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Technical Reference Manual - InduSoft

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Alarms, Events, and Trends<br />

Using the Data Source Database<br />

The Trend Control can generate trend charts from any Relational Database that can be accessed through<br />

the ADO.Net technology. This Appendix illustrates how to access a Microsoft Access Database; if you are<br />

using another type of database, almost all the definitions will apply, however you will need to configure<br />

your connection on a different way. For information on how to configure other databases, please refer to the<br />

Appendixes in the Database Interface section of this manual.<br />

Suppose that you have an access database at your C drive named mydata.mdb and that you want to generate<br />

a chart based on the information in the following table:<br />

The first step is to add the Trend Control to your screen. Now double-click on the object to open then Object<br />

Properties and click on Data Sources…. The following window will display:<br />

Trend Control – Data Sources dialog<br />

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