Creating a Data Table

To create a table, either:
- Right-click Data Tables in the Solution Explorer and then click Add Table.
or
- Select Data Tables in the Solution Explorer, and then click Add New Table
Set the Data Table's Properties.

If you assign a Float value to a column, you can determine the location of the decimal point via by right-clicking the column and assigning it.

The Data Table Properties determine the type and structure.

Property Name	Definition
Data Table Name	The Data Table Name appears as a Global Data Tag
Data Table Type	These include LIFO (Stack) FIFO (Queue) Data Table: Indexed
Retained	Select this to back up the Data Table values in case of power-off. Note that you can initialize these values either by: Selecting the Ribbon option PLC> UniStream Management > Initialize Using the Ladder functions Initialize Data Table, provided for each table type In most cases, Data Tables values should be initialized after power-up.
Rows	Enter the number of table rows
Struct (column structure)	The columns of the Data Table are defined by the linked Struct. Click the drop-down to select a: - UniLogic struct, such as System Error, or - struct that you have created for your application. Note that you do not have to declare the Struct in order to use it. Be aware that: A Data Table and the Struct it is linked to cannot have identical names. If the names are identical, you will not be able to link the struct members to the parameters of Data Table ladder functions.

Cell Format

You can determine the format of a data table cell by right clicking it and selecting format; the options of available formats for the data cell type will open, and will be customized according to your selections.