Editing Extras (section)

==Creating a Trend Template==
A trend template tells Elicit to create a data series based upon the data that is in a separate data series. The new data series is created by choosing either the average, maximum, median, minimum, or sum of the data series being polled.

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===Instructions===
<ol>
  <li>If you are already in the “Create Trend Template” window skip to step 3a. If you are not in that window continue to step 2.</li>
  <li>On the navigation menu (left-hand side) click “Extras” and click “Trend Templates” this will open a new tab titled “Trend Templates”</li>
  <li>Within the trend templates tab (upper left-hand corner) click the “Create” button. A new window will open up called “Create Trend Template.”</li>
    <ol type="a">
      <li>Enter the name of the trend template in the “Name” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Examples: Past 3 Months, Past Day, etc.</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Enter any additional information about the trend template in the “Details” field</li>
      <li>Select what “Operation” you would like to perform on the data from the drop-down menu</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Average, Count, Maximum, Minimum, Median, Sum</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Define time period in which you would like the data to trend in the “Time Period” field</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Example: 30 Days, 1 Month, 24 Hours</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Snap to Date</li>
        <ol type="i">
          <li>Leave as red x if you do not want to “reset” after each time period (selected in step D)</li>
            <ol type="A">
                <li>For example if you set the time period to 1 month, this template would include values since the same day during the previous month</li>
                <li>Using these options, calculating a trend on the 13th of this month would include values from the 13th of the previous month through the 13th of this month</li>
            </ol>
          <li>Change to a green check mark if you want to “reset” after each time period (selected in step D)</li>
            <ol type="A">
                <li>For example if you set the time period to 1 month, this template would “reset” after each month</li>
                <li>A Data Series with a Derived Data Start Date of July 1st, 2014 that uses this Trend Template with a 1 Month period and Snap to Date would “reset” on the first of each following month</li>
                <li>Using these options, calculating a trend on the 13th of this month would include values from the 1st of this month through the 13th of this month</li>
            </ol>
        </ol>
      <li>Click "Create"</li>
    </ol>
</ol>
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