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Chapter 17 Historical Data Collection and Trend Displays

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 17 Historical Data Collection and Trend Displays........................................................................................................... 1
17.1 General Information........................................................................................................................................................... 2
17.1.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
17.1.2 Legend ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
17.2 800xA Architecture for Historical Functions..................................................................................................................... 3
17.2.1 Data Flow.................................................................................................................................................................... 3
17.2.2 Log Hierarchy............................................................................................................................................................. 5
17.2.3 Configuration Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 6
17.3 History Service .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
17.3.1 History Source Aspect ................................................................................................................................................ 7
17.4 Log Templates ................................................................................................................................................................... 9
17.4.1 How to Create a Direct Log Template ........................................................................................................................ 9
17.4.2 Hierarchical Log Templates...................................................................................................................................... 12
17.5 Log Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... 13
17.5.1 How to Create a Log Configuration.......................................................................................................................... 13
17.5.2 Check the Data Size.................................................................................................................................................. 15
17.5.3 Presentation Settings................................................................................................................................................. 15
17.6 Reading Log Contents .................................................................................................................................................... 17
17.6.1 Check the History Source ......................................................................................................................................... 17
17.7 Trend Displays................................................................................................................................................................. 18
17.7.1 How to Create a Trend Display ................................................................................................................................ 19
17.7.2 How to Setup a Trend Display.................................................................................................................................. 20
17.8 Operation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
17.8.1 Tool Bar .................................................................................................................................................................... 23
17.8.2 How to Change the Time Scope ............................................................................................................................... 24
17.8.3 Table Part.................................................................................................................................................................. 25
17.8.4 Additional Table Columns........................................................................................................................................ 26
17.8.5 XY Plot ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
17.8.6 Moving Trend Data to MS Excel.............................................................................................................................. 28
17.9 Trend Templates .............................................................................................................................................................. 29
17.9.1 How to Create a Trend Template.............................................................................................................................. 29
17.9.2 How to Setup a Trend Template ............................................................................................................................... 30

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17.1 General Information

17.1.1 Objectives
On completion of this chapter you will be able to:

Set up the history source

Describe how historical information is collected

Configure log templates

Configure logs

Configure and modify trend templates

Create and configure trend displays

Operate trend displays

17.1.2 Legend

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Indicates a key name.

Indicates when you go from one menu to a sub-menu.

Bold

Indicates a menu name or an option in a menu, or file structures

Indicates dialog box buttons, tabs, instructions etc.

Indicates start/explanation of student activity

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17.2 800xA Architecture for Historical Functions

The 800xA system supports a full array of historical and reporting functions. Many of
these functions such as archiving require the Information Manager software. However,
basic historical collection is performed by the Basic Historian in the Connectivity
Server and so it is available as a base feature of System 800xA.
In fact, if Information Manager is installed in the system, it gets its data from the
Connectivity Servers basic historical logs using the OPCs HDA standard protocol.
This protocol, unlike the DA protocol, can get multiple values for the same point with
one request. If the Information Manager machine is off line for a while, there is no
loss of data because it can retrieve the whole time period from the Connectivity Server
when it comes back on line.
The Connectivity Server is usually redundant so it is unlikely that data will be lost due
to a failure. Both Connectivity Servers are always collecting the data so if one is offline, it will back fill from the other when it returns to service.

What is a log?
A log is a collection of time stamped (tagged) data. The process or system object from
which the data originates is called the data source.

17.2.1 Data Flow

The log is normally stored on a hard disk on the Connectivity Server. The storage size
is up to 10,000,000 data points per log. All logs are circular; the oldest data entry is
overwritten by the newest when the log is full.
NOTE!

Log data cannot be archived, if not using Information

Manager.

Data Source
LOG

Storage Interval
2592000s
or
30 days

0s 10s 20s 30s

Storage Size

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Logging can take place as fast as once per second. There is almost no limit to the
number of logged data items. But there is always a balance between the rate of logging
and the number of data points to be logged if both are high then the network may be
considerably loaded.

Trend displays

Workplaces
(Clients)

Aspect
Server

Client/Server Network

Historical data

Connectivity
Server

Control Network
Controllers

Field bus
Field devices

The data collection is done using the OPC DA standard but the Historian also has the
ability to collect data through some proprietary protocols such as the AC 400
Controllers TTD logs.

