MES Changelog Viewer

Changelog Viewer | Vision

This component displays the historical record of all property-value changes made to any MES Object. It provides a variety of filtering properties, to allow for creating specific results that can be reviewed in the table or exported as a .csv file for off-line analysis or reporting.

This component can be found on the Production component palette and is installed with the production-module.modl which is licensed with either the OEE Downtime or Track & Trace modules.

Features

Component Properties

Properties are provided that can be set to affect the operation and look of the component. They can be set through the Property Editor in the Designer or through scripting.

Example

event.source.parent.getComponent('MES Changelog Viewer').componentEnabled = False

Common

Data

Appearance

Along with the component properties, custom properties can also be added to this component. See Component Customizers in the Ignition Help Manual for more information.

Event Handlers

Event handlers provide the ability to add custom script when a user interacts with a component such as by clicking a mouse, selecting a menu item or when a component property changes.

propertyChange

propertyChange

Extension Functions

Extension functions allow the operation of a component to be altered. Extension functions cannot be called, they are event driven. See Component Extension Functions in the Ignition Help Manual for more information.

configureHeaderStyle

def configureHeaderStyle(self, colIndex, colName):
	from java.awt import Font
	from java.awt import Color
	from javax.swing.border import MatteBorder
	return { 'font': Font('Dialog', Font.PLAIN, 12), 
		'foreground': Color.BLUE, 
		'background': Color.YELLOW, 
		'border': MatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 1, Color(238, 236, 232)), 
		'toolTipText': colName }

getUISettings

<<< add >>>

loadIcon

def loadIcon(self, iconName):
	#Return a path to a different image to replace the default delete image:
	if iconName == 'remove':
		return 'Builtin/icons/24/delete2.png'

Custom Methods

Custom methods allow you to add your own component functions to a component that can be called through scripting. This is a useful and clean method of re-using script that is specific to the component (say you want to update a visual aspect of the component in the same way whether a user clicks on the component or a window property value changes. See Component Custom Methods in the Ignition Help Manual for more information.

Customizers

Table Customizer

Table Customizer manages the data entered into the MES Changelog Viewer. It will allow you to modify the data which is stored inside the MES Changelog Viewer. Thus the formatting and alignments are made easy.

Column Configuration

Header - Provide a custom name to the column header.

Hide? - Hides the column.

Editable - Allows the editing of the cell pertaining to the column.

Sortable - Allows the user to sort the table according to the selected column.

Filterable? - To make a column filter the data on user's demand.

Horiz Align - Aligns the contents of the column.

Vert Align - Aligns the contents of the column.

Wrap Text? - Data in the cell wraps to fit the column width. When you change the column width, data wrapping adjusts automatically.

Prefix - A custom text that proceeds the contents of each cell.

Suffix - A custom text that follows the contents of each cell.

Number Format - A format of the cell is the contents of the cell are number types.

Date Format -  Used if the contents of the cell are date types.

Boolean? - Changes the contents of the cell to reflect a 'check box' look and feel.

Custom Properties

The custom properties can be used to add user defined properties.

Component Functions

This component does not have component functions associated with it.

Scripting Functions

This component does not have scripting functions associated with it.

Component Objects

This component does not have objects associated with it.