DataType Enumerations

[tfranklin]

Where can one find the enumerations for the DataType OPC property?  I feel like this used to be on the resource center or in the Schema, but it's nowhere to be found anymore.  I ran a query to get what I needed but was curious where else we can look to find all enumerated values. 

[AdamWoodland · Accepted solution]

Interestingly enough it is in the resource centre, just the draft content (since 2009!) so not public 🙂

Copy and paste as below, may well be outdated though (especially given Proteus, BMS and TMX are no longer core drivers):

The DataType property, found in the CDBPoint table, details the automation VARTYPE of the point's value.

DataType Value VARTYPE Name Point Type(s)

3	VT_I4	Integer (SNMP), Meter Period (BMS)
4	VT_R4	Analogue, Counter, Minimum, Maximum, Mean, Rate of Change, etc.
5	VT_R8	Analogue, Counter
7	VT_DATE	Date/Time
8	VT_BSTR	String
17	VT_UI1	Digital, Demand Buffer (Proteus)
19	VT_UI4	Cardinal (SNMP), Runtime (Proteus/BMS/TMX)

The property is read-only, so you cannot change the point type by changing it.

A common misconception is that this allows queries, logic and other parts of ClearSCADAto determine a point type easily rather than using TypeName or TypeDesc with a list of possible classes of each type, however this will rarely work as several types of point share each data type.

[tfranklin]

Awesome, thank you!   This should make for some more efficient processes, rather than comparing string values of TypeNames.

I could've sworn these were previously enumerated somewhere.  Either way -- thanks again!