Displaying status colors

Displaying status colors makes it easy to determine the current state of a component. Also, for a component with a history extension, you can use status coloring in a chart to view trends of when the component was in alarm. A toggle effect in the Command Bar allows you to turn on or off the status coloring display. Alternately, you can configure chart Settings to display status colors and on Save or Export, this configuration is included in the chart file.

Prerequisites:

Open chart view in Workbench or browser
Component with a configured alarm extension

When Status Coloring is enabled a line chart displays a colored dot for each plot. When the status of the component is “ok,” the dot color is the same as the line color. When the current status of the component is other than “ok” the dot color is the appropriate Niagara status color, for example: purple=overridden, red=alarm, yellow=down, etc. Additionally, the mouseover Value popup background color changes to match the status color and the Fixed Data popup displays status coloring.

Shade charts and Bar charts also display status colors via a color band at the top of each shaded area or bar. When the current status of the component is other than “ok” the color band changes to the appropriate Niagara status color.

The following procedure describes configuring chart settings to display status coloring.

Perform the following steps:

Click the Settings icon in the upper right corner of the chart view.
Click the Layers tab.
Beside the default value for Status Coloring, click the selection icon and select On.
Click Ok

The chart view updates, displaying status colors for any component with an other than “ok” status, as shown here.