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Configuring custom navigation for the history space

Using properties in the HistoryGroup component under the History Service, you can configure alternate navigation of your History space. You can use one or more HistoryGroup components to set up geographic, functional, or any other desired types of organization of your History space to simultaneously display histories in multiple Nav paths. This procedure describes how to create a geographical navigation path by configuring history groups and then configuring history extensions with slots for those history groups.
Prerequisites:
  • The station has a History Groupings component under the station’s HistoryService
  • Station logic contains points with history extensions already set up.
  • Existing histories are already in the station’s History space.
  1. In the Nav tree, expand the station HistoryService and double-click on the History Groupings component.
  2. In the History Group Manager view, click New and in the New window click OK.
  3. In the 2nd New window, configure the following properties as shown:
    • Name, enter States
    • History Properties To Group By, enter State in the 1st property, City in the 2nd (as shown here), and click OK.
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    The new history group named “States” is immediately visible under the History Groupings component in the Nav tree.
  4. Under the station logic in the Nav tree, expand a point’s history extension, right-click on History Config and open the Slot Sheet view.
  5. In the History Config Slot Sheet view, right-click and select Add Slot.
  6. In the Add Slot window, configure the following properties and click OK.
    • Name, enter State
    • Type, select baja:String
  7. Add another slot and configure the following properties, and click OK:
    • Name, enter City
    • Type, select baja:String
  8. Click on the View drop-down list and select Property Sheet view, then scroll to the bottom and enter values for the newly added State and City properties (as shown here) and click Save.
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  9. Repeat steps 7-8 as needed to add and configure the State and City slots for several history extensions.
     NOTE: You can configure the History Config properties on multiple points at one time using the Batch Editor in the ProgramService. 
  10. In the Nav tree, right-click on the History space and select Refresh Tree Node, and expand the History space to view the new geographical Nav path, as shown here:
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 NOTE: The default device- and point-centered navigation remains visible under the History space named, “Default (All)”. 

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