Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide - Manual (Page 180)

Chapter 5 Analyzing FactoryTalk Metrics Data
When you create a new chart or table that is based on a time
selection-enabled report data source, the Time Selection toolbar
shown below will automatically appear at the top of the time-based
report object. The Time Selection toolbar acts like a filter on the
timestamp field that was designated for time selection when the
report data source was created.
The default time selection filter is the past 2 hours. Use the Time
Selection toolbar to define time ranges, start and end date/times, or
time increments for your time-based report objects. The Time
Selection toolbar provides the following buttons:
• The Refresh button re-executes the report object based
upon the selections made in the Time Selection toolbar. When
you make a change to the settings on the Time Selection
toolbar, you must click Refresh to view the change.
• The All Times button is used to show all data that has
ever been collected, without specifying the start and end times.
This is especially useful if you do not know the start and end
date for which data has been collected.
• The Time Range button enables you to specify the start
and end times to which the data will be restricted. Use this
button if you want to report only on data between a specific
beginning and ending time.
• The Time Span button restricts time to the past by a
unit of time. This button is useful if you want to show all data
from the past 24 hours, the past 7 days, or the past year. When
you use this button with an auto-refresh chart and data that is
currently being collected, the chart will continue to refresh
with the current date/time as the end time.
• The Past Time from End Time button uses a unit of
time before the specified end time. For example, this button is
Adjust the Time Range For a
Time-based Report Object
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