1.4.8. Plot Export

The Plot Export dialog is accessed through the ‘Export’ sub-menu in the File Menu of the APEX DS application. It can also be accessed from the right click Plot Menu invoked over a selected plot.

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Example plot export window

This dialog supports exporting the contents of selected data plots in a variety of formats. For each export operation a new sub-directory will be created under the user defined base export folder. The name of this new sub-directory will include the time stamp of the export operation and an optional user defined annotation text. The export options that can be configured on this dialog include:

  • Export Directory: Base file system path to store exported files.

  • Export Options: This selects the output options.

    • Plot Preview: Show a preview of the first exported plot in a pop-up window. This is only supported for the CSV text export mode.
    • Tabulated CSV File: Export plots to CSV format text file(s).
    • Plot Images (PNG):, Export plots to PNG format image file(s), one image for each plot.
    • MS PowerPoint File:, Export temporary PNG image files, then combine them in a PPTX format presentation, one image per slide.
    • Annotate Export Name: Enables adding user supplied text to the export directory name.

  • Export Plots: This selects the plots whose contents will be exported.

    • Selected Plot(s): Export only plots that are selected on the current page.
    • Selected Page: Export all plots that are on the currently visible page.
    • All Plots: Export all plots from all pages.

  • Annotation: User supplied text that will be prepended to the export directory name (if enabled).