Monthly DataView layouts show 28–31 days of data, which overwhelms operators who only need to enter or review this week’s readings. Scrolling through a full month to find today’s date wastes time and increases the chance of entering data in the wrong row. 7-day period DataViews solve this by showing one week at a time, with navigation that jumps forward or backward by full weeks.
Why use 7-day period views?
Plants operate on weekly rhythms. Lab samples get collected Monday through Friday. Weekend shifts handle different tasks. Reports often summarize by week. When your DataView displays a 7-day period, operators see a clean, focused screen that matches how they think about the schedule. Less visual clutter means faster data entry and easier pattern recognition. If effluent TSS spiked on Thursday, the operator sees it immediately because only seven days are visible—not 31 days where the spike gets lost in the noise.
How to set up a 7-day period DataView
Open your DataView in Operator10 and right-click anywhere in the grid to access Properties. Go to the Display Range section. Change the dropdown from Full Month to 7-Day Period. Set the Default Period to Current Periodso the DataView always opens to the current week. Choose your Week Start Day—most plants use Sunday, but you can pick Monday or any other day if your plant’s week starts then. Click OK. The DataView now displays seven days starting on your chosen week start day, and it defaults to the current week every time you open it.
Auto-open to the current week
The Current Period setting is critical. Without it, the DataView opens to whatever week you last viewed, which could be last month. With Current Period enabled, Operator10 calculates today’s date, figures out which week it falls in (based on your Week Start Day), and displays that week. If today is Wednesday, December 4, and your week starts on Sunday, the DataView opens showing December 1 (Sunday) through December 7 (Saturday). Next Monday when you open the same DataView, it automatically shifts to the new current week: December 8–14.
Navigate by week
With a 7-day period DataView, the date navigation controls at the top of the screen change from “previous day” and “next day” to “previous week” and “next week.” Click Previous and the view jumps back seven days. Click Next and it jumps forward seven days. This makes it easy to review last week’s data or enter results from a delayed lab sample without manually adjusting dates or scrolling through a monthly grid.
Combine with day-of-week display
7-day period DataViews work even better when paired with day-of-week display. Under Properties > Font and Color, set the date format to Short Date with Day of Week. Now each column (or row, if using inverted display) shows “Sun 12/1,” “Mon 12/2,” “Tue 12/3,” etc. Operators see a mini weekly calendar in grid form, so they know exactly which day’s data they’re entering or reviewing without checking a separate calendar.
Perfect for lab data entry
Lab techs collecting samples Monday through Friday can use a 7-day period DataView to enter results as they come in. Open the view on Monday, enter Monday’s data. Open it Tuesday, enter Tuesday’s data. The view stays on the current week all week long. Come Friday, you see the full week’s results at a glance. If a sample from last week comes back late, click Previous once to jump to last week, enter the value, then click Next to return to the current week.
Ideal for operator rounds
Daily rounds data—like flows, pH, DO, MLSS—fits naturally into a 7-day period DataView. Operators enter values every shift without seeing last month’s data. Supervisors reviewing the week’s trends open the same DataView and see seven days of readings in a clean, scannable grid. If a parameter drifts over the week, the pattern is obvious because only one week of data is visible at a time.
Works with summaries
If you want to see weekly totals or averages, 7-day period DataViews support summary rows (or columns in inverted mode). Enable summaries under Properties > Columns, and Operator10 calculates the sum, average, min, or max for the visible week. This is useful for tracking weekly chemical usage, total influent flow, or average effluent quality without pulling a separate report.
Why this layout reduces errors
When operators see 31 days of data, they occasionally click the wrong row or lose their place. With a 7-day period DataView, there are only seven rows (or seven columns if inverted). Less scrolling, less hunting, less chance of entering a value in the wrong date field. The screen stays simple, so operators focus on the data instead of navigating the interface.
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