Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 121)

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Visualize Data with Symbols
Symbols are the building blocks of a FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook
display.
 Dynamic symbols allow you to view live data streams (page 229) in
your display. These symbols are updated in real time as FactoryTalk
Historian ProcessBook receives updates from your FactoryTalk
Historian server.
The maximum number of dynamic symbols per display is 278,343.
 Static symbols (page 177) allow you to embed graphics, text, lines, and
other images in a display.
Trends
A trend is a dynamic symbol that lets you view values plotted against time.
Trends can show the value of one or more data streams over a time period.
Trends are typically used to display time series data, though they may also
include non-time series data as well.
Some components of trends include:
Traces Lines drawn on a trend to represent a series of data points from a
data stream (page 229).
Pens Formatting components used to determine the presentation of data
lines (traces) on trends.