Configure a Profile

You can configure a Profile so that it contains the variables that you want and displays them in a manner that fits your requirements. Typically, you configure a Profile by completing the following steps:

• Add profile curves to the Profile.

• Add variables to the profile curves.

• Configure the appearance of each profile curve.

• (Optional) Add an x-axis variable to a profile curve to transform the profile curve from a set of indexed values into a scatter plot.

• Configure the axes of the Profile.

• Configure the Profile's appearance.

You can perform these steps in any order to customize your Profile.

Add profile curves to a Profile

1. After you create a Profile, right-click the Profile on the Canvas or Simulation Manager and select Full Properties.

   The Profile appears with an expanded configuration area.

   A newly created Profile always contains a profile curve named Profile 1. A name placeholder (Change me) appears under the Label column for this profile curve.

   

2. Select the name placeholder and enter the name that you want to use for this profile curve.

   A profile curve consists of one or more variables. The variables can be scalar or array variables. The software appends the variables to the profile curve as you add them to the list of variables. We recommend that you choose a name that suits all the variables that you plan to add to the profile curve.

   

3. To add another profile curve to the Profile, select on the Profiles bar.

   An empty profile curve appears in the Profiles section.

4. Repeat step 2 for all profile curves that you add to the Profile.

Add a variable to a profile curve

5. Do one of the following:

   • Select on the bar for the profile curve to manually add a variable to the profile curve.

     An empty variable placeholder (Select) appears under the Y Name column for the profile curve.

   • Drag a variable from the Simulation Manager, Mini Inspector, or Properties Inspector onto the list of simulation variables for the desired profile curve.

     The variable appears in the list of variables for the profile curve.

   • Drag a variable onto the Profile's icon on the Canvas.

     The variable appears in the list of variables for the first profile curve in the Profile.

   If you add a variable from a submodel that is part of an array of submodels, AVEVA Process Simulation automatically adds the corresponding variable from each submodel instance to the profile curve. For example, if you add the T variable from the Stage submodel in a Column (<column>.Stage.T, where <column> is the name of the Column on the Canvas), AVEVA Process Simulation adds all stage temperatures to the profile curve.

6. For manually added variables, select the variable placeholder under the Y Name column and enter the name of the variable that you want to add.

   A dropdown list appears as you are entering a variable name to help you quickly find and select the variable.

   

Configure the appearance of a profile curve

7. In the Y Units list for the profile curve, select the unit of measure (UOM) that you want to use for the y-axis values.

   The UOM selection applies to only this profile curve and does not affect other places where the corresponding variables appear.

8. Select the Axis of the profile curve, either left (L) or right (R).

9. (Optional) In the Color list, select the color that you want to use for the profile curve on the Profile.

10. In the Style list, select one of the following options:

    • Line – Display the profile curve as a line.

    • Marker – Display the profile curve as a set of marked data points.

    • Both – Display the profile curve as a line and include the set of marked data points used to generate the line.

11. In the Line list, select the line style that you want to use for the profile curve.

    The Line list is available only when you set the Style to Line or Both.

12. In the Marker list, select the marker style that you want to use for the profile curve.

    The Marker list is available only when you set the Style to Marker or Both.

Transform a profile curve from a set of indexed values into a scatter plot

13. In the X Name box, enter the name of the variable that you want to use for the x-axis.

    The profile curve changes from a set of indexed values into a scatter plot.

    You should add an x-axis variable only when the profile curve includes a single y-axis variable. The x-axis variable should be an array of the same size as the y-axis variable.

14. In the X Units list, select the UOM that you want to use for the x-axis values.

    The UOM selection applies to only this profile curve and does not affect other places where the corresponding variables appear.

Configure the left and right y-axis of a Profile

15. Expand the Axes section if it is not already visible.

    

16. If you want to automatically allocate the minimum and maximum values for the left or right y-axis, select the Auto checkbox for that axis.

17. If you did not select the Auto checkbox, enter the Min and Max values for the profile curves on that axis.

18. If you want to flip the x-axis and the y-axis values for the profile curves on the left y-axis or the right y-axis, select the Flip checkbox for that axis.

Configure a Profile's appearance

19. On the Profile's configuration area, expand the Configure section.

    

20. Enter the Title of the Profile.

21. Enter the X Axis Label for the Profile.

22. In the Grid Size box, enter the number of array indexes between each grid line on the axis that displays the array index counter. By default, the array indexes appear on the x-axis.

    You may want to increase the Grid Size value when you add large array variables to your profile curves. For example, if you set the Grid Size to 1 and you add an array variable from a 50-tray column to any profile curve in the Profile, all 50 trays appear as grid lines, which may be visually unmanageable. In this case, you can set the Grid Size to 10 so that only every tenth tray appears for a total of five grid lines on the Profile.

23. (Optional) In the Grid Line Color list, select the color that you want to use for the grid lines on the Profile.

24. (Optional) In the Grid Line Style list, select the line style that you want to use for the grid lines on the Profile.

25. (Optional) In the Background list, select the color that you want to use for the background of the Profile.

26. In the Legend list, select the location of the Profile's legend.