Adding Characteristics Using the Add Trace Characteristics Dialog Box

You can add characteristics to a selected trace by selecting from the Add Trace Characteristics window.

To add additional characteristics to a selected trace:

1. Select a trace in a report plot or legend.
2. Click Report2D > Trace Characteristics, or right-click the selected trace to display the short cut menu.
3. Select All.

   The Add Trace Characteristics window displays:

   

4. Select the desired Category.

   The available categories depend on the plot, and the selecting of a category displays its associated functions.

   Note: Categories and Functions only appear if they are available for that plot.

   Category	Functions
   Recent	Displays the most recent functions used, sorted by the time they were added.
   Favorites	Displays all favorites. The defaults are avg, max, min, and pk2pk.
   All	Displays all available functions.
   Math	avg, avgabs, integ, integabs, max, mean, min, pk2pk, pkavg, ripple, rms, rmsAC, stddev, sum, variance, XatYMax, XatYMin, XatYVal, XWidthAtYVal, YatXMax, YatXMin, YatXVal
   PulseWidth	pulsefall9010, pulsefront1090, pulsefront3090, pulsemax, pulsemaxtime, pulsemin, pulsemintime, pulsetail50, pulsewidth5050, pw_minus, pw_minus_avg, pw_minus_max, pw_minus_min, pw_minus_rms, pw_plus, pw_plus_avg, pw_plus_max, pw_plus_min, pw_plus_rms
   Overshoot/ Undershoot	overshoot, overshootAbs, undershoot, undershootAbs
   TR & DC	crestfactor, deadtime, delaytime, distortion, formfactor, fundamentalmag, risetime, settlingtime
   Error	iae, ise, itae, itse
   Period	per, pmax, pmin, prms
   AC	gainmargin, phasemargin, gaincrossover, phasecrossover, lowercutoff, uppercutoff, bandwidth, peakgain, peakgainfreq
   Radiation	lSidelobeY, rSidelobeY, lSidelobeX, rSidelobeX, xdb10Beamwidth, xdb20Beamwidth
   Eye Measurements	EyeLevelZero, EyeLevelOne, EyeAmplitude, EyeHeight, EyeSignalToNoise, EyeOpeningFactor, EyeWidth, EyeJitterP2P, EyeJitterRMS, EyeRiseTime, EyeFallTime, MinEyeWidth, MinEyeHeight
   TDR	Shunt_C_in_pF, Series_L_in_nH

   
   

   For a selected function, the Add Trace Characteristics dialog box displays the function’s purpose in a text field. For a list of functions and their definitions, see the table in Defining Traces Using Range Functions.

5. Some categories and functions call for you to specify one or two additional values in a table. You can save these values using the Save as Default button. The Default column shows a Y if there is a saved default value for the function.
6. Select the Current sticky range overrides saved default check box if you do not want the range value in the table to be changed when the function selection is changed: the current range value becomes the “sticky range.” If the check box is not checked, the range value is updated from the saved default values and becomes a new sticky range.
7. Click the AddTrace Characteristic button to add the specified characteristics to the trace.
8. Click Close.