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Custom names toolbar

  • Last UpdatedOct 04, 2024
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The main toolbar provides the basis for most of the actions that you can apply to a custom name set. Each action applies to the selected custom name sets. If you select a Data Archive server, most actions apply to all of that server’s sets.

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Goal

Create a new custom name set and add it to the selected Data Archive server.

Save a selected custom name set.

Revert changes made to a selected set.

Delete a selected set from the list and Data Archive. If a Data Archive server is selected, all custom name sets from that server are deleted.

Remove a selected custom name set and copy it to the clipboard. If a Data Archive server is selected, all of the server’s sets are removed to the clipboard.

Copy a selected custom name set to the clipboard. If a Data Archive server is selected, all of the server’s sets are placed in the clipboard. Supported formats are: Text in ANSI or Unicode format, with the set name and all custom names separated by a CR or LF. Custom Clipboard Format, a binary representation which can be used only to paste the set back into the list. Module Database Format, which can be pasted directly into the PI Module Database tree.

Paste a copied set into the list under the selected Data Archive or Data Archive of the selected custom name set.

Export a selected custom name set to a CSV file. If a Data Archive server is selected, all sets are exported. The format of an exported file is:

CustomNameSetName1,Category,BatchTerm1,CustomName...
CustomNameSetName1,Category,BatchTermN,CustomName
CustomNameSetName2,Category,BatchTerm1,CustomName...
CustomNameSetNameN,Category,BatchTermN,CustomName

Import custom name values from a file to a selected Data Archive server. The file can be any text file with format compatible to the CSV export format.

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