Viewing and Configuring Trended Properties

You can view and configure the trended properties of trended objects that are logged in online as well as offline trends using the Manual Correction application.

 

Access and View Trend Data

You can access and view the trend data from any of the following:

System Browser

  1. In System Browser, select Application View.
  1. Select Applications > Trends > Manual Correction.
  1. Drag an offline trend log object or an online trend log object whose property details are to be displayed to the Manual Correction tab.
  1. From the Trended Object drop-down list, select the trended object.
  1. From the Trended Properties drop-down list, select the corresponding property whose details you want to view.
  1. In the Time filter section, specify the time range for which you want to view the details.
    NOTE: By default, the time range is defined for a 24-hour time period. You can fetch the latest data from the database by modifying the time period in the Time filter.
  1. Click Run .
  • The values display in the Filtered Data section.

Related Items

  1. In System Browser select the trended object whose property details are to be displayed in the Manual Correction tab.
  • A Manual Correction link displays below the Trends group in the Related Items tab.
    NOTE: If you select more than one trended object in the System Browser, the Manual Correction link does not display in the Related Items tab.
  1. Click the Manual Correction link.
  • The Manual Correction application displays in the Secondary pane and the trended object you selected displays in the Trended Object field in the Object filter section.
  1. Select the corresponding property whose details are to be viewed from the Trended Properties drop-down list.
  1. Specify the time range for which you want to view the details by specifying the date and time in the Time filter section.
    By default, the time range is defined for a 24-hour time period. You can fetch the latest data from the database by modifying the time period in the Time filter.
  1. Click Run .
  • The date/time, value, unit, and status of the selected trended property displays in the Filtered Data section in a column pattern in a grid.

 

Sort Entries

  • Perform any of the following steps to sort the column data:
  • To sort a column data in the ascending order, click the column header.
  • To change the sorting order to descending, click the column header a second time.
  • The data displays in the sorted order.
    NOTE: The values in the Unit column cannot be sorted.

 

Apply Filters

You can apply either custom, selection, or time filter on the trend data.

Custom filter

  1. Navigate to the Time or Value column to which you want to apply the custom filter.
  1. Click the inverted triangle icon and select Custom Filter from the menu options.
  • The Custom Filter dialog box displays.
  1. Perform any one of the following steps:
  • To apply the custom filter to the Time column – Select the appropriate operator and the date/time values.
    You must ensure that the value of the custom filter is within the value range specified in the Time filter section.
  • To apply the custom filter on the Value column – Select the appropriate operator and specify the value in the text field.
  1. Click OK.
  • The Filtered Data section refreshes to display the information matching the custom filter criteria.
    NOTE: The precision for a 64 bit value is supported till 2E49 (15 digits). If a value above 15 digits is either pasted or entered in the text field, while applying Custom Filter on the Value column, then there will be loss of precision.

Selection filter

You can apply the Selection filter on the Status column.

  1. Navigate to the Status column on which you want to apply the selection filter and click the inverted triangle icon.
  1. From the menu options, select the value corresponding to the status on which you want to filter the information and click OK.
    NOTE: For a quick retrieval of the values in the options list, enter the text that closely matches the required status in the text field. The options list displays the matching value.
  • The Filtered Data section displays the information.

Time filter

  1. Navigate to the Time column and click the inverted triangle icon.
  1. On the menu, position your mouse pointer over Time Filter. A sub-menu with the Hours and Minutes options displays.
  1. Depending on the filtering criteria to be applied, perform any of the following steps:
  • To filter data on the basis of number of hours - Position your mouse pointer over the Hours menu and select the relevant option.
  • To filter data on the basis of number of hours - Position your mouse pointer over the Hours menu and then select the relevant option.
  • The Filtered Data section displays the information.

 

Add New Entries

  1. Click Add .
    NOTE: You can also add a new row by right-clicking on the row and selecting Add Trend Entry from the options.
  • The Add Trend Entry dialog box displays.
  1. Complete the Date and Time, Value, and Comment fields.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Modify the Time filter to a range in which the date and time of the value to be added is present.
  1. Click Run .
  • The Filtered Data section refreshes and a new row with the specified values is added to the grid.
    NOTE: The comments entered are logged in the activity log.

 

Edit Entries

  1. Select the data entry row to be modified in the Filtered Data section and click Edit .
  • The Edit Trend Entry dialog box displays.
  1. Modify the value and add comments.
    NOTE: The comments entered are logged in the activity log.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Click Run .
  • The Filtered Data section refreshes to display the updated value for the selected row.
    NOTE: You can also modify a row by right-clicking the row and selecting Edit Trend Entry from the options.

 

Delete Entries

  1. Select the entry to be deleted.
    NOTE: Multi-select is allowed.
  1. Press Delete .
  • The Delete Trend Entry dialog box displays.
  1. Enter a comment and click OK.
  1. Click Run .
  • The entries are deleted.