Report Tag Type Properties: Trigger Tab
The Trigger tab of the report tag properties folder enables you to select a trigger that will prompt the report to be generated. This trigger can be a daily, weekly, or monthly time, or any tag belonging to the numeric group.
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The Trigger radio buttons enable you to select an event that will prompt the generation of this report. This can be one of:
• No Trigger
• Hourly at. (repeats every X hours, beginning at the specified time)
If X is 3, a specified time of 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 or 9:00 would all produce exactly the same result. You do not need to provide the earliest interval in the day.
If the system is offline when a report interval is due, that interval will simply be missed.
• Daily Trigger (at a user-defined time)
• Weekly Trigger (on a user-defined day at a user-defined time)
• Monthly Trigger (on a user-defined date at a user-defined time)
• By Tag (when the value of a specified tag changes from false to true). The Trigger Tag field is not enabled unless the By Tag radio button has been selected.
The Trigger Tag field enables you to select any tag with a numeric value whose value will be used to generate this report (when the value of the selected tag changes, the report will be generated). The Trigger Tag field only becomes enabled when the By Tag radio button is selected.
Right-clicking the name of the tag that has been selected in the Trigger Tag field opens the tag properties folder for the selected tag.
The Workstation field enables you to enter the name of the workstation upon which this report will be generated. By default, the Workstation field is set to the name of the local workstation.