Excel Add-in Category

Overview (version 23)

The following is a brief description for each function contained within the Excel Add-in. Tag List - creates a tag list to be used in other add-in functions Tag Properties - returns all property…

Set Endpoint (version 23)

Before the user can request data from the Historian, the client must point their add-in to the Views service residing on the historian server. This initial set up should only need configured once…

Tag List (version 23)

A 'Tag List' is a generated list of tags that will be used as the input for other functions in the Add-in, such as: Tag Properties Tag Data Context Raw Data Processed Data Value At Last Value Search…

Tag Properties (version 23)

The 'Tag Properties' function returns the properties and property values for a set of tags. A tag can have any number of properties defined by the logging source or coming from an external database.…

Tag Data Context (version 23)

The 'Tag Data Context' function returns the following four fields for a set of tags: latest timestamp, latest value, latest quality, and oldest timestamp.…

Raw Data (version 23)

This 'Raw Data' function returns the raw data for a set of tags. The raw data is a series of TVQs (timestamp, value, quality). If the data changes, a new TVQ is generated.…

Processed Data (version 23)

The 'Processed Data' function gives the user the ability to request aggregated/processed data from the historian, as opposed to raw data. For example, a user may want to know what the average hourly…

Relative DateTimes (version 23)

All of Canary's client tools (Axiom, Excel Add-in, ODBC, API) support the functionality of relative date/time when requesting data for a given start/end time as well as the aggregate interval.…

Value At (version 23)

The 'Value At' function finds TVQs that meet a set of criteria for a set of tags. If found there will be one TVQ (timestamp, value, quality) for each tag.…

Last Value (version 23)

The 'Last Value' function returns the most recent TVQ (timestamp, value, quality) for a set of tags. Input Range A reference to a range of cells containing a list of tag names typically generated by…

Find Events (version 23)

The 'Find Events' function returns any events that have been pre-configured within the Canary Admin (See How To Create An Event). Event Type Will return any event type that matches the specified…

AdHoc Events (version 23)

The 'AdHoc Events' function allows the user to search for events on the fly that are not already configured within Canary's Calcs & Events service. View Select an available 'View' from the drop down…

Aggregate List (version 23)

Aggregates According to the OPC Foundation, aggregates "are methods that summarize data values. Common aggregates include 'average over a given time range', 'minimum over a time range',…