What is a History Chart and how does it work?

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A History Chart is an Active Console feature that displays a chart representing historical data stored in the database.

This is done by connecting an Active Console to the database to retrieve historical data that are to be displayed on the Active Console.

The Active Console has a built-in SQL client (except for MySQL).

 To launch a history chart locate a dataview with a cell that contains a drum icon. Like below

Right click the cell that you wish to view the Chart on and choose the appropriate amount of data that you would like to view.

Once launched navigate to the Active Dashboard tab and view the chart