Bar Graph display
Compare manually-sampled measurements across categories.
Displaying data in a bar graph is useful when you want to compare a single sensor measurement between different categories, such as measuring the pH of several different chemicals. If you want to compare values across multiple sensors of the same type of measurement, a bar meter display would be more appropriate.
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Y-Axis Variable
Click to select a measurement to display on the y-axis. This is typically a sensor measurement.
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Y-axis
Drag to manually scale the y-axis.
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Bar name
Click the bar above the bar name to change the name.
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Bar graph tools
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Scale to Fit Tool
Click to scale the graph to fit all of the data.
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Statistics Tool
Click to display statistics for the current run such as maximum, minimum, mean, and standard deviation.
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Annotation Tool
Add a note to a bar. Click to turn on the tool then click a bar to add a note to.
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Show digits
Click to show the digits of the measurement above each bar.
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Show next bar
Click to show the next bar. Click this bar to add a new data point when displaying user-entered data on the Y-axis.
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Add a run
Click to add a new run of data. This is only active when the Y-axis is displaying user-entered data.
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Manual entry
Manual sampling is automatically selected when using a bar graph. After clicking Start , click the check to record a measurement.
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Legend
Use the legend to identify, display, and select runs to analyze. Select the checkbox to show or hide runs. For analysis, the selected run is indicated by a red box.
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X-Axis Variable
Click to select a measurement to display on the x-axis. This is typically user-entered data.
Collect data
- Click Y-Axis Variable then select a measurement to display on the y-axis.
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Click X-Axis Variable. The X-Axis variable is typically user-entered data, which means you need to create a User-entered measurement:
- Click the User-entered tab.
- Click Create Data Set.
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Enter a Measurement Name for the Data Set, then click OK.
Note
You can also configure the other Data Set options, but it is not required.
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Click Start to begin data collection.
- Take a measurement with your sensor. Once you are done with the measurement, click the check to record the measurement. A second bar now appears.
- Repeat the previous step for all of your data samples. Click Stop when finished.