User guide

Chapter 4. Creating Panels

Lists, Trend Viewers, and Event Viewers are panels that offer different ways to

view data in addVANTAGE Pro 6.2.

The List

Use the List to display a group of addVANTAGE Pro objects in a different way.

The List is similar to an Explorer view, with the difference that the objects in a

list are not expandable. Use a List when you need to work on a group of objects

with similar properties, for example, configure extensions or synchronize tag

settings.

You can create a List by clicking the New Window icon and selecting List. Use

the Add Nodes button on the List’s toolbar (Figure 29) to add objects to the list.

You can also remove objects that you no longer need by using the Remove

Nodes button on the toolbar.

Figure 29. List Toolbar

Note: Removing an object from the list does not permanently delete it from the

database. You will continue to see the object in an Explorer panel. To

permanently remove an object, right-click it and select Delete.

When you add objects to a list from the List’s toolbar, the Choose Nodes dialog

opens, as show in Figure 30.

Figure 30. Choosing Objects to Add to a List

Choose a node on the left side of the dialog. The objects you can select are

displayed on the right side of the dialog.

If you’re using Internet Explorer, you can also add objects to the List by

dragging and dropping them from an Explorer into an open List. If you’re using

Firefox, you can drag and drop an object onto the List’s icon in an Explorer.

You can also create a list as a result of a search operation. Suppose you want to

search for all areas in the system having the string “Adcon” in their name.

Follow these steps to search for those areas and populate the List: