Add Tags, Variables, KPIs, Process Orders, and Batches

You can add Historian tags, Plant Applications variables, KPIs, process orders, batches, and golden batches to the Analysis page to trend required charts and display tables for analyzing information.

1. Log in to the Plant Applications Web Client.
2. Select .

   The Chart Configuration page appears. By default, the Tags option appears in the Data type list.

3. Select a context in the Plant Model list.
   Note: You must expand the plant name to navigate and select the required department, line, or unit of your plant. The selected department, line, or unit appears for the plant model in the Plant Model list.
4. Select the required Historian server in the Historians list.
   Note: The Historians list appears only when you select Tags in the Data type list. You can plot the Historian tags belonging to multiple Historian servers, limited to 10 servers only. The Historian server can be local or remote. A local Historian server is installed on the same node as the Process Analyzer. The remote Historian server is installed on a node different than that of the Process Analyzer. The minimum supported version is Historian 7.0 SP5 or later.
5. In the Data type list, select one of the following options:
   • Tags
   • Variables
   • KPI (available for lines and units only)
   • Process Orders (available only if Plant Applications Web Client is configured to use process orders)
   • Batches (available only if Plant Applications Web Client is configured to use batches)
   • Golden Batches (available only if Plant Applications Web Client is configured to use batches)

   Tip: To sort the search results, select a column name. To filter the data, select . For more information, refer to the topic Filter Tags, Variables, KPIs, Process Orders, and Batches.
6. Depending on the data type, select one of the following options as shown in the following table.

   Data Type	Option
   Variables	Add Chart
   KPIs	Add Chart
   Variables	Add Chart
   Batches	Add Batches
   Golden Batches	Add Batches
   Process Orders	Add Process Orders

   You can select multiple items.

   Note: To add multiple items to an existing chart, select Add Data for the chart. Alternatively, to add a new chart, drag the required items to the Add Chart button. GE recommends that you should restrict the total count of tags or variables for Live charts to five to optimize the trend chart output.
7. Select to select an interval from the available Presets or to select a custom time interval by selecting the required dates and time, and then select Apply.

   The default time duration selected is the current time minus one hour. If you select an interval from the calendar, the chart is enabled to be plotted as the Historical chart instead of the Live chart.

   
8. After you add the required items to the charts, select Plot.
   With larger data samples the loading time of the analysis session may increase.
   A live chart is plotted on the screen as Chart 1.

Results

The Analysis page appears, displaying the required trend charts and information.

Tip: You can select to open the Chart Configuration page to search and add more tags, variables, KPIs, batches, or process orders for analysis. In the Chart Configuration page, you can select to open the Analysis page.

You can further save an analysis trend to restore the analysis view. The trends you save are accessible by all users. For more information, refer to the Save an Analysis Trend topic.