Rockwell Automation 1756-HIST2G FactoryTalk Historian ME 2.2 - Manual (Page 66)

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1. Highlight the point by positioning the blue highlight bar over the selected point.
You can only view archive data for one highlighted section at a time.
2. Enter a start time and end time.
3. Click [View] to display archived data for the specified time range.
The Archive Data table will display the values collected for the highlighted tag
during the specified time period.
Exporting Data
After you have generated a table of the data for the archived point, you can export
that data to a comma-separated values (CSV) document readable by Microsoft Excel.
You can only export data for one point at a time. To do so:
1. Select the point you want to export and click [Export].
2. In the dialog that appears, choose the location on the client computer where you
want to save your data.
3. Either accept the file default name or enter a name of your choice. The default file
name is the name of the point whose data is being exported, with _ArchiveInfo.csv
appended to the end. If you change the file name, you must retain .csv as the file
extension.
4. Accept the default values for the following fields and click [Save].
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Save as type: The default type is HTML File.
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Language: The default language is Unicode.
5. The point data is exported to the location of your choice.
Viewing Trends
FactoryTalk Historian ME Trends page allows you to select multiple tags and draw a
trend chart to view data. Each trend chart provides a visual representation of the data
collected over a specified time period. To view trend charts, click on View Data, and
then click Trends in the left-side navigation panel.
See the section “Start and End Times” for more details about setting the start and
end times.
For information on sorting and viewing information in the table grid, see “Changing
the Views”.