Trending data are stored in the SQL database of the BMS Platform.

The Raw values dialog provides functions to view, filter, import, export, and delete trending data.

To open the Raw values dialog, open the Trending app and click the Raw values button Image Modified from the toolbar.

Content

The page consists of several areas:

• Toolbar
• List of trending data: the column headers provide functions for sorting and filtering.

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Toolbar functions

The functions on the page depend on the role of the logged on user.

Import

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To import data values to the current trending, click the Import button Image Modified from the toolbar. The following image shows the import dialog:

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• Click the Download Excel Template button to download an empty excel file, where to enter data for a later data import.
• Click the Select File button to select the file containing the data for the import.

After selecting the import file, the preview dialog appears:

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The dialog shows:

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Option	Description
Update existing elements	Enabled: Database records with the same timestamp as in the import file

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Enable this option to update already existing data in the database.
Disable this option to insert the data into the database. In this case duplicate records may appear in the database.

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will be updated. Disabled: All valid records will be imported, regardless of existing data in the database with same timestamps.  This can lead to multiple values at the same time!
Time zone	The timezone in which the timestamps in the import file are denoted. Note: All timestamps in the database are stored as UTC. The conversion is automatically done during the import.

Click the Import button to import the data values into the database.

Export

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To export data values of the current trending, click the Export button Image Modified from the toolbar.

According to Records matching the current filter , data will be exported to to an xlsx file.Clear the date filter to export all data

To export all records, clear the filters and run the export.

Delete

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To delete data of records from the current trending, tick the data rows to delete and click the Delete button from the toolbar.