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INtools 6.0 Tutorial Browser 278

3. On the shortcut menu, click Add View. This command opens the View profile datasection in the Browser Managerwindow where you are going to create your newbrowser (view) containing a list of all tag numbers with their associated junction boxnumbers and connection terminals.

4. In the View profile data window, enter data as shown.

5. Click Save to save the new view profile.

6. In the Junction Box Tag List data window (the upper right section), click to open

the Style settings section.

7. Click Edit to enable editing. Note that Edit changes to Save.

8. In the Name field, select the displayed name and type the new style name: Junction BoxStyle. (Overtype the displayed value.)

9. You can modify the field names to suit your needs. In the Field Name column, selectPanel Name/DCS/Cabinet and type in Cabinet instead.

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10. Select the View check box for the following fields that are to be included in the new style(the color of the selected field changes to red):

Tag Number (selected by default and must be included)

Cable Name

Cabinet

Service

Terminals

Location Desc

Instrument Type

11. Click Customize to open the CustomizeField Layout dialog box:

a) To rearrange the field sequence, drag field headers to the location where you wantthem to appear.

b) To modify field size, drag field borders to the left or to the right.

12. Click OK to generate the customized layout and return to the Browser Manager.

13. Click Save when done (ifEdit is displayed, click it first then click Save).

All the fields you selected now appear in the Style Field List.

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Create a Customized Sorting Sequence

1. Make sure that the hierarchy tree of the Junction Box - Tag List browser is expanded. If itis not, double-click it so that it appears as shown.

2. In the Browser groups data window, click Sort to display the Sort settings group

box.

3. Click Edit to open the fields for editing.

4. In the Name field, typeAscending by Tag.

5. Click in the highlighted Field Name column and from the list, select Tag Number.

6. In the Ordercolumn, select the Ascending check box.

7. Click Save to save your sort definition.

Your new sort definition now appears in the Sort Field List data window.

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Create a Customized Filter

The Browsermodule enables you to define a filter for your new browser. However, thebrowser you are creating now does not require a filter.

1. Make sure that the hierarchy tree of the Junction Box - Tag List browser group isexpanded. If it is not, double-click it.

2. Click Filterin the Browser groups data window to display the Filter settings group

box.

3. Click Edit.

4. In the Name field, typeAll Instruments (overtype the displayed value).

5. Click Save.

Note

As mentioned already, the browser you are creating does not require a filter.If you want to define one, continue by selecting the filter parameters from theField Name, Operator, and Logical lists. Type the required value in theValue field. Click Insert to add a new filter parameter line if needed. ClickSave when done.

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Open Your New Customized Browser

Now that you have completed defining your new browser, you can open it and use it.

1. In the Browser groups data window, select the Junction Box - Tag List browser.

2. On the Browsertoolbar, click Open View to open your newly created browser view.

Task 2: Creating a New Customized Process Data Browser

This task involves the creation of a new browser based on the process data available inINtools.

Create a New Browser Flow Meters

You are now going to create a new browser called Flow Meters in the Process Data andCalculationbrowser group. Use the procedure given for the Junction Box Tag Listbrowser.

1. In the Browser Manager, expand the Process Data and Calculation browser group treehierarchy.

2. Select the Flow Instrument browser and add a new view called Flow Meters.

3. Click Style in the Browser groups data window to display the Style settings group

box.

Tip

Before making your selection of the fields to include for the style, click theField Name column to arrange the field names in alphabetical order.

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4. Select the following fields: Beta Ratio, Bleed/Vent Hole Diameter, Flow Maximum, FlowMinimum, Flow Normal, Fluid Name, Fluid State (PD_FLUID_STAT), Full Scale Flow,Line Number, Orifice Diameter, Pipe Material, Service, and Tag Number.

5. Sort by tag number, as previously.

6. Define the filter as shown (to display only tags that include the string FE).

7. Save all your settings.

8. Open the new browser to see the results.

Your customized browser should look similar to the one shown.

Note that the data displayed here depends, of course, on the number of flow elementsyou have created.

