Function task panes – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE DataLink 4.2 User Guide User Manual

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Click an item in the PI ribbon to open a corresponding task pane or
dialog box.

Place the cursor over an item to display a descriptive tooltip.

Function Task Panes

FactoryTalk Historian DataLink for Microsoft Excel 2007 provides custom
task panes to define FactoryTalk Historian DataLink functions.

A task pane is a moveable and dockable panel of controls that functions
much like a dialog box, except that you can continue to work on a
spreadsheet while a task pane is open.

FactoryTalk Historian DataLink opens a task pane when you add a
function or select a cell in a function array for editing. To open a function
task pane:

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