Work with the eXtended Editor (XE) DNA Chart Control

The AVEVA Enterprise SCADA HMI application eXtended Editor (XE) includes a control object that can be added to any display called the Chart Control. The Chart Control can support plot-type charts that can be leveraged to display AVEVA Pipeline Operations for Liquids Hydraulic Profiles.

The Chart Control contains a configuration wizard to assist Display Editors with configuration of the Chart Control. For more information, refer to AVEVA Enterprise SCADA HMI Display Builder documentation.

When creating a hydraulic profile, each trend requires an individual pen to be created to define its configuration. In the example procedure described, the Chart Control Configuration wizard is used to configure a Flow Rate pen.

To configure a pen

1. From the Toolbox on XE, expand .NET Controls, and select Chart.

   The OASyS DNA Chart Control Configuration wizard opens.

   

2. Select Add to create a new pen.

   The pen is given a default name and is automatically added to the Configured Pens list.

3. Select the newly created pen.

   The configuration options for the pen are enabled.

   

4. In the Pen Title field, enter the desired name for the pen.

5. From the Alias dropdown, select an alias.

6. From the Data Pattern dropdown, select a data pattern.

7. In the Parameter1 field, enter the name of the upstream node that defines the start location of the hydraulic profile.

8. In the Parameter2 field, enter the name of the downstream node that defines the end location of the hydraulic profile.

   Note: Parameter1 and Parameter2 will define the range of a pipeline that is displayed by the hydraulic profile.

9. In the Parameter3 field, enter the trend that will be displayed on the plot. For more information on trend types that can be added to a hydraulic profile using AVEVA Pipeline Operations for Liquids, see Understand Hydraulic Profile line types or Bthydplot Business Logic Tier (BLT).

   Note: If a generic display is being created, the Parameter1 and Parameter2 fields can be left blank and set programmatically at runtime through Visual Basic as specified in the following example:

   

   For more information, see Understand Hydraulic Profile Visual Basic programming.