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12. Select the Mixer folder and drag it on top of the graph, and release the mouse button to place
the tags in the graph.

13. If necessary, configure the Trend Duration (time span) for 5 Minutes.
14. Save the new Trend as Mixer.aaTrend in the C:\Wonderware Training\Labs folder.

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15. From the main Trend menu, select File / New.

16. Create groups using the following table. Be sure to select the Historian in the Tag Picker to see
all tag data types.

Group Tagname Description

QA TransferPump_001.PV Pump
TT_001.PV Temperature Meter
InletValve_001.PV.IsActive1 Inlet Valve open
InletValve_001.PV.IsPassive Inlet Valve
SysTimeSec System Time: Seconds
Line1 LIT_001.PV Level Meter
TT_001.PV Temperature Meter
InletValve_001.PV Inlet Valve
SysTimeSec System Time: Seconds
IS SysString System Hourly String
SysPerfCPU0 % CPU load on processor
SysDataAcqOverallItemsPerSec Items per second received from SysDrv
SysStatusEvent Status Tag Snapshot Event
SysTimeMin System Time: Minutes

17. Select File / New, and add each Group to a new trend.
18. Click the Auto scale all tags button after each group is added to its new trend.
19. Save each trend with its respective name in the C:\Wonderware Training\Labs folder.

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20. For the IS Trend, configure the duration to 2 hours and stack the traces to create a better view
of the event and string tags. Note the string and event tag symbols:

SysDataAcqOverallIte
msPerSec (Analog)

SysPerfCPU0 (Analog)

SysStatusEvent (Event)

SysString (String)

SysTimeMin (Analog)

21. Select the All Filter tab to view the tags in the new Group folders.
The following figure shows all tags in the IS Group, including String and Event tags:

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Create a Trend Set

A trend set is a saved grouping of trend files. You can specify a common trend duration (for
example, the last 24 hours) to apply to all of the files in the set. This allows you to easily print
information for the same duration from multiple trend files at the same time. This is useful for
reports such as shift or daily reports.
22. From Trend’s main menu, select File / New Trend Set.
The Trend set configuration dialog box appears.
23. Select File / Add.

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24. Browse to the .aaTrend files previously created for this lab.

25. Highlight each Trend you created by holding Ctrl and clicking each file.
26. Click Open.
The files appear in the Trend set configuration dialog box.
27. Select Last 5 minutes from the Duration drop-down list.
28. Select File / Save.

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29. Name the new trend set and click Save, saving it in the C:\Wonderware Training\Labs
folder.

The trends are now configured to show the last 5 minutes of data when printed or distributed.

Note: Clicking on File / Print would send the trend set to the default printer. Each trend will be
sent as a separate print job.

30. Click File / Exit to exit the Trend set configuration window.

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Modify the Trend display

It is easy to adjust the display and layout of multiple trends.
31. Open two of the previously created trend files.
32. Select Window / Tile Horizontally from the main menu. The trend windows will resize
automatically to fit within the main window.
33. Select View / Tagpicker.
The Tagpicker pane disappears on both trends.
34. Widen each trend to the width of the entire Trend program window.
35. Right-click on each trend and select Properties.
36. Select the Colors tab and configure a different background display color for each trend. Click
OK when finished.
Your Trend application should now look similar to the following figure (minor changes have been
made to each trend):

37. Close the open Trends, leaving ActiveFactory Trend open. Do not save your changes.

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Lab 6 – Configure Time Offsets and Target

Regions

Introduction
This lab demonstrates the use of the Time Offsets option and the Target Region option in the tag
Properties dialog box.

Objective
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
z Start a New Trend
z Configure a Time Offset
z Trend one tag several times and configure Time Offset
z Configure a Target Region for a tag

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Configure Time Offset

Note: Use of this feature with large offset values will have a detrimental effect on performance
and query times.

1. Open a new Trend (File / New).

2. Click View / Tag Picker if the Tag Picker is not already displayed.
3. Add the SysTimeSec analog tags from two different Historians.

Your instructor will supply the node names. Use the Tools / Servers menu command to
configure a connection to a different Historian.
Both tags will display identical traces:

The tagname pane should appear similar to the following figure:

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