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Bar Chart Overview

Bar Chart Overview
1

XML Project Folder Path

1. XML Project Folder Path
Displays the XML Configuration Project folder path where the Configuration Asset Model resides that is used to generate data visualized in this Bar chart.
2

Selected Chart Type

2. Selected Chart Type
Displays the Chart Type option that was chosen for visualizing data in the Bar chart.
3

Generate button

3. Generate button
Click this button to generate data for visualization in the Bar chart.
When the data generation has completed, by default Block Usage data is chosen as the Chart Type for visualization in the Bar chart.
4

Chart Scale slider

4. Chart Scale slider
Change the scaling in Engineering units for data presented in the Bar chart.  When some data set values are very large and others small you may want to scale down the chart to visually view data bars that have low values.
5

Selected Controller Node legend

5. Selected Controller Node legend
Legend displays the selected Controller nodes and the palette color automatically selected to uniquely identify its bar or bar part in the chart.
6

Function Block Usage data

6. Function Block Usage data
This example shows the block usage count for DataAcq type Function blocks associated with Controller Node 017CPM01A.
7

Function Block Value Label

7. Function Block Value Label
Shows the value labels associated with a Function block data bar in the chart.  These value labels are automatically displayed when the mouse is hovered over the bar or X axis label in the chart.  You can also toggle value label visibility for all data bars in the chart using the Toggle Bar Values Toolbar function.
8

Mouse HoveredToolTip

8. Mouse HoveredToolTip
A ToolTip is displayed when your mouse is hovered over an X axis label Function Block label.  If the label value is too long to display fully in the X axis, its label will be shortened as indicated by the trailing ... characters.  Use your mouse to hover over the label to see its full name.
9

Summary View

9. Summary View
Click this button expand/collapse the Summary View.
10

Block Usage View

10. Block Usage View
Hover over this tab with your mouse to show this Block Usage view.  You can dock this view when visible by clicking its pin image located in the views top right corner.
11

XPM Slot Usage View

11. XPM Slot Usage View
Hover over this tab with your mouse to show this XPM Slot Usage view.  You can dock this view when visible by clicking its pin image located in the views top right corner.
This view will only contain data for LCN XPM type Controller nodes that exist in the XML configuration project.