Chart Templates
A Chart Template is a predefined graphic with internally applied parameters. Chart Templates are available from the Community Library and are created by CopperTree Analytics.
The Community Library is available in Kaizen (it contains Rule Templates as well, so search ‘Chart’ to filter the out Rule Templates). Documentation for all of the Chart Templates available in Kaizen can be found on our support site.
The most commonly used Chart Template is the Multipurpose Non-Cumulative Chart, because it is very flexible. Other Chart Templates may take fixed number of inputs or may not allow for the plotting of lines and areas together.
From each Chart Template, you can create as many Working Charts as needed.
Working Charts
A Working Chart is a Chart Template which has been set up with specific data from the user’s Building.The Working Chart’s parameters are divided into 2 sections:
- Settings: Primary settings for the Chart. Typically, this section configures the data which will be input to the Chart.
- Optional: Secondary settings for the Chart. Usually, this section is used to change parameters of the chart not affected by data. For example, the Chart title and language are set here.
Working Charts allow the User to monitor points of interest in their Buildings without having to manually pull up relevant Trend Logs (or BACnet objects, or Insights, etc.) every time they want to check in on something.
Best Practices
The best practices to make our charts more readable and user friendly are :
- Applying axis: The axis’ units and scales apply to all series associated with it.
- Stacking Data: Stacked and Area data series will only stack with other Stacked and Area data series on the same y-axis respectively.
- Axis Alignment: Creating Stacked and Area series on the different y-axis will cause them to overlap and not display in a meaningful manner. This limits the chart to one of each Area and Stacked series.
- Layer Hierarchy: The order of the series is important. The first series is on the bottom-most layer of the chart, while the last series is on the topmost layer of the chart. The higher the series number the higher the series is on the layer level hierarchy, and so higher-level series may cover lower-level series.
- Chart Library Organization: It is good practice to add various chart templates to your building to organize your charts by function, and then create the corresponding working chart as per the desired sorting category. By practicing this method of organization, you will avoid unnecessary crowding in your charts and will find it easier to access the ones you are looking for.
