Data Browser Archive View
This view allows browing of available archives on an archive server,
seaching for Process Variable names, and dragging names from a search
result into the plot.
You can open it via the context menu of the
plot window.
URL: ..
Select the archive data server URL. The "Info" button displays details
of the server.
You can manually enter new URLs. The intial URL list is configured in
the preferences. Contact your site's archive administrator for valid URLs.
Archive/Key/Description Table
A list of archives available at the selected URL. You can select one or more
for searching PVs.
You can also drag one or more archives into the
of the Data Browser,
which will cause the Data Browser to use these archives
for all or selected PVs.
Refer to the plot window and config view document for details
on where to drop.
Pattern:...
You can enter a search pattern for Process Variable names
to seach archives selected in the Archive table.
If none are selected, all archives will be seached.
Press "<Return>" or the "Search" button to start the search.
The pattern is a regular expression:
Reg.Exp.. | Meaning |
. | Any Single Character |
.* | Zero or More Characters |
^ | Start |
$ | End |
a? | Single 'a' or no 'a' |
a* | Zero or more 'a' |
a+ | One or more 'a' |
.+ | One or more arb. characters |
a|b | Either single 'a' or 'b' |
[0-9] | '0' or '1' or ... or '9' |
() | grouping of subexpressions |
Temp | Any Channel containing 'Temp' |
Temp$ | Any Channel ending in 'Temp' |
^RFQHR | Any Channel starting with 'RFQHR' |
Tin_[0-9]+_sig$ | Channels ending in 'Tin_<NUMBER>_sig' |
^XYZSys_Temp[2-3]$ | 'XYZSys_Temp2' or 'XYZSys_Temp3' |
Pwr_(in)|(out) | Channels containing 'Pwr_in' or 'Pwr_out' |
Name/Archive/Start/End Table
This table lists the result of a search operation.
For each name, it shows in which archive it was found.
If possible, it also displays the start and end time of the
sample range that is available in that archive.
You can drag one or more PVs with their archive information into the
Data Browser Plot Window resp. Config View, or you can use the table's
context menu to send selected PVs to other CSS applications.