report — requests notification of changes to a data point.
(report name)
name
The name of a data point.
A message each time any of the following occurs:
The point value changes.
The point quality changes.
The point timestamp changes and the General property option is unchecked.
A value is written to the point by force, such as with the force or
cforce command, or by using the set_canonical command with the
force option set.
The message contains a complete definition of the point, according to this syntax:
(pointnametypevalue[confsecuritylockedsecondsnanosecondsflagsquality])
where:
name
The name of the point.
type
The data type of the point, one of integer, floating point, or character string, where:.
0 indicates string.
1 indicates floating point.
2 indicates integer.
value
The value of the point.
conf
The confidence level of the point, 0 -
100 percent. This is unused by most
applications.
security
The security level of the point, 0 to
32768, where higher numbers represent higher
security. This is unused by most applications.
locked
1 for locked, or 0 for
unlocked. This is unused by most applications.
seconds
The seconds portion of the point’s timestamp.
nanoseconds
The nanoseconds portion of the point’s timestamp, as an integer.
flags
System-defined flags, for internal use.
quality
A integer constant representing the quality of the point value,
such as Good, Bad,
Last known, Local
override, etc. The possible values are shown in the quality
command reference page.
This command requests the DataHub instance to report changes (also called exceptions) to the value or quality of a point, as soon as a change takes place. See also creport.