To receive charts in reports you need to have corresponding equipment
(sensors) properly installed and configured (except for some charts like
Speed or Altitude which do not require any special sensors). How to
create and configure sensors, read in the section 'Sensors'.
To add a chart to a report template, click the 'Add Chart' button in the template properties dialog. A chart cannot be included to a report if report type is 'Unit group'.
Enter a name for a chart or live default Chart (the same for all charts).
There are several types of charts. First of all, this is Regular type. Their X axis always presents time scale, and you choose data for Y axis:
The names of these items are editable. However, when building a curve for a sensor, it will borrow sensor name.
Select data set for the chart checking necessary items in the list. You
can select two items, then the chart will contain two curves, for
example, speed and engine revs. You can select even more items but note
that only two variables can exist in one chart in addition to time. It
means if Y axis presents speed scale at the left and temperature scale
at the right, there is no place for engine revs. But if Y axis presents
speed scale at the left and consumption by ImpFCS at the right, it is
still possible to add consumption by AbsFLS and other methods because
all they are measured in the same metrics and will use Y right scale.
In the picture below there a speed chart united with fuel level chart.
To receive such a chart, it is needed to set Regular chart type and
select 'Speed' and 'Fuel level' for data set.
If there are more than one curve in the chart, they are displayed in
different colors. At the top of the chart you can see the names of all
lines as they are indicated in the report template or sensors names. In
addition, the metrics are indicated for all axes.
Fuel Level Charts
'Fuel level' chart represents 'raw' data. On the contrary, 'Processed fuel level' chart shows filtered data.
Mileage Charts
Four kinds of mileage chart can be created: absolute mileage, mileage in
trips, instant mileage, and instant mileage smoothed. The first two
show how mileage changed (increased) with time. Absolute mileage chart
is built on the bases of all messages. That means any
inaccuracy and outlying data affect the resulting chart. Mileage in
trips chart considers trip detector that is chows mileage in trips only.
Below you see the chart with curves: absolute mileage (blue) and
mileage in trips (orange).
Instant mileage represents data in the form 'mileage from the previous
message to the current one' that is the distance between two adjacent
messages. This kind of chart can be useful to detect excessive mileage
during connection loss, or to detect made-up additions to the mileage.