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Industrial Graphic Editor

Configure a multi pens trend

  • Last UpdatedJun 24, 2026
  • 1 minute read

A Multi Pens Trend is like a trend pen and displays a succession of process values but with multiple trend lines. See the sections under Configuring a Trend Pen for more information on the types of pen trends. Multi Pens Trend has the capability to fetch the data from the partner node historian when the primary node historian is down.. You can export and import a symbol embedded with Multi Pens Trend by using Industrial Graphics Programmic API. For more information on how to export and import a graphic element, see "Exporting and Importing Industrial Graphics Programmatically" in the AVEVA Industrial Graphic Editor Help.

Note:
- Multi Pens Trend has not been tested on non-English language operating systems.
- Performance Index calculation for Multi Pens Trend is not included in the GPI.
- AVEVA OMI supports Multi Pens Trend with the following limitations:
     Multi Pens Trend properties configuration
     Drag-and-drop operations
     Display of the configured reference dialog on right-click
- Web Client does not support Multi Pens Trend.

To configure a multi pens trend:

  1. Select the Multi Pens Trend element.

  2. Click over the Graphic Editor canvas.

  3. The Edit Animations dialog box appears. For each pen, configure the following sections in the Trend Pens tab:

    • Pen Name and Reference

    • Pen Details

    • Pen Options

    • Source

      Configuring multi-pens trend in the Edit Animations dialog