Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 186)

Chapter 5 Analyzing FactoryTalk Metrics Data
Take a look at the table report object inserted in "Add a Saved
Report Object to Your Report (page 177)". This table shows a
representation of the data you will be charting. You will be creating a
chart with a bar for each workcell description; therefore, the
Workcell Description field is the series. Notice that one column in
the table (Workcell Description) contains all of the workcell
descriptions and the data for the workcells is organized in rows. Each
row contains the Running Seconds values and the Start Time for
each workcell (our series). This is important to remember when you
use the New Chart Wizard.
NOTE
FactoryTalk Metrics exposes two main report data sources—Workcell
History and Event History—from which report designers will be
creating charts and tables. In order to create charts and tables
effectively, it is important that you understand the type of data that
these report data sources contain. See "Workcell History, Event History,
and Machine State Data (page 261)" for descriptions of these two report
data sources.
Step 1: Plan the Chart
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