You have a requirement where Operators must add a comment (note) to every entry that was coded as a specific Mode, for example, 
Maintenance or Production, for a given Line, Equipment.

Step-by-step guide

We will use an Analysis Controller to feed a Power Table which has a onCellEdited Extension Function to handle writing the Note

1. Create an Analysis with the following:
   Data Points: Mode Begin Time,Mode Duration,Mode End Time,Equipment Note
   Filter By: Equipment Path = @eqPath AND Equipment Mode Type = 'Maintenance' (or Production or whatever Mode you wish to Filter by)
   Group By: Mode Begin Time
   on your Analysis Controller, add a Custom Property eqPath = string
   in the Property Window, the Analysis Controller should look like this:
   
2. add a Date Range and a Power Table Component
   you will bind
   the Analysis Controller Start/End Date to the Date Range Start/End Date
   and
   the Power Table Data to the Analysis Controller Data

3. add some Scripting to the Power Table Extension Function onCellEdited

   if colName == "Equipment Note":
   		# get the equipment path from the MES Object Selector
   		eqPath = self.parent.getComponent('MES Object Selector').equipmentItemPath
   		# get the date of the event from the Analysis dataset
   		date = self.data.getValueAt(rowIndex, 'Mode Begin Time')
   		
   		# check to see if there is not already a note
   		if system.mes.getTagCollectorValue(eqPath, 'Equipment Note', '', date,) is None:
   			# if no note exists, add the note
   			system.mes.addTagCollectorValue(eqPath, 'Equipment Note', '', date, newValue)
   		else:
   			# otherwise, update the note
   			system.mes.updateTagCollectorValue(eqPath, 'Equipment Note', '', date, newValue)
   		# rerun the analysis	
   		self.parent.getComponent('MES Analysis Controller').refresh()

   
   
   
   

   the following .proj is built-in with all of the above (on Inductive 7.9.10)

Maintain Equipment Notes 7910.proj

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