Importing Configurations
You can import your Plant Applications configurations, either onto the same server or onto a different server. Importing can help minimize or eliminate tedious data entry of information that may already exist in Plant Applications on another server. Additionally, you can create and export templates, such as variables, edit the worksheets and then import the edited configuration into Plant Applications.
NOTE: When importing multiple user-define events from Excel, an error occurs when UDEs have the same description as exported from the Plant Applications Administrator. Refer to Changing the Description to Import Multiple UDEs from Excel.
If your workbook contains multiple worksheets, Plant Applications will import everything that you've selected on each worksheet, in the correct order.
If your configurations are contained in separate workbooks, you must import the configurations is the correct order. See Import Order for more information.
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 configurations:
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Open the Excel workbook that contains the exported configurations.
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In the workbook, under the Selected column, place an X in the cell that corresponds to what you want to import.
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Log in to the Plant Applications Administrator program.
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Right-click on what you want to import and select Import Configuration.
Keep in mind that everything that you've selected on your workbook will be imported, regardless of where you've clicked. For example, if you select Import Configuration from Administer Alarms and have variables selected in your workbook, then variables (and everything else that is selected) will be imported.
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Click OK to complete the import.
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Refresh the server.
If the import failed, switch to your workbook. Under Returned Messages, a reason for the failed import is displayed.