Setting Override Protection for Objects
Override protection prevents changes made manually to objects from being overwritten during a data import. For more information see Re-Importing Data and Override Protection. You can apply override protection to a single object or to a multi-selection of objects in System Browser.
Select Points to Be Protected
- In System Browser, select Logical View.
- From the drop-down list, select the display mode (Name, description).
- In the field, enter the name of the object for search, for example, setpoint.
- All matching objects are displayed in the System Browser.
- Select one or more objects. You can use CTRL or SHIFT to make multi-selections.
- The selected objects are highlighted in color and the number of selected objects is displayed in the Operation tab.
Set Override Protection for Objects
- In System Browser, select the object you want to protect. You can also select multiple objects as described above.
- Select the Object Configurator tab.
- In the Settings expander, select the Override protection check box.
- Click Save .
- The selected objects will be protected from being overwritten during a data import.
Clear Overrride Protection
- In System Browser, select the object you want to unprotect. You can also search for override-protected objects as described below.
- Select the Object Configurator tab.
- In the Settings expander, clear the Override protection check box.
- Click Save .
- The selected objects are no longer protected against being overwritten.
Search for Objects with Override Protection Set
- In System Browser, select Logical View.
- Click Filter search .
- The Filter search dialog box displays.
- Open the Other drop-down list.
- Select the Override Protection check box and then option Enabled.
- Click the gray background or entry fields to close the dialog box.
- Click Search.
- The found objects are displayed in the System Browser.