Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 88)

Chapter 3 Collecting Performance Data
Manual events are events without a physical data point attached to
them. They can be both system-generated events and user-defined
events.
There is only one type of system-generated manual events, Activity
Area Good Part Count - Manual, and only one event of this type
may exist in a workcell.
Manual events can be created only in an activity area configured as a
manual activity area. For more information on configuring manual
activity areas, refer to "Configure FactoryTalk Metrics Data
Collection Parameters" in the Configuration Console online help.
To configure an event as a manual event, select the Manual Event
check box in the Configure Performance Parameters Events
dialog box.
Configuring an event as a manual event influences the following
settings:
• The Part Count performance parameter in the Configure
Performance Parameters dialog box.
• The following performance parameters in the Configure
Performance Parameters Event dialog box:
• Event Trigger types.
• Event Value.
The system-generated manual event is automatically described as
manual in the Categories & Events list.
Manual Events
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