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DataView Overview

DataView Overview
1

Stats View tab

1. Stats View tab
Click this tab to show the Process Controller statistics for this configuration project.
2

Graphics View tab

2. Graphics View tab
Click this tab to view the HMIWeb graphics associated with this configuration project.  LCN schematics can optionally be exported from Native Window as debug type "DX" files that are then imported to display graphic references similar to HMIWeb graphics.
3

Data View tab

3. Data View tab
Click this tab to view the Data View associated with the current PKS Xml project.
4

Configuration Snapshot Collection name

4. Configuration Snapshot Collection name
Displays the current Database:Collection path in the MongoDB Server database.
5

Item Count

5. Item Count
Displays the total number of entities contained in this configuration project Data View based on the current filter criteria.
6

Selected Count

6. Selected Count
Displays the count of selected items.
7

Options

7. Options
Click to expand/collapse the options view.
8

Filter

8. Filter
Enter text to filter the Data view.  Special wild card characters are supported for filtering the Data view.
9

Filter Column Selector

9. Filter Column Selector
Select a Data view column name from the drop-down list to use when specifying filter criteria.
10

Group

10. Group
Click this button to group the data in the view.  You can group the view data on the data columns shown below:
 
11

External References ToolTip

11. External References ToolTip
Hover over this image with your mouse to view a ToolTip of external references for the entity item.  This blue LED image will be default visible on every item in the list.  When the mouse cursor is hovered over the image a query is executed to find all external references for this Entity item.  A ToolTip will be displayed that shows any external references that are found.
 
This example below shows the ToolTip that is displayed when the mouse cursor is hovered over the blue LED image for Entity item 3AA4100.
 
This example shows the ToolTip that is displayed if no external references were found.
12

Embedded Function Blocks List

Hover over the the text labeled "Embedded Function Blocks" to view a ToolTip list of embedded function blocks for the CM entity or click this button to expand/collapse the item to view the embedded function blocks.
13

Advanced Find

13. Advanced Find
Click this tab to show the "Advanced Find" view.  This allows you to specify and build complex expressions for filtering the items in the Data view.
 
14

Project Manifest View button

14. Project Manifest View button
Click this button to show the Manifest for this configuration project.  This Manifest view shows the source data that was used to generate this configuration project and its Asset models.
 
15

DSA View tab

15. DSA View tab
To help resolve invalid references contained within Process graphics you can optionally specify other PKS distributed Servers that are acting as DSA references in the graphics.
 
16

PKS Server Asset Model tab

16. PKS Server Asset Model tab
When importing configuration assets into a Configuration Collection snapshot you can optionally specify the exported PKS Server Asset model.  The import function expects an exported XML data source containing the PKS Asset model.
 
17

Entity History Configuration details

17. Entity History Configuration details
When importing configuration assets into a Configuration Collection snapshot you can optionally specify PHD or PI history exported data source files into your snapshot.