TimeDataValue

The TimeDataValue element specifies the time data value for the specified time data record for the specified record owner or record owner group for the historical or forecast input data. This element is optional.

The TimeDataValue element has two optional attributes:

type specifies input data item type that matches the input data category type defined for the category attribute of InputDataImport element.
units specifies the units of the input data item type.

Properties

Property	Description
Case Sensitive	Yes
Required	No
Number of Instances Allowed	Unlimited
Requires End Tag	Yes
Parent Element	TimeDataRecord
Child Elements	None
Attributes	type units
Data Type	The value of the TimeDataValue element can be either a decimal number or a string value that matches a table of possible values configured in the ELF device configuration.

Attributes

Attribute	Required	Description	Value Options
type	No	The input data item type that matches the input data category type defined for the category attribute of InputDataImport element.	String (in quotes). The value of the type attribute must match a type value previously defined in the ELF device configuration. Examples of a data item type for the input data category "Weather" include "Temperature" or "Wind Speed."
units	No	The units of the input data item type.	String (in quotes). The value of the units attribute corresponds to one of the valid units or a description for the Primary Units field in the PNT record, or it can also be a string that does not match any of CygNet’s recognized units. See PNT Engineering Units. An example of the units for a data item type of "Temperature" might be "F" or for "Wind Speed" the units could be "mi/hr." Note: The predefined units for the PNT record have both an abbreviation and a description. The abbreviation is what is stored in the record, and that has a character limit of 8 characters. In the XML file, the units attribute value can refer either to the unit abbreviation (8 characters max) or to the description (no character limit). If you are specifying a string that does not match any of CygNet’s recognized units the ELF import will accept the units and copy them to the record. In this case the character limit is 8 characters for units not already defined.

Attribute

Required

Description

Value Options

type

The input data item type that matches the input data category type defined for the category attribute of InputDataImport element.

String (in quotes). The value of the type attribute must match a type value previously defined in the ELF device configuration. Examples of a data item type for the input data category "Weather" include "Temperature" or "Wind Speed."

units

The units of the input data item type.

String (in quotes). The value of the units attribute corresponds to one of the valid units or a description for the Primary Units field in the PNT record, or it can also be a string that does not match any of CygNet’s recognized units. See PNT Engineering Units.

An example of the units for a data item type of "Temperature" might be "F" or for "Wind Speed" the units could be "mi/hr."

Note:
The predefined units for the PNT record have both an abbreviation and a description. The abbreviation is what is stored in the record, and that has a character limit of 8 characters. In the XML file, the units attribute value can refer either to the unit abbreviation (8 characters max) or to the description (no character limit). If you are specifying a string that does not match any of CygNet’s recognized units the ELF import will accept the units and copy them to the record. In this case the character limit is 8 characters for units not already defined.

Example