Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 195)

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tags, the state name is displayed in these boxes. For other tag types, an
estimate is made based on the span of values for the tag.
9. From the Color drop-down color palette, select a color that will be
used for the state. You may also select the Blink check box (optional).
10. Repeat the steps 9 and 10 for each state in the symbol. Your choices
and the relative range of values are displayed on the bar at the bottom
of the dialog box.
11. Click OK.
You can remove a Multi-State symbol definition by clicking the Convert
to Static button, which breaks the link between the symbol and the multi-
state configuration.
FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook allows you to create custom
placeholders for a symbol based on a summary Data Set or a FactoryTalk
Historian tag placeholder in an ODBC data set. Placeholders are not allowed
for expression Data Sets. The Custom Placeholders button in symbol
definition dialog box boxes allows you to specify different FactoryTalk
Historian tags for a FactoryTalk Historian Summary Data Set or ODBC data set
with a FactoryTalk Historian tag placeholder. The change applies only to the
configured symbol. See Add or Edit Placeholders (page 259) for details.
Static Symbols
Text Symbol
The text symbol allows you to put one line of text on a display. Multiple
lines of text are not supported. When this symbol is first added to the
display, a text box with a blinking text cursor is displayed.
You can add or edit text by double-clicking the Text symbol while in
Build mode, which provides the text cursor. Unlike most other