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17.2.2 Log Hierarchy

A hierarchical log is one whose input data source is another log. The first log is a
direct log, with data coming from the OPC Server. The succeeding logs get their input
from the first log. The selection of aggregate (algorithm) determines the type of
processing done to the data before it is logged.
There is no hard limit to the number of hierarchical levels which can be configured.

Data Source
Storage Size
OPC

LOG 1

Storage Interval
t
0s 10s 20s 30s

60s

2592000s
or
30 days

Aggregate

LOG 2

t
0s 60s 120s 180s

180 days

Example
LOG1 is a direct log, logging data from the OPC server every 10 seconds.
LOG2 is a hierarchical log, logging the time average of the samples from LOG1 over
a 60 second time period (6 samples from LOG1).

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17.2.3 Configuration Overview

There are two parts to setting up values to be logged:

Library Structure
Log Template
HOW DATA IS LOGGED

Control Structure

Log Configuration
WHAT IS LOGGED

Log Template aspect

This aspect is configured in the Library Structure. It determines the size of the log and
the frequency with which items are logged.
It does NOT say what should be logged

Log Configuration aspect

This aspect is configured in the Control Structure as part of the object where the
signals to be logged are found. It defines which properties (for example Value) on the
object/signal to log, and how to log (by referring to a Log Template).

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17.3 History Service

Before any logging can take place the log configurations need to know where to obtain
the data.
Just as 800xA has services to provide alarm and event functions, there is a service for
collecting history. It is called the Basic History Service and the responsibility is to
acquire and make available data for logging. It communicates with the OPC Server to
obtain the data coming up from the controller.

The situation is similar to other service set-ups. The History Service is defined in the
Service Structure. This service may serve one or more History Service Groups.

The Basic History Service gets installed and configured automatically during system
creation. Unless further groups are required there is no work to be done in the Service
Structure.

17.3.1 History Source Aspect

Before logging of properties can take place in any structure at least one History Source
aspect must be defined. This is done at a fairly high level in the structure. All objects
that are descendants (children) of the object containing the History Source aspect
inherit this source.
The History Source aspect is required to point to the service group which will be used
for all log configurations.

For logging from data inside objects in the Control Structure, it is usual to set up the
history source as an aspect of the Control Network, and then all objects below it will
use this history source.

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1. Mark the Control Network object in the Control Structure.

2. Add an aspect of type <History Source> to the Control Project and name it
History Source.
3. Open the Config View for History Source.
4. Click on the Open button and select the service group Basic from the list of
the available service groups. This service group is defined in the Service
Structure Basic History Basic as explained above.

5. Click onto Apply.

The History Source is now configured. All objects and child objects of the Control
Project object are able to use this History Source.

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17.4 Log Templates

A Log Template is a re-usable template for building many similar logs. Modifying an
existing Log Template, will affect existing logs use that Log Template.
Two default log templates are available for use. The user can also create templates in
the default library or create a user library and place the user templates there.

17.4.1 How to Create a Direct Log Template

As a first step, we always have to create a Direct Log template. The Direct Log is the
collection of data directly from an OPC source.
1. Select the Library Structure.

2. Mark History Log Templates in the Object Tree and select New Object from the
context menu.
3. History Log Template Library is just a container of log templates (like a folder).
You may create a new object of type History Log Template.

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4. Select the Config View of the Log Template aspect.

5. Create a new Property Log Template by clicking the Add button. The first log
must always be a direct log.

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6. Select the tab card Data Collection and specify how to collect data.

We can specify the amount of data to store in either number of points or length of
time.
We can specify the resolution of the collection in terms of a minimum and maximum
time for taking a sample, and we can specify an exception deviation. This allows some
data compression by not collecting samples that have not changed significantly from
the previous. If we leave the Exception Deviation at 0.000%, samples will always be
collected at the minimum time.
The Min Capacity and Max Capacity figures at the bottom of the tab show the effect
of the decisions we make for storage interval and size based on whether data is
collected at the minimum or maximum resolution.
The Aggregates and Bad Data Quality Limit entries at the top are unavailable for a
Direct Log. We will see their use in the next section.

7. Select the tab card Log Definition and give a new name to the log.
NOTE!

Log names should specify collection interval, log capacity

and aggregate (if applicable).

8. Apply your changes by clicking onto the Apply button and the new template is
created.

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17.4.2 Hierarchical Log Templates

A Hierarchical Log is one that uses another log as its source rather than a direct OPC
collection. The ultimate source of data is still the OPC collector, but we can use the
Direct Log to provide data to the hierarchical log. This provides a lot of flexibility in
how we handle the data with regard to compression.
Taking a look at the Data Collection tab of the second level of the hierarchical log, we
can decide how to reduce the resolution of the data. The Aggregate entry has many
selections from average to standard deviation, summation, interpolation and many
others.

