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AVEVA™ Plant SCADA

Browse Pages in Plant SCADA Studio

  • Last UpdatedJul 18, 2023
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Use the Pages view in Plant SCADA Studio's Visualization activity to browse the pages associated with the active project and its included projects. To do this, select Standard from the drop-down menu below the command bar.

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Note: If you want to browse Industrial Graphics pages, see Browse Industrial Graphics Pages in Plant SCADA Studio.

You can also use the Property Grid to view and edit some of the properties for any selected pages (see View and Edit Page Properties in Plant SCADA Studio).

The tree to the left of the view shows the projects that are currently available to browse. By default, the active project is selected. When you select a project, the pages it includes are displayed in the pages list to the right.

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The number to the right of a project name indicates how many pages are included in the project.

The drop-down menu above the tree allows you to select All Items. This option displays the pages from all the projects that are currently available to browse, and hides the project tree.

To view the pages in any included system projects, select the Show or Hide System Projects button.

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Show or Hide System Projects

When the Show or Hide System Projects button is selected, any system projects that are included in the active project are added to the Pages view.

If the By Project option is selected for the project tree, you can individually select a system project and view a list of the pages included within it.

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If the All Items option is selected, the system project pages are merged into the list of pages and displayed according to the current sort order.

You can use the following filters to manipulate the pages list.

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Content Type Filter

Allows you to filter the current list of pages by Content Types.

The drop-down menu includes a list of the content types that are configured in the current project and its included projects. It also includes a "(Blank)" option for pages that do not have a content type assigned.

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Select the content types you want to see represented in the list of pages, and click APPLY. At least one content type needs to be selected to apply a filter.

Click on the Select All check box to select every content type.

If every content type is currently selected, click Select All to clear the selections.

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Search Items

Use the Search Items field to locate specific pages within the current list based on the page names.

Click on the filter icon to the right of the field to select a comparison option.

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To clear the current search and any active filters, click on the Clear Filters button (see below).

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Clear Filters

The Clear Filters button removes all the active filters that are currently applied to the list of pages.

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Display Mode

The Display Mode button changes the layout of the pages list. Four options are available. The appearance of the button indicates which mode is currently selected.

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The Details mode presents the list of pages in a tabular format with the following columns:

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Sort by Modified Time

The Sort by Modified Time button sorts the page list according to the time each page was last modified. When this option is selected, an arrow will appear next to the clock icon to indicate if the order of the list is ascending or descending.

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Clicking on the button while it is selected will toggle between these two options.

When the Sort By Modified Time button is clicked, the Sort By Name option is turned off by default. However, you can combine the two together (see Combined Sort Mode below).

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Sort by Name

The Sort by Name button sorts the page list according to page names. When this sort option is selected, an arrow will appear next to the AZ icon to indicate if the order of the list is ascending or descending

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Clicking on the button while it is selected will toggle between these two options.

When the Sort By Name button is clicked, the Sort By Modified Time option is turned off by default. However, you can combine the two together (see Combined Sort Mode below).

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Combined Sort Mode

You can combine the Sort By Modified Time and Sort by Name options. This sorts a list according to the primary option, then by the secondary option.

To create a combined sort:

  1. Select the primary sort option, for example, Sort By Modified Time.

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  2. Then hold down the Shift key and select the Sort By Name button.

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    Both buttons will be highlighted to indicate that they are active.

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    The numbers in the top corner of each button indicates which sort is primary (1) and which is secondary (2).

To change the sort order, click on either number.

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You can also change the sort direction of a particular button by clicking on it as normal.

To remove a sort option, hold down the Shift key and click on the button you want to remove.

If you hold the mouse over a thumbnail in the pages list or tile view, a popup will appear showing the large tile version of the thumbnail, the page name and its source project.

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You can use the Pages view to perform the following tasks.

Open pages

You can use the Pages view to open up to 20 selected pages in Graphics Builder. To do this:

  1. Locate the page you want to open in the pages list.

  2. Double-click on the page.

    Or:

    Select up to 20 pages, then press the Enter key.

    Or:

    Select up to 20 pages, then click Open on the Command Bar.

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    The selected page(s) will open for editing in Graphics Builder.

    Create a new page

    You can use the Pages view to open a new page in Graphics Builder. To do this:

    1. On the Command Bar, click New.

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      Graphics Builder will launch with Use Template dialog displayed.

      For more information, see Create a Graphics Page.

      Delete pages

      You can use the Pages view to delete up to 500 selected pages. To do this:

      1. Select the page(s) you want to delete in the pages list.

      2. Press the Delete key.

        Or:

      3. On the Command Bar, click Delete.

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        Export data from the current view

        You can export the data for the current view as a CSV file. To do this, click Export All on the Command Bar.

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        For more information, see Export to Microsoft™ Excel.

        Update pages

        You can use the Pages view to update the pages in a project. This will update all pages and library graphics in the active project and its included projects. For more information, see Update Pages.

        To update pages, click Update Pages on the Command Bar.

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        This option is not available if an Update Pages operation is already in progress.

        See Also

        Configure Graphics Pages

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