Configure real-time trend display options

You can configure the visual appearance of a real-time trend.

Configure real-time trend display options

1. Double-click on the trend object. The Real Time Trend Configuration dialog box appears.

2. In the Color area, configure the color. Do any of the following:

   • Select the Chart Color box to open the color palette. Select the background color for the trend.

     White is the default background color. Any other background color significantly increases the time needed to print a trend.

   • Select the Border Color box to open the color palette. Select the border color of the trend.

3. In the Time Divisions area, configure the time divisions. Do the following:

   • In the Number of Major Div box, type the number of major trend time divisions The major time divisions appear on the horizontal time axis of the trend.

     The number of major time divisions must be an even multiple of the Major Div/Time Label value. For example, a division number of 20 is an even multiple of the Major Div/Time Label value of 4.

     

   • Select the color for the major division lines.

   • In the Minor Div/Major Div box, type the number of minor time divisions visible within each major time division.

     The number of minor time divisions should be evenly divisible within the major division period. For example, if the major division period is set to 60 seconds, entering a value of 2 in Minor Div/Major Div creates two minor time division periods of 30 seconds.

   • Select the color for the minor division lines.

   • Select either the Top Labels or Bottom Labels checkbox to specify the placement of time labels on the trend.

     You can select both options to place time labels at the top and bottom of the trend. Leaving both options blank removes time labels from the horizontal axis of the trend.

   • If you are using time labels, type the number of major time division lines per time label in Major Div/Time Label. The number of major divisions must be an even multiple of the Major Div/Time Label value.

     Select the color of the time division labels.

   • Select the time units shown as part of the major time division label.

     Hours (HH)

     Minutes (MM)

     Seconds (SS)

4. In the Value Divisions area, configure the appearance of the vertical axis of the trend.

   

   Value Divisions options are configured like Time Divisions options. The major and minor divisions on the y-axis show the magnitude of data values rather than time. The vertical axis specifies the range of data values that appear in the trend based upon engineering units for all tags.

   To show decimal points for the minor and major value divisions, type real numbers for the Min Value and Max options. For example, 0.00 to 100.00.

5. Choose Select Display Font. The Font dialog box appears with options to set the font, style, and size of text that appears in the trend.

6. Select OK.