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New Feature: Historical Data Charts

July 26, 2022

Historical Data Charts give you the option to view/export a unit's historical data as customizable graphs.

Navigation

To navigate to a Historical Data Chart, go to the Units Page and click the desired unit. Once on the Unit View page, select the three dots in the upper right corner of the unit details card. Now on the Unit History Page, choose the date range for the data to be displayed and click "View Charts" to see the data from that date range displayed as a graph.

Performance

The amount of data returned based on the date range and unit can cause performance issues. If this is the case, you will recieve a performance warning with three options as to how to proceed. 

  1. Proceed Anyways - View the data as is but beware that interactions may be slow. 
  2. Trim Data - Trimming will attempt to remove as many data points as possible while still keeping trends and peaks/valleys. This can improve chart performance while still allowing you to look at the date range requested.
  3. Change Date Range - Choosing the smallest date range possible will always lead to best performance.

Options 1 and 2 allow for the removal of columns from the data. The darker red options at the top indicate columns with huge amounts of data. Unselecting these will significantly help with performance but they will not be included in the chart generated.

*If the amount of data returned is not a concern for performance, these warning option will not be shown. 

Chart Options

After choosing the desired performace option (if applicable), your data chart will load and be displayed. From here, the following options include:

Zoom

Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out while hovering over a chart.
or
Click and Drag to select an area to zoom into.

Reset Zoom - Click this button to reset the overview chart zoom to it's inital state.

Pan

“Ctrl” + click and drag to pan around chart

Sub-Charts

Pop Out - click this button to generate a new chart with the following options

  1. “Combined Chart” button will generate a new chart mirroring the overview chart. Useful for zooming into a specific event and “saving” that view.
  2. “Individual Charts” button will generate a new chart for EVERY visible line on the overview chart. Useful for viewing a single metric with greater resolution.
  3. "Discrete Events" button will generate a new chart for EVERY time your unit ran during the date range. Useful for visually seeing the activity of your units.

Lock/Unlock - Click this button to “unlock” the chart and allow interaction. Sub charts begin “locked” to prevent accidental zooming/panning.

Title - Sub-charts can be given a custom title which will be reflected on any saved PDF's

PDF's

Generate PDF - click this button to generate a PDF with the following options

  1. “This Chart” button will generate a PDF with only one chart, the one who's button was pushed. Good for getting a bigger image of a chart.
  2. “Combined” button which will generate a PDF, matching the layout of the page, with ALL charts included.