Product specifications

Engineering Repository
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Table 22 compares System Synchronization tool (existing function in previous
systems which is replaced with Engineering Repository) functionality with the
new similar Engineering Repository functionality.
Objects can be defined as Custom Entities by adding them to a list of the
Engineering Repository Browser. This list has to be set up once. The order in
the list defines the import order when imported to a system.
Filters
Filtering of Aspect Categories
If the user do not want to overwrite specific Aspect Categories (e.g. Operator
Note) from the Engineering System to the Production System, that can be
configured using the filters for Aspect Categories. Filters are applied at import.
Table 22. Comparison of System Synchronization and Engineering Repository
System
Synchronization
Engineering Repository Description of Functionality
Object Dependencies = true
Children = false
Object with dependencies
Tree Dependencies = true
Children = true
Object with children and
dependencies
Tree (entity aware) Dependencies = false
Children = true
Object with children but without
dependencies
Typical Custom Entities are sub trees in Functional Structure and Batch
Procedures, PLC Connect object types, PLC Connect projects, Softpoint object
types and Softpoint projects.
When a Custom Entity is created or deleted from one of the clients in a system,
the other clients in the system will not be updated with the changes in the Custom
Entity until the next time that client is connected to the Engineering Repository.
To avoid such a situation, it is recommended that the user first connects the new
client to the Engineering Repository or, if already connected to the server, click
Refresh in the Repository Server window before working on the clients.