Importing Configuration Information

You can import objects into Plant Applications, either on the same server or on a different server. Importing can help minimize or eliminate tedious data entry of information that may already exist in Plant Applications. Additionally, you can create and export "template" objects, such as variables, edit the worksheets and then import the edited objects into Plant Applications.

If your workbook contains multiple objects, each on a separate worksheet, Plant Applications will import everything that you've selected on each worksheet, in the correct order. For example, if your workbook contains a worksheet of exported site users and a worksheet of exported production lines and you want to import only site users, select only the site users you want to import.

Keep in mind that you can change the information in your worksheet, and the changed information will be imported.

You must have Administrator access to the Administrator security group to import or export objects.

To import configuration information

1. Open the Excel workbook that contains the exported objects.

2. In the workbook, under the Selected column, place an X in the cell that corresponds to the object(s) you want to import.

3. Log in to the Plant Applications Administrator program.

4. Right-click on the object you want to import and click Import Configuration.

Keep in mind that everything that you've selected on your workbook will be imported into the correct

5. Click OK to complete the import.

6. To import additional objects, repeat steps 1 – 5.

7. Refresh the server.