Add attribute columns to the Explore Events task pane

Use the Add Attributes window to add event attributes to the Columns to display list in the Explore Events task pane. You can then include those attributes in the function array inserted into the worksheet.

1. Open the Explore Events task pane and specify events to retrieve into the worksheet.

2. Next to the Columns to display list in the task pane, select to open the Add Attributes window.

   The window lists the events that match the criteria currently specified in the task pane.

3. Expand an event to see the event attributes stored for that event.

   You can include any event attribute as a column in the function array. When included in the function array, an attribute column shows values stored for an event.

4. Select the check box next to any attribute that you want to add to the Columns to display list in the task pane.

   The Explore Events function identifies attributes by name. An event and attribute name uniquely define a value. Therefore, you only need to add a particular attribute one time. When you select an attribute, the window automatically selects that attribute everywhere it appears in the event hierarchy.

   Note: PI DataLink does not synchronize selections in this window with the Columns to display list in the task pane. In this window, you can select an attribute already available or selected in the column list in the task pane; doing so adds the same attribute more than once to the column list in the task pane.

5. Select OK to insert the attribute into the Columns to display list and select that column.