Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide User Manual

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Analyzing FactoryTalk Historian Classic Data Chapter 4

To create a new filter:

1. Click New Filter. The Configure Filter dialog box appears.
2. Enter the name

Data Point Filter

in the Edit Filter Name

box.

3. A filter is made up of one or more search criteria. For this

filter, you will create a single criterion. Click Add Criterion.
The Search Criterion dialog box appears.

4. Select the Description field from the Field tree and select the

= operator from the Operator list.

5. Select the Select from a list of existing values for this field

check box. This creates a list of unique values from which the
user can pick report values.

6. Select the By prompting user when filter is run check box.

This makes this a prompt-at-runtime filter.

7. Select the Allow multiple selection from list check box. This

allows the user to select more than one work cell from the list

of values that is created.

8. Select the Required (Must be supplied when filter is run)

check box. Doing this will require the user to specify a filter
value when the report object is run.

Rockwell Automation Publication HIST-UM001K-EN-E-June 2014