An explanation of the Spark Chart Control for Axiom.

Spark Chart

A simple trend line with configurable duration. Often used with another control showing a current value. Shows the user the past trend of the value. The trend is in "Live Mode" and autoscales to the duration values.

Name - The name used by the application and script to reference this control.

X - Number of pixels from the left edge of the containing panel or screen.

Y - Number of pixels from the top edge of the containing panel or screen.

Width - Width of the control in pixels.

Height - Height of the control in pixels.

SourceTag - Clicking the trend icon launches the tag browser to select a tag for value input. Clicking the trash can will delete the reference to the tag.

Duration - Clicking the Duration time will launch a time picker window to select a time with the format; d.hh.mm.ss.

PlotColor – The color of the trend. Pick from the color picker or enter hexadecimal values.

Visible – Unchecking this will hide the control. A script would be required to toggle the visibility during runtime.

OnClick - An event that occurs when the control is clicked. Clicking "<>" Creates a "SparkChart1_Click()" script stub for this control and opens the script editor to add event scripting. Clicking the trash can will delete only the reference to the script, not the script.