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Trend Toolbar (4.9)

This article applies to version 4.9 of P2 Explorer. For the latest help, see Trend Toolbar.

The Trend Toolbar is activated when the currently selected tab in the display area is a Trend. Use the buttons on the toolbar to manipulate the trend.

Save Click the Save button and select either Save, Save As or Snapshot options.

  • Use Save when saving a trend for the first time, or for saving updates to a previously saved trend.
  • Save As is used to assign a new name to a previously saved trend.
  • Snapshot saves the current selections of the trend, which can then be retrieved at a later date from the trend's preview in its workspace, or from My Environment.

Note: You need Workspaces Edit privileges for this trend's workspace, to save the trend.

Refresh Click and select either Refresh Data or Reset Trend.

  • Refresh Data updates the data points in the trend.
  • Reset Trend reloads the entire trend and resets the data back to its original state.
Share Click to access either the Share Link or Print options.

  • From the Share Link dialog box you can copy the trend's URL and share the link with other users.
  • From the Print dialog box you have a choice of output destinations depending on your setup. 
Export CSV Export the trend's data to a .csv file for downloading. Note: Read more about the trend's data in the Trend Controls topic. Time range, sample method, and sample interval all determine what data is fetched. This is the data that is then exported. So if, for example, the Adaptive Raw sample method is selected, the trend will only export the rendered data, not all of the raw data.
Analysis Opens the Analysis panel which gives the options of creating and visualizing complex models directly against any timeseries data in the system; and saving a defined period of time as a Time Window.
Time Windows Toggle button to show/hide the Time Windows table; only displays when the Trace Table is visible.
Range Selector Toggle to show/hide the Range Selector. Hiding the Range Selector allows more space for the Trace Window.
Controls Toggle to show/hide the Trend Controls (date selectors, sample method and sample interval). Hiding the Trend Controls allows more space for the Trace Window.
Trace Table Toggle to show/hide the Trace Table, which allows more space for the Trace Window.
Zoom Toggle to activate/deactivate the Zoom mode. Click to undo the previous zoom, to redo the previous zoom, and to cancel the zoom and revert the trace to what it was before you zoomed in.
Y Range Select when the y-axis is in shared mode to display editable Min and Max buttons beside the y-axis. The Auto button resets the min and max values so all data points are visible.
Auto Range Click to automatically update the minimum and maximum y-axis values so all trace data points are visible on the trend. Applies only to the current data on the trend and when separate y-axis are selected. Refresh the trend to undo auto range adjustments.
Y Scale Select and choose Log or Linear.

  • Log to plot data on a logarithmic scale.
  • Linear to plot data on a linear scale.

Note: If a trend includes data points of zero, then instead of showing an error for the Log Scale Type, Explorer plots a point that is close to zero, and displays this as zero.
Y Axis Click and select either Shared or Separate.

  • Select Shared for all traces on the Left Y-Axis (L) to be plotted against a single, shared Left Y-Axis, and all traces on the Right Y-Axis (R) to be plotted against a single, shared Right Y-Axis.
  • Select Separate for each trace to be plotted against its own axis.
Plot Layout

Select either Single Chart or Stacked Chart.

  • Single Chart (the default) displays all traces in one chart.
  • Stacked Chart displays each trace on its own chart, stacked vertically above each other.
Plot Mode Choose either Time Series, Duration or XY.

  • Time Series mode (the default) displays time series data as values in time along the x-axis in the trace window.
  • Duration mode is used to view Time Windows and has the effect of changing the x-axis so that it starts at 0, and represents a period of time, rather than a time range.
  • XY mode plots one range of values on the x-axis, and the other along the y-axis.
Hairline Choose the number of hairlines allowable on the trend (single, dual, multiple or none).
Hairline View Choose the data to display in the hairline information box (value and timestamp, timestamp, value or none).
Info Click to open the Display Information panel for the trend.
Help Open the Trends menu page in the P2 Explorer Help Center.

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