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Add the members of a Group

There are two methods to include members in a Group as explained below:

Add Selection method

You will use this method when you want to replicate an entire diagram or a portion of a diagram.

Procedure:

1. On the diagram, select the descriptors you want to replicate.
   To select all descriptors on a diagram, press CTRL + A.
2. In the Group Manager dialog box, click the Add Selection button.

• The selected descriptors are now listed on the right-hand side of the Members tab.

• An object or descriptorA descriptor is the graphical display of an object. IGSS includes many types of descriptors including: - Built-in standard symbols - Animated symbols (Symbol Factory library) - Graphics and animation - Drawing symbols - Windows controls - ActiveX controls An IGSS object can be represented with different descriptors on different diagrams. can be a direct member of one Group only. This must be taken into consideration when planning the use of multiple Groups in a configuration.
  Besides the objects or descriptors that are listed here, a number of dependants also become implicit members of the Group. Click here for details on direct members and dependants.

3. If you want to include descriptors from other diagrams in the Group, go to those diagrams and repeat step 1.
4. If you intend to use the Group for replicating similar diagrams, click Next > to learn how to define object name and PLC address substitution rules.,

Browse method

You will use this method in the following situations:

• When you want to include templates in a Group
• When you want to include objects with no graphical reference in a Group
  (examples could be Protect objects and Scaling objects)
• When you want to specifically include an object without including its graphical reference (descriptor)
• When you want to include a Group into another Group

Procedure:

1. Click the Browse button. The Object Browser window appears.
2. Find the object(s) you want to include in the Group.

• To filter out all objects starting with one or more specific characters, use the Wild card text criteria field under List filter settings. Typing PST* would list all object names starting with PST.

3. Select the objects in the list in the Object Browser window and drag them onto the right-hand side of the Members tab of the Group Manager dialog box.

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• The selected descriptors are now listed on the right-hand side of the Members tab.

• An object or descriptor can be a member of one Group only. This must be taken into consideration when planning the use of multiple Groups in a configuration.
  Besides the objects or descriptors that are listed here, a number of dependants also become implicit members of the Group. We call these dependants. Click here*DEF_GROUP_Characteristics_of_Groups for details on direct members and dependants.

4. If you intend to use the Group for replicating similar diagrams, click Next > to learn how to define object name and PLC address substitution rules.

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