The Bad Data Quality Limit specifies what percentage of the samples can be bad and
still create an acceptable aggregate. If more than this percentage is bad, the aggregate
sample will be marked bad in the hierarchical log.

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17.5 Log Configuration

A Log Configuration aspect is required for each object which contains properties to be
logged. It is used to specify the properties to be logged and which log template to use
for each property.
Remember that each tag can have many different values associated with it and these
are called properties. For example in a PID loop, the signal for the set point, process
variable, and control output are all individual properties. Each one of these that we
want to maintain history for will need a separate log defined.

17.5.1 How to Create a Log Configuration

1. Open the Control Structure of a project and select any process tag such as a
Function Block or a Control Module.
2. Add an aspect of type Log Configuration to the Function Block instance and
name it Log Configuration.

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3. Open the Config View of the Log Configuration aspect.

4. Click onto the button Add Property Log to create a new log.
5. Select a property from the list and select a template.

6. Click onto the OK button. Click Apply to close the Main View of the aspect
Log Configuration.

There is no reason we cannot have more than one property log configured even for the
same property.

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17.5.2 Check the Data Size

After you created a new log configuration and added a property log to it, some new tab
cards with different settings exist.
The Property Log tab displays log information. The Data Size is the size of the
Property Log on disk. It is the sum of the size of all logs. The size of each log file is
the sum of the file header and the data storage size.

17.5.3 Presentation Settings

All values are used to display the trace in a Trend Display. These values can be set in
either of:

The Object Type (i.e. in the Property Aspect).

The Object Instance (i.e in the Property Aspect).

The Log (in the Log Configuration Aspect).

The Trend Display.

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The above listed are in override order. For example you can override a value set in the
Object Type by writing a value in the Object Instance. Another example is a value set
in the Object Type, the Object Instance for presentation attribute or the Log can be
overridden in the Trend Display.
To override a presentation attribute the check box for the attribute must be marked. If
the check box is unmarked the default value is displayed.

Engineering Units are inherited from the source but can be overridden.
Normal Maximum and Normal Minimum are scaling factors, used for the scaling of
Y-axis in the Trend Display. The values are retrieved from the source but can be
overridden.
The Number of Decimals are retrieved from the source but can be overridden.
The Display Mode can be either Interpolated or Stepped. Interpolated is
appropriate for real values, Stepped for binary.

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17.6 Reading Log Contents

You may read log contents by selecting the function block in the Control Structure,
then select the log configuration you created before and choose Config view.
Select the logged property you want to read, then click on the tab Status and press
the Read button.

17.6.1 Check the History Source

Check that the history source is working:

Logging will not work

Logging is working
Bad news

Good news

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17.7 Trend Displays

Trend Display aspects are used to present both historical data AND live data to the
operator. The history data and run-time data are seamlessly integrated.
A trend display consists of three areas:

Trace Area

Tool Bar

Trend Table

Any OPC property can be logged. That means more than just typical process data can
be displayed in a trend display. Diagnostic and system data can also be trended, but of
course the most common trends will be process data.
NOTE!

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Placing a cursor on a trend causes a text box (tool tip) to

pop up providing detailed information.

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17.7.1 How to Create a Trend Display

In general, a Trend Display can be created in any structure. A sensible place to add a
trend aspect might be an Equipment or Unit object in the Functional Structure.
Remember that the operators will not be looking for these displays in the Plant
Explorer. The reason to configure a graphic or a trend display as an aspect of an
Equipment or Unit object is to assist the engineers in keeping track of what they
create. Trend displays will then usually be accessed from the graphics.

7. Add a Trend Display aspect to any object by right clicking and selecting New
Aspect. The aspect category is Trend Display.
8. Open the Config View of a trend display aspect and disable the check box
Default. Select the Trend Template from the drop down box.

9. Click Apply and close the Config View.

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17.7.2 How to Setup a Trend Display

Many of the values in the trend table area provide the ability to click on them and
enter new values. Some spaces provide pull down selections when clicked on, and
some provide ellipsis buttons () which, when clicked on call browsing pop-ups.
Some of the fields are not configurable since they contain the live values and time
stamps when the trending is active.
10. Double click on the aspect to launch the Main View.

