Loads List

The Loads list is the main window for adding/editing Loads. All Loads for the project are shown in the Loads grid. The viewable columns, their captions, column size and order are user-definable using the Grid Manager utility.

Access the Loads List

To open the Loads list, click Select in the Grids and Schedules section of the Home tab.

Select Loads under the Lists heading from the list of grids that is then displayed. The Loads grid is then displayed:

Refer to Working with the Data Grid for information on the grid controls including selecting a load record, and sorting and filtering the grid data.

To edit data, the user can either double-click on a load record, or select it and click Edit on the Home tab. The user can also edit most column data directly in the Grid itself by selecting the cell and entering a new value, selecting a value from a pick list. Columns with a yellow coloured background cannot be edited directly in the grid.

Datasheet No Column

Cells in the Datasheet No of the grid display a button in the right side of the cell when the mouse cursor is hovered over them. This is used to assign the load to a datasheet or to view and/or edit a datasheet if one is already assigned. Refer to Assign, View and Edit Datasheets for more further information.

Supply Column

The Supply column displays the primary supplies of Loads, if they have been assigned. If supplies have been assigned but no primary supply designated, the first supply in the list of supplies is displayed instead.

Cells in this column display a button in the right side of the cell when the mouse cursor is hovered over them. If a Load has not been allocated a supply, its primary supply can be allocated by clicking on this button and selecting one from a list of available supplies. If the primary supply has been allocated, this button can be used to select a different primary supply, or view and edit the existing primary supply. See Assign Loads to Supplies for further details.

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A different column, Supplies, lists all of the supplies of a load, the primary supply and any secondary supplies.

Grid PickLists

Some Loads list grid cells contain pick lists. The value lists in each pick list are generally loaded from both the PickList library, plus any value that has been entered into the pick list's field. Therefore manually adding a value into the pick list will add that new value to the picklist for future use.

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A pick list may be set so that grid cells must be completed with the values in it, i.e. other values may not be manually entered.

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Any value manually added directly into a grid pick list does not get added to the picklist's value list until the Refresh command is used or the grid is re-loaded (for example, Electrical Engineer is re-started).

Refer to Using PickLists for further information on editing pick lists.

Loads List - List Tools Options

The following options are located on the List Tools - Loads tab:

Adding New Tags to the Loads List

For details of how to add a load to the list, refer to Manually Add a Tag to the Loads List.

Loads can also added to the Loads list by copying an existing load (refer to Copy Loads) and by importing from Excel (refer to Import Load Data from Excel).

Loads can also be created from the Equipment List, and when creating/editing a Key Line Diagram (refer to Create Content of Key One Line Diagrams).