Available chart types

Name

Description

Customization and other options

Available for tag types

Column Chart

Vertical bar chart of each selected tag. Values per time interval are calculated by ending time.

Select daily, hourly, or 15-minute intervals. If the chart is selected in the mixed tag group and non-analog (i.e., string or discrete) tags are available, aggregate the data by a non-analog tag instead of an interval by selecting the Event option and the tag.

Select an individual bar for details and a link to a detailed Line Chart of subset of the data.

Numeric

String/Discrete

Cumulative Line

Continuous line chart of totals.

Hover over chart for a legend showing individual data tag values for a particular time and date.

Select to add a limit line or to toggle autoscale and legend.

Numeric

Detail Grid

Numeric minimum, maximum, average, and last values for selected tags.

Select daily, hourly, or 15-minute values.

Numeric

String/Discrete

Diagnostic Grid

Descriptive text, numeric values, and quality details about the selected tags.

Numeric

String/Discrete

Gantt Chart

Shows which state each discrete or string tag is in over time. Charts for discrete and string tag are stacked.

Hover over the X (horizontal) axis to select pan and zoom options.

The Y (vertical) axis lists all values shown on the chart for each discrete or string tag. As you zoom in or out, this list may get smaller or larger.

String/Discrete

Line Chart

Continuous line of values for each selected analog tag and gantt chart for each discrete tag.

Hover over the X (horizontal) axis to select pan and zoom options.

Hover over chart for a legend showing individual tag values for a particular time and date.

Select to add a limit line or to toggle autoscale and legend.

Tip: If the chart and/or legend become too crowded to read clearly, try using autoscale or reduce the number of tags included in the chart.

Numeric

Mixed

Rolling Sum

Vertical bar chart of totals by selected time increment.

Note: This chart type is sometimes called a cumulative sum chart.

Select to add a limit line or toggle legend.

Select an individual bar for details and a link to a detailed Line Chart of subset of the data.

Select data retrieval mode (average, last, or total).

Select daily, hourly, or 15-minute values.

Numeric

Status Board

Designed for a big picture view, including current value, trend, and a thumbnail chart of recent performance

Select the thumbnail chart for more details and a link to a detailed Line Chart for that tag.

Numeric

String/Discrete

Mixed

Summary

A table of values for discrete or string tags.

String/Discrete

Summary Chart

Horizontal bar chart of each selected numeric tag.

Numeric

Summary Grid

For a set of tags measured by the same engineering unit, the values for each by time increment. Values per time interval are calculated by ending time.

Select data retrieval mode (average, minimum, maximum, sum, or last).

Select daily, hourly, or 15-minute values.

Numeric

String/Discrete

Time In State Chart

For string and discrete data, horizontal bar chart showing time in state for selected tags.

Select to add a limit line or to toggle legend.

String/Discrete

XY Plot

Scatter plot of individual reported values for selected data tags as they compare to X-axis tag.

Select to change the chart to lines with circles, or to toggle autoscale and legend.

Select tag for X axis.

Numeric

String/Discrete