User Guide
System Manager
Working with System Manager
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
To enable automatic propagation, deselect the Manual navigation check box.
The next time you select an object in the tree, the Primary and Contextual
panes will automatically refresh to reflect the new selection.
Related Topics
Manually Propagating a Selection to Other Panes [➙ 37]
System Manager Navigation Workflows [➙ 43]
2.1.7 Manually Propagating a Selection to Other Panes
You made a selection in System Browser with Manual navigation checked, so
that the Primary and Contextual panes were not automatically refreshed. You
now want to manually propagate this selection.
To propagate this selection to the Primary and Contextual panes, do one of the
following in System Browser:
– Click the Send button.
– Right-click on the selection in the tree, and select Send to the Primary
Pane.
–
(Only for an individual object)
Double-click the object.
The Primary and Contextual panes of System Manager update with content
relevant to the selected objects.
1. To propagate this selection to the Secondary pane, do the following:
a. In the System Manager header, check that the current pane layout includes
the Secondary pane: or .
b. In the Primary pane header, check that the pushpin icon is in the unlocked
position , so that opening of the Secondary pane is allowed.
c. In System Browser, right-click on the selection in the tree, and select Send to
the Secondary Pane.
Related Topics
Setting How Selections Propagate to Other Panes [➙ 36]
Sending a Selection to the Secondary Pane [➙ 37]
2.1.8 Sending a Selection to the Secondary Pane
You want to work with a system object in the Secondary pane so that the
current contents of the Primary and Contextual panes will not be changed.
1. In the System Manager window header, check that the current pane layout
includes the Secondary pane: or .
2. In the Primary pane header, check that the pushpin icon is in the unlocked
position , so that opening of the Secondary pane is allowed.
3. In System Browser, navigate to the object that you want to work with.