Solution
Most of the default TDMS file properties can be set using the TDMS Set Properties VI. Below are tables that contain the various properties that can by modified in your TDMS file and viewed using a TDMS file view such as Excel.
TDMS File Properties
Table 1: File Properties Property | Property Name | Data Type |
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Root Name | None | Set as the file name of the TDMS file |
Title | title | String |
Author | author | String |
Date/Time | datetime | Time Stamp |
Groups | none | Set by the # of groups you add to the TDMS file |
Description | description | String |
Group Properties
Table 2: Group Properties
Property | Property Name | Data Type |
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Group | none | Group name is set when writing channels to file |
Channels | none | Number of channels in group |
Description | description | String |
Channel Properties
Table 3: Channel Properties
Property | Property Name | Data Type |
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Channel | none | Set when you write a channel to the file |
Length | NI_ChannelLength | Is not modifiable by user |
Datatype | NI_DataType | Is not modifiable by user |
Units | unit_string | String |
Minimum | minimum | Numeric |
Maximum | maximum | Numeric |
Description | description | String |