APC NBRK0570, NBRK0550, NBRK0450 manual Viewing Historical Data, Running a historical data report

Viewing Historical Data

The History View lets you view and export historical data from one or more sensors. You can specify which pods and sensors to include, as well as the range of time for which data will be retrieved. The data can then be exported to a text file in a tab-delimited, comma-delimited, or semi-colon-delimited format.

The History View button is available on the Action/Information pane.

Running a historical data report

To define the parameters for the report:

1.Click History View on the Action/Information pane. The History View pane is displayed.

2.In the list of Pods, select one or more pods. Use Control-click or Shift-click to select multiple pods. The Sensor list is populated with the sensors from the selected pods.

Note: Unplugged sensors will be displayed in the list, as will sensors with no recorded data. Sensors that have been deleted from the system will not be shown.

3.In the list of Sensors, select one or more sensors. Use Control-click or Shift-click to select multiple sensors.

4.In the Start time drop-down, select the amount of time for which you wish to display data.

5.Click Run History to run the report. Depending on the pods and sensors chosen, the report may take a few minutes to complete for larger reports.

Note: Best results can be achieved by separating large report requests into logical sections.

The report returns a sortable table with the pod name, sensor name, time the value was recorded, and the value of the sensor. By default, the table is sorted by pod and sensor, with the most recent data listed first. Only changes in value or state are listed in the table, so if a sensor has not changed during the report scope, only the initial value will be listed. If a sensor has been disconnected during the entire scope of the report, a empty table will be listed for that sensor.

Exporting the data to a text file

Once a report has been run, the displayed data can be exported into a text file. The file can be tab- delimited, comma-delimited, or semi-colon-delimited.

Note: The Date column is exported in a 13-digit format (milliseconds since January 1st, 1970).

To export the data from a report:

1.On the History view, click Export Data.

2.Choose the delimiter for the file on the right side of the window. There are three choices, Semicolon, Comma, and Tab.

3.Choose the location where you will save the file and enter a filename. Click Save.

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