Header Bar
- Last UpdatedJul 13, 2023
- 5 minute read
The default layout for a Situational Awareness project comes with a header bar. It includes a set of commands that an operator may require regular access to during runtime. These commands can be customized.
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Header Logo |
By default the Plant SCADA logo is used. However, this is configurable. To display your own logo in the allocated space, import the logo into Graphics Builder and save it as a symbol in your project. Assign the name of the symbol (in the format "library.symbol") to the project INI parameter [Page]Logo. See Customize the Logo on the Header Bar. |
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Home |
Displays the home page. The home page is specified in a project's Navigation Menu. The menu's highest Level 1 entry sets the context for the workspace, the Target Page field for the entry identifies the home page. See Prepare the Navigation Menu. |
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Page Navigation |
Back, Forward and Up page navigation commands. Back and Forward allow you to move between pages in the current browse history or stack. Up allows you to move up a level in a set of hierarchical pages. In multi-monitor systems, the stack is per monitor and not linked. When a log out occurs, the stack is deleted. |
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Trends |
Opens the trend summary page for the operational area, allowing you to access predefined trends (see Default Trend Pages). |
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Active Alarms |
Displays alarms that are unacknowledged, or acknowledged and still in an alarm state (see Default Alarm Pages). |
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Historical Alarms |
Displays an historical log of alarms (see Default Alarm Pages). |
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Shelved Alarms |
Lists alarms that are temporarily disabled (see Default Alarm Pages). |
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Hardware Alarm |
Displays a list of hardware alarms that are unacknowledged, or acknowledged and still in alarm state (see Default Alarm Pages). A flashing circle underneath the hardware alarm icon indicates there are unacknowledged hardware alarms.
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Top 5 Alarms |
Displays the top 5 active alarms visible to the operator. This button is not included on a header bar for a UHD4K workspace. |
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Page Name |
Title of page selected in navigation zone and displayed in page content area. If page is not in the navigation menu the message "Page does not exist in Navigation menu" will be displayed. Underneath the title of the page the menu breadcrumb displays. |
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User |
Name of logged in user. For example, John Smith is the current logged in user. |
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Login |
Allows a user to log in to a runtime system, providing access to additional functionality based on the user group or groups to which they belong. The drop-down menu provides access to the Logout command. |
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Options |
Allows you to toggle visibility of some display options for the objects in a runtime system. Select the relevant option from the drop down list.
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Help |
Opens a pane that displays runtime help. |
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Date/Time |
The current date and time. |
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Shutdown |
Shuts down the runtime system. |
Show or hide Control Links (see 
Show or hide engineering/PV values.
Show or hide labels.
To customize a menu command:
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In the Visualization activity, select Menu Configuration.
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In the Page column, locate the menu entries that use the name "Headerbar".
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Select the item that you want to customize. The Level 1 column should provide a description of the header bar commands.
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Go to the Menu Command field.
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Enter a Cicode function, or select one from the drop-down list.
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Modify the parameters as required.
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Click Save.
Note: If you want to change the content of the header bar, you should make a copy of the header bar page (for example, "DefaultHeaderbar_HD1080" or "DefaultHeaderbar_UHD4K") and modify it. You can then assign the updated page as the Default Page in the master page's header pane.