About Trend Methods

Because the trend chart is an object in CimEdit, you can specify events that trigger actions.

Trending offers you a list of methods to use for an Invoke method action that can be triggered by an event.

A method is a function that operates on a Trend control in CimView.

You can customize one or all of these methods so they will change or enable/disable an aspect of the trend chart when their associated event occurs.

Axis (X)

Axis (Y)

Axis (Y or X)

Legend

Line

Visual Aids

Wait States

Other

 

 

Axis (X)

JumpToCurrentTime

Set the chart time to the current time.

PauseUpdates

Pause or resume updates

ScrollLines

Scroll the chart by the given percentage

SetXDuration

Change the X-axis duration.

SetXStartTime

Change the Chart X-axis for one or all lines.

 

 

Axis (Y)

SetAxisLabel

Display a label for a selected Y-axis.

SetLineYAxis

Change the Y-axis settings.

SetYAxisVisible

Change the visibility of one or all Y axes.

SetLineUseChartY

Toggle the use of the Chart Y-axis for a line.

 

Axis (Y or X)

SetAxisTicks

Display ticks and tick labels on either an X or Y-axis.

 

 

Legend

SetLegendState

Make the legend visible/invisible

 

 

Line

AddDynPointLine

Add a point line.

AddExpressionLine

Add an expression line.

AddiHistorianLine

Add a line from Historian.

AddLoggedLine

Add a logged line.

AddLoggedExpressionLine

Add a logged expression line.

DeleteTrendLine

Delete a line.

SetLineAutoupdate

Change the auto-update status of one or all non-runtime lines.

SetLineCompression

Set the compression specifications for a particular Line ID.

SetLineDisplay

Set the color, compression and expansion of a given line.

SetLineVisible

Toggle the line visibility in both the chart and legend for one or all lines.

WriteReferenceFile

Write a reference file for specified lines.

 

 

Visual Aids

ResetZoom

Reset zoom in the Trend Control to 100%.

SetGridState

Change the grid visibility for the Trend Control.

 

Wait States

EnableOutstandingLoggedRequestStateEvents

Enables the firing of logged data wait state events in the Trend control.

DisableOutstandingLoggedRequestStateEvents

Disables or turns off the firing of logged data request wait state events in the Trend control.

EnteringOutstandingLoggedRequestState Event

Trend control has determined that it has logged data requests that have been outstanding (waiting) for longer than the number of seconds determined by the threshold.

LeavingOutstandingLoggedRequestState Event

Trend control has determined that it no longer has any logged data requests that are outstanding.

 

Other

AboutBox

Display the Help About dialog box for the CIMPLICITY Trend Control.

ForceRedraw

Redraws the chart to display the current values.

SetCimplicityProject

Set the CIMPLICITY project for the Trend Control.

More information

Method configuration.

Configure a Trend chart.

About Trends.