Watch the following video for a brief introduction to the graphing engine. Step-by-step instructions are included below the video.

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Once you have logged in and selected ‘Graphing’ in ‘My Network’ you will see the Graphing Quick Start menu in the center and a list of stations on the left window.

 

Steps for Basic Graphing

1. Select a Station(s)
2. Select Measurement(s)
3. Select Date Range
4. Plot Data
5. Add More Data
6. Zoom In
7. Zoom Out
8. Data Table
9. New Graph

To make a graph

1. Select Station(s)

Select a station from the ‘Data Selection’ window on the left side of the screen in the ‘Graphing’ window. For this example we will select the station Demo Hydrometric.

2. Select Measurement(s)

Select the measurements you want to graph for that station. You can also plot measurements from different stations on the same graph simply by selecting them following the same steps. For this example select ‘Flow’ and ‘Rain’ from the Demo Hydrometric –Metric station.

3. Select Date Range

Select the date range you would like graphed. This can be done either by using the ‘Select a date range’ drop down menu to select a preset range such as ‘Last 7 Days’

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Customize the date range by using the ‘From’ and ‘To’ calendars to selects the dates.

For this example customize the date range from January 1, 2009 to February 1, 2009. You can either scroll through the monthly calendars by clicking on the small arrows on the top left and right corners of the calendars or you can click on the month and year to select the desired dates.

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4. Plot Data

Once you have selected the station(s), measurement(s) and date range, click on ‘Plot Data’ and a graph should appear showing the data, flow on the bottom x-axis and the rain on the top x-axis for our example.

5. Add More Data

As previously mentioned, you can add more data from the current selected station or from another station. For this example add the ‘Pipe Level’ from a different station by going back to the ‘Data Selection’ window and opening up the ‘Demo Sanitary-Metric’ station, selecting ‘Pipe Level’ and then clicking on ‘Plot Data’. A graph showing the originally selected ‘Flow’ and ‘Rain’ plus the new ‘Pipe Level’ data will be in the graph.

6. Zoom In

You can zoom in on data of interest by clicking and dragging the mouse over the data of interest. For this example we are zooming in on a storm event.

Once you have zoomed in the graph should look similar to the one below.

You can scroll right and left at this zoom by dragging the scroll bar at the bottom of the graph and when available you can scroll up and down using the scroll bar on the right of the graph.

7. Undo Zoom

You can undo the zoom to return to the original view of the graph by clicking on the ‘Undo Zoom’ button on the top of the graph.

8. Data Table

By moving the mouse bar over the graph, the corresponding data is displayed in the data table below the graph.

9. New Graph

When you are done with the graph you have created you can begin creating a new graph by clicking on the ‘Reset’ button on near the bottom left side of the screen.