Web Charts provide a consistent experience for creating, editing, and presenting data, with a simplified chart creation process that is the same whether working in a web browser, Workbench Chart view, or a Px page. Also, the charts render consistently across Workbench, Px, and Hx, as well as in HTML5–capable web browsers.

Enhanced functionality makes it easy to add data, to combine different types of data, and combine data with different units of measure. The Chart settings facilitate customizing a chart for presentation via selectable data colors and chart type per component, axis orientation, data source zooming, as well as permitting you to turn on or off the chart grid, background color, data pop-ups, status colors and sampling.

Additionally, several enhancements facilitate monitoring performance and diagnosing problems. For example, when enabled, charts display the standard Niagara status colors, conveying the status of components at a glance, and the mouse-over value and fixed data pop-ups provide detailed information on data points. You can compare historical data with live data as it comes in. Also, you can hide, show, and remove data from a chart and zoom in to make it easier to examine the activity of remaining components.

Once you have created a chart you can export it as a .chart or .csv file in the station file space. If working in a web browser, export destination options include the station file space, your operating system user space, or a printer. Also, when you open an existing chart file and make changes you can then save your changes to that chart file or export the data to a new chart file with a different name.