Data Browser Changelog
Version numbers in here refer to the plugin org.csstudio.trends.databrowser2.
Version 3.2.17 - 2014-03-06
- Added an option to automatically reload the history data when the live buffer fills up.
- Added an option to set the future buffer for the trend. This is the amount of time from now to the right side of the chart.
- Display the values at the cursor position in the Properties table.
- Do not reset the trend appearance when the buffer size is changed.
- Columns exported to VTable are now called Timestamp and Value instead of X and Y.
- Bugfix: Do not apply XYGraphSettings when a new trend is open.
- Bugfix: Do not apply the axis title font to the axis scale.
- Warning elimination: removed unused variable in the EditItemsCommand.
Version 3.2.16 - 2014-02-14
- Fixed some bugs with .plt files loading.
Version 3.2.15 - 2014-02-06
- Separated the presentation of the X and Y labels from the axis trace. Each option can be (de)activated independently.
- Exported the value at mouse position to the PV Manager (dependency to plug-in org.csstudio.swt.xygraph.pvmanager added).
Version 3.2.14 - 2014-01-28
- Skip printer check on GTK to avoid hangups.
Version 3.2.13 - 2013-12-26
- Data Browser Plot XYGraph Settings are now ALL saved within the configuration file.
Version 3.2.12 - 2013-11-22
- Add X and Y labels on the axis when the Show value labels option is activated.
- Fix Archive Search: On error, the search pattern and button were disabled, requiring close/re-open of the search panel.
Version 3.2.11 - 2013-11-06
- Fix zoom bug:
When scrolling, zooming into 'left' area of plot such that the
scrolling gets disabled because 'end' is no longer close to 'now', the
start/end times were wrong, using start of the zoomed area as the end.
- 'Trace Type' includes "direct" option for Area and Single line that uses a linear connection from sample to sample, no stair-step.
Version 3.2.2 - 2013-09-23
- Fix: 'Export' failed with multiple data sources unless every source knew the channel.
Version 3.2.1 (KEK 3.2.0) - 2013-06-13
- Supports alias name of Archive Data Source URLs to recognize Data Source more easily in Archive Search view.


'Refresh' option in plot's context menu to re-fetch archived data.
Version 3.2.0 - 2013-01-31
- Export with linear interpolation.
- PVManager instead of utility.pv.
Version 3.1.3 - 2012-12-07
- CSV File import can import from exported single-channel data file.
Version 3.1.2 - 2012-08-23
- When retrieval from one archive data source fails, continue with others (used to stop retrieving).
- CSV File import from context menu failed on empty plot (no value axis).
- Enabled double buffering by default for all platforms.
Version 3.1.1 - 2012-07-20
- Menu File/Open can open out-of-workspace files. To save, enforces SaveAs to select workspace file.
- More of the plot settings are saved: Title, legend on/off, grid lines, ...
- For waveform PVs, the array element to plot can be selected. Same waveform PV can be displayed multiple times to show different array elements.
- Import data from CSV File as data source (rows must match
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS number
).
- Spreadsheet export presents min/max of "optimized" data in columns suitable for error bar display.
- Matlab Export can use binary
*.mat
files in addition to *.m
text files.
Version 3.1.0 - 2012-01-30
- Search with empty channel name pattern gives info dialog, no channels.
- New option to always use 'default' archive data sources, ignoring sources from (old) *.plt.
- New option to log archive access errors instead of prompting in dialog.
Version 3.0.2 - 2011-08-25
- swt.xygraph - Fix for horizontal zoom that would 'invert' traces