XY Trend

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This section applies to the following objects: XY Trend, HTTP XY Trend.

 

xytrend

 

Let's look at the "General" properties of this object  (properties not listed in the table are common to all objects, you can read about them here).

 

Property

ST script field

Description

History DB*

historydbname

Choose History DB you want to bind to the trend.

Line width

linewidth

Width of the border's line.

Color

color

Color of the border's line.

Fill

fill

Select fill or not fill trend.

Fill color

fillcolor

Fill color of the trend.

Auto refresh

autorefresh

Check it if you want to update trend every time when new tag’s value added into database.

Curves

 

After clicking Collection you’ll see window:

 

curves

where:

Tag -  tag that you want to bind to this curve.

Name - name of the curve.

Line with - curve's line width.

Color - curve's line color.

Type - line's type:

Type 1 -  just draw the line.

Type 2 -  draw line with filling till axis X.

Type 3 -  draw a ladder line.

Type 4 -  draw a filled ladder line.

Type 5 - draw the line with smoothed effect (don't use for big amount of history data).

Type 6 - draw line with filling till axis X and with smoothed effect (don't use for big amount of history data).

Default period (min)

defaultperiod

Default time period of the trend (end time - begin time).

Axis X tag

tagxname

Bind tag to axis X of the trend.

Sort

sorttype

Sorts values by using X value or datetime.

*For HTTP XY Trend you have to enter History DB manually.

 

Also History DB Trend object has several properties that you can’t setup by using settings dialog box, but you can setup by using ST script:

begin - start time for trend information. Time represented in minutes from current period. (start time = current time - begin).

end - finish time for trend information. Time represented in minutes from current period. (finish time = current time - end).

filename - name of the report’s file.

savereport - when this value become true trend’s report will be created.

 

Properties from the "Grid" tab are described here.

Properties from the "Fill Color" tab are described here.

Properties from the "Flash" tab are described here.

Properties from the "Rotation" tab are described here.

Properties from the "Motion" tab are described here.

Properties from the "Visibility" tab are described here.