AddLoggedLine Method

AddLoggedLine is a method for a Trend Invoke method action.

Purpose: AddLoggedLine

Advanced Configuration: AddLoggedLine

Purpose: AddLoggedine

To add a specified logged line to the runtime Trend Control when Invoke Method is triggered by an event.

Lines using Logged data display data from a CIMPLICITY Database Logger group or data table. This type of trend is also called a historical trend because all the information comes from logged data.

Advanced Configuration: AddLoggedLine

Click Advanced on the Action tab of the Procedure Information dialog box.

The Edit Method dialog box opens for the AddLoggedLine method

Configuration is as follows.

Field

Description

Method name

Name of the selected method.

Note: Another method can be selected from the drop-down list.

Method result

(Optional) Setpoint that contains the status value.

 

Class

Boolean

 

Structure Type

BOOL

 

Allowed

Device or global Point ID.

 

When a user invokes the method, the method result contains one of the following values.

 

 

 

Value

Method Result

 

 

 

1

The line was successfully added to the trend.

 

 

 

0

The line was not added to the trend.

Parameters

LineID

String that provides a name for the Line ID.

The name will appear in the Legend to identify the added line.

 

DataSource

ODBC data source in which CIMPLICITY will find the table and column for the line display.

If a User ID and password are required, enter them on this line.

Including "DSN=" is optional. In either case, the UID= and PWD= must appear after the DSN.

Example

Either of the following is correct:

"CIMPLICITY Point Logging;UID=Administrator;PWD=98403"

"DSN=CIMPLICITY Point Logging;UID=Administrator;PWD=98403"

 

Table

Table in the Database Logger where the line data will be found.

 

Column

Column in the Database Logger table that contains the line's data.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The source for a Logged line is data from any point logging table.

More information

   List of line display methods.

   All Trend methods.