User Guide

System Manager
Working with System Manager
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
4. Select the Manual navigation check box if you do not want the Primary and
Contextual panes to refresh while you are doing this.
5. Right-click the object in the tree and select Send to the Secondary Pane.
 The content pertaining to the selected object displays only in the Secondary
pane, whereas the content of the Primary and Contextual panes is not
changed.
Related Topics
Setting How Selections Propagate to Other Panes [➙ 36]
2.1.9 Selecting an Object in System Browser
 System Browser displays in the Selection pane of System Manager.
1. In System Browser, from the Views drop-down list, select the view (Application
View, Management View, or some other custom-configured view) you want to
work with.
 The System Browser tree updates to display the selected view.
2. Browse the objects in the System Browser tree as you would the folders in a
computer. An arrow icon indicates a folder or parent object that contains other
objects inside it:
– Click the side arrow icon alongside a collapsed node to expand the node
and view its children.
– Click the down arrow icon alongside an expanded node to collapse it
again and hide its children.
3. Select the object you want to work with by clicking its label in the System
Browser tree.
 The selected object displays highlighted in the tree. If the Manual
navigation check box is deselected, the Primary and Contextual panes of
System Manager are automatically updated to reflect the new selection.
4. If the Manual navigation check box is selected, do one of the following to
manually propagate the selection to the Primary and Contextual panes:
– Double-click the object.
– Click the Send button.
– Right-click the selected object and select Send to the Primary Pane.
Related Topics
Overview of System Browser [➙ 51]
Setting How Selections Propagate to Other Panes [➙ 36]
Manually Propagating a Selection to Other Panes [➙ 37]
2.1.10 Selecting Multiple Objects in System Browser
 System Browser displays in the Selection pane of System Manager.
 You want to make a multiple selection.
1. In System Browser, from the Views drop-down list, select the view (Application
View, Management View, or some other custom-configured view) you want to
work with.
 The System Browser tree updates to display the selected view.