11. Click the check box to at the far left of each row are to activate or deactivate the
trend display for that object.
This allows the operator to temporarily show only one trace for the sake of clarity
in the case of overlapping lines. Un-checking the box does not deactivate
collection of the data. It only clears the trace from the display.

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12. Click in the Object field and browse for an object.

13. Select the relevant aspect, which is in most cases Function Block or Control
Module.
14. Click on the Property field and select a property from the list. If no aspect is
selected the drop-down menu includes all available properties on the object,
otherwise only the properties from the selected aspect.

If necessary you can expand the column. Move with the mouse to the right column
end till the mouse cursor changes its design. Then click left and drag the column
as large as you want (similar to the handling in Microsoft Excel).
NOTE!

If the shift key is pressed only logged properties will

appear in the list.

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15. Select the Log Name. A drop-down menu provides a selection for several
sources for the values in the display.
It shows all logs defined by the Log Configuration Aspect for this particular
object. If there is no Log Configuration aspect on the selected object, the user can
select TRIM and SEAMLESS (the TRIM log is always available).

Once we have created historical collections, there will be multiple choices for the
source of the data. We can have real time trending as well as trending maintained
by the Connectivity Server and additional history maintained by the Information
Manager.
We could select one of these sources for the data, or we can set the selection to
SEAMLESS. This will instruct the system to find all possible sources and plot
them as a seamless set of data. It will be indistinguishable to the user where each
part of the data is coming from
NOTE!

A trim curve is the term used for a real time trend.

16. The trend will now be visible. Click into the field High Range and set it.
17. Click onto the Save button to save your changes.

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17.8 Operation
17.8.1 Tool Bar
The Tool Bar contains buttons for frequently used functions to operate the Trend
Display.

The Show/Hide Table button shows or hides the Trend Table. When the table is
hidden, it is replaced by a small table, showing trace colors and logged object in
the form object:property,log name. This state is part of the configuration and can
be saved with the Save button.

The Block/Unblock button toggles the updating of the graphical view. A pressed
button means the view updating is paused. By clicking the button again the view is
unblocked.

Use the Move Scope left/right buttons, to pan the graphical view in the selected
direction. The buttons move the scope by 25% of the current time scope.

Zoom in/out buttons let you zoom in or zoom out around the center point of the
scope. Zooming out increases the scope by 50%. Zooming in decreases the scope
by a third.

There is a vertical green line which is called the ruler. It can be moved anywhere on
the display by left clicking on point in time.

Clicking the Ruler button turns on the selected ruler.

Move Ruler: Only the applicable buttons are available, depending on selected
ruler. These buttons moves the ruler left, right, up or down.

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The Magnifying glass button toggles the magnifying glass mode. It will set up the
magnifying glass area with a default start time and end time, using 35 percent of
the area for the magnifying glass. It is very useful to analyze a process upset.

17.8.2 How to Change the Time Scope

Using the direct entry of a time scope and display time is another way to pan and
zoom. It can be much faster than using buttons when the time is far in the past.

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17.8.3 Table Part

The figure below is an explanation of the main table part of the trend display.

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17.8.4 Additional Table Columns

Below is a description of some other important columns. Details can be found in the
On-line help or in the product manuals.
Column

Description

Log Name

A drop-down menu shows logs defined by the Log Configuration Aspect. If there is no
Log Configuration aspect on the selected object, the user can select TRIM and
SEAMLESS.

Filter

The default filter value is zero (0), indicating no filter. The value must be between zero
(0) and one (1), not including one. Only values above 0.5 have a noticeable effect.
The filter works as a low-pass filter, effecting noise reduction for the trace. The visible
result is that the trace appears smoother. The closer this value is to one (1), the
stronger this effect will be. With a value very close to one (1), the trace will appear
almost flat. See example below.

Time Offset

The time offset used for the trace. The default is zero (0). The format used by the cell
is yy:mm:dd HH:MM:SS.
If this offset is positive, the trace is shifted right. If the offset is negative, the trace is
shifted left.

Style

To change the style, select from the drop-down menu of styles. The available styles
are shown below.

In addition to these, there is Normal. If this style is selected, the actual style depends
on what is specified for the display mode presentation attribute.

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17.8.5 XY Plot
An XY-plot is a trend that use a trend variable instead of time on the X-axis. It draws
one signal as a function of another signal (instead of plotting it as a function of the
time).

Use the column Pair Property to define an index used for pairing XY plot.

