Trending Menu (Advanced Model)

Overview

The Trending menu allows you to display selected data types for selected devices over a selected time period to see trends in integrated data such as energy consumption, or in continuous data such as power or temperature.

You can display data in the following ways:

Over one period of time, selected from a list or customized
Compared between two similar periods of time

When integrated data, such as energy, is selected in the Trending page, you can view the accumulated value per hour, day, or month. The accumulated values are calculated by subtracting the value at the beginning of the subsequent interval from the value at the beginning of the current time interval.

For example, if you are visualizing active energy per hour in the Trending page, and the active energy at 01:00 is 200 Wh and at 02:00 is 300 Wh, then the accumulated data displayed for active energy at 01:00 is 100 Wh. If one of the two data points required in the calculation is missing, then the accumulated data cannot be calculated and is not displayed.

You can view data trends in the following ways:

Device view provides a device centric view. It displays data from a selection of devices for a specified period of time and compares data within an equivalent period of time. A drop-down menu allows you to group the devices in the list by usage or by zone.
The following aggregated views provide a data centric view:
- Aggregated view by usage (can be filtered by zone)
- Aggregated view by zone (can be filtered by usage)
They display aggregated data of energy consumption based on a commodity and/or usage or zone, without reference to specific devices.

The type of trending graph displayed depends on the type of data selected. There are two types of graph:

Bar chart: used to display integrated data (for example, active energy, reactive energy) or aggregated data
Line graph: used to display continuous data (for example, temperature, active power)

The type of graph is indicated by an icon next to each type of data in the Data drop down menu. The types of data available in the list depend on the device selected.

A legend below the graph indicates device and data type per curve. A tooltip pops up when hovering the cursor over the graphs, indicating date, time, device name, value and unit for each data plot. For an optimized user experience, a maximum of 16 curves should be displayed on a line graph.

NOTE: Extrapolated data points are included in the graph or chart with a legend indicating Approximate value. For more information about extrapolated data points see Changing the Data Sampling Frequency.

For information about trending settings, see Data Trending.

Displaying Trends

To customize data displayed in Device view:

Select the means to group the devices in the list by clicking the list icon :
- Usage (default)
- Zone
Select the device(s) you want to view from the drop-down Devices list.
Select the data you want to view. Only two different types of data can be displayed together.
Activate compare mode by clicking the toggle switch if you want to compare periods.
Select the period of time you want to display.

For more information about settings, refer to Data Trending Device View Settings.

To customize data displayed in Aggregated views:

Select the commodity you want to view. Only one commodity can be selected.
Select the usage(s) or zone(s) you want to view.
If required, filter the usage by zone, or filter the zone by usage.
Activate compare mode by clicking the toggle switch if you want to compare periods.
Select the period of time you want to display.

For more information about settings, refer to Data Trending Aggregated View Settings.

Trending Data Export

The selected data can be exported as a csv file by clicking Export at the top right of the webpage. The csv export contains a file for the selected view (Device view or Aggregated view), in the language displayed on the screen. The format of the csv file enables you to visualize rapidly the data in a graph.

NOTE: Data export is not available in Compare mode.

The name of the CSV file that is exported follows the naming convention: PASType_PASSerialNumber_DataExportType_Date-Time where:

PASType is the Panel Server model
PASSerialNumber is the serial number of the Panel Server
DataExportType indicates:
- device_data_export for data exported from the Device view
- usages_data_export for data exported from the Aggregated view
Date-Time in the format YYYYMMDD-hhmm

Example: PAS800L_542126210003_device_data_export_20250115-1002.csv indicates data exported at 10:02 on 15th January 2025 from the Device view page of of PAS800L Panel Server with serial number 542126210003