Task Panel

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Task Panel

The Task Panel contains the Displays and Connections tabs. The Displays tab lists all Displays and their respective Pens, according to the next figure.

Displays tab

Displays tab

Right-click a Display's name and select the Select columns option to select the columns to show on this tab, according to the next figure.

Legend window

Legend window

The available options on this window are described on the next table.

Available options on the Legend window

Option

Description

Available

Columns available for viewing. Please check the next table for more information about these columns

Add

Moves the selected column to the Selected list

Remove

Removes the selected column from the Selected list

Up

Moves the selected column one position up on the Selected list

Down

Moves the selected column one position down on the Selected list

Selected

Columns selected for viewing

 

NOTES

To reorder the columns of a Legend, use the Up ou Down options.

The available options for Legend columns, including their width, only apply to the selected Display.

The value of the Average column corresponds to the average of values effectively shown on a Display, which may be different from the average of all values.

The contextual menu of the Displays tab also contains the Auto Update, Show Grid Lines, Show Local Legend, and Interpolate options, described in details on topic Home Tab.

For more information about the configuration of Pens, please check topic Pens.

 

The available columns for a Legend are described on the next table.

Available columns for a Legend

Column

Description

Average (Period)

Average of the period queried

Average (Visible)

Average of the visible period on a Display

EU

Engineering unit of a Pen's value

Last Query Duration

Elapsed time of the last query, in milliseconds

Last Query Status

Status of the last query

Max (Period)

Maximum value of a Pen in the period queried

Max (Visible)

Maximum value of a Pen in the visible period of the Display

Min (Period)

Minimum value of a Pen in the period queried

Min (Visible)

Minimum value of a Pen in the visible period of the Display

Pen Source

Source Tag of a Pen's data

Period End Time

Final date and time of the period queried

Period End Value

Final interpolated value of the period queried. Please check the next note for more information about the behavior of this column

Period Start Time

Initial date and time of the period queried

Period Start Value

Initial interpolated value of the period queried. Please check the next note for more information about the behavior of this column

Period Time Span

Time interval of the period queried

Period Value Span

Value interval of the period queried

Points Received

Total number of points received from the Pen

Quality

Quality of a Pen's value in the search point

Timestamp

Timestamp of a Pen's value in the search point

Value

Pen's value in the search point

Vertical Scale Max

Maximum value of the Vertical Scale

Vertical Scale Min

Minimum value of the Vertical Scale

Vertical Scale Title

Title of the Vertical Scale

 

NOTE

The Period Start Value and Period End Value columns have the following behavior:

If the selected period does not have points with good quality, no value is displayed on these columns.

If the selected period contains points with good quality crossing the Vertical Scale only at the beginning, the Period End Value column does not display any value.

If the selected period contains points with good quality crossing the Vertical Scale only at the end, the Period Start Value does not display any value.

If the selected period contains points with bad quality before or after the beginning or the end, the Period Start Value and Period End Value columns show the value of the real point closest to the Vertical Scale that represents the respective interval.

 

The Connections tab shows the available connections and their respective Pens, according to the next figure.

Connections tab

Connections tab

Right-clicking a Connection allows users to use the options described on the next table.

Available options for a Connection

Option

Description

Refresh

Updates data for this Connection

Edit

Allows editing this Connection's configurations. Please check topic Connections for more information about this option

Pen Filter

Opens the Pen Filter window, shown on the next figure, which allows filtering Pens of a Connection by name

Delete

Removes the selected Connection

 

Pen Filter window

Pen Filter window

Type the name of a Pen in the Filter field to start filtering by a Pen's name. For case-sensitive searches, select the Match case option. The window on the next figure shows an example of filtering.

Result of filtering Pens

Result of filtering Pens

Click OK to save the current filter, whose configuration is shown next to the Connection's name. To remove a filter, right-click a Connection's name and select the Delete Pen Filter option.

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