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17.8.6 Moving Trend Data to MS Excel

The capture data function lets you copy data from the Trend Area, and then paste the
copied data into a third party software application such as Microsoft Excel.
18. Use zooming and move the scope to display the desired interval in the Trend Area.
19. Left click in the trace area of the Trend Area.
20. Copy the data into the Windows paste buffer by pressing Ctrl+C.

Now you can paste the selected data to an external application (for instance, Microsoft
Excel). Go to the external application and use the Paste function to copy the data. If
the Trend Display is zoomed out you can not be sure to get the sampled data, instead it
might be interpolated.
An example of captured data being pasted into Microsoft Excel is shown below.

The columns display time, value and status word for each point in the trace.

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17.9 Trend Templates

When adding a trend display in the previous section, there were several characteristics
of the display that were not configurable. For example, we could not change the colors
of the traces, the number of traces, or content of the columns in the trend table area.
Fortunately, these characteristics are configurable in the template used for the trend
display
NOTE!

Modifying an existing Trend Template will not

automatically affect existing Trend Displays that have
been created using that Trend Template.

.
Just as the case of alarm lists, there are templates in the Library Structure for trend
displays. We can modify the defaults or create new ones. As in the case of alarm lists,
it is much better to leave the defaults alone and create new ones in order to avoid
losing custom work when upgrading software revisions.

17.9.1 How to Create a Trend Template

The trend templates are located in the Library Structure.

There are actually two types of objects shown, a Trend Template and a Trend
Template Library. The Library is just a container for the templates. Rather than add to
the existing library, which is called Default Trend Templates, it is better to create a
user library to add all the custom templates to.
21. Mark the Object called Trend Templates and create a new child object of category
Trend Template Library.

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22. Mark the new library object and create a Trend Template object as a child.

17.9.2 How to Setup a Trend Template

To configure the characteristics of the template, we select the Trend Template aspect
of the Trend Template object in the Trend Template Library.
23. Just double click the trend template aspect of the of user defined trend template.
24. The General tab is used to set the default time scope, the table size and the number
of trace areas.

In the default templates we have seen, there was only one graphical area, and all
the traces appeared in that area. It is possible to have multiple separate graphical
trace areas defined and to determine how much space is devoted to each.
We can also determine what time scopes will be available in the display. The one
with the check mark is the one that will come up when the display is called.
If we are creating an XY plot template, we can select a picture (jpg, bmp, wmf,
gif, etc) to appear as the background for the plot. A good use for this capability is
to have an ideal curve as the background picture. The actual curve is then plotted
against this ideal. Or we could have tolerance limits as the background picture.

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25. The color tab is used to set the number of traces, assign the traces to trace areas
and set colors.

In addition to selecting the colors, we can configure the grid lines. We can
determine the resolution of the grid and whether the minor divisions are full lines
or just ticks along the edge.
One thing to notice is that each trace has a heading called area. This is the
graphical area in which the trace will appear if we configure more than one. By
default all traces are selected in area one. Just because we configure more than one
area, it doesnt mean any traces will appear in the second area unless we change
the assignment. This can be changed by clicking on the number.

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26. The Columns tab is just like the alarm list column selector.

It may be desirable to simplify by eliminating some of the columns in the custom

template.
The widths of the columns can also be adjusted. This is only the width of each
column as it appears when the display is called up. The columns can be stretched
and shrunk with the mouse while viewing the display.

If we modify the trend template at some later point, the changes will not automatically
update in the trend displays that are based on that template. We will have to reselect
and apply the template to the display using Config View again.

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Exercise 17.1 Configure Historical Logs

17.1.1 Goals
Perform the necessary configurations to log process data.
Create a history source aspect on the Control Structure and define a template
specifying how data is to be collected. Then use a Log Configuration aspect on our
tank level and temperature and verify that data is being collected.

17.1.2 Legend
<>

Indicates a key name.

Indicates when you go from one menu to a sub-menu.

Bold

Indicates a menu name or an option in a menu, or file structures

Indicates dialog box buttons, tabs, instructions etc.

Indicates start/explanation of student activity

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17.1.3 Exercise Steps

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Rename the Basic History Service Group from the default name of Basic to
AC800_BasicHistory.

Create and configure a new History Source aspect in the Control Structure. Configure
the Service Group setting to the AC800_BasicHistory.

Create a new History Log Template Library object in the Library Structure. Create it
under the History Log Templates object. Name your library Sxx_Log_Templates

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Create a new History Log Template object in your Sxx_Log_Templates library and
name it Sxx_Logs_1s1d

Define and configure the following logs:

direct log with 1s sample time for 1day

hierarchical log average for 1week

hierarchical log maximum for 1week

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Log the temperature TT1 and the level LT1 using the new template.

