Assign a Content Type to a Page

When you specify a content type for a page, you determine how the page will be managed by the Autofill process and the following workspace page display functions:

• Navigation_ShowTargetPage

• Workspace_ShowContent.

For example, if the content type for a page is "L1" (a level one page), it will only display in panes that are configured to display L1 content (see Page Levels).

Using Content Types, combined with panes that respond to Content Types, will help simplify the maintenance of your system as you will not need to explicitly state where content needs to be shown every time you instruct the system to display a content page. Instead, the system will work this out for itself using your pane configuration and the content type of the page to be displayed.

The content types you can assign to a page are configured in the Visualization activity in Plant SCADA Studio (see Content Types).

To assign a content type to a page:

1. In the Visualization activity, select Pages.

2. Select the required page(s). See Browse Pages in Plant SCADA Studio.

3. Go to the Content Type field in the Property Grid.

4. Enter or select a content type. The drop-down list contains the content types that are available to the active project.

   If your project was created using the Situational Awareness Starter project, a default set of content types will be available via the SA_Include project. For a description, see Content Types.

   If you need to create a new content type, see Configure Content Types.

5. Click Save.

See Also

Key Components of a Situational Awareness Project