User guide

addVANTAGE Pro 6.2 User Guide CHAPTER 4

The Events Viewer

The dialog shown in Figure 54 appears.

Figure 54. View/Save dialog for Event List PDF

Notice that the file is named report.pdf by default. You can view the

document immediately by selecting Open with, or you can use Save to Disk to

save the file to the default location for your downloaded files. If you open the

PDF, then save it, it is by default saved in your Temp folder.

When you view the PDF, you’ll see that all of the events that are shown in the

panel are included.

Create an Events Viewer from a Template

If you have to create a large number of identical panels on different areas, you

can use the Events from template function and thus save yourself some work:

1. Create a panel in a single area using one of the methods described above,

then add the events you need and configure the panel’s properties.

2. Save the panel in its area. This will be used later as a template panel.

3. Right-click the selected areas where you want a copy of the Events viewer

and choose Create New Node

WindowEvents from Template. A File

Open dialog displays.

4. Navigate to the area where you saved the template panel and select it, then

click OK.

The system creates an Events panel with the same properties as the panel used

as the template in each area you selected. If an event source node does not

exist in the respective area, it won’t be included in the panel. The new panels

will borrow the name of the original panel used as the template. If a panel with

this name already exists in an area, the newly created panel will have a running

number appended, for example, Statistics (2).

Note: The term “template” is used only for better understanding the concept of

creating panels from existing panels. Any panel can be a template.

Linked Panels

You can link two panels by combining them in a single window. You can then use

the standard navigation methods to “move” both panels synchronously in time.

Note: Only Trend and Events panels can be linked.

To combine two panels, click the Link to another window button ( ) on the

toolbar of one of the panels. In the Explorer that is displayed, navigate to and

select the panel you want to link, then click OK. A new panel will be created. You

can now save the linked panel for future use, just like any other panel

(Figure 55).