Verify that your logs are collecting good-quality data and that the data is correct.

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Exercise 17.2 Configure a Trend Display

17.2.1 Goals
Implement a Trend Display which uses a predefined trend template.
Familiarize yourself with the operation of the trend display.

17.2.2 Legend
<>

Indicates a key name.

Indicates when you go from one menu to a sub-menu.

Bold

Indicates a menu name or an option in a menu, or file structures

Indicates dialog box buttons, tabs, instructions etc.

Indicates start/explanation of student activity

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17.2.3 Exercise Steps

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Create a Trend Display aspect on the object Sxx_Reactor.

Configure the trend display to display the Sxx_LT1 and gTemp.Value values.

Add the inflow signal Sxx_FT1.

Save your Trend Display aspect.

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Fill the tank and heat up the content either with manual operations or using the
automatic sequence and observe the trend display.

Move some trend data to MS Excel.

Hint: adjust the display span and the date and time until the display area contains the
data you want copied.

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Exercise 17.3 Creating a Trend Template

17.3.1 Goals
Create a Trend Template to define the appearance and behavior of your trend display.

17.3.2 Legend
<>

Indicates a key name.

Indicates when you go from one menu to a sub-menu.

Bold

Indicates a menu name or an option in a menu, or file structures

Indicates dialog box buttons, tabs, instructions etc.

Indicates start/explanation of student activity

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17.3.3 Exercise Steps

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Create a new Trend Template Library object in the Library Structure and name it
Sxx_TrendTemplates.

Create a new Trend Template object within this library and name it
Sxx_ProjectTrend.

Configure the Trend Template aspect with the following settings:

Default time scope = 30min

Change background color

Set the number of traces to 6

Define the trace colors

Select only the important columns to be shown

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Change the Sxx_Reactor trend display to use the new trend template.

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Solution 17.1 Configure Historical Logs

17.1.1 Solutions

Define and configure the following logs:

Direct log with 1s sample time for 1day

1. Select the Log Template aspect. In the preview pane, right-click Property Log in
the Property Log Template window and select Add Log from the context
menu.

2. The source should default to OPC and select the Direct log type.

3. Give this particular log a meaningful name on the Log Definition tab.

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4. Select the Data Collection tab and make the appropriate settings and click the
Apply button.

Hierarchical log Average for 1week

1. Select the direct log just created in the Property Log Templates window, rightclick and select Add Log from the context menu. Accept the default log type
Hierarchical and give the new log a meaningful name.

2. Define the data collection as desired. Here we are storing 1 minute averages.

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Hierarchical log Maximum for 1week

1. The new log is added to read data from the direct log just as the average log does.
Configure the settings accordingly.

Log the temperature TT1 and the level LT1 using the new template.
1. Add a new Log Configuration aspect to your Sxx_ReactorApp object in the
Control Structure.

2. Select the Log Configuration aspect in the aspect pane and make sure that the
status icon in the lower left corner is GREEN indicating that the lg has found a
History Source aspect for this object higher up in the tree. Locate the
gTemp.Value property and double-click it.

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3. The New Property Log dialog will automatically select the correct data type. In
the Template drop-down selector, select your Sxx_Log_1s1d template.

4. Perform the same procedure on the Sxx_LT1 object in the Tank program in
the Control Structure.

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Solution 17.3 Creating a Trend Template

17.3.1 Solutions

Configure the Trend Template aspect with the following settings:

Default time scope = 30min

1. Type 30 Minutes into the Time Scope edit box and click the Enter button

2. Place a checkbox in the 30 Minute entry in the list of available time scopes.

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Change background color

1. On the Colors tab, click on the color in the Background color field.

2. Select the background color of your choice. In this exercise example, we will use
a black color.

Set the number of traces to 6

1. In the Trace Properties area, enter the number 6.

Define the trace colors

1. Click on each color and select the desired logical color.

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Select only the important columns to be shown

1. Place a check box in each column that you want to be visible on the screen. Use
the column layout section by clicking and dragging a column to the desired
location for the position you want it in and adjusting its width as desired.

Change the Sxx_Reactor Trend Display to use the new Trend Template
1. Navigate to the Sxx_Reactor object in the Functional Structure and right-click
the Trend Display aspect and select Config View from the context menu
2. Select your new Trend Template

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