Sequence folder structure

AVEVA Process Simulation Real-Time System (RTS) comes preinstalled with the <RTSInstall>\sequences folder, where <RTSInstall> is the folder in which you installed RTS. Sequences reside within subfolders of the <RTSInstall>\sequences folder. Any folder that contains a sequence_settings.json file represents a sequence. The simple existence of such a folder is enough for the sequence to appear in the RTS Console user interface (UI) and the rts list command.

You can also group sequences within an RTS Area by placing them in a common subfolder, which is called the Area folder. In this case, the "Area" of the sequence is the name of its parent folder. The full name of the sequence includes the name of the Area followed by a backslash.

For example,we have two Areas named Area1 and Area2. Area1 contains the Seq1 and Seq2 sequences. Area2 contains the Seq3 and Seq4 sequences. The following figure shows the folder structure:

The full names of the sequences are:

• Area1\Seq1

• Area1\Seq2

• Area2\Seq3

• Area2\Seq4

These are the sequences names that appear from the rts list command. You must specify the full name, including the Area, when you reference the sequence from the command line, such as when you start a backfill run or a scheduled run by using the rts command.

By default, RTS Console displays the short name of the sequence, such as Seq1, and the Area portion appears in the Area column. You can change this by modifying the settings within the Views_SequenceView_appsettings.json file within the <RTSInstall>\bin\WebUI folder.

By default, all users who have access to RTS can see all sequences. However, if you have configured permissions for the <RTSInstall>\sequences folder, you can also configure custom permissions for the Areas so that only those users or user groups that have access to the Area can see the sequences with it. See User permissions for AVEVA Real-Time System for more information.