PiWeb Reporting Software locked at 4 Decimal places? Can I change?

[[Si...]]

Hi,

So I have a program that is set to use 0.000 (3 Places) . But when I open up PiWeb Reporting and populate the data, I see all these red measurements because it shows everything at .0000 Places. I go into Edit Measurements and it says the feature is at 4 Places, but the program it is at 3.....

How do I change the PiWeb Reporting to change to 3 Places... I even tested it and made a test program with 0.0 places.. it also shows .0000 or 4 Places in the report when I populate it into PiWeb Reporting.

Pretty much I want the Reporting software to show exactly the results of the Report. The report is green when initially inspected, but its red in the Reporting software.

[[La...]]

Firstly, where are you setting the # of decimal places - the Characteristics Settings editor or Measurement Plan editor?

To check the # of decimal places that is being dictated and stored in the server - Open your program that has been run and has results. Then go to Resources > Results to File... > PiWeb Reporting > Managing Measurements.

Then double click on one of your measurement records on the left hand side or click Measured Values.

If you scroll over you can find a column called Decimal Places. What's there?

In short, there are 2 ways of controlling the decimal places on the reporting side. Primarily the report will use the # of decimal places that is logged in the database. If you open a report in the designer and go to Tools > Settings you will see a default decimal places setting with a little warning that advises you of this.

If for example you want to store 5 decimal places worth of data but only display 3 decimal places, you can go to your text field properties and control the # of decimal places there. Go to Number formatting > Custom > and then type 0.00 or 0.000 (whatever you want). Save the report.

Does this answer your question?