Rename an Equipment Instance

This procedure explains how to rename an existing equipment instance in Equipment Editor.

To rename an equipment instance:

1. Open Equipment Editor.

2. Select the Equipment tab.

   Or:

   Select Equipment from the View menu.

3. In the Equipment panel, locate the equipment instance you would like to rename within the Equipment Hierarchy.

4. Right-click and select Rename.

   

5. Enter a new name for the equipment instance.

   The equipment name needs to begin with an alphabetical character (A-Z or a-z) or the underscore character (_). Subsequent characters need to be alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z or 0-9), backslashes (\), or underscores (_).

   Equipment names cannot contain spaces. You should also avoid any Reserved Words.

   Note: When you rename an equipment instance, Plant SCADA applies the new name to any associated variables, trends and alarms. If this involves a large number of changes, a Cascading Changes dialog will appear to indicate how many changes are being processed and how they are progressing.

See also

Equipment Instances

Edit the Field Values for an Equipment Instance

Delete an Equipment Instance

Duplicate an Equipment Instance