This example illustrates how Time Data can be displayed on a log as bargraphs.
Introduction
Example
How to enter Time Data
Use: The LogPlot Time Data datasheet is used to list depth intervals, measurement dates/times, and one or more columns of numeric data to be plotted as bars in a Bar Graph Column. The values can also plot as labels in Bar Graph Value columns, or as text in Interval Text columns. A date filter can be applied when you compile the log, so that specific date measurements only are plotted.
A Time Data datasheet can have a single column of values or multiple columns. You can have more than one Time Data datasheet in a data file.
For numeric data measured over depth intervals without dates, see the Interval Data datasheet. For numeric data measured at depth points rather than depth intervals, see the Point Data datasheet.
Corresponding log design component: Numeric data listed in this datasheet will be plotted on the log as bar graphs in the Bar Graph columns. The data values themselves can be plotted as text labels in the Bar Graph Value Columns or in Interval Text columns.
Corresponding RockWorks data table: T-Data
Right-Click Options: When you right-click in any of the Time Data cells, you have the following options:
Cut, Copy, Paste Insert/Append/Delete Rows Manipulate Columns Edit Data Page Name Add/Delete/Rename Columns Edit Columns and Groups Delete Data Page Move
This example illustrates how Time Data can be displayed on a log as bargraphs.
Use the Data | New Data Page | Time Data menu option to manually insert a new datasheet.
Group Name: Type in the name to assign to the datasheet's tab or group. If you leave this blank, it will default to "Time Data".
New Name: Type in the name to assign to the first value column in the datasheet. Because Time Data datasheets can have multiple columns, LogPlot uses the column names to match data to the items in the log design.
Click OK.
The program will add to the data file a Time Data datasheet labeled with the selected Group Name and with four blank columns: Top and Base for depths, Sample Date for dates, and a column with the Name you defined.
Top, Base: In these columns enter the depth at the top and base of the intervals at which the measurements were taken.
Shortcut: Right-click on any cell in the datasheet and select Fill Interval Column to fill the columns with regular depth increments.
Sample Date: In this column you will list the date on which the sample was recorded. You can either type in the date or double-click in the cell to pick the date. When you compile your log you will be able to apply a date/time filter so that only desired measurements are plotted on the log.
Columns 4 +: These columns are where you can list the numeric data recorded at the listed depth intervals and dates.
The Column Names
The names displayed as column headers within the Time Data datasheet are used to match the data to particular Bar Graph, Bar Graph Label, or Interval Text column in the log design. For example, the data in the "Arsenic" column will be plotted in the Bar Graph column named "Arsenic" in the log's design.
Shortcut: Use the right-click options to add/rename/delete columns.
The Data Listing
To enter the actual data into the data page cells, you can use the <Tab> key to advance from cell to cell, and from the end of one row to the beginning of the next.
If there is no data for a depth interval, you may leave the interval blank.
Shortcut: If you already have this data in a tabular format in another application, you can copy the data there and then paste it into this datasheet using the Edit | Paste command.
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