Use the timebar control
- Last UpdatedSep 24, 2025
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The timebar control at the bottom of the display workspace shows the start and end time for all symbols on your display. The duration of the display time range appears in the space between the start and end times, and is initially set to 8 hours. If the end time for the display time range is set to Now (*), symbols on the display will dynamically update as information from their data items changes.

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Start time
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Revert display (and any trends) to original time configuration
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Arrows shift the time range backwards or forwards
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Duration button
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Now button to return to current time
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End time
The timebar control accepts valid PI System and Windows times, and launches an error message in the event you enter an unsupported time format. See Use PI time for more information on acceptable inputs.