Use the Measurement Channels group to select the variables for the Measurements group. Assign the variables to a measurement or measurement files.

The entries in the Measurement Channels group correspond to the Detail data (2), Channels column in the Measurements group. You can parameterize the entries in the Measurements group and skip the entries in this group, if desired.

Before you begin, refer to Creating Objects to add a new Measurement Channels group to the desired location in the database.
  1. Double-click NewMeasurementChannels from the list of objects where you added the group.
    The measurement channels group appears in a new configuration tab.
  2. Click + New measurement channel
  3. In the Name column, select the name of the Measurements group to which you want to assign the variables.
  4. In the Measurement File dropdown menu, select the channel group of the measurement file from the second layer in the Measurements group.
    Note Only active measurement files are available for selection. Deactivated measurement files are not included in the list.
  5. In the Element column, select the name of the variable that contains the value to store.
  6. In the Channel Label column, enter a different name to overwrite the name of the variable used in the Element column.
    If no text is entered, the name of the variable is written to the measurement file.
  7. In the Position column, define the order, in numerical format, in which to list the variables in the measurement file.
    The variable with position 1 is displayed at the top of the list. When you enter position numbers for single variables, all variables without a position number are on the top of the list.
  8. In the Data Type column, select the data type for the values to store.
    Note With many file formats, the selection of the data type does not always make sense, since the file format exclusively stores a certain data type (e.g., EDAS32). Therefore, NI recommends always selecting the entry automatic.
  9. In the Organisational Data column, specify a table into which to enter variables that are stored as organizational data in the files that are stored.
    The table must be a two columns and two-dimensional. The first column contains the name or identifier of the date and the second column contains the variable. When generating or opening of the measurement file, the organizational data is written into the measurement file with the init values. When closing the measurement file, the current values of the organizational data are written to the measurement header file.
  10. (Applicable for the Dynamic storage type only.) In the Delta column, define the minimum deviation required for a new line to be written to the measurement file.
  11. Enter a description in the Description column.
  12. Click Save.