Get Time Period Values 12.0

[Former Member]

All,

Is there any way to get the values of configured Time Periods at runtime. For example get the current shift start and and end time values?

Regards,

Christian

[jcgood25 · Accepted solution]

Do a Simulator History tag query for one tag and a small rowcount of 2, with your Time Period assigned and in the xml you'll see Rowsets/@StartDate and Rowsets/@EndDate

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Jeremy!

[jcgood25 · Accepted solution]

This little trick is also an excellent way to understand how the time engine works, in a WYSIWYG manner. If you test your Simulator Tag query template from the Template Editor or WB and select text/xml the answers are revealed.

A simple Q/A for situations like:

What happens if I put Time=Today@08:00:00 and Duration = -1 and DurationUnits = D?

Regards,

Jeremy