color Enabled, allows the user to assign a background color for the trend. |
Chart Background Color | Allows the user to assign a background color for the chart area of the trend. |
Grid Color | Allows the user to assign a color for the grid lines used in the chart area. |
Show Configuration
The options in this tab are used primarily to toggle optional labels, headers, legends, etc. for the trend.
Item | Description |
Show Controls | With this option enabled, the trend will have a Pause/Play switch placed in the bottom left corner. |
Show Time Span Legend | Displays the full date and time range covered by the trend in the header of the trend. Note that this feature is only enabled for a trend that is stopped. This feature works in tandem with Show Date Time Span Slider feature. With a specified shortened time frame selected using the Date Time Span Slider, the user can manually cycle through time intervals of the defined size. |
Show Tag Values | Displays the most recent tag value recorded on the trend for all attached tags. |
Show Grid | Displays a grid within the trend area. |
Show X-Axis Labels | Displays values for major ticks on the x-axis of the trend. |
Show Y-Axis Labels | Displays values for major ticks on the y-axis of the trend |
Show Value Span Slider | Displays a slider on the right hand side of the trend that allows the user to adjust the scaling of the y-axis at will. |
Show Date Time Span Slider | Displays a slider on the bottom of the trend that allows the user to adjust the scaling of the x-axis at will. Note that this feature is only enabled for a trend that is stopped. This feature works well in tandem with the Time Span Legend. This feature can be used to zoom in on specific time frames within the trend. |
Initial Time Span
The options in this tab are used to adjust the time span displayed at the top of the graph as well as along the x-axis of the graph.
Item | Description |
Hours | Allows the user to change the value for Hours time span. For example, if current time is |
Minutes | Allows the user to change the value for Minutes time span. For example, if current time is |
Seconds | Allows the user to change the value for Seconds time span. For example, if current time is |
YT Trend Data Display
The options in this tab are used to adjust the scaling of the x and y-axis of the trend.
Item | Description |
Sample Period (ms) | Configures the time interval for the data display. A smaller sampling time will increase the accuracy of the Trend graph. You can assign a value between 100 and the display time. |
Min Value | Configures the minimum displayed value for the y-axis. Users can also opt to attach a tag to this property by clicking the |
Max Value | Configures the minimum displayed value for the y-axis. Users can also opt to attach a tag to this property by clicking the |
Time Direction | Changes the direction in which the trend is read, users can select a trend that reads left to right, or right to left. |
icon and select the desired tag form the Link Tag window.Pens
This option allows the user to attach tags to the trend and adjust the appearance of the data points on the trend. Users can add a new tag to be tracked by clicking the Add Pen button at the bottom of the tab. For each new pen added, a new sub-tab will be added to the Property Editor with the following five properties:
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