Repair a Project's Unique IDs

Unique IDs are applied to the following Plant SCADA components:

• Variable tags

• Equipment instances

• Equipment types.

This provides consistent identification across the lifetime of a project.

Each unique ID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) generated by Plant SCADA using the following format:

XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

In some cases, a project may be missing unique IDs for some components. This happens in the following circumstances:

• You have used an external editing tool to make changes to a project DBF.

• You have not run the Migration Tool for a project created in an earlier version.

If you need to generate missing IDs for a project, you can run a repair process.

To repair a project's unique IDs:

1. In Plant SCADA Studio, go to the Projects activity.

2. On the command bar, open the menu on the Pack button.

3. From the menu, select Repair Unique IDs.

When the repair process is complete, a dialog will provide a tally of the changes that were made. The dialog will also include the location of a log file that captures more detailed information.

See Also

Unique IDs for Variable Tags and Equipment