This would store the trend file in a subdirectory (named "Area1") within the directory. DNPr New features Time stamped Trends Trend events (Value & Time) are pushed directly to the Citect. To enable this, you could set the File Name property for a trend tag to the following: However, you can use the File Name property to specify a different directory for a particular trend file.įor example, if your system includes a large number of trend tags (in excess of 1000), Citect SCADA will perform more efficiently if you distribute the associated trend files across a number of directories. If you leave this as blank, then it will place them within your Citect.ini configured Data directory (thanks should read up on the help for these, and configure them as appropriate so that the trend files don't get overwritten with project restores.īy default, Citect SCADA stores trend files in the directory (defined by the parameter Data) on the hard disk where installation occurred.
Trend.dbf also contains a column called FILENAME which is actually the path (folder) where the trend files will be stored. Chapter: 2 Whats New in CitectSCADA v7.x.
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