Embed a display in a spreadsheet – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ActiveView 3.2 User Guide User Manual

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Embed a Display in a Spreadsheet

To create and embed a Display Document in Microsoft Excel:

1. Create a Display Document (page 39).

2. Open a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, right-click the Toolbars, and

choose Control Toolbox.

3. In the Control toolbox, choose

> ActiveView Control.

4. Position the ActiveView Control on the spreadsheet and adjust the size

as appropriate.

5. Right-click the ActiveView Control and choose ActiveView Control

Object > Properties. The PI-ActiveView Control Properties dialog
box appears. The text box in the Server Ini tab is optional and may be
left blank.

6. Click the Display URL tab. Type the path to the .pdi file that you

want to view in the spreadsheet.

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