AVEVA™ PI Vision™

Use symbols to visualize data

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Use symbols to visualize data

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Last UpdatedFeb 25, 2025
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Once you find your process data, you can use symbols to visualize your data on a display. Depending on the symbol type, you can add multiple data items per symbol by dragging and dropping them from the search results. After the symbols are added to a display, you can position and resize them on the display area.

AVEVA PI Vision offers eight types of symbols that you can use to visualize and monitor data. You can select your symbol types from the Symbol Gallery at the top of the Assets pane of the display.

Data visualization using symbols

The Symbol Gallery contains the following symbol types:

Icon	Symbol type	Purpose
	Trend	The trend symbol is a graph that lets you view values plotted against time. Trends allow you to add multiple data items per symbol.
	Value	Use the value symbol to view your data as a value.
	Table	Use the table symbol to view one or more data items in a table format. Tables allow you to add multiple data items per symbol.
	Asset comparison table	The asset comparison table allows you to compare measurements and other process information by organizing your data by assets.
	Time series table	Use the time series table symbol to show the values of a data item arranged sequentially along with their timestamps.
	Gauges Vertical Horizontal Radial	Vertical, horizontal, and radial gauge symbols provide a graphical view of the data value at the end time of the display range and can be customized to look like a variety of measuring instruments.
	Bar chart	The bar chart is a graph that lets you compare multiple values. Bar charts allow you to add multiple data items per symbol.
	XY plot	The XY plot allows you to correlate X-axis data sources with Y-axis data sources to explore correlations between one or more pairs of data.

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Use symbols to visualize data

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