Navigating Recipe Manager Plus
- Last UpdatedSep 21, 2017
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The Recipe Manager Plus website page is automatically created after installing and configuring Recipe Manager Plus. You can access the Recipe Manager Plus website using the shortcut created during installation or by typing the URL. The default URL for the Recipe Manager Plus website is:
https://<hostname>/RecipeManagerPlus
where <hostname> is the name of the web server on which Recipe Manager Plus is installed.
NOTE: If the SSL Certificate used by Recipe Manager Plus is Issued to Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), the URL will be https://<myserver.mydomain.com>/RecipeManagerPlus
For more information regarding the hostname restrictions for Recipe Manager Plus, refer to the following Microsoft site:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/316112/prb-session-variables-do-not-persist-between-requests-after-you-install-internet-explorer-security-patch-ms01-055
When you first open the Recipe Manager Plus website, you are redirected to the Login page for authentication. Enter a valid user name and password to log on to Recipe Manager Plus. After successful authentication, you are logged on to Recipe Manager Plus.
NOTE: The browser will not save the password even if the browser settings are configured to save the password. You must enter the user name and password whenever you want to log on to Recipe Manager Plus.
The Execution page appears when you log on to Recipe Manager Plus if you have permissions to execute
Recipes or download Formulas. Otherwise, the first screen that opens after logging
on to Recipe Manager Plus depends on the permissions that you have. To show the Main
menu, click the Menu icon 
in the top left of the screen.
The Main menu slides in from the left.
The options visible on the Main menu are determined by the role you have been assigned as well as by the license that has been activated. For example, a supervisor may see all the options, whereas an operator may only see two or three options. For more information on Roles, see Working with Roles.
Two editions of Recipe Manager Plus are available if you are using Recipe Manager Plus 2014 R2 (v2.0) or later:
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Wonderware Recipe Manager Plus Standard Edition – Formula Management and Download
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Wonderware Recipe Manager Plus Professional Edition – Recipe Management and Execution in addition to the functionality provided by the Standard Edition
You can navigate to the option you want from the Main menu. Some options have a page that summarizes all the items available. This summary page consists of "tiles" or "grid rows" depending on the Summary view selection. Each tile or grid row in the Summary page shows information about an existing entity that you selected.
NOTE: You are always returned to the summary page when you navigate from one menu to another.
The following illustration is the layout of the tile-view summary screen.
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Description |
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Main menu button. |
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Action bar. More action icons become available when Multi Select mode is enabled. For more information, see Multi Select Feature. |
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Filters: Basic filter |
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Grid View: Toggles between Tile View (Default) and Grid View. |
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Multi Select: Click the icon to enable the Multi Select mode. Other options are visible once you enable the Multi Select mode. The Multi Select mode also displays the count of the selected entities. For more information, see Multi Select Feature. |
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Item tiles that represent different elements in the application. |
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Filtering results. If you do not have a filter set, this number is the total number of existing items. If you have used a filter, the filter icon appears beside the results and the results show in the format "X of Y found" where X is the number of items that match the filter criteria and Y is the total number of existing items. Refer to Filters for more information. |
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Copyright information, version, and license type details: Displays the copyright information, version details and the license type used for Recipe Manager Plus. License type can either be a Professional Edition or Standard Edition. For more information, refer to the Managing Licenses topic in the Recipe Manager Plus Install Guide. |
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Global alert notification: Displays the number of items available for operator intervention. This notification is available only if one of the Capabilities is set to “Ack on Exit” as “Yes" and the operator is supposed to Acknowledge the Capability by manual intervention. For more information, refer to the Configuring Capabilities for Operator Interaction topic. |
, and Advanced filter 
that varies depending on the type of item.
From the summary page, you access the details page by clicking the Add icon to create a new item, or by clicking an item in the tile view or grid view.
The details page is where you do all the work with the specific item, such as:
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View Version and Upgrade difference
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Check out, Check in or Undo Check out of the item
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Add parameters
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Change the item's state
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Upgrade the item
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Set Keywords
The following illustration is the layout of the details screen.
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Area |
Description |
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Main menu button. |
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Action buttons for the item. |
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Back arrow icon. Allows you to navigate back to the summary page. NOTE: In the case of checked list items make sure that you save your changes by clicking the Update button before clicking the back arrow icon or moving to another tab. Otherwise, a warning message appears. |
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Item name and description. |
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Item version and state details. Down arrow shows additional information. Upgrade icon
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Action buttons for the parameter grid. |
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Group Tabs: By default, the system-defined groups (General, Input, and Output) appear as tabs under the Parameters tab for entities such as Formula Templates, Formulas, Recipes. If you define new Parameter Groups in your system, then these groups appear as one of the tabs under the Parameters tab. Except for the Formula Templates Parameters tab, if a Group does not have any parameters, the corresponding tab will not be displayed. If the number of Groups do not fit into the Windows, then (<) and (>) icons appear on both sides which allow the users to scroll through the various tabs. Apart from the above-mentioned entities, the grouping of tabs for the Parameter Groups under the Parameters tab is also available for the Parameter Extensions, Execution, and Reports page. |
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Filters: Basic filter |
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Parameter grid. |
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Grid status message. It displays the number of items shown and the total number of available items in the Grid.. |
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Filter status message. If you do not have a filter set, this number is the total number of existing items. If you have used a filter, the filter icon appears beside the results, and the results are shown in the format "X of Y found" where X is the number of items that match the filter criteria, and Y is the total number of existing items. Refer to Filtering for more information. |
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Copyright information, Version, and License type details for Recipe Manager Plus. |
shows Equipment requires upgrade.
Logging Out of the Recipe Manager Plus Application
You can log off from Recipe Manager Plus by clicking the Log Out button, available on the top right side under the User Information icon. This will close the session.
You can also log off from Recipe Manager Plus by closing the browser. If you close a browser while other instances are still running on your computer, you are not logged off from your other sessions.
Make sure to save your work before closing the browser. If you close the browser before saving your changes, a browser specific warning message appears reminding you to either save the changes or leave the page without saving.
NOTE: If you switch from Recipe Manager Plus to another site or if you shut down an open Recipe Manager Plus browser tab while other browser tabs are still open, you are still be effectively logged in to Recipe Manager Plus.