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Parameter Definitions File: path

1. Parameter Definitions File: path
Click the drop-down button to select a command to execute on a Parameter definition file.
You can choose to open an existing Parameter definition file or to save the Parameter definitions to another file.
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Browse for Parameter Definitions: button

2.  Browse for Parameter Definitions: button
Click the drop-down button to select a command to execute on a Parameter definition file.
You can choose to open an existing Parameter definition file or to save the Parameter definitions to another file.
 
Click the drop-down button to expose a list of Most Recently Used (MRU) file paths.  Click a path to open its set of parameter definitions.
 
Right mouse-click on an MRU path item to view its context menu that allows you to remove the item or toggle its pinned state.
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Save: button

3. Save: button
Click this button to save any changes made to the current Parameter definitions.  If this is a new set of Parameter definitions being created, then click the drop-down button and choose the SaveAs menu option to save to a new file.
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Generate: button

4. Generate: button
Click this button to generate a default list of templates and their parameters based on the Data View export scope.  If selected items are being exported, then only the selected items will be parsed to extract their embedded templates and parameter items.  This list of generated Parameters allows you to pick what Parameters to export.
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All Templates: option

5. All Templates: option
Choose this option to enable all found Templates in the generated scope of Parameters.  If you wanted to reduce the size of the generated Parameter list you can choose to disable a specific Template and its Parameters.
 
This list contains the Template items that is the basis for the Parameter items in the Parameter list.  This list is populated when a "Generate" command is executed on the selected Control Module items in your Data View.  You can choose to disable a particular Template from being exported by removing the check status in the Template "IsEnabled" column.  When a Template column is disabled from exporting, the Template Parameter items in the available Parameters list do not change their enabled status.
 
Checking this option will auto-hide the list of available Template:Parameter items.
 
The generated Parameter items are shown in the format Library:Template.
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Search Text Filter: text

6. Search Text Filter: text
The search text that is used to filter the list of parameters.  Using this filter will allow you to quickly focus on the Parameter names of interest.
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Filter Options: expander

7. Filter Options: expander
Click this expander button to expand/collapse the filter options pane.
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Filter: column

8. Filter: column
Select the data column from the drop-list to use when specifying filter text.
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Control Module Parameter: list

9.  Control Module Parameter: list
The list of generated Control Module parameters that can be selected for exporting.  This set of parameters are based on what Templates have been chosen to use for selecting to export.
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Selected Parameters: list

10.  Selected Parameters: list
This list contains the Parameter items that have been enabled for inclusion in the generated Excel export file.
You can arrange the order of the items in this list by using the "Move" buttons to move an item or items up or down in the list.  The order in this list is used when generating the Excel column names and position in the Worksheet.
 
Tip: Use the Parameter name "BlockName" to export the name of the Entity that is being exported regardless of the type of Entity { CDA, LCN, SCADA } being exported.
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Large Move Up: button

11.  Large Move Up: button
Click this button to move the selected parameter item(s) up in the list by a page amount.  The order in the list defines the column ordering in the generated Excel or CSV file.  Press the key sequence Ctrl+Shift+Up as a shortcut to this button.
You can press the key sequence Ctrl+Shift+Home to move the selected parameter item(s) to the beginning of the list.
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  Small Move Up: button

12.   Small Move Up: button
Click this button to move the selected parameter item(s) up in the list one position.  The order in the list defines the column ordering in the generated Excel or CSV file.  Press the key sequence Ctrl+Up as a shortcut to this button.
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Small Move Down: button

13.  Small Move Down: button
Click this button to move the selected parameter item(s) down in the list one position.  The order in the list defines the column ordering in the generated Excel or CSV file.  Press the key sequence Ctrl+Down as a shortcut to this button.
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  Large Move Down: button

14.   Large Move Down: button
Click this button to move the selected parameter item(s) down in the list one position.  The order in the list defines the column ordering in the generated Excel or CSV file.  Press the key sequence Ctrl+Down as a shortcut to this button.