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Task 3: Customize the Printout Structure

You will now learn how to customize the layout structure for a printed out browser view. Youcan select the fields to be included in the printout and determine the following:

Column sequence

Column size

Field layout: single field per column or multiple fields per column (up to five fields percolumn)

Text and header font size

Column and header height

Create a New Line Browser and Customize Its Printout Structure

1. In the Browser Managerwindow, expand the Instrument Index browser group.

2. Select Line Browserand click to add a new browser.

3. Define the new browser as shown.

4. When defining the style, select the following fields: Line Internal Diameter, Line Number,Line Schedule, Line Size, Line Type Name, Line Unit, and Pipe Material.

5. Click Layout to open the Layout dialog box. (If this button is not active, click Edit.)

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6. Select a field from the Column Headerdata window and drag it to the field where youwant it to appear. Your printout layout can take the form of single fields in each columnor multiple (no more than 5) fields in a single column. Remember that the fields that youdo not select from the Column Headerdata window will not show up in the printout evenif they exist in the current browser, that is, in the Browser View window for the currentbrowser. Make sure that your layout is as shown below.

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7. Click Font to open the Select Font Size dialog box where you customize the column andheader font size as well as the column and the header height.

8. Set the font sizes as required using the spinners:

a) Use the Column font size spinner to define the font size.

b) Use the Row height spinner to define the column height. Note that if you do notdefine the column height before generating the printout structure, the GeneratePrintout Structure dialog box will not display any data.

c) Use the Header font size spinner to define the header font size.

d) Use the Header height spinner to define header height size.

Note

The font size and column height is measured in points. 1 point = 1/100 inch.

9. Click OK to accept your settings and return to the Layout dialog box.

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10. Click Generate to open the Generate Printout Structure dialog box where youcustomize the column sequence and size.

11. Set the printout structure as follows:

a) Set the column sequence by dragging the column header to the required position.

b) Set the column size by dragging the edge of the column either to left or to the right.

c) Click OK to accept the settings and return to the Layout dialog box.

12. Click Save to save all the settings and close the Layout dialog box.

Note

The multiple field layout is shown in the printout only.

13. Now click to display your customized browser.

14. Click to print out the new browser view.

A prompt is displayed asking you if you want to display the print preview.

15. ClickYes to display the print preview. Observe how the Browser View fields arearranged in the generated print preview.

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Task 4: Using the Sum and Avg. Features in Printed Reports

The Sum and Avg. features in the Styles Settings of the Browser Managerwindow enableyou to display the total and average values of all the numeric values in the rows contained ineach group delimited by a group separator in the print preview.

Create a New Cable List Browser and Print Out the View Report

You are now going to create a new browser called Cable List for which the style definitionscontain sum and average settings. You will then generate the browser view report for thisbrowser and see how these settings affect that report.

1. In the Browser Managerwindow, expand the Wiring browser group.

2. Select Cable Browserand click to add a new browser.

3. Define the new browser as shown.

4. In the right pane of the Browser Manager, double-click Style to define the style

settings for the new browser.

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5. Click Edit and define the style by selecting the following fields: Cable Name, CableDescription, End 1 Location, End 2 Location, Length, Units, Jacket Color, Cable Type,Manufacturer, and Model. For the Length field, select the Sum and Avg. check boxes asshown.

6. Click Customize to modify the width and sequence of the selected fields and determinehow they appear in the Browser View window.

7. Click Layout to set the printout structure of the new browser view. Customize theprintout structure as needed. Repeat steps 5 through 12 in the previous task (page 284).

Note

You cannot use the multiple field layout if you want to display the sum andaverage values in the printout.

8. Click to set a sorting sequence. Click Edit and then select the Cable Description

field for sorting the data by. This allows you to group all the fields in the printoutaccording to this field.

9. After saving the settings, click to display your customized browser.

The Browser View window opens. Make sure that all the fields in the Length columncontain values and the unit of measure in the Unit column is meter.

10. Click to print out the new browser view.

A prompt is displayed asking you if you want to display the print preview.

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11. ClickYes to display the print preview. Observe how the Browser View fields arearranged in the generated report.

The print preview for the Cable List Report opens.

12. In the Group separatorgroup box, select the Insert a separating line option button.

13. Select Cable Description as the group separator and click OK.

INtools regenerates the report to display the total and average length values for eachgroup.

Now you can save this report as an external file and print it out if necessary.

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