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title: "11.2 Settings"
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Click **Insert** > **Trend** > click and drag on the page to insert a trend. Once the trend object has been placed, click on the object to open the Property Editor pane.
The Trend Object has four unique tabs in the Property Editor:
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The features enclosed in these tabs are explained in further detail below.
# **Colors**
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| **Item** | **Description** |
| Background Color Enabled | Allows the user to enable or disable background color filling for the trend. |
| Background Color | With Background Color Enabled, allows the user to assign a background color for the trend. |
| Chart Background Color | Allows the user to assign a background color for the chart area of the trend. |
| Grid Color | Allows the user to assign a color for the grid lines used in the chart area. |
# **Show Configuration**
The options in this tab are used primarily to toggle optional labels, headers, legends, etc. for the trend.
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| **Item** | **Description** |
| Show Controls | With this option enabled, the trend will have a Pause/Play switch placed in the bottom left corner. |
| Show Time Span Legend | Displays the full date and time range covered by the trend in the header of the trend. Note that this feature is only enabled for a trend that is stopped. This feature works in tandem with Show Date Time Span Slider feature. With a specified shortened time frame selected using the Date Time Span Slider, the user can manually cycle through time intervals of the defined size. |
| Show Tag Values | Displays the most recent tag value recorded on the trend for all attached tags. |
| Show Grid | Displays a grid within the trend area. |
| Show X-Axis Labels | Displays values for major ticks on the x-axis of the trend. |
| Show Y-Axis Labels | Displays values for major ticks on the y-axis of the trend |
| Show Value Span Slider | Displays a slider on the right hand side of the trend that allows the user to adjust the scaling of the y-axis at will. |
| Show Date Time Span Slider | Displays a slider on the bottom of the trend that allows the user to adjust the scaling of the x-axis at will. Note that this feature is only enabled for a trend that is stopped. This feature works well in tandem with the Time Span Legend. This feature can be used to zoom in on specific time frames within the trend. |
# **Initial Time Span**
The options in this tab are used to adjust the time span displayed at the top of the graph as well as along the x-axis of the graph.
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| **Item** | **Description** |
| Hours | Allows the user to change the value for Hours time span. For example, if current time is `08:00` and the value for Hours was set to 5, then the time span/range would be `08:00 - 13:00`. |
| Minutes | Allows the user to change the value for Minutes time span. For example, if current time is `08:00` and the value for Minutes was set to 5, then the time span/range would be `08:00 - 08:05`. |
| Seconds | Allows the user to change the value for Seconds time span. For example, if current time is `08:00` and the value for Seconds was set to 50, then the time span/range would be `08:00 - 08:50`. |
# **YT Trend Data Display**
The options in this tab are used to adjust the scaling of the x and y-axis of the trend.
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| **Item** | **Description** |
| Sample Period (ms) | Configures the time interval for the data display. A smaller sampling time will increase the accuracy of the Trend graph. You can assign a value between 100 and the display time. |
| Min Value | Configures the minimum displayed value for the y-axis. Users can also opt to attach a tag to this property by clicking the :TagEmbedIcon: icon and select the desired tag form the Link Tag window. |
| Max Value | Configures the minimum displayed value for the y-axis. Users can also opt to attach a tag to this property by clicking the :TagEmbedIcon: icon and select the desired tag form the Link Tag window. |
| Time Direction | Changes the direction in which the trend is read, users can select a trend that reads left to right, or right to left. |
# **Pens**
This option allows the user to attach tags to the trend and adjust the appearance of the data points on the trend. Users can add a new tag to be tracked by clicking the Add Pen button at the bottom of the tab. For each new pen added, a new sub-tab will be added to the Property Editor with the following five properties:
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| **Item** | **Description** |
| Tag | Allows the user to assign a tag to be plotted by clicking the :TagEmbedIcon: icon and selecting the desired tag from the Link Tag window.
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| Description | Allows the user to attach a short description of the attached tag. |
| Pens Color | Allows the user to select a color for the plotted trend line. |
| Pen Width | Allows the user to adjust the width of the plotted trend line. |
| Pen Type | Allows the user to adjust the type of the plotted trend line. Users can select from solid, dashed. and dotted lines. |