Paste PISubBatches

You can paste PISubBatches if the clipboard contains a PISubBatch item and you select a PIUnitBatch or a PISubBatch in the search results list.

Note: The paste function is intended to be equivalent to the ability to create a new PISubBatch based on the PISubBatch in the clipboard, because it is not possible to make an exact copy of a PISubBatch; a new PISubBatch will always have a unique ID.

1. Select a PISubBatch item and a PIUnitBatch or a PISubBatch in the search results list.

2. Click the Paste button on the toolbar above the search results list which is located in the bottom-left of the Batch Database tool.

3. Remove the New PISubBatch to edit the Name, PIHeading, Start Time, and End Time fields.

   The New PISubBatch window appears with most of the fields already populated with the values from the PIUnitBatch in the clipboard. The PI Server field will indicate the server that was selected in the Module Database tree and the PIUnit field will indicate the PIUnit that the new PISubBatch will be created under (even if the PIUnit is not the immediate parent).

4. Click OK to create the new PISubBatch.

   If the PISubBatch being copied contains any PISubBatches, you are asked whether you want to also copy the PISubBatches:

   • Click No to create only the PISubBatch.

   • Click Yes, to create the PISubBatch and a copy of all of the PISubBatches.

     Note: You can copy a PISubBatch (including child PISubBatches) as a child of itself; this does not pose a recursion problem.