Create trends visualizing the data transfer

In this exercise, you will choose a data point that you have added to the data transfer, and you will create a trend that displays this point data from both
FactoryTalk Historian ME
 and
FactoryTalk Historian SE
.
To create a trend visualizing the data transfer between
FactoryTalk Historian ME
 and
FactoryTalk Historian SE
TIP:
The following steps may vary depending on your version of Microsoft Excel.
  1. Open Microsoft Excel.
  2. Select the cell in which you want the trend chart to appear.
  3. Click the
    PI DataLink
     tab.
    TIP:
  4. In the
    Tag Functions
     group, click
    Insert Trend
    .
    The
    Trend Add-in Wizard
     dialog box appears.
  5. On the
    Define the Traces
     page, click
    Data from PI
    .
  6. In the
    Server name
     box, type the IP address of your module, or select a module from the list.
  7. Next to the
    Tag name
     box, click Create trends visualizing the data transfer.
    The
    Tag Search
     dialog box appears.
  8. Click the
    PI Server
     box.
    The
    Multi-Server Pick List
     dialog box appears.
  9. Choose the FactoryTalk Historian SE server and the Historian module for which you have enabled the data transfer:
    1. Click the IP address of your FactoryTalk Historian SE server, and then hold down the Ctrl key while you click the IP address of your Historian module.
    2. Click
      OK
      .
  10. Configure your search criteria, and then click
    Search
    .
  11. There will be two matches for the same point listed: one from FactoryTalk Historian ME, and the other from FactoryTalk Historian SE.
    The name of the point transferred to FactoryTalk Historian SE is prefixed with the Historian module name. In this example, the Historian module name is
    A0004B97-FTHME
    .
  12. Click a point data from your Historian module, and then hold down the Ctrl key while you click the same point transferred to the FactoryTalk Historian SE server.
  13. Click
    OK
    .
    The selected data points appear in the right pane of the
    Define the Traces
     page.
  14. Select the check boxes next to the data point names, and then click
    Next
    .
    The
    Specify the time range
     page appears.
  15. In the
    Start Time
     and
    End Time
     checkboxes, set the time range from which the data will be displayed.
    When setting the
    End Time
     value, take into account the fact that the data from the FactoryTalk Historian SE server will appear with a slight delay.
    In this example, we set the
    End Time
     value to 5 minutes (
    *-5m
    ).
  16. Select the
    Enable updates
    check box, and then click
    Next
    .
  17. In the
    Trend title (optional)
     box, type a name for your trend.
  18. Click
    Format
    .
    The
    PI Trend Control Properties
     dialog box appears.
  19. Select the
    Vertical Scale
     property.
  20. On the
    Options
     tab, under
    Scale
    :
    1. In the
      Format
       list, select
      General
      .
    2. In the
      Position
       list, select
      Outside Left
      .
  21. Click
    OK
    .
  22. In the
    Trend Add-in Wizard
     window, click
    Finish
    .
    The trend chart appears in your Excel spreadsheet.
    The trend displays the following data:
    Create trends visualizing the data transfer (3) - the data from FactoryTalk Historian SE.
    Create trends visualizing the data transfer (4) - the data from FactoryTalk Historian ME.
    The module data point is a real-time display, while the
    FactoryTalk Historian SE
     data point lags by a couple of minutes. However, the data is identical.
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