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Project administration, basics
Copy project

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- Project Administration
  The chapter contains a description of the process monitor as well as the project administration.
  - Process monitor [PMON]
  - Project administration, basics
- Graphics Editor (GEDI)
  Used for creating and editing panels, provides tools for creating and configuring graphic objects.
- System Management
  The System Management is the central administrative unit for WinCC OA Systems.
- Wizard Framework
  Used for easy creation of wizards in a uniform layout style. The key elements "Navigation Bar" and "Bottom Bar" can be customized to fit the needs of the custom wizard.
- XML Panel Format
  The XML (Extensible Markup Language) panel format allows creating WinCC OA panels.
- Simple Symbols, basics
  The "Simple Symbols" functionality is used to simply assign corresponding symbols to data point types and increase the working comfort when working with different symbols.
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  Simple wizard for creating graphical user interfaces for users without prior programming knowledge.
- Panel topology/Group alert facility
  Tree structure for process panels with integrated group alert system
- Object-Oriented Panel References
  Reusable objects built with the GEDI tools. Insert them within an existing panel to provide a graphical element.
- Multilingual Projects
  WinCC OA is designed to provide both Native Language Support and Multi Language Support.
- Translator
  The WinCC OA Translator functionality supports you in creating and maintaining multilingual projects. It offers a convenient interface for translation of reusable terms.
- Layout management
  Layouts change the size and position of objects according to parameters previously defined in the GEDI.
- Generic Dialog Framework
  The Generic Dialog Framework is an easy way to generate your own dialogs by adjusting a set of prefabricated panels.
- Simple Configuration
  Simple configuration windows and panels support you in combining events (such as a mouse click) with different actions such as setting data point values, showing panels or changing attributes.
Data Management
Classify, structure and archive your data.
Business Logic / Control
Endless possibilities in data processing for your projects.
Data Visualization
User interfaces, Trends and Reports for every purpose and device.
Southbound Interfaces
The process connection to the actual machines/sensors.
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Your portal to the cloud or supervising systems.
Web Connectivity / Network Interfaces
Data exchange, APIs and web technologies
User Management
All about authorization, authentication and login-customization.
Availability
How to get your system uptime to the maximum.
Reporting
Create state of the art project reports without limits.
Addons
Useful tools and enhancements for special demands.
Reference Tables
Detailed and extensive content for special project adaptation.
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Copy project

A project with its project structure can be copied by selecting a project and by clicking the Copy project button in the Project Administrator panel (see also Project Administrator panel). When the project is copied it might be necessary to update the project if it was not created with the current version of WinCC OA and it should be started.

Note the instructions for Copy projects with the History DB.

Figure 1. Copy project panel

Choose a project name and target directory for the project that should be copied (you can choose the project also from the network environment; if no project for copying is selected in the Project Administrator panel a search dialog is opened automatically or you choose the entry . . . in the combo box Source projectin order to select a project from another computer). The target path can be specified manually or also via the search dialog.

If the project, which should be copied, is located on the local computer "Project name_save" is suggested automatically as the new project name. If the source project is located on a remote computer the same name is suggested for the target project. The project name can, of course, be changed individual!

Click on OK and the project is copied to the desired directory. Via the check box Register target project you specify whether the project is automatically registered and thus is available in the project administrator panel. If this check box is not checked you only copy the project. You should set this setting if you want to backup your project before editing it (you can import the backup in case of errors). A running project cannot be copied. Before the copy process is started a check is executed whether the project is already available on the current computer. You can also copy older projects, where the appropriate WinCC OA installation does not exist anymore, without problems.

If you have already selected a source project and want to change the source project, the entry "..." is shown in the source project combo box and allows to select another source project.

Note that when the project is copied the proj_path attribute in the config file is changed to the new path. In a remote project the proj_path is destructed by the copy process and the result is useless.

A project whose Pmon port number is also used by another running project cannot be copied!