Configure miscellaneous options
- Last UpdatedJul 16, 2024
To configure miscellaneous options
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On the Tools menu, click Options. The Options dialog box appears.
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Click the Miscellaneous tab.
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Select Always on top to always display Trend as the top-most program on the computer desktop.
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Select Display all tag timestamps in all data logs to include the time stamps for all tags in the data log.
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In the Discrete log format area, configure how the values for discrete tags appear in the data log. Select Display actual numeric values to show the numeric value for the discrete tag, either 1 for the TRUE state or 0 for the FALSE state. Select Display associated messages to show the text associated with the TRUE or FALSE state of the discrete tag. For example, "On" or "Off," "Started" or "Stopped."
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In the Tag defaults area, configure how tag values appear in the chart. Changes to these settings are not applied until the next tag is added to the chart.
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Decimal places
The number of values that appear to the right of the decimal period.
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Format
The format for tag values, either decimal format or scientific format. For the scientific format, the value appears with an E denoting the exponent.
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Auto Precision
If selected, the number of decimal places is automatically set based on the value range. When Auto Precision is selected, the Decimal places field is read-only.
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Configure the following additional options:
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Open documents on start up
If selected, when you start the Trend application, it automatically reopens the trend files that were open when you closed it. Otherwise, a new trend file is created.
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Ask confirmation before importing application style of document
Some style information is saved in trend files, and this may differ from the default styles configured in the Trend application. If this option is selected, when you open a trend file you will be prompted to confirm whether or not to override the default settings with the settings from the trend file. Otherwise, the settings from the trend file will override the default settings automatically, with no confirmation required.
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Enable Alarms and Events (from Historian data blocks only)
Select this option to enable the alarms and events overlay in the trend chart.
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Always automatically adjust chart scale to show all values
If this option is selected, when trend values cross the chart boundaries, the Trend application will automatically adjust the chart scale so that all values are displayed.
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Click OK.