Defining Presentation

The presentation defines how the thing's properties are displayed in graphs. To define the Presentation values, do the following:

  1. From the Developer main screen in the THINGS group, click Thing definitions.
    The Thing definitions screen appears.
  2. Click on corresponding edit button  of a Thing definition you want to edit. For more information on viewing a Trigger, see Editing a Thing definition.

    Editing Thing definition screen appears.
  3. Click on the Presentation Tab to define the values.

  4. Enter or select the fields for the presentation characteristics. The fields are:
    Field Description
    Graph option
    Controls the size of the graphs displayed on the thing's page.
    The options are:
    • Small graphs
    • Large graphs
    Graph typeControls how the data is represented on the graph.

    The options are:

    • Line
    • Spline
    • Step
    • Area
    • Area-spline
    • Area-step (default)
    • Bar
    • Points
    View option
    Controls the position of the tabs on the thing's page.
    The options are:
    • Top tab display - the tabs are displayed across the top of the thing's page.
    • Left tab display - the tabs are displayed on the left hand side of the thing's page.
    • Single page display - the data for the thing is displayed on a single page, without using tabs and separate pages.
    Show/hide unset attributesControls if the unset attributes are shown on the thing's page Attributes tab.

    The options are:

    • Show
    • Hide
    Show/hide unset alarmsControls if the unset alarms are shown on the thing's page Alarms section.

    The options are:

    • Show
    • Hide
    Show/hide unset propertiesControls if the unset property graphs are shown on the thing's page Properties section.

    The options are:

    • Show
    • Hide
    SeriesControls the aggregation of the property's values.
    The options are:
    • Hour - the property's values are displayed by the hour, based on the Calculation field.
    • Day - the property's values are displayed by the day, based on the Calculation field.
    • History - all values for the property are displayed.
    CalculationDisplayed when the Series field is Hour or Day.
    Controls the aggregation of the property values.
    The options are:
    • Average
    • Count
    • Max
    • Min
    • Non-zero time weighted average
    • Sum
    • Weighted average
    PeriodThe value used based on the Period unit field.
    Period unit
    The options are:
    • seconds
    • minutes
    • hours
    • days
    • records
    Min/MaxEnter the minimum and maximum values you want to set to your properties.

    For example: The below example shows how the graph will be displayed for the property values set to the min. value of 2 and the max. value of 30.