The overview pane displays a tiled view of all the saved trend charts created for the site.
Selecting the Create button initiates the creation of a new trend analysis.
Trend configuration
Configured trend charts display color-coded data points used for analysis based on customizations from the Edit trend side pane.
You can also select an area on a trend chart to display cross-section details.
- Flexible time bar: Select-and-drag the ends of the time bar to adjust the current view of the trend to a specific time in the chart, for example, hour, day, week, month, year, or all. You can visualize data from the past three years starting from the current date.
- Trend chart name: The name of the current chart.
- Trended data points left Y-axis and right Y-axis: The names of the data points added to the chart displayed on the left y-axis and the right y-axis. You can select a data point name to include or exclude it from the current trend display. The names of excluded data points are grayed out.
- Cross-sectional trend information: Displays the date, time, and values of the trended data points within the selected cross-section.
If the tooltip on trended data points displays Reduced value, it indicates that the volume of logged data is substantial. To accommodate this and for a more effective display, the average value of the data is displayed.
- Editing tools:
- Zoom: Enable and disable zooming directly in the trend with your mouse.
- Edit: Open and close the Edit trend side pane.
- More: Delete, export, or print the trend.
Depending on the zoom in or zoom out action, the data is represented in the following time intervals:
- For the time period less than or equal to 24 hours, you can visualize the raw data of the data points.
- For the time period more than 24 hours and less than or equal to 31 days, the data is grouped together in 15-minute intervals.
- For the time period more than 31 days, the data is grouped together in 24 hours or one day intervals.
For energy data point: The time period less than or equal to 31 days, the data is grouped together in 15-minute intervals.
Edit trend pane
Allows you to name, edit, format, and save/discard changes for a trend.
From the Edit trend side pane, the following options are available:
- Discard changes: Any modifications prior to a save operation are disregarded and the Edit trend side pane closes.
- Save: Any changes in a trend chart are saved.
- Save as allows you to save a trend chart with a new name.
- Exit closes the Edit trend side pane.
The Edit trend side pane consists of four separate sections:
- Options tab: Edit the title and default period of the trend
- Series tab: Add or delete data points from the trend and select the Y-axis position:
- Select to add data points.
- Select to delete the data point.
- Select More to rename the data point.
- Style pop-up - Available from the Series tab, allows you to customize the trend line for each data point.
- Select a data point trend line under the Style heading to access the pop-up.
- Axis tab - The trend chart scales based on the range. To specify a range, turn the Auto-scale toggle off and enter a value for the Min, Max range for the Left Y-Axis or Right Y-Axis.