Configuring Data Sources for Enhanced Charts

To configure data sources for an enhanced chart:

  1. In the iFIX WorkSpace picture, double-click the chart. The Enhanced Chart Customization dialog box appears.
  2. Click the Data Sources tab and in the Data Sources List do one of the following:
    • Enter a data source using the Data Server.NODE.TAG.FIELD format.
    • Select a data source from the drop-down list.
    • Click the Browse button and select a data source from the Expression Builder.

NOTE: Proficy Historian Data Sources using expressions (for example, Hist1.INFO10.Simulation00001 + 30) are not supported for Enhanced Charts.

  1. To use the data range of the data source, on the Data tab, if it is not already selected, click Fetch Limits.
  2. To set the data range yourself, clear the Fetch limits check box and enter the upper limit of the range in the High Limit field and enter the lower limit of the range in the Low Limit field.
  3. For Line/Multiline charts only: Enter the maximum number of display points in the Maximum Display Points field.
  4. To cause gaps to appear on the chart if they are present in the data, select Show Gaps.
  5. To use interpolated data, select Interpolated Data.
  6. Historical Data Charts only: Choose a mode from the Historical Mode list.
  7. Configure the time parameters for historical data sources on the Time tab.

NOTE: The Time tab is available only for historical data sources.

    1. In the Start Date section, select either Fixed Date or Days Before Now and enter the desired date or value.
    2. In the Start Time section, select either Fixed Time or Duration Before Now and enter the desired time or value.
    3. Optionally, to configure the chart to open at the Fixed Time and to ignore changes to the time zone in the Date and Time Properties dialog box in the Control Panel, select Lock Time.
    4. Optionally, to adjust for daylight saving time, if it is not already selected, click Adjust for Daylight Savings Time and select a time zone from the Time Zone list.
    1. To apply all of the preceding settings to all historical data sources, select Apply To All Data Sources, and then click Apply.
  1. Click OK.

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