By Availability

Data view can be categorized into the following types based on its availability:

▪Local Data Views — contains all the data views that are only applicable to the current map page containing the involved devices. It includes the following two types:

oActivity Data Views () — generated by executing automation actions on a map. The details of each activity data view can be browsed when you apply it on a map.

oMap Data Views () — generated by saving a data view within a map or sharing activity data views. The details of each map data view can be browsed in the Map Data View Manager.

▪Global Data Views () — contains all the data views that are applicable to any maps containing the involved devices in the current domain.
Example: Built-in Global Data Views generated by Built-in Scheduled Tasks.

See Multiple Ways to Generate Data Views for more details on how to generate an activity data view and a global data view.

By Status

Data view can also be categorized into the following two types based on the mechanism that the data is stored and displayed.

▪Static Data View — generated by running a Qapp or Instant Qapp for only once. Each data unit is single-valued.

▪Dynamic Data View — generated by running a Qapp or Instant Qapp periodically. Each data unit is vector-valued. After applying the data view on the map, you can click one of the data unit (int or float) to browse its trend during the running cycle in a line chart. See Overall Health Monitor for more details.

Multiple Ways to Generate Data Views

The following table lists all the tasks that can generate global data views and activity data views.

 

See also:

▪Global Data View Manager