Providing easy access to graphs

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Introduction

As a system designer, you have multiple ways of providing operator access to predefined graphs. You can -

include the graph name in the Graph menu
use a graph symbol on a diagram
use a command button which opens the graph

There are other alternatives, but these are the most typical ones.

Name to Menu option

The most typical way of providing access to a graph is to include its name in the Graph menu. Simply check the Name to Menu option when you define a new graph (or edit the properties of an existing one).

Only graphs within the currently active area are shown in the menu.

Graph symbol

Another way of referencing a graph is to place a graph symbol on a diagram.

Click the sample graph symbol below to learn how.

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Reference a graph from a button

Another alternative is to use a command button to reference the graph. If you have a number of graphs, you may want to provide a button bar referencing the graphs.

Click the graphic below to learn how to make a button reference.

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Operator-defined graphs

Apart from the predefined graphs that you create in Definition, the operator can also create graphs on-the-fly during supervision, but you have no possibility of controlling the contents of these graphs.