Editing a Property for Multiple Points

Use the Point Configuration Manager utility to edit a property for multiple points in your system simultaneously. Alternatively you can use CygNet Explorer to edit attributes for multiple points (one point at a time). See Editing Points for more information about that option.

The Edit option provides a method for you to change the value of a point configuration property (attribute) and apply the change to multiple points at once. You can only edit one property at a time in this manner, but you can apply the change to multiple selected points in one action.

Editing a Property

To Edit a Property for Multiple Points Using the Point Configuration Manager Utility

1. From the Point Configuration Manager utility, access the property editor as follows.

1. Open the utility and select your Point Service (PNT) from the drop-down menu.
2. Filter and view the points list to find the points desired. See Filtering and viewing points for more information.

   

2. Select the points for which you want to make the attribute value change, in one of the following ways.
   • In the points results list, use Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple individual points from the list, that you want to edit.
   • Click Select all to select all points in the list.
   • Click the Edit button, or right-click within your selections to access the context menu and then click Edit, to access the Edit Point Attribute dialog box for the selected points.

   Note: If you select only one point, the Properties for Point <point> dialog box will appear instead. See Editing Properties for a Single Point for more information.

3. Select the attribute to change for the selected points on the left side of the Edit Point Attribute dialog box.

1. Select an attribute Category from the drop-down menu to view its available attributes in the Attribute list box below.

   Note: The Selected Columns category lists the columns that are currently shown on the main utility screen.

2. In the Attribute list box, click to select an attribute to change and you can view its configured values in the Current values pane.
3. The selection status area above the Current value(s) list shows the number of points that are assigned a value for the property, and the instances of each.

4. Edit the attribute value on the right side of the Edit Point Attribute dialog box.

1. In the Current value(s) list, you can view the currently assigned values of the selected attribute, and how many occurrences there are for each value. Click the check box to select/clear each value you want to change. Optionally click Select all or Deselect all to help in the selection process.

   Note: If the selected value cannot be edited, a message appears in the New value field.

2. In the New value section, type (or select*) a new value into the text box, to assign to the selected attribute property.

   *Note: When the selected attribute can only contain well-known values, a drop-down selection box appears.

3. Click Apply to update all of the selected points with the new attribute value.

5. Optionally repeat steps 1 - 4 for each additional set of points and attribute value you want to change.
6. Click Close to view the updates in the utility.

Selecting Points

In the Point Configuration Manager, select multiple points on the main screen (using Ctrl+Click or the Select All button) and then click Edit to access the Edit Point Attribute dialog box to select and edit the attribute value. In the example below, 17 points were selected to be edited, from the 33 points in the filtered results list.

Selecting and Editing Point Attributes

In the Edit Point Attribute dialog box, the upper right corner shows the status of your selection in the following order:

• Facilities: n - the number of unique facilities of the points
• Points: n - the number of points selected on the previous (Point Configuration Manager utility) screen for possible modification
• UDCs: n - the number of unique Uniform Data Codes

Each time another attribute is selected and occurrences are found, the selection status area is updated to reflect the new information.

When you select an attribute value to be modified for the selected points, the New value message section indicates if the value is editable or not. If the value is editable, an instructional message appears; if not editable, a message appears to that effect and the text box cannot be accessed. Additionally, when you click an item in the Value column, the New value text box is automatically populated with the current value of your selection. This is convenient as a starting point for naming, or if you want to rename selected values to match an existing value.

In the example below, the Description attribute properties "OPC Group Not Connected" and "OPC Groups Not Connected" are selected to be changed, and the new value "OPC Group No Connection" has been entered in the New value text box. When you click Apply, both point occurrences will be modified to display the value "OPC Group No Connection" that was entered. Maximum allowed character count in the New value text box varies, as it corresponds to the limits of the attribute selected.