Edit Multiple Instrument Numbers

In Instrumentation Engineer, the Instrument numbers of multiple Instruments can be edited at a time.

Note: Instrument tags must be unique, either across the entire Project, or within their Project location (see Manually Add a Tag to the Instrument List).
If tag numbers are not unique within the Project or location, when you attempt to save the Instruments, a warning message will be displayed to alert you of this, and the save will not take place.

To edit multiple tag numbers:

1. Select the items, then click Bulk Edit Instrument Numbers in the Actions section of the List Tools - Instruments tab.

   The Instrument Number wizard window is then displayed.

   

   The screen displays all the Instruments that were selected for editing, grouped by tag format.

2. Click the + symbol to the left of each tag format to view details of each of the tags with that tag format.

   

3. Change the tag numbers of the selected Instruments by editing all or some of the tag number fields to make up the a new, Project-unique tag number, as displayed in the NewTagNo fields.

   Invalid (in other words, not unique) tag numbers are displayed in red in these fields. As each tag number is changed, it is validated against the Database (DB) to check its uniqueness. If validation is successful, display of the tag number in the NewTagNo field changes to green.

4. To edit the tag numbers in bulk instead of one at a time, select the tags rows to be edited and click Edit Selected Rows (click Select All Rows to select all the rows). The Multi Field Edit (Bulk Edit) window is then displayed:

   

5. Check the Select checkbox for all columns to be edited.

6. Enter the new values required in the Value columns.

7. The Copy first record's Data option will copy the data from first record in selection into the window ready for editing. The data is not actually copied to the selected tags unless the Select checkbox is selected and the Save button is clicked.

8. Click Save to save the new tag numbers. The Instrument Number window is then displayed with the new tag numbers listed and validated.

9. Once tag numbers have been edited as required, click Next.

   The wizard then shows all the proposed Instrument numbers.

   

10. To complete the process, click Save.

    AVEVA Instrumentation then renumbers the items and displays a log of the changes:

    

11. Click Close